Dining x Friends
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Our Offerings

Restaurant-quality food at home for a dinner, party or gathering, without the cooking or the cleanup. Let Dining x Friends do the work.

After you reach out, we follow up by email and set up a consult call. Together we build a custom menu around your budget. On the day, Chef Liana preps, cooks and serves on site, then cleans up. Add a tablescape, local florals or wine pairings if you like.

The Dinner Party

Date night? Girls night? Dinner with friends? Elevated family dinner? Bachelorette? We got you.

This offering will include between 3-5 plated courses. Option for addition of passed cocktail hour bites or stationary boards. The number of courses and menus will vary based on client preference and ingredient availability. This is our most whimsical, exclusive and unique offering with menus featuring seasonally sourced items from local farmers, fishermen, butchers and purveyors.

Capacity
15
Format
Seated and plated
Vibe
Fine dining at home
View menu
  • Overhead table of oysters on ice, tuna crudo and butternut squash ravioli with a bottle of Gamay
  • A gold fork reaching into butternut squash ravioli with crispy sage, prosciutto and microgreens
  • Guests passing plates of pork with figs, ravioli and crudo across the table

The Dinner Party

Seasonal sample menu

Palate opener

  • Scallop crudomiso ginger citrus broth, kiwi, mint, Fresno

Salad

  • Chicoriesfennel, Japanese pear, blue cheese, toasted nut, shallot vinaigrette

Main

  • Butternut squash raviolisage browned butter, guanciale, fried sage, Parmesan
  • Mustardy cider braised pork chopsgarlic mashed potatoes, root vegetables

Dessert

  • Chocolate ganache tartberries, hazelnut crumble

Every menu can be customized for your preferences, dietary needs and budget.

The Holiday Party

A seasonal spin on The Dinner Party, with modifiable format. Available formats include coursed and plated, family style plated platters, passed appetizers and boards, or stationary appetizers and boards. Capacity dependent on format.

Capacity
Format dependent
Format
Variable
Vibe
Festive, decorative, indulgent
Family style menuApps and boards menu
  • Two guests raising coupe glasses of white and red wine over a dahlia centerpiece and taper candles
  • Stoneware bowl of cheeses, salami, grapes, blackberries, crackers and honey
  • Herb-topped roasted salmon with lemon being served on a platter

The Holiday Party

Sample menu: family style

Palate opener

  • Oysterspomegranate serrano mignonette, mint

Hearty bite

  • Sourdough mushroom toastcrème fraîche, chives

Salad

  • Winter kale Caesar

Main

  • Roasted chicken breastsrosemary, lemon, parsley, garlic, brussels, fingerling potatoes
  • Short rib stewpappardelle pasta
  • Smoky hake & clamscider chorizo broth, white beans

Dessert

  • Cranberry orange olive cake
  • Assorted housemade cookies

Every menu can be customized for your preferences, dietary needs and budget.

The Holiday Party

Sample menu: apps and boards

Boards

  • Charcuterieassorted cheeses, cured meats, cornichons, seasonal fruit, nuts, crackers, olives, mustards, jams, honey
  • Cruditéassorted vegetables, housemade hummus, housemade green goddess dip, whipped feta

Passed or stationary apps

  • Onion and gruyere tartpuff pastry, caramelized onion, gruyere, thyme
  • Cast iron spinach & artichoke diplemon herb oil, crostini
  • Pork & Fennel Sausage en Croûtepuff pastry, dijon & crème fraîche dip
  • Smoked salmon toastcream cheese, capers, house pickled onion, dill
  • Stuffed & roasted datesgoat cheese, walnut crumble, rosemary

Every menu can be customized for your preferences, dietary needs and budget.

The Brunch

Perfect for the privately hosted bridal shower, baby shower, bachelorette, or post-small wedding send-off. Menus are modifiable and can be customized to be breakfast or lunch forward based on client preference.

Capacity
40
Format
Buffet or stationary
Vibe
Dainty, colorful, eat your vegetables
View menu
  • Overhead brunch spread with crudités, egg bites, sandwiches and pastries
  • Stacked garden greens sandwiches on multigrain with goat cheese, cucumber and tomato
  • A hand dipping a vegetable into whipped feta with pistachios, surrounded by crudités

The Brunch

Sample menu

The following offerings are a selection of possibilities and may be customized to suit your preferences, occasion, and seasonal availability. Not all items will be included in a single menu.

  • Charcuterieassorted cheeses, cured meats, cornichons, seasonal fruit, nuts, crackers, olives, mustards, jams, honey
  • Cruditéassorted vegetables, housemade hummus, whipped feta
  • Fruit platterassortment of seasonal fruits
  • Frittata bitesseasonally inspired
  • Local assorted pastries
  • Gravlax plattersmoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, onion, cucumber, tomato, bagels
  • Garden greens sandolocal multigrain, herbed goat cheese, mozzarella, house pickled onion, greens, cucumber, green pepper, tomato, avo, housemade green goddess dressing
  • Pork or chicken katsu sandomilk bread, katsu, house slaw, gochujang mayo, tonkatsu, cucumber salad

Every menu can be customized for your preferences, dietary needs and budget.

The Casual Weekend Party

For those who want to have their friends over and lounge for game-day or to celebrate your child's milestone. Think about your favorite game day bites, Sunday sauce, and comfort foods.

Capacity
25
Format
Buffet or stationary
Vibe
Casual
View menu
  • Friends sharing dip and laughing with the game on TV behind them
  • Bowl of chili topped with sour cream, cheese and cilantro
  • A hand dipping a glazed chicken wing into herby ranch

The Casual Weekend Party

Sample menu

The following offerings are a selection of possibilities and may be customized to suit your preferences and any dietary restrictions. Not all items will be included in a single menu.

  • Housemade french onion dipfried shallot, chive, potato chips
  • Housemade seven layer diptortilla chips
  • Kids Lunchable Platterassorted crackers and chips, cheddar cheese, pepperoni, carrots, cucumbers, fruits, candies
  • Chicken wingsdouble baked, buffalo, bbq, or naked, housemade buffalo and ranch
  • Pulled pork slidershouse slaw, house pickle, bbq
  • Fried chicken slidersbuttermilk brined fried chicken, house slaw, house pickle, aioli (vegan with sub tofu for chicken)
  • Chilibeef, beans, peppers & onions, garlic, house seasonings, fixings
  • Sunday saucepasta, bolognese or marinara, garlic bread
  • Grilled cheesethree cheeses, mustard dip

Every menu can be customized for your preferences, dietary needs and budget.

À la Carte Additions

  • Place setting with a woven placemat, speckled plates, gold flatware and a linen napkin

    + Tablescape

    Meghan, and additional team members as needed, will be on site to transform your dining area into an oasis. Think mood lighting, candles, and tablescape to match the vision and energy of the event. We will supply and clear all associated materials.

  • Dahlia and autumn-leaf centerpiece with rust taper candles on a long table

    + Florals

    Locally grown, foraged and arranged by our flower power friends and neighbors.

  • Red wine being poured into a vintage coupe glass between lit taper candles

    + Wine pairing curation

    Chef and team will recommend specific wines to pair with menu items and provide education with each complimentary pour. Client is responsible for wine purchase and bottle opening.

Pricing

Every event is priced individually, based on the occasion, guest count, menu, ingredients, staffing and any add-ons. We shape the proposal around your budget over email and a consult call.

Ingredient costs change, so the final quote is confirmed closer to the event and may differ slightly from the proposal.

Hosting something? Let’s talk.

Reach out and we’ll follow up by email to set up a consult call.

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