Rentals

510 654–0148 (ask for Kristine Seinsch or Lily Yang)

ACT Catering is an innovative catering company serving the greater Bay Area. We feature the freshest seasonal ingredients of Northern California. The company makes food as exquisite as the Bay Area’s finest restaurants; it is matched only by our attentive personal service and expertise. We are pleased to offer the finest cuisine along with excellent service suitable for any event large or small, formal or casual. ACT Catering and Event Production is a full-service catering company, offering all aspects of event planning. Our food is simple, seasonal, and spectacular, our service is professional, and our settings are exquisite and elegant.

510 582–9529 (ask for Dawn Deardorf)

Aurora Catering is a local catering company serving fresh seasonal cuisine, using professional and attentive service to make your event a success. We commit to serving you and your guests in a way that reflects our personal ethic of providing an experience you and your guests will always remember. We want everyone to leave your event feeling cared for, catered to, and sated with delicious food. Chef Marty will customize a menu combining your style, taste, and budget. From appetizer to dessert, set up to clean up, allow Aurora Catering to handle your event.

510 647–5165 (ask for Hugh Groman)

At Hugh Groman Catering, we’re dedicated to exceptional food. We use the incredible bounty of the San Francisco Bay Area to create a beautiful, delicious, and vibrant menu for your special event. Hugh Groman Catering specializes in a delicate fusion of French, Italian, and Spanish cuisine, with influences from around the world. Each item is carefully designed and prepared with taste, texture, balance, and color in mind. Food can be the source of so much pleasure—enchanting the senses and stimulating the palate. Let us pamper your guests with fresh cuisine of the highest quality.

510 525–3121 (ask for Diana Ornelas)

Picante is an expression of love for Mexico. A celebration of real Mexican cuisine, not of those imposters that are poured out of cans. Love is why we grind corn daily for our tortillas, import Mexican herbs, spices, and chiles, and have local artisans craft cheese that replicate the nuances of fresh Mexican cheeses. Love also explains everything from the naturally raised meats we grill, simmer, and stew for some of our dishes, to the Mexican folk art we sleuth out for our walls. Now, the traditional food at Picante may not be coming from a grandmother’s kitchen somewhere in Mexico. But, judging from the reactions we get, it’s pretty close.

415 472–2894 (ask for Robert Meyer)

Since 1987, Robert Meyer’s Mangia Nosh has been sought after in Marin County and the Bay Area for both catering and event management. Providing full-service catering, Mangia Nosh is “simply the best” and for good reason. Robert Meyer’s Mangia Nosh Catering provides restaurant caliber cuisine to their guests both at home and in many unique and interesting Bay Area venues. Guided by the seasons, Mangia Nosh creates a food experience that celebrates the beautiful bounty that each season provides. Custom menus created for your personal needs and events are just a telephone call away. Please call our office, to design your next event.

510 649–1333 (Gilman St) · 510 809–8293 (Telegraph Ave)

Fast, easy, and delicious—spend less time in the kitchen. Whole Foods Market Catering’s ingredients come straight from local farms with a focus on seasonal offerings. We’ll work with you to create the perfect spread for any occasion. Whether you’re planning an office party, graduation celebration, or an intimate brunch, we’re here to make sure the food is amazing. Place your order online, by phone, or in-store with a catering specialist and then pick it up at at the store.

510 665–4811 (ask for Cameron Mariguchi)

Gecko Gecko, Thai-California Eatery is a local, non-corporate, family owned enterprise that is the result of a creativeness and inventiveness that we longed for and wanted to bring to Thai, and Southeast Asian, cooking. While we shy away from the “fusion” nomenclature and prefer not to delve into “Thai Nachos” or “Thai-talian Spaghetti,” our goal is to bring the fresh California flavors and ingredients that we love, introducing them to our Asian dishes, and making them more uniquely modern—giving them a twist. (Okay, we may have stretched it a bit with feta cheese on our Ultimate Pad Thai, but you really should taste it!)

510 540–7773

Beyond our incredibly inviting dining space, we offer a full roster of delivery and catering services, in addition to offering the option of picking up your order at our restaurant. Parties? Picnics? Meetings? General gatherings? No event is too big or too small for La Mediterranee to handle. Conveniently located on College Avenue in Berkeley (with an additional location in San Francisco), La Mediterranee brings the easier way of Mediterranean life to the Bay Area. And with that way of life comes a way with cuisine—from spicy humus and cucumber yogurt dip with pita bread, to chicken shawarma and a myriad of Middle Eastern plates, our expert kitchen staff injects a taste of the Mediterranean into every single authentically prepared dish they make.

510 843–1535 (ask for Dorothée Mitrani-Bell)

La Note is a southern French restaurant known for rustic bistro fare at lunch and dinner, but at breakfast rumpled locals come in droves to relax over inspired egg dishes, toasted brioche with lavender honey, and oatmeal raspberry or crème fraîche pancakes accompanied by cafe au lait served in bowls so big it’s almost hard to find room for them on the little wooden tables. Charming details—the chunky Provencal pottery, French-country table linens, bowls of jam, and brown sugar cubes—make this the next best thing to being in France.

510 985–7381 (ask for Jennifer Millar)

Sweet Adeline is a neighborhood bakeshop. Everything is made here in small batches; this means we run out of some items on some days. We experiment with desserts until we find out what our customers want. Some of our ingredients are organic and local. We buy much of our fruit from farmers who sell at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market. Our dairy is Clover. Our chocolate is German, Belgian, and Californian. There is a great deal of effort and love put into everything we make. What else is the point of a neighborhood bakeshop? Many of our customers are also our friends. It has been a wonderful day in the neighborhood.