Our Party Reception Venue Went Under!!

I received a general "we're sorry, dear customer's, but the economy made us close" email from them.

Sad for them, trying not to panic for us.

We did an extensive venue search before we settled on the Pub, most of those places are booked now or super expensive for us - like a minimum of $5K to book there for anything...

We need space for over 100 people, maybe upwards of 200 with booze and food available to all.
I have a contact with a brewery, we can get a keg of good beer for the price of a keg of PBR with them.
We have a ton of champagne already and a discount with a big liquor store thru another friend.
My Not-a-MoH's saying that we can cook for that many people.
It would not be a stretch for me to make army sized portions, I already make platoon sized ones. ;P
We pick easy dishes and let anyone who wants to volunteer, each make one dish in a large quantity.

It's just finding the right space to be able to do this in, with less than 3 months to go.
I sent an email back, giving our regards and reminding them of both our contract and the deposit we'd already paid to them for our reception. I figured either they are so far up to their eyeballs in panic that they forgot or they've talked about how to deal with these kinds of things and have been brainstorming how to fix it at little to no stress/extra cost to either side.

All I can say right now, about my feelings on all of this is: D'oh!!

The owners sent a response email to us, apologizing and offering to help us find a new place. She said they hadn't run our card yet, just put the deposit amount on hold, so she'll undo that and void the receipts. I'm really glad that they were able to respond and be so helpful. Even if they didn't do it in an order which would cause less of a freak out, the fact that they did this at all gives them even higher marks in my book.

Supposedly, she talked to the owners of another restaurant next door to them, today. Asking if they'd take our contract at the same terms and prices. There are other options as well. But it's really nice of them to go out of their way to help us find a replacement venue.

Goodbye Scotch Corner Pub - we loved you while you were around, we're sad to see you go.