Outside Caterers

teenymartini3

We are looking at having our wedding at the Historic Courthouse in Stillwater, Mn and they require a liscensed caterer.  Any ideas of some places I can look at?  All sugestions are definitely welcome

musicalsunlight

I'm using Deco Catering, and have loved all correspondence with them so far! The food is delicious. They are also pretty reasonable in pricing.

maybe984

That's where I got married last October :-) I looooove that venue!

I used Brasa Premium Rotisserie. Kind of a different vibe for a wedding (basically gourmet BBQ for lack of a better term) but I think ti fit really well with the venue. In fact, I'm pretty sure another bride on this board is using the exact same vendor combo.

The things I liked most about them?

1. Their food is AMAZING
2. Their prices are INCREDIBLE (I think we paid about $13 pp for a whole lot of food.)
3. They are adaptable to exactly what you want. If you need full-service catering with servers, they can do that. If you want to skip the servers or hire your own, you can do that too. Same with dinnerware and servingware rentals. If you want them to worry about that, they will (it will cost extra) or if you want to bargain-hunt a little more than they would, you can handle that separately.

LCW2LCO

Two options:

French Meadow (http://www.frenchmeadowcafe.com/catering.html)
Meals By Lauren (although she may not be able to do a large wedding) - mealsbylauren [at] gmail [dot] com.

Lauren catered my shower yesterday and the food was FABULOUS, fresh and beautiful. French Meadow did my sister's wedding and the food was PHENOM. Seriously delicious and fresh.

Good luck!

SuperRNluvsChef

Oh gosh Brasa's food is fantastic!!

sltommy

I went to a wedding last summer that was catered by ChowGirls - it was the best wedding food I've had and I know they had a fairly budget friendly wedding.  Plus its all local and organic, which is an added plus I think.  

TaffetaDarlingTaffeta

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_outside-caterers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:81Discussion:f4fe298a-0b30-4217-9966-b6547c9a325aPost:fd09e46b-8837-45df-86ea-22251f8af24e">Re: Outside Caterers</a>:
[QUOTE]I went to a wedding last summer that was catered by ChowGirls - it was the best wedding food I've had and I know they had a fairly budget friendly wedding.  Plus its all local and organic, which is an added plus I think.  
Posted by sltommy[/QUOTE]

<div>Ditto on Chowgirls. Yum E. </div><div>
</div><div>We didn't end up using them for our wedding. But SUPER good. </div>

graysquirrel

We got married there and used K&J catering, They were wonderful! We got a full buffet with 2 meat options and lots of sides, salads, etc. for about $17 per person. Their food is fantastic-- we had people going up for thirds. They are a family run business and were great to work with. They run their tastings a little differently and don't have the most beautiful meeting area, but don't let that deter you! They really went above and beyond with us--- for example, they cut our cake for free. They even let you take all of the leftovers home!

MrsBassPlaya

Maybe,
That's probably me you're thinking of.  I'm at the Courthouse and using Brasa.  However, my wedding isn't until next September, so I couldn't give a definite rec yet.  However, I can say that all of my correspondences with Brasa have been awesome and timely.  Also, the food for our tasting was amazing, and their prices are great.  They're also super flexible if you need to hire someone to help set up or run your bar.  So I can't wait to see how well they do.

eponine03

Love. Love. Love Brasa! It's our favorite restaurant. We are having them cater our reherasal dinner. Can't say enough good things about them!

maybe984

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_outside-caterers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:81Discussion:f4fe298a-0b30-4217-9966-b6547c9a325aPost:359031e4-38d9-4c70-93d6-1431170dfdde">Re: Outside Caterers</a>:
[QUOTE]Maybe, That's probably me you're thinking of.  I'm at the Courthouse and using Brasa.  However, my wedding isn't until next September, so I couldn't give a definite rec yet.  However, I can say that all of my correspondences with Brasa have been awesome and timely.  Also, the food for our tasting was amazing, and their prices are great.  They're also super flexible if you need to hire someone to help set up or run your bar.  So I can't wait to see how well they do.
Posted by MrsBassPlaya[/QUOTE]

Haha, I was pretty sure it was you... but the courthouse is getting more popular on this board, so I couldn't quite remember ;-)