Top Carol Stream Venues

• Spaces for 90 Guests

Mio Modo — Italian for "my way" — is a trattoria-style Italian restaurant set in the heart of downtown St. Charles, Illinois, along the Fox River. The restaurant is the reinvention of the long-running Francesca's by the River, reopened in 2022 after an extensive renovation by Scott Harris Hospitality. The updated space features a double-sided fireplace, new lighting, and fresh materials throughout, transporting guests to a relaxed Italian dining atmosphere. The kitchen focuses on lighter Italian food alongside classic house dishes — fresh handmade pastas, seasonal plates, and carefully sourced ingredients — guided by a philosophy of simple cooking and thoughtful service. Private events and catering are available for groups looking to celebrate in the restaurant's warm, casually sophisticated setting.

• Spaces for 25-160 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 2 Meeting Spaces

The Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center (ARRCC) is a Naperville Park District facility situated along the Naperville Riverwalk at 305 W. Jackson Avenue. The center serves the community through programs for active adults and seniors, early learners through the Preschool Academy, and dance students at its on-site dance studio. For private events, the center offers the Community Hall — a flexible space seating up to 120 guests for dining or 160 in theater-style arrangements — and smaller Classroom spaces accommodating up to 25 guests each. Both options include wall-mounted projection equipment, making them well-suited for meetings, workshops, and social gatherings. The facility sits steps from the Millennium Carillon bell tower and the scenic Naperville Riverwalk, providing a distinctive outdoor backdrop for events.

• Spaces for 75 Guests

La Sorella di Francesca brings the character of an authentic Italian trattoria to downtown Naperville, with a casually sophisticated ambiance built around rustic cooking, friendly service, and fair prices. Part of Scott Harris Hospitality's Francesca's family of restaurants — founded in Chicago in 1992 around the belief that every meal should feel like a celebration — the Naperville location carries that same commitment to genuine Italian hospitality and the lively art of dining. The restaurant hosts private events and catering, offering a warm, convivial setting for gatherings of all kinds. Guests are welcomed by an atmosphere that reflects the warmth of Italian tradition, where good food and good company are always the main event.

Shaw's Crab House offers event spaces for your next celebration in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Beatrix offers event spaces for your next celebration in Oak Brook, Illinois.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

• Spaces for 400 Guests

• Spaces for 330 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm
• 1 Historic Space

The Nagel Emporium at Abbey Farms sits on the grounds of a working, nonprofit farm in Aurora, Illinois that has been growing trees and welcoming visitors since 1949. All proceeds from events held at Abbey Farms benefit the monks of Marmion Abbey, whose mission and the 300-acre property the farm sustains. The Emporium itself is a 6,000-square-foot hall clad in antique reclaimed barn wood and hung with elegant chandeliers, offering climate control through all seasons and sweeping views of the Fox River Valley. An oak dance floor and cocktail lounge anchor the interior, while a covered porch opens onto a custom brick patio with a stone fireplace. A dedicated bridal preparation room with antique furnishings rounds out the private amenities. The hall accommodates up to 330 guests and has hosted wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, corporate meetings and retreats, family reunions, and other private celebrations. The Emporium is handicapped accessible from the parking lot.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 30 Guests

• Spaces for 120 Guests

• Spaces for 250 Guests