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Your favorites.
A few surprises.
A menu that’s yours.
Tell us what you love to eat—and what you don’t. These ideas are a starting point for a menu made around your people and your occasion.
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A few favorites, a few surprises, and plenty of possibilities. We don’t ask you to fit a pre-made menu. Start with what you love to eat, what you don’t, the time of year, and your guests’ dietary needs. These are ideas to explore together; we’ll agree on your dishes and service details in your event proposal.

Passed appetizers
Small bites. Plenty of personality.
Start the conversation with a few things guests can enjoy while they catch up.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗Grilled & chilled shrimp cocktail
In a watermelon gazpacho shooter.
Duck meatball agrodolce
With a cotton-candy poof.
Polenta canapé caprese
Smoked pork belly skewers
With crispy onion.
Mini Thai chicken tacos
With pea slaw.
Mini BLT
On a sun-dried-tomato bread canapé.
Mini bánh mì
Pork, chicken, tempeh, or tofu fillings.
Mini Cubanos
Comté cheese, slaw, goat cheese, and a jalapeño cornbread canapé.
Arepas with smoked paprika aioli
With salsa fresca.
Mini veggie burgers
With seasonal fruit salsa.
Fonduta in a mini clay pot
With crostini.
Peking duck salad
In a crispy wonton.
Mini Wellington bites
Duxelles with pulled rabbit, beef tenderloin, squab, or tempeh.
Roasted portobello potato pancake
With truffle mayo.
Mini Jonah crab-cake lollipop
With red pepper aioli and scallion.
Chilled ginger-carrot soup shooters
Beef carpaccio
On a potato chip with roasted garlic and onion jam.
Chicken salad in an endive cup
With almonds, cheddar, and cranberry.
And more—these are starting points for your own menu.
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Boards & stations
Give everyone something to gather around.
A generous board or a playful station can make the food part of the conversation.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗The New England
Curried clam chowder and mini lobster-roll sliders, canapés, or puffs.
The Farmhouse
Local artisan cheeses—soft, medium, and hard—assorted salumi, pickled and fresh vegetables, country pâté, chutney, and crostini.
Dueling Hummus
Two scratch-made hummus varieties, vegetable crudités, olives, pita chips or torn naan, and pickled grapes.
Mezze
Olives, caponata, grissini and crostini, marinated cipollini onions and mushrooms, roasted marinated tomatoes, sweet onion jam, and parsley salad.
Ham & Cheese
Country ham, prosciutto di Parma or American prosciutto, imported sharp provolone, Tuscan breads, and herb-infused olive oil. Chef-carved or serve-yourself.
Nacho Table
Flour and corn chips, assorted salsas, black- and white-bean hummus, pickled watermelon, and jalapeños.
Mac & Cheese
A chef-attended or serve-yourself station. Mix-ins can include rendered pancetta, English peas, pulled rabbit, pork, chicken, short rib or duck, broccolini, and asparagus.
DIY S’mores Station
Build and roast your own s’mores.
Salad Table
Greens, grains, beans, and pasta salads for stations or buffets. Ideas include shredded Brussels sprouts with bacon and shaved Parmesan; roasted cauliflower; roasted beet salad; curry-coconut quinoa; baby kale; two-potato salad; caprese or panzanella; chilled seasonal balsamic vegetables; and antipasti.
And more—these are starting points for your own menu.
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Main courses
Make the main course your own.
Something familiar, something unexpected, or a bit of both. Let’s talk about the flavors you enjoy.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗Chicken
Tandoori, brick chicken, herb-grilled Statler-cut chicken, drunk chicken, Peking-style, Korean BBQ, or Thai.
Meat
Skirt, hanger, tri-tip, sirloin, tenderloin, or aged New York strip. Talk with us about the cut and flavors you enjoy—beef, poultry, pork, or lamb.
Seafood
Marinated grilled swordfish; basil-and-honey lacquered salmon; seared tuna; day-boat scallops; monkfish; marinated cusk; cod; salmon; and freshwater fish.
Shellfish
Let’s talk about shellfish for your menu and what’s in season.
Game
Rabbit, duck, game birds, venison, or boar.
Burger bars, hot dogs & house-made sausages
A relaxed way to feed a gathering.
House-made pastas
Authentic Italian
New England paella
Monkfish, Bang Island mussels, Maine shrimp, lobster, and Jonah crab with tomato-saffron broth, jasmine rice, and vegetables.
Portable deli counters & picnics
Sushi, raw & oyster bars
Straight from the grill
We grill it; you make it your own with a spread of toppings and condiments.
Pig & other animal roasts
A roast planned around your gathering.
Vegetarian, vegan & raw ideas
Wild-rice-stuffed roasted carnival eggplant, tofu agrodolce, tempeh, roasted vegetable Napoleon, and veggie burgers. Tell us about your dietary preferences as we plan.
And more—these are starting points for your own menu.
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Salads
A little color on the table.
Seasonal vegetables, bright dressings, and a salad with some personality. There’s plenty of room for a customizable, funky salad of your own.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗Rocket salad
Baby arugula, pine nuts, pickled red onion, goat cheese, candied walnuts, carrot, cherry tomatoes, shallot vinaigrette, and reduced agave balsamic.
House salad
Baby field greens, English cucumber, carrot, sprouts, shaved red onion, pear tomatoes, gaufrette, and white-truffle/champagne vinaigrette.
Seasonal fruit salads
Panzanella or caprese
Heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, reduced agave balsamic vinegar, basil oil, and marinated roasted tomatoes.
Deli salads
Beet and beet greens; curried coconut quinoa; roasted two-potato salad; super kale slaw; orzo; and other pasta, grain, and bean salads.
And more—these are starting points for your own menu.
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Soups
A warm welcome—or a cool little start.
Hot or chilled, in a bowl or a little shooter. We’ll find a soup that fits the season and the way you’re gathering.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗Chowders & chilis
Carrot ginger
Crazy Bean
Baked potato soup
Cheddar broccoli
Italian wedding soup
Classic minestrone
Pasta e fagioli
Fisherman’s stew
Sherried potato leek
Classic tomato soup shooters
And more—these are starting points for your own menu.
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Desserts
Finish with something fun.
A little sweet bite, a table of favorites, or something cold and creamy.
Let’s talk about your menu ↗Cookies
Brownies
Pastries
Flan
Panna cotta
Cupcakes
Cannoli
Whoopie pies
Dessert bars
Pies
Floats
House-made ice cream
Semifreddo
Sorbetto
And more sweet ideas. We don’t make celebration cakes; let’s talk about how your cake plans fit with the rest of the gathering.
Back to menu categories ↑Make it personal
Tell us about your table.
Your favorite foods, the time of year, family traditions, and dietary needs all help shape the menu. Share those details early so we can discuss what fits.
Planning a wedding cake? Our current dessert selection focuses on other sweets; let’s discuss how your cake plans fit with the rest of the celebration.
What sounds good to you?
You don’t have to choose from a list. Bring us your ideas, and we’ll take the conversation from there.