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River Forest Tennis Club Catering

by oakparksf on June 14, 2011

The Perfect Dinner catered the June 11th River Forest Tennis Club Dinner.  Featured on the menu was Beef Tenderloin Filets with a rich Red Wine Mushroom Sauce, Dover Sole Filet with a Lemon Herb Caper Sauce, Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Summer Vegetables, Roasted Vegetable Tray and a Special Salad made with Peaches, Crispy Prosciutto, Arugula, Crumbled Blue Cheese and a Balsamic Vinaigrette.  To top things off, we made almost 400 mini desserts and arranged them in a long line following a punch bowl full of Irish Cream & Adult Chocolate Milk to create a themed dessert — a “Punch Line” which went with the Stand-Up Comedy Entertainment.  Everything was a hit!  Thanks to the River Forest Tennis Club for asking us to help with this event again this year, and thanks to the wonderful and hard working Chef John and staff at TPD for making our catering a success.

The Punch Line!

 

TPD's Chef John, server Terrance, TPD's Dessert Diva Jenny and server Andrew (from l. to r.)

Call us with your catering needs.  We are ready and excited to help you with parties large or small.  See our menus in the catering section of the website.

We look forward to serving you!

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It has been a while since we last updated you on what is going on around The Perfect Dinner.  We have been busy!

People enjoying the food from TPD at the Spot On! Open House

On October 20th  and 21st The Perfect Dinner hosted an Open House called “Eat.Shop.Love.” for Spot On! The event was a success bringing in over ninety people to The Perfect Dinner’s Park Ridge storefront!  People ate, people shopped, and they really seemed to enjoy (maybe even love?) it all!

So what is Spot On! exactly?  Beth O’Driscoll and Sally Mauery  are the creative founders of Spot On!  Here is a little bit of information to tell you who they are and how together they became Spot On!:

Before moving to Park Ridge and/or having children, Sally and Beth were both professionals in the advertising/design fields: Sally was an advertising art director in New York and Beth was a magazine art director here in Chicago.

Spot On! Founders: Beth O'Driscoll and Sally Mauery

They started working together as graphic designers in 2005, producing the Field Elementary School VShow adbook. They had known each other for many years, through Field School, where they both have children, and St. Paul of the Cross, where they are both members of the Guardian Angel Guild, but enjoyed working together on this (non-paying!) professional level.

In May, 2009, they were asked if they would like to donate services to the District 64 Elementary Learning Foundation (ELF) silent auction and that’s how Spot On! was born. (They donated 25 birthday party invitations that were never redeemed!)

Cards and Stationery

Word got out about them, though, and they began to slowly build a client base as well as a corral of designs. The business grew to include logo development and design for marketing materials (they have done advertising, brochures, and even a restaurant menu!).

While they started out doing only custom orders, they have expanded, offering retail items as well: greeting cards, wine tags, notecards and more.  All of their products look fabulous and the quality is excellent.  They can even do personalized gifts!

Their very first Open House with The Perfect Dinner was definitely successful.  If you have questions or want to place an order with Spot On! e-mail Beth or Sally at spot.on@comcast.net.

Wine Tags

COMING SOON!  Look for a selection of cards and wine tags from Spot On! at The Perfect Dinner in Park Ridge.  Need a gift?  Send a meal with a card and maybe even a bottle of wine!

We are excited to partner with Spot On! as they continue to grow their business.  We can’t wait to see what they come up with next!

Haiku & You greeting cards

More cards and tags!

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Oak Park Micro Brew and Food Review 2010

August 27, 2010

Last Saturday The Perfect Dinner was at the Oak Park Micro Brew and Food Review.   The Micro Brew is sponsored by Seven Generations Ahead.  We have partnered with them since they started the Micro Brew in Oak Park and this year enjoyed another year as a food vendor.  We served our Meatloaf Sliders, BBQ Pulled [...]

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Introducing The Happy Cake

August 16, 2010

Katy, Owner, The Happy Cake Let us tell you about TPD’s new favorite cake specialist – Katy! Katy is the proud owner of The Happy Cake and she is currently using the kitchen at The Perfect Dinner in Oak Park to make her fabulous cakes. Beautiful and Elegant Katy started baking cakes a year ago. [...]

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Chef John featured at the Oak Park Mid-Week Market

August 5, 2010

The Perfect Dinner’s own Chef John Lane was the featured Guest Chef at Oak Park’s Mid-Week Market on July 28th, 2010. The demonstration — Jicama, the vegetable you can grow to love — drove people to TPD’s booth to check out Chef John’s newest creations. We featured his Arugula, Nectarine and Jicama salad, Chicken and [...]

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Taste of Park Ridge – A big success!

July 13, 2010

The Taste of Park Ridge was a big success! We served thousands of meatloaf sliders and were making homemade macaroni & cheese without a break for 3 days! Chips with Guacamole and Caprese Salad with Focaccia Bread were also featured on our menu.  Everyone loved the food and we loved meeting many new people in [...]

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The Park Ridge Store FINALLY Gets its Awning!

July 5, 2010

We’ll spare you the gory details, but they have something to do with permits, appearance commissions, appeals to neighboring businesses, waiting periods, appeals to the variance committee, variance committee hearings, motions, approval by the city and a whole lot of red tape.  But now (after 8 months of red tape) we have a beautiful new [...]

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Oak Park Mid-Week Market

July 2, 2010

Summer is here!  And we are enjoying our Wednesday evenings at the Mid-Week Market in Oak Park! So far we have been at two of the markets – June 16th and, most recently, June 30th.   We featured our Homemade Guacamole & Chips, Fresh Caprese Salad (fresh mozzarella, olive oil & basil) with Homemade Foccacia, Tapenade [...]

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Holiday Menus for February….and there are a lot!

January 27, 2010

HAVING A SUPERBOWL PARTY? Check out The Perfect Dinner’s Quick Catering Menu for yummy & festive party platters. Menu available at the TPD kitchen or online at www.theperfectdinner.com/catering Superbowl is Sunday, February 7th. Pre-orders suggested by Monday, February 1st. VALENTINE’S DAY MENUS Available Saturday, February 13th Pre-orders recommended for Valentine’s Day by Monday, February 8th [...]

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Become a Fan of The Perfect Dinner!

January 25, 2010

We’re on Facebook now! If you have enjoyed our food and service, please consider becoming a Facebook Fan of The Perfect Dinner and spread the word through your friend network.

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