Shaking my booty all night long or until 8pm!

If you've been following the progress of our wedding day schedule, you know that our ceremony is really early which means our reception is pretty early. Our awesome venue, Lake Union Café, does hosts two receptions on Saturday and we're the afternoon one. I actually don't mind that the reception is in the afternoon. The room with filled with natural light and people will get to appreciate the beautiful daytime views of Lake Union. Fitting right? Celebrating our union on the side of Lake Union. I just figured that one out. :)

So here's our current planning dilemma. The after party. We know we want to have one, but we don't know where and what time.

Option 1
Some where close (walking distance) to the reception venue where we could go immediately after. Probably won't be super nice because most of the bars around there aren't to amazing looking.

Option 2
Somewhere else in the city (within 20 minutes drive) that's nicer but still right after the party

Option 3
Somewhere downtown or within 10 minutes of downtown that nicer and serves food. This after party would take place around 8pm. That gives everyone to a chance to change (if they want) and visitors to enjoy a little of the city during the day. It also gives us time to enjoy what just happened (the getting hitched part).

There are pros and cons of each. We'll get a better turn out for Option 1 but I don't want people to feel obligated to come. This is a totally optional event. It's rare we get all our friends in one place and it would be nice to have a little more time with them before we leave for Australia (woot! woot!) and they get back to their regularly scheduled lives. Saying that makes me feel like Option 3 is a better idea but I don't want people to feel like this wedding is an all day event. Remember we're starting early.

Also, I should say, the after party is a cash bar system. We'd hold reserve a space but we'd expect everyone to pay for themselves as this is totally option.

So what do you think?
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3