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Chef-Driven, Seasonal Menus
49 Square Catering designs chef-driven menus for weddings, corporate events, outdoor programs, and private celebrations in San Francisco and across the Bay Area. Menus start with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and adapt to the season, event format, venue requirements, and guest count.
Plated dinners, buffets, interactive food stations, passed bites, boxed lunches, and drop-off service are planned around timing and how guests will eat. Dietary needs are addressed during menu planning, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and allergy-friendly options available.
49 Square’s full-service team can coordinate menu development, staffing, setup, service, and breakdown. Explore corporate catering, wedding catering, and outdoor catering, or request a catering proposal. Ask the planning team about current seasonal selections for your event date.
Office Party
Sample Menu Options Include:
Full service luncheons for board of directors, retirement: menu creation, setup, cleanup. Seasonal menus for elaborate buffets or dignified dinners.
Example: Lawyer summer associate program
including Interactive stations such as; Poke bowl station, street tacos, build your own pizza.
Conference and Seminar Catering
Sample Menu Options Include:
beverage and snack stations, elevated boxed lunches to include Mediterranean boxed lunch with skewered grilled chicken, tzatziki and hummus and pita or a vegan sushi bowl of rice, edamame, veggies and sesame soy dressing
Cocktail & Networking Events
Sample Menu Options Include:
Happy Hours and networking: passed small bites.
Some favorites are:
– Mini beef wellington
– Braised short ribs wrapped in puff pastry
– Black bean grilled corn croquette
– Bun nam cake topped with five spice chicken
We can work together to create your perfect happy hour menu.
Corporate Lunch
Sample Menu Options Include:
Sandwich & salad buffet
Grilled flatbread sandwich – falafel, cucumber salad, chimichurri
Grilled chicken sandwich – bleu cheese, smashed avocado, roasted tomato
Baby spinach salad – grapefruit, jicama, crumbled goat cheese, citrus champagne vinaigrette
Arugula salad – heirloom tomatoes, persian cucumbers, watermelon radish, torn croutons
Corporate Breakfast
Sample Menu Options Include:
grab and go style with continental options including breakfast burritos, espresso cart
Food Stations
Sample Menu Options Include:
Bun Nam Cake Station
Pad Thai Style Rice Noodle Cake
Bean Sprouts and Cilantro
Your Choice of Topping
Star Anise Braised Pork, Five Spice Chicken and Thai Basil Eggplant
Green Papaya Salad, Carrots, Red Peppers,, Cilantro, Lime Vinaigrette
Skewer Station
Fire Roasted Beef Kabob, Red Peppers, Mushrooms and Onions
Grilled Salmon Kabobs Marinated in Mediterranean Spice
Tofu and Vegetable Kabobs
Dessert Station
Assorted desserts displayed on shelving (A-frame, thunderdome)
Plated Meals
Sample Menu Options Include:
Sample Wedding Menu:
Seasonal mixed greens and garden herbs – Cherry Tomatoes, French Breakfast Radish, Papillion Roquefort Cheese, Honey Black Garlic Vinaigrette
Marinated Sea Bass – Herb Gremolata, Grilled Eggplant, Jasmine RIce, Sauteed Spinach, Bean Sprouts and Nori
Oven Roasted Short Ribs – Sauteed Broccolini, Grilled Red Red Pepper Polenta, Crispy Garlic Chips
Capellini with Fresh Heirloom tomato – Garlic, Basil, Olive Oil, Fresh Grated Pfarmesan
Late night snack: mini grilled cheese with tomato soup shooters, buttermilk fried chicken and waffle, petite bread pudding bites and whiskey whip cream
BBQ & Grilled specialties
Sample Menu Options Include:
Sample Menu:
18hour slow cooked brisket
BBQ chicken in housemade bbq sauce
Black peppered prawns
Classic potato salad, tri color coleslaw, classic mac and cheese, sweet cornbread muffins
Strawberry shortcake station and watermelon triangles
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