AN EXCLUSIVE CHICAGO VENUE

For a reception of 400 guests or a seated dinner of 180, The Lakewood provides a modern and open space for weddings, social events, corporate gatherings, and extravagant galas, in the heart of Chicago’s West Side. Our team is ready to help bring your vision to life with unparalleled hospitality standards.

The Lakewood
1758 West Lake
Chicago, IL 60612

phone :: 312.366.2293
web :: thelakewoodchicago.com

The Lakewood is one of a kind venue that offers a stunning backdrop to any event. Conveniently located in the West Loop and just steps away from United Center, it’s perfect for weddings, tasting events, corporate events, trade shows and conferences.

"Just Say ‘YES’ to The Lakewood/ Paramount Events

Overall, my husband and I would HIGHLY recommend The Lakewood as a wedding venue and Paramount Events for catering.

We are still talking about our wedding day. Our guests are still telling us about our wedding day! Not only was The Lakewood the perfect venue for our wedding but everyone was so easy to work with in helping vision come to life. Which was crazy because we planned our big day in only 3 weeks. Yes, you read that correctly… we had 3 weeks to re-plan our wedding because of the hurricanes that swept the Caribbean.

When we saw the news of the hurricane hitting St. Thomas we knew our destination nuptials could be in trouble. The first hurricane hit on a Wednesday, that Thursday I was calling a bunch of venues explaining our story. Friday that same week, we met with Emily Yao, toured the space (we only cried a little), and had a new venue! Soon after that, everything seemed to magically fall into place thanks to Emily, Paramount Events and our new and beautiful venue The Lakewood.

Emily and her team made our wedding day not only happen but helped us with special menu items and came up with a “in the round” type ceremony, worked with our vision of two long tables for reception, and helped with keeping that intimate wedding (75 guests) we had been planning for over a year. We can only imagine what would have happened if we had a whole year to work with Emily and her team. We are forever thankful to them and would highly recommend the venue for a wedding!

The Venue:
With a space to get ready for both sides of the bridal party, amble space for ceremony, cocktail hour and reception this blank white canvas is truly the perfect place for any bride/groom looking to create a unique vibe and fun atmosphere for their guests. The Lakewood is mold-able for any event you are hosting. For us, we wanted to keep things indoors but have that outdoor feel so we added lots of greenery to help the space come to life!

The Food:
The food is AMAZING. Since we had less than 3 weeks to plan, we just had to trust the items we were choosing would be tasty and boy were they good - from the appetizers to our main courses to the late-night Chicago style hot dogs! One of the happiest moments though was seeing our cake. We hadn’t put much thought into it but sent Emily an inspiration photo and… we must say… the cake was truly inspired and our cake topper looked perfect on top of that cake."

— Isabel Dayson