Cocktail Event Menu
Twenty-five one- and two-bite hors d'oeuvres, built to be eaten standing up with a drink in the other hand. Passed on trays, set out on stations, or both.
25 dishesQuoted per event, by the piece against your guest count.
- This menu carries no list prices. We quote a cocktail event by the piece once we know the count, the room, and how long service runs — a two-hour standing reception and a one-hour cocktail hour before dinner are very different orders off the same page.
- For a one-hour cocktail hour before a seated dinner, four to six pieces per guest is the working number, spread across five or six items. If the bites are the meal, plan on roughly double and widen the list so nobody eats four of the same thing.
- Several of these are fried or go out hot — the cheese ravioli, the lobster mac bites, the popcorn chicken, the crab fritters. They want a kitchen, or at minimum power on site. At a raw venue with neither we will build your list out of the cold bites rather than send out something that has been sitting in a chafer for an hour.
- Staffing follows the service style, not the menu. Stationed food runs about one server per twenty guests. Passing trays through a standing room takes more than that, because somebody has to keep walking.
Hors d'Oeuvres
The PDF lists these as one continuous selection rather than in courses. Pick across the list — a good cocktail hour runs one raw or cold item, one fried, one skewer, and something on bread.
- Antipasto Skewer
- Soppressata, provolone, peppadews, imported artichoke, olive
- Tomato Mozzarella Skewer
- Balsamic glaze
- Meatball and Polenta Bite
- With basil pesto
- Fried Cheese Ravioli
- Vodka sauce
- Whipped Ricotta Crostini with Bruschetta
- Balsamic glaze
- Shrimp Cocktail
- Colossal shrimp
- Chicken Parm Sliders
- Prime Burger Sliders
- With caramelized onion
- Southern Hot Honey Popcorn Chicken
- Hot honey dipping sauce
- Chicken Caesar Salad Pinwheels
- Pesto Tortellini Skewers
- Sun-dried tomato
- Mini Chicken and Waffles
- Maple syrup dipping sauce
- Thai Peanut Chicken Skewer
- Asian Steamed Dumpling
- With ginger soy
- Spicy Ahi Tuna Avocado Tartare Bite
- Wonton chip
- Seared Tuna Bite
- Marinated cucumber
- Roasted Butternut Squash and Goat's Cheese Crostini
- With sage burnt butter
- Agrodolce Onion and Mozzarella Bruschetta Crostini
- Marinated balsamic onion with mozzarella
- Fried Lobster Mac and Cheese Bites
- Honeydew Wrapped with Prosciutto
- King of the West honeydew
- Watermelon Feta Bite with Mint
- Deviled Eggs
- Topped with maple bourbon bacon
- Crab and Corn Fritters
- Remoulade sauce
- Korean-Style Cocktail Meatballs
- Brie Fig and Prosciutto Crostini
How it gets served
Full-Service Event Catering
Staffed events of any shape: plated, buffet, family-style, or stations, with the crew, the equipment, and the timeline to actually run them.
Ordering
Before you order.
For a one-hour cocktail hour before a seated dinner, four to six pieces per guest across five or six items is the working number. If these bites are the whole meal, plan on roughly double and widen the list. Treat both as a guide rather than a guarantee — a room that has been drinking since four eats more than a lunch crowd, and we would rather adjust the count with you than have you find out at nine.
Want this, but yours?
Every menu here is a starting point. Tell us the date and guest count and we’ll price it properly.