Hot entrées, sides, cold platters and desserts by the tray, delivered to your door or picked up at our Yorkville kitchen. No staff, no service charge, three days' notice. Most trays serve about 20.
Trays are priced per tray, not per person, and most serve about 20. There is no service charge and no staff. Delivery starts at $40 and depends on the town, or pick up at 109 E Hydraulic Ave in Yorkville for free. Sales tax is 9.25%. Drop-off orders need three days' notice.
With drop-off, the driver brings the trays at the time you set, lays them out with serving utensils if you ask, and leaves. You serve, you clear, you keep the leftovers. There is no 20% service charge and no event production fee, because there is no staff.
Pick drop-off for a backyard party, an open house, a team lunch, a church supper or a family gathering. Pick a staffed event when you want the buffet tended, tables cleared and nothing to think about; servers are $35 an hour with a four-hour minimum.
Total $256, or $12.80 a person for 20. Plates, napkins and silverware are $1.50 per person ($30), and a chafing dish for each hot tray is $17. Delivery and tax are extra; pick-up is free.
Total $424, about $14.13 a person for 30. Disposable Appetizer Plates & Napkins are 99 cents per person. Delivery and tax are extra.
A Chafing Dish Package is $17 per hot dish: a wire-frame chafer, two sternos and a water pan, yours to keep with nothing to return. For a dressier table, stainless steel chafers rent for $20 a set and come back to us after the event. Our $17 wire-frame chafers are yours to keep, so there is nothing to return. Serving Tongs & Spoons are $1 each.
Our kitchen is in Yorkville. Delivery is $40 to Oswego, Plano, Montgomery, Sugar Grove, Aurora, Plainfield, Sandwich, North Aurora and Batavia; $45 to Geneva and Naperville; $50 to St. Charles, Bolingbrook and Joliet. Ask for a quote or call or text (630) 553-9533.
Start from one of these. Every menu can be adjusted for headcount, budget and dietary needs.
Trays & plattersEach tray serves 20
Hot entrées, sides and salads by the tray, for pick-up or delivery. Build your own spread for a party, a crew or the office.
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Trays & plattersWarm, cool and sweet trays
Hot hors d'oeuvres, cold party platters on black lacquer trays, and homemade dessert trays, for pick-up or delivery.
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Braised in our signature BBQ sauce, full of flavor and not too sweet.
Marinated in our herb rub blend and oven roasted until moist and tender. Breasts. Gluten free.
gluten free
Made fresh and seasoned to perfection. Hot & sweet peppers.
Freshly made sandwiches on one platter.
Swedish, Italian, or sweet & sour.
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