What does your menu consist of?

I'm having a buffet for 150 people.

Brined Smoked Chicken

Pulled Pork

Mac & Cheese,

Baked Beans

Potato Salad,

Mashed Potato Martini Bar,

Salad with a choice or red or white dressing.

Cornbread/biscuits.

Cake not included. Neither are beverages.

We are doing a burger buffets. Which costs 21 per person. Then we have a popcorn bar that was included in our venue

The venue I have in mind is about $110pp, but it's all-inclusive so that includes apps, dinner, dessert, and drinks. There's a really tempting upgraded bar option too, out of our budget at the moment but something I'm keeping in mind if an extra pocket of money springs up (HA!)

We are serving heavy hors d'oeuvres. It's 37pp with 2 live action stations.

We are doing outside catering. It's 17.50/pp but that doesn't include alcohol because that's a separate vendor. The original menu was:

st louis style ribs, georgia chopped pork, and country roasted chicken with brocolli, mashed potatoes, and pineapple steaks as sides. (each person gets each meat !)

We added salad, and I am going to possibly do a vegetarian ask on the RSVP card and order those as necessary because I have definitely one bridesmaid who will need it and maybe only 2 other guests.

Buffet style $19 PP, however if we are not including dessert, the cost in $18 PP! That includes 2 choices of meats, 2sides, bread, tea, servers!

50.00pp. 3 passed h'ors devours are priced at 7.00 pp

Around $20 per person. That includes the salad, rolls, entrée, and non-alcoholic drink. We are offering free beer and wine to guests that don't want water or pop with their meal. Possibly doing some sort of "snack" tray later on in the night.

I had:

Prime Rib Dip

Shaved prime rib piled on our own

romano cheese bun with a big bowl

of beef jus or BBQ sauce for dipping

GRILLED WILD

SALMON FILET

6oz. salmon filet served with

seasonal vegetable sauté and Rio

rice medley, lemon wedges and

lemon butter sauce on the side.

And a Cajun chicken pasta that they don't have anymore.

Wow!! Thats a great price! I have gotten a quote back for $12K which does not include alcohol.

Is anyone doing a pizza bar? I think the idea is different, and everyone loves pizza!

Ours is $92 a plate and that come with 6 choices of appetizers pp

In Indiana we are having a 3 course plated meal that is $38/pp with two entrée choices. Full open bar is $28/pp. Appetizers are $2 a piece so will be $15/pp or so on average. When you add in venue rental and labor charges our average comes out to be $122/pp. We haven't decided on our menu until we do the tasting and try what we like!

We did buffet style. We had craved sirloin with au jus and horseradish sauce, chicken parmigiana, penne and meatballs, salad, mixed steamed veggies, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit trays, and veggie trays. We also had an open bar of beer and wine. It was around $30pp. If under 21 it was around $24pp.

They broke it down by price per food item and then also by age groups too.

We had family style for somewhere around 55 per person which included 4 1/2 hours open bar. Food was

Cream of broccoli cheddar soup

Garden salad with ranch and Italian dressing

Roast sirloin

Baked chicken

Italian sausage with peppers

Green beans almondine

Mashed potatoes

Gravy

And it included our cake

This was in a suburb of chicago.