[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":328},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fcatering-birthday-office-family-gathering":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":315,"description":316,"extension":317,"image":318,"imageAlt":319,"meta":320,"navigation":321,"path":322,"seo":323,"stem":324,"summary":325,"updated":326,"__hash__":327},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fcatering-birthday-office-family-gathering.md","Planning a Birthday Party, Office Lunch or Family Gathering?",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":303},"minimark",[9,13,16,25,33,38,41,47,56,59,63,66,69,77,80,102,106,109,112,120,128,132,135,138,141,149,156,163,167,170,173,190,193,197,200,220,223,227,235,238,268,272,275,290,295,298],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Every gathering has one thing in common: someone has to figure out the food.",[10,14,15],{},"An office lunch, a hospital department meeting, a church function, a school event, a birthday at somebody's house - the person organizing it ends up making a dozen decisions before anyone eats. How much to order. What a group with different tastes will actually eat. Whether it arrives on time. Whether it still tastes good once it's on the table.",[10,17,18,19,24],{},"That's what ",[20,21,23],"a",{"href":22},"\u002Fcatering","catering from Dinner Is Served"," is for.",[10,26,27,28,32],{},"We cook Caribbean, Haitian, Latin, and American food at ",[29,30,31],"strong",{},"1001 NW 95th Street in Miami",", and we bring it to where your event is happening - delivered, set up, with serving utensils, so you can spend the day hosting instead of managing the food.",[34,35,37],"h2",{"id":36},"catering-is-for-events-happening-somewhere-else","Catering Is for Events Happening Somewhere Else",[10,39,40],{},"It's worth being clear about the difference, because we offer both.",[10,42,43,46],{},[29,44,45],{},"Catering"," means your event is somewhere else and we provide the food. An office conference room, a hospital break room, a church hall, a school, a park, or your own home.",[10,48,49,55],{},[29,50,51],{},[20,52,54],{"href":53},"\u002Fevents","Private event hosting"," means your event happens here, on our outdoor patio, where we seat up to 50 guests and can arrange karaoke or live Caribbean music.",[10,57,58],{},"The patio's 50-guest limit applies to events held at the restaurant. It isn't a cap on catering orders. If you're feeding a group and want to know what we can handle for your date and headcount, tell us the number and we'll give you a straight answer.",[34,60,62],{"id":61},"office-lunches-and-corporate-catering","Office Lunches and Corporate Catering",[10,64,65],{},"Anyone who has organized a team lunch knows the pattern: pick a place everyone will actually eat, coordinate a time, and get the order right for a group with different tastes and dietary needs.",[10,67,68],{},"A catering order removes most of that. 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Shifts overlap, break rooms are small, and not everyone eats at the same time - so food that holds up well and can be served in stages matters more than presentation.",[10,113,114,115,119],{},"If you're organizing a department lunch, a staff appreciation meal, a training session, or a healthcare team event, ",[20,116,118],{"href":117},"\u002Fcontact","contact us"," with your date, headcount, and delivery window.",[10,121,122,123,127],{},"For more on what we serve around the hospital day to day, see our guide to ",[20,124,126],{"href":125},"\u002Fblog\u002Frestaurant-near-north-shore-medical-center","eating near North Shore Medical Center",".",[34,129,131],{"id":130},"family-gatherings-birthdays-and-celebrations-at-home","Family Gatherings, Birthdays and Celebrations at Home",[10,133,134],{},"Some celebrations belong at somebody's house - a birthday, an anniversary, a graduation, a baby shower, a family reunion, a holiday dinner.",[10,136,137],{},"The problem is that hosting at home usually means the host spends the event in the kitchen.",[10,139,140],{},"Catering solves that. We prepare the food, deliver it, and set it up, so you're actually at your own gathering.",[10,142,143,144,148],{},"For a mixed group of ages and tastes, a spread built from a few entrées and a good range of sides tends to work better than one large dish. 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