About
Jiddi Space & Courtyard is a delightful venue in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a popular site for hosting a wide variety of wedding-related celebrations, such as elopements, bridal showers, engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, ceremonies, receptions, and post-wedding brunch.
About
This historic hidden gem in the heart of Downtown Raleigh accommodates both indoor and outdoor celebrations. Inside, the Jiddi (meaning "grandfather" in Lebanese) is a fully enclosed space that seats up to 100 guests, with market lighting, exposed brick, and high ceilings. The Courtyard has a marble-top outdoor bar, lounge seating, and a staging area, perfect for live music, ceremonies, and welcome parties, and total capacity seating of 120. The Courtyard offers an enchanting atmosphere with our house market lights and is equally romantic under a clear-top tent rental from a third-party vendor!
Wedding/Getting-Ready Suite
Get ready for your Big Day in the beautiful suite, with a maximum capacity of 20, that also overlooks the Courtyard! Featureing plenty of space to get ready, take pictures, have privacy for dressing, and ample spots for hair and makeup needs. This space is inclusive of venue hire. The space is available for 6 hours before your event starts, or up to 8 hours. Light bites, lunch, and refreshments are also available.
Services
Our friendly staff members are assets to the establishment and ready to help assist in your big day. The venue provides a range of services/amenities, including:
- In-house catering and bar from Sitti or Gravy
- Market Lights (indoors and outdoors)
- Setup/Cleanup of all house items
- Wifi, sound system(not for DJ use), microphone
- Banquetware
- Linens and tealight candles
- Tables/Chairs
- Cake Cutting
Food Services/Cuisine
The Jiddi Space & Courtyard is catered exclusively by Sitti or Gravy, and the private dining menus reflect the food you know and love from these two award-winning restaurants. The food and beverage offerings include:
- In-house service staff and bar staff
- Tastings
- Champagne toast
- Signature drink
- Cash bar or Open bar
- Third-party cake/dessert is allowed
History
As part of the Heiling Levine complex on the corner of Wilmington and Hargett streets, the Jiddi Space & Courtyard shares a rich history. Now occupied by Sitti Authentic Lebanese restaurant, the Heilig Levine building proper was home to 2 hotels, a furniture store, and a grocery store before W. A. Heilig and Albert L. Levine's furniture business came to the space in 1936.
The Jiddi Space & Courtyard were used as storage for the businesses around it – for carriages in the late 1800s to early 1900s, then for furniture and other goods in the mid-1900s. When Empire Properties bought and restored the Heilig Levine complex in 2005, the Jiddi Space & Courtyard was used as a workshop during the renovation.
Location
It is nestled in the heart of downtown Raleigh, just blocks from Marbles Museum, the North Carolina State Capitol, and the North Carolina Museum of Science. 23-minute drive from RDU airport.
