St. Charles is the northernmost Fox River town we deliver to, twenty-three miles from our kitchen up Route 31 or Randall Road, where Route 64 crosses the river at Main Street. Delivery is $50, so St. Charles orders tend to be real parties: rehearsal dinners, showers, anniversary dinners and company lunches on the west side along Randall Road.
The $50 is a flat charge for any St. Charles address, whatever the order size. On a buffet for 50 at $18.99 per person it is about a dollar a head. On two platters for a dozen people it is a big share of the bill, and you may be better off picking up at our kitchen in Yorkville. We would rather say that than have you feel overcharged.
For a dinner at home or in a rented room, Buffet Menu 2 at $19.99 per person has chicken française, chicken saltimbocca, sautéed pork tenderloin with peppers and onions and sliced roast turkey with sage stuffing (see Buffet Menu 2). Menu 3 at $20.99 adds carved sirloin with natural jus and baked filet of cod, with salmon or brisket for $1.50 more (see Buffet Menu 3). Carving in front of your guests is $150. Servers are $35 per hour with a four-hour minimum plus a 20% service charge; book two weeks ahead.
The Shower Package is $21.99 per person: croissant sandwiches with three fillings, tropical bowtie Caesar, pinwheels, a spinach bread bowl and a fruit display with crudites. Plates, napkins and silverware for it are $2.40 per person. For a couples shower, a hero sandwich platter swaps in for $1.99 per person more.
For offices along Randall Road and Route 64 west of the river, boxed lunches are $14.50 and $16.50 with a 20-box minimum and three days' notice (see Boxed Lunches). For a larger lunch where the $50 fee makes more sense, a hot tray spread works (see Entrées & Sides by the Tray): beef brisket at $150 for the large tray, herb roasted chicken at $80 for 20 pieces, garlic mashed potatoes at $52, buttered fresh green beans at $49 and fresh homemade bread at $11.99 for 20.
Buffet packages for graduation parties and family gatherings, boxed lunches for offices, trays for showers.
Buffet packageComfort classics
Herb roasted chicken, baked mostaccioli, meat loaf, pulled pork and more.
See the menu
Buffet packageA step up
Chicken piccata, marsala, pot roast, roast turkey and our famous pork chops.
See the menu
Buffet packageThe celebration menu
Carved sirloin, cordon bleu, cod, brisket and salmon.
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