Top 6 Denver Catering Ideas

Denver Catering Ideas

Denver, and Colorado in general, has a very rich agriculture and produce industry that you can and should expect the freshest ingredients from various Denver Catering Companies.

In fact, this freshness is not be limited to just the catering you eat in but also from every menu in our catering services.

In fact, here are some catering ideas to take advantage of the freshest farm ingredients in Denver.

Corporate Boxed Lunch

Instead of the traditional buffet catering services, you can go with a Corporate Box Lunch selection for your guests or staff.

You can even accommodate special food requests and each box lunch will be labeled with its food menu for each of your guests.

This makes your catered event easy when it comes to your food.

Catered Fresh Salads Bar

Nothing says fresh more than a bowl of farm-fresh crisp vegetables.

Treat your guests with a salad bar featuring different fresh fruits and vegetables with a variety of salad dressings and add-ons like vinaigrette options, various cheeses, honey mustard, and more.

Your health-conscious guests will really appreciate it.

Catered Breakfast Bars 

Pancakes, omelets, freshly-baked pastries, and yogurt parfaits. Who would not love a great breakfast?

Separate your event from other events by serving your guests’ favorite breakfast.

It will make your event homier.

Catered Taco Bar

Taco bars can come to your house or office and be set up inside or a Food Truck can pull up.

Your guest and staff will create their own tacos from the freshest ingredients around Denver.

Catered Taco Bars are the perfect addition to any local event that is not too formal and a great way to get guests to interact with each other through food.

Specialty Trays

Treat your guests with some specialty foods served in custom trays.

It can be a special tray with different types of cheese, or a tray of gourmet sandwiches.

The important thing is that it is presented in a way that is both artisan and delectable.

This gives your event a touch of sophistication.

The Classic Catered Buffet

You can never go wrong with a buffet table at your next event. Buffets come in so many different styles and looks and you can add any and all food menus to them which is why they are classic.

 

Having an event catered is all ways a great idea just make sure you choose a company that has a reputation for good flavors and great presentation.

 

 

The Science behind Beverage Catering

Beverage catering is the servicing of drinks such as beer, wine, soda, spirits and coffee during events. Most times beverage catering involves bartending and the setup of the bar. Along with this the beverage catering company will do the purchasing of the beverage for the client and will have set packages.

Important note, in the state of Colorado all bartenders must be tip certified and a responsible vendor license.  In fact, here are some things you should know about the science behind beverage catering:

 

What are the 5 Core Spirits? 

The five core spirits are the basic liquors of a bartender. These are vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, and tequila.

  1. Vodka – this Russian spirit can be taken on the rocks but is frequently used in different kinds of cocktails like martinis and cosmopolitans. You can also serve this as a cold shot too.
  2. Gin – Gin is liquor which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries. Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and flavour profiles that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.
  3. Whiskey – a spirit distilled from malted grain, especially barley or rye.
  4. Rum – a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses or honeys, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels.
  5. Tequila – is a regional distilled beverage and type of alcoholic drink made from the blue agave plant.

How do You know how much alcohol to buy for an event?

There are various tools online that will tell you how much alcohol you have to bring to your event. But generally, it will depend on the following factors:

  • Number of guests
  • Duration of event
  • Is the bar open?
  • When the bar will open
  • When the bar will close

Normally your guest will have 2 drinks during the first hour and an additional drink for every additional hour they attend your event.

In general you should buy more vodka than any other drinks, unless you know what your guest likes or are doing a themed event that called for a certain type of drinks.

How many bartenders should I have?

The ideal scenario is that you have 1 bartender for every 50 to 75 guests. But generally, the advice is that you will need a second bartender if you have about 75 to 150 guests for a basic but limited bar.

If, however, you have a full bar with different mixed drinks, you should definitely try to follow the 1:50 ratio.

How do I set up the bar area? 

Choose an area where there is a good flow of people pas the cocktail bar and into the standing or seating areas

  • Spot for Ice and buckets in middle or in convenient place
  • Spirits go to the right
  • Left side have your mixers
  • Have your wines on ice in a bucket
  • Beer in a cooler chilling (at least one hour before) or pre chilled
  • Backup drinks and cups on back tables

 

If you need Beverage Catering fro you next event and have question please contact us 

 

How to Hire The Right Event Staff

How to Hire the right Event Staff

The right event staff can make or break your event. Even if they are not exactly your employees, they will be flying your banner and anything they do will reflect on you.

It doesn’t matter if they are not really your “people” those who will attend your event will assume that they are and you can’t go around telling everybody that it is not really your fault if they suck.

So, in your next event, make sure that you take precautions before hiring some event staff, here are some tips.

Determine the scope of your event

Before you go out looking for event staff agencies, you should determine the size, length and audience of your event. There are event staff agencies that excel in bigger events while there are others that thrive on smaller, more intimate events.

You don’t want to be hiring event staff for your big event if they do not have the experience for it.

Look for reputable agencies

Once you determined the scope of your event, research different agencies that offer event staffing. Look for those that have strong recommendations or are frequently hired by other event organizers. Those are signs that they provide a good service.

Make a short list of all these agencies so that it will be easier to narrow down on the right one later.

Look for event staffers that have experience in your industry

Like the scope of your event, you should also consider if the event staffs you will be getting has the experience to handle the type of event that you will be organizing.

Do they excel in corporate events? Or do they excel I more intimate settings like weddings?

Consider these so you can shorten your short list even further.

Make a checklist of questions then schedule a series of interviews

Before making contact with any event staff agency, make sure that you have prepared a checklist of questions you want to ask them. This should include questions about them, their staff, and their experience with handling different kinds of event.

Once you have a checklist of questions, you can make contact through a call for a short inquiry on their services. From there, if you are happy with their answers. You can schedule a 2nd meeting where you can interview them further.

After the interviews, you can further cut your list so that you have your top 3 options.  You can then schedule a final meeting so you can make your final decision.

Don’t be cheap

The last tip for hiring event staff is to not be cheap. In our quest to save money, we tend to go for cheaper options for things like this. But always get it in your head that if you pay cheap, you will get cheap.

When you pay for a cheap event staff, you will get cheap and unreliable event staff. Your audience will, in turn, will think you are cheap as well for hiring such people.

In the end, you will be known as that cheap events organizer. Don’t be that guy. Pay up or get what you deserve.

How to Host a Summer Party Guide

How to Host a Summer Party Guide

Summer is here and the temperature is rising.

Flare up the temperature some more by hosting your own awesome summer party.

If you haven’t hosted any summer party in the past, don’t worry.

Here’s a guide that will make it easier for you to throw a cool summer party not only for friends and family, but a party where strangers will be paying admission to get to.

Hire a catering company to drop off or get a food truck to come. 

Number one on the list is food. But if you are going to host a large crowd, it might be better off if you would just hire a professional catering company.

Preparing the food yourself will just eat up all your time that is better used in organizing the event itself. Besides, you think you are saving money by cooking the food by yourself, but for large groups, you might be surprised that the cost of hiring caterers is not that far off from the cost of doing it yourself.

Another option, aside from hiring a catering company, is to get a food truck to come to your event. It will be a cool factor thrown into your summer party.

Anticipation is everything. Build an event website to get registration and have a designer create a flyer. 

All your efforts will be for naught if you are not able to get people to go to your event. The best way to do that is to market your party extensively.

One way to effectively do it is to build an event website to get registration. The site will also include all the details of your summer party including the date, location, itinerary, and line up of guests and performers.

Use the website as the center of your marketing campaigns. Extensively promote it on social media, go as far as boost your posts through paid ads.

You can also delve into traditional marketing. Have a designer create a cool flyer that also indicates your website. Pass it around town.

Rent an open-air photo booth 

I always say that the photo booth is the ultimate rental for any event, summer parties are not an exception.

And you know what’s better than a photo booth? And open-air photobooth. Yup no walls. A photobooth where everyone sees how everyone poses.

It is a fun way to get everybody involved in the event. It’s a souvenir for your guests too.

Hire local DJ with sound system

There will be lull moments during your summer party. A DJ can fill those silent moments with groovy music.

Your DJ can also be one of the performers. Ask your DJ to play a killer set for you.

And once all the performers are done, your DJ can take control and get everyone to dance through the summer heat.

Rent Tables and chairs with table linen

Your party is about summer so it is important that your tables, chairs and other decors reflect that.

Make sure that the linen used on the tables matches the color and theme of your event.

If not, your guests will surely notice that the décor is just an afterthought.

Get a bartender to serve mixed drinks and signature cocktails 

What kind of summer party doesn’t have alcohol? Make sure that you rent a bar or have a beverage caterer to take care of the drinks during your summer party.

Coordinate with your beverage caterer about the types of mixed drinks that will be available. You can even concoct your own signature cocktail so that it will be identified to your event.

These are just some simple things you can follow if you want to organize a kickass summer party. It will take some time and effort, but it will be worth it.

 

Food trucks have brought the food scene in Denver to a whole new level.

It brought us some food choices that would have required someone to open up a new restaurant, which would have needed major capital investment.

And with Denver being open to different foods from different cultures, food trucks are able to thrive and make a niche in the city’s food scene.

The best part is that you can now take advantage of the latest food truck scene by renting them out for your event.

Instead of the usual fare, give your guests a treat by renting out the trendiest Denver trucks that can take your event to the next level.

Here are some of the top Denver food trucks you can get for your event:

The Sugar Storm

sugar storm food truck

The Sugar Storm Mobile Candy Store is your one-stop shop for all your candy and chocolate needs… on wheels. Yep, get your fix of your favorite sweets and even ice cream from this one-of-a-kind food truck. Your event guests will surely go ga-ga waiting to treat their sweet tooth.

The Ethiopian Food Truck

Ethiopian food truck

Introduce your event guests to the wonders of Ethiopian fare from the Ethiopian Food Truck. This very underrated cuisine gives you delicious food while introducing them to the colorful Ethiopian culture. From the Tikel Gomen to the soft injera, everything is served hot, fresh and delicious.

The Mack Shack

mack shack food truck

Comfort food at its finest. That is what the Mac Shack food truck aims to deliver to everyone in Denver. Their mac and cheese are obviously to die for, but they also offer other tasty food options ranging from healthy salads to delicious fries. There will be something for everyone in this food truck for all your event guests.

Roll it UP Sushi Truck

roll it up sushi food truck

This is not your ordinary sushi joint. Aside from being served in a food truck instead of a Japanese restaurant, you can also try some amazing flavors you can never find anywhere else. Pro tip: buy the Voodoo child and the Godzilla. You’re welcome!!

Devil Dog Grill

devil dog grill food truck

If you are looking for a more traditional, American backyard grill type of food truck for your event? Then the Devil Dog Grill is the one for you. They serve up a variety of hotdogs and sausages like bratwurst and spicy Polish. They also serve burgers and even a vegetarian burger for your non-meat loving guests. Try the Hebrew National All Beef hotdog and find out why it was ranked number one among national hot dog brands by the NYT.

 

Do not underestimate these food trucks. Some of the best fares can be tasted through their offers. Bring these Denver food trucks to your event and take it to the next level.

Here are more Food Trucks You can think about:

  • Sugar Storm – Mobile Candy Store
    • Sugar Storm is the world first mobile candy store, they carry over 100 typle of bulk candy along with Ice Cream.
  • Ethiopian Food Truck– Ethiopian Food
    • Serving traditional Ethiopian Food
  • The Mac Shack – Mac & Cheese
    • Comfort food is done right! Creamy lobster mac & cheese, stuffed burgers and chicken cheese bombs.
  • Roll It Up Sushi – Roll It Up Sushi Truck
    • Next-level sushi rolls
  • The Real Deal
    • Tropical Juices We are a Juice Truck that offers 100% natural tropical juices as well as Latin food
  • Arepas House -Latin
  • The Bamboo Skewer -Asian
  • Barbed Wire Reef – Burgers
  • California Wrap Runner – Gourmet Wraps and Bowls
  • Christina’s Curbside – Latin
  • Clamato Time – Latin
  • Colorado Pig Rig – Eclectic
  • Comforts of Home – Eclectic/Home Cooked Meal
  • Dos Locos – Mexican and American
  • Em’s Ice Cream
  • Farm To Truck
  • Flex-Able
  • Funnels
  • Ginger Pig Truck – Asian Street Food
  • Asian Street Food
  • Gulley’s Snow 2 G
  • Happy Cones – Ice Cream
  • Hey PB&J
  • J Street Food Truck
  • Keenwah, Co. – Quinoa Cuisine
  • Knock On Wood – BBQ
  • La Chiva Colombian Cuisine
  • Lena B Bar-B-Que
  • Liquid N2 Ice Cream – Desserts
  • Lobster Bliss – Eclectic/Seafood
  • Lomito Gourmet – Peruvian
  • Lowco Food Truck – Cajun
  • Maine Street BBQ – BBQ
  • Maineiac Lobster Co. – Seafood
  • Mandeville Grill – Jamaican
  • Meatball. -Sandwiches
  • Moo Mobile – Desserts
  • Orange Crunch Asian – Asian
  • Pink Zebra Desserts -Desserts
  • R U Cereal -Dessert
  • Rita’s Italian Ice – Desserts
  • Rocky Mountain Slices – Pizza
  • Rollin’ Bones BBQ – BBQ
  • Samples World Bistro – Eclectic
  • The Saturn Pit Stop – Eclectic
  • SG Smoke House -BBQ
  • Simply Pizza
  • Steuben’s – American/Burgers
  • Street Frites Mobile Eatery – Eclectic
  • Suburban Wiener – Hot Dogs/Sausages
  • Talarico’s Italian Taste – Italian/Pizza/Sandwiches
  • Taste of Texas BBQ – BBQ
  • Teal Tacos -Latin
  • Turn-in BBQ – BBQ
  • Umami Mobile Eatery – Asian
  • Wheels on Fire – Pizza
  • Whoopie Pie Truck – Desserts
  • Mac Daddy Food Truck – Mac & Cheese

4 Corporate Holiday Event Ideas

Holding corporate holiday events is a fun way to give back to your employees.

These events give you the opportunity to show your appreciation for having them in your company.

However, holding a corporate event does not mean your employees are going to have fun.

If it is just your standard run of the mill event, you might just get some ho-hum reaction from the crowd.

So to make sure your guys are engaged an are having fun, here 4 event ideas to take your corporate holiday to the next level:

 

A photo booth

The photo booth is the ultimate event rental. Bring it to your holiday event and your employees will surely have fun.

First, they will have fun posing with each other in different wacky poses. Second, they will have a souvenir of the event to take home.

Last, it will be a conversation piece even after they have had their photos taken.

 

A popcorn machine

A popcorn machine brings nostalgia about the old days when we were brought by our parents to the carnival.

Bring that nostalgia back into your corporate holiday event.

Plus, popcorn is the ultimate filler snack. It is not too heavy that your guests will lose appetite for the main course, and it is not too messy that it can ruin some nice guest getups.

 

A food truck

Instead of getting a traditional food caterer, make it fun by inviting some of the best food trucks in the area.

Denver, in fact, has some of the most diverse food-truck scene in the US so there would be a lot to choose from.

 

A beverage bar

The best way to bring out the fun in your employees? Alcohol, of course.

So why don’t you get a beverage bar setup for your employees? Watch them have a few drinks and start loosening up.

Next thing you know, everyone’s dancing on the dance floor.

Just make sure everyone has a designated driver.

 

These 4 corporate holiday ideas should take your event to the next level. Just remember that it is not about you, but your employees.

Make sure that they will have fun.

How to Plan a Festival in Denver CO

Denver is a very culturally-diverse city and there are a lot of things to celebrate.

While there are already a number of festivals happening annually, there is always room for more.

After all, who would say no to more festivals?

That said, organizing a festival is no small feat. It takes an insane amount of planning, coordination, and logistics to get it done.

But if you are up for it, here are some tips on how to plan a festival in Denver:

Determine the reason or purpose of your festival

A festival without a reason or purpose is just a pimped-out party. A festival is a celebration of something.

Denver can give you a ton of reason for celebration. You can center your festival on relevant issues like gender or racial diversity. You can celebrate the natural wonders around Denver or the state of Colorado in general.

You can even celebrate a festival about weed because Denver is the pioneer in its legalization in our country.

Plan the lineup of activities and performances

Once you know the reason or purpose of your festival, you should have an idea of the kind of activities you want to go on during the festival and the kind of artists you want to invite to perform on your event.

You want them to be relevant to the purpose of your festival.

Decide on a location based on expected turnout

Be mindful of the scale of your event. You have to have an idea about the expected turnout for your festival.

You do not want your place to be too small for a very big crowd, but you also don’t want your place to be too big that it would look like you have a very low turnout.

Plus, it should be appropriate to the theme or purpose of your festival too.

Know the things you have to buy or rent

Make a list of all the things you need to buy or rent for the festival. The stage, the banners, the chairs and tables (if needed), audio equipment, etc.

Also here’s a lit of some event rentals that can take your event to the next level too.

Make sure that you have everything covered.

Get sponsors

Most likely, you will need extra funding for your festival. It would be easier to offset some costs by getting sponsors for your festival.

But getting sponsors is not easy. You have to plan the different levels of sponsor packages that includes how much advertising they can get from your event.

They may also ask if they can place booths at your festival or give away their own merchandise. Again, this will depend on the kind of sponsor you will offer them.

Market your festival

No one will come to your festival if no one knows about it. So, make sure that you have an extensive marketing plan to spread awareness about the festival.

Aside from traditional advertising options like newspaper ads or features, and radio and TV ads, consider digital options as well. You can spread the word through different social media channels.

Have fun

The festival is about having fun. So, while you are being mindful of the execution of your festival, make sure that you are having fun too.

This way, the event won’t feel like a chore but an accomplishment on your part.

 

 

If you have not noticed, most events from birthday parties and family gatherings, to wedding and corporate events have one event rental in common.

The photo booth.

Yep, this is the ultimate event rental as it serves so many purposes for your event.

In fact, here are the reasons why every event should have a photo booth.

Entertainment

Your guest will be lining up to get their pictures taken and it will be one of the highlights of the event.

Add on the funny costumes and accessories that most photo booth rentals have and your guest will be taking the time to pose their wackiest.

If you will notice, nobody leaves the photo booth sad. Everybody is smiling.

Conversation starter

Want your guests to have something to talk about? Well, the photo booth gives everyone something to talk about.

From the booth’s appearance, to the wacky poses and the fun experiences, up to making fun of the other people’s pictures, people will always have something to discuss about it.

Bonding opportunity

Want to build camaraderie, bring everyone in a photo booth. It is an exercise of friendship and team building.

Team building how? Well, you and dozens of your friends have to figure out how all of you are going to fit into the frame.

Now, tell me that is not an exercise in strategy and cooperation.

Souvenir for guests

This is an instant souvenir that your guests can bring home. And unlike most of the things you can come up with, this is very personal to the guest and something they can cherish.

After all, this is something to remember the event by.

Souvenir for celebrant

And the souvenir is not only for guests. It is for the celebrants as well.

A suggestion, ask your guests to take photos twice. The first print will be for them to take home while the second one is for you to keep. They can even add a note on the prints for you.

It will be a blast looking at all those pictures and reading the notes left by your guests for you.

If the two-print option is not practical for you, you can always ask for a soft copy from your photo booth provider.

This way, you can look at the photos from your computer or mobile phone.

 

As said above, the photo booth is the ultimate event rental.

No party is complete without it.

5 Event Rental Items You Should Consider For Your Next Event

Planning to host an event like a wedding, birthday party, or a corporate event?

You are probably already thinking about the big-ticket items that you have to consider like venue, food, and even entertainment.

However, there are simple things that you can add to your event that can have a big impact.

Take a look at some at these 5 event rental items that you should consider for your next event.

A popcorn machine

A popcorn machine gives your event an instant fun way to give your guests some snacks and to distract them as well.

You would think that a popcorn machine is only for carnival, circus, or movie-themed events. You would be wrong.

You’d be surprised at how many events works with a popcorn machine on hand.

It provides nostalgia and it gives people something to snack on while waiting for the event to unfold.

The best part is that it is not too messy that it can ruin formal clothes during formal events.

A photo booth

Another great addition to any event is a photo booth. This is a fun way to get your guests more involved in your event.

Your guests get to have fun doing wacky poses in the booth with each other plus they get an instant souvenir for their trouble.

Best part, you can get a soft copy of all the pictures that you can use for a collage or something else to remember the event.

A jumpy castle obstacle course

You would think that a jumpy castle would only be for children. You would be so wrong.

You will be surprised at how many adults will be excited to bounce up and down like little children on these.

Plus, since it is an obstacle course, there would be some competitive people who would want to take it to the next level.

Next thing you know, you have a Jumpy Castle Obstacle Course race to add to your itinerary.

Fancy tablecloths

You may think that any tablecloth for your event will do but your tablecloth will actually help you set the ambiance of your event.

Make sure that your tablecloth matches the motif of your event. If not, it will really be obvious because you will see the contrast between the venue design and your tables immediately.

Also, make sure to use fancy linen. Your guests will quickly notice if you use cheap ones because they will be directly touching the material.

 

A cool centerpiece

Like your tablecloth, a cool table centerpiece also helps set the mood and ambiance of the event.

Imagine having tables with barren design except for the tablecloth. The table will look too blank.

A cool table centerpiece helps you fill that blank space in the table with something that is desirable to look at.

Plus, it can also be a cool conversation piece for guests, especially if it is really unique.

 

These are just some of the cool but simple rentals that can elevate your next event.

Do you have other suggestions? Sound off in the comments section!!

 

Taco Bar Catering

Tired of boring formal dinners for friends and family? Maybe it’s time to spice it up, and in this case, somewhat literally.

For your next get-together, why not host your own Taco Fiesta Party!

That’s right, spice up your lunch or dinner and make it more fun with a Taco party that lets your guest go DIY on their own tacos.

But how do you plan the perfect Taco fiesta party? Where to start?

Venue

The venue or location is not that important. Unlike formal dinners where you consider everything from the table to the table napkins, Taco fiesta parties don’t require a formal set up.

It can be done indoors or outdoors and everyone is guaranteed a good time. You just need a long enough table for your DIY Taco bar, put some colorful designs, and you are set.

Tables and chairs are even optional.

Utensils

The best part about Tacos is that you eat it with your hands. Aside from some plates, there are no utensils required.

But just in case, better prepare a few knives and forks. There’s bound to be some guests who would like to go fancy on a non-fancy gathering. Bless their souls.

What you should really stock up on are disposable napkins.

DIY Taco fiesta parties tend to be messy in a good way. People will be stacking up their tacos with as much as they can and spillage is to be expected.

Disposable napkins will be everyone’s best friend.

Your guest’s diet

The best part about hosting a Taco Fiesta party is that you can accommodate different diets because the hosts can DIY their own tacos.

The vegans won’t have to touch the proteins like chicken and beef, while the carnivores can ignore the veggies as long as they want.

The picky-eaters can then choose only those that they want. That includes me, no beans for me, thank you.

The actual tacos

What’s great about Taco Fiesta parties is that the food is not exactly delicate. A lot of it can be prepared beforehand and kept in crack pots, ready to be reheated at a moment’s notice.

Best part is that because it’s DIY, you get the chance to combine different combinations to see what works best.

While you can actually cook up a lot of the ingredients, it might be more convenient to just hire a Taco Fiesta Bar caterer.

You get to have so much variety on your choices and it makes it easier for you to focus on the other stuff like the venue and entertaining the guests because the food is being taken cared off.

Heck, they can even take care of the cutlery and napkins if you want them to.

The arrangement of the ingredients

Now, how do you setup the Taco bar?

Well, you always start the line with the plates. Whether your guest want to take those plates or go plate-commando is up to them. At least, you gave them the choice.

Next up is the tortillas. Try to offer a variety like corn and flour. You can even include tortilla chips for variety.

After the tortillas, you present the proteins like shredded chicken and ground beef. Guests can then move to the greens (or if you’re vegan, go straight here).

After the greens, comes the sides like black beans, avocado, and Mexicali rice.

Last is the salsa and sauces. Give them some guacamole and even some siracha. The more sauces, the merrier.

The perfect party

You might be asking, what about these tips make this a perfect taco party. The answer is nothing.

That’s because a perfect Taco Fiesta party is about it not being perfect. You want people to be messy and spilling things left and right.

After all, a clean taco party is a sad taco party. This is not Monica’s party, people!!