Morning Glory Inn on Pittsburgh’s South Aspect

A couple is now scrambling after their Pittsburgh wedding venue suddenly closed with no warning. The couple said they booked their small, intimate wedding at the Morning Glory Inn on Pittsburgh’s South Side seven months ago, but now their emails and calls are being left unanswered. “We were contacted by our videographer last night and I guess on this Pittsburgh wedding website there are rumors of the Morning Glory Inn going bankrupt and closing and he hopes it’s not true. And it turns out it was true because of course we tried to call three days later and now the number is disconnected,” April Parker, the bride-to-be, said. Parker and Dominic DiLucente suddenly couldn’t get a hold of the owner of the Morning Glory Inn. The phone numbers were disconnected and the Facebook page was wiped clean.”We may have to push the wedding back another year and that ruins our plans because I was hoping to go to school or get into school. I won’t be able to work for three years so we kind of have this plan and this is just all, it’s up in the air. We feel like he took advantage of the fact that we would be out of town,” Parker said. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 spoke with the owner of the Morning Glory Inn, David Eshelman, on Tuesday afternoon. He said last year, the COVID-19 pandemic hit his business hard and last week a court-ordered Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Eshelman said he’s hopeful the process will protect both his creditors and couples who have scheduled weddings. He said he has been doing his best to save as many weddings as he can, but said without a full wedding season last year, he had nowhere left to turn.

A couple is now scrambling after their Pittsburgh wedding venue suddenly closed with no warning.

The couple said they booked their small, intimate wedding at the Morning Glory Inn on Pittsburgh’s South Side seven months ago, but now their emails and calls are being left unanswered.

“We were contacted by our videographer last night and I guess on this Pittsburgh wedding website there are rumors of the Morning Glory Inn going bankrupt and closing and he hopes it’s not true. And it turns out it was true because of course we tried to call three days later and now the number is disconnected,” April Parker, the bride-to-be, said.

Parker and Dominic DiLucente suddenly couldn’t get a hold of the owner of the Morning Glory Inn. The phone numbers were disconnected and the Facebook page was wiped clean.

“We may have to push the wedding back another year and that ruins our plans because I was hoping to go to school or get into school. I won’t be able to work for three years so we kind of have this plan and this is just all, it’s up in the air. We feel like he took advantage of the fact that we would be out of town,” Parker said.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 spoke with the owner of the Morning Glory Inn, David Eshelman, on Tuesday afternoon.

He said last year, the COVID-19 pandemic hit his business hard and last week a court-ordered Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Eshelman said he’s hopeful the process will protect both his creditors and couples who have scheduled weddings. He said he has been doing his best to save as many weddings as he can, but said without a full wedding season last year, he had nowhere left to turn.

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