The Screening Room

What: 
Reception venue (could also be used for ceremony only, hypothetically)

Location: 
Northtown Plaza Business Center
3131 Sheridan Drive
Amherst, NY 14226

Price (for 4 hours): 
Friday & Saturday evenings - $500
Saturday daytime - $350 
Sunday daytime or evening - $350
(the prices were $50-100 lower when we looked at it, FYI) 

Capacity:
Banquet style - 80+
Theater style - 100
Mixer style - 100+

Facilities:
Main room, smaller side room where food would be served, coat room; no kitchen.

Contact: 
Bob Golibersuch, President/Founder
716-837-0376
info@screeningroom.net
bobg@screeningroom.net

Pros:
Inexpensive; unique; can bring in own food/caterer; microphone, sound system, and projector/screen use included; tablecloths included; vegetable, cheese, and cookie platters available; good options for drinks (cash bar, tab bar, or combination); relaxed atmosphere (this might not be a pro to everyone but it is to me!)

Cons:
Small, no DJs or dancing permitted (per a note on their website that wasn't there when we were looking into it), hard to find (it's located within a larger building in the plaza and the entrance is off to the side--would have to give guests very specific directions)

Although it would have been a cozy, unique, and inexpensive reception venue, the Screening Room ended up not being an option for us because of its size.  Our guest list was over 100 and we ended up having about 90, so even though it might have been possible to squeeze everyone in, it would have been tight and would have left no room for dancing.  And apparently now they're not allowing dancing at events anyway, which wasn't the case when we were looking at it.  This would be a great venue for a small, intimate, low-key reception where the entertainment consisted of speeches and a slideshow/presentation rather than dancing, or for a cocktail style reception.  I didn't think about using it as a ceremony-only venue at the time, but I don't see any reason why that wouldn't work.

Find more info on their website (it isn't great but has pretty much all the information you'd need).