Potliquor helped cater our rehearsal dinner and wedding near Mendocino in August 2023 and they were absolutely incredible. Everything they made was delicious and all our guests raved about it for weeks! We wanted to serve food from a variety of different Asian cuisines and they were extremely open and receptive to our ideas even helping us cook up a Kamayan feast (with suckling pig!). Brittany and her team helped scour multiple bakeries to find the durian cake of our dreams and Chef Richie made the most delicious ramen for our late night snack menu at our wedding. Additionally Brittany has experience working as a pastry chef and went above and beyond helping us transport our fragile wedding cakes for an extremely windy 4 - 5 hour drive up Highway 1. She really put our minds at ease as we knew she could handle / fix any damage on the cakes. read more

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This review is coming embarrassingly late, but the bright side is that I can say that 1.5 years later, our friends and family are STILL talking about the food from our wedding (and we are still dreaming about it). Potliquor is truly a cut above the rest, the creme de la creme. We loved that they are passionate about fair labor practices. Laura and her team took such care in helping us craft the meal to blend our Italian and Californian backgrounds and were very patient with us with all our changes and additions along the way. It's clear how much they love what they do and how incredibly they do it. Each course tasted better than the next and was so beautifully presented. And beyond that, they're a joy to work with. We really can't say enough good things about them. If you love food and it's important to you on your wedding, just book Potliquor. Thank you so much Potliquor (and we're so sorry this review is so late!) read more

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Potliquor catered our wedding at Stable Cafe in August 2021 and I hardly know where to begin in expressing how phenomenal of a job they did. We wanted the dinner to feel like we were throwing a dinner party for our friends and family at a favorite restaurant. And we wanted the food to be delicious and interesting and to generally reflect what's great about eating in Northern California in the summer. We were looking for a caterer that, like a great restaurant, had their own strong culinary vision and that we could trust to create a great meal rooted in their own style and sensibilities. TLDR on this review is that Potliquor is exactly that and so much more: incredible culinary visionaries; incredible cooks; lovely people, and a team that is damn good at the many, difficult, logistical aspects of planning and executing a gorgeous event. We had an initial call with Laura and Jennifer to discuss the budget, food preferences (what do we like to eat? is there anything we'd especially love to have on the menu?), and the venue details. We were really excited while talking to them and knew right away we had found our caterer. We followed up with a frantic list of other foods and themes we had forgotten to tell them we cared about (wild flowers! mushrooms! Jewish roots! Polish roots! biology!); I have no idea how they harnessed these stream of conscious ideas into a menu proposal, but they did and we loved it. The menu felt so personal - thoughtful and creative ideas that reflected our story and tastes. Having a custom menu created for us was easily our favorite part of wedding planning. Then we did a tasting a month before the event which was *also* our favorite part of wedding planning It was SO much fun to meet Laura and Naseem and collectively decide on a few tweaks to the menu, and of course, the food we tasted was delicious. Dinner at our wedding far exceeded our wildly high expectations. Our guests freaked out about it and so did we. We are all, still freaking out about it. Everyone says that you never get a chance to eat at your wedding but that was definitely not the case for us - we ate everything and it was so much fun. In keeping with the dinner party atmosphere, they served family style dishes that guests could share and enjoy together. All of the food was delicious and beautifully presented. Stable Cafe, where we hosted the wedding, has a wood burning fireplace, which Potliquor used to cook a delicious roasted vegetable and fava bean dish - it was impressive and very cool to use the unique cooking setup at the venue. Other highlights included the most delightful selection of breads; a stunning salad of locally sourced or foraged greens and flower; the fried maitake and vegetable appetizer that my mom talks about every single time we've talked on the phone for the last 3 months post-wedding; and definitely the roasted sea bass with red chermoula ---- a beautiful and unique dish and one of the best fish dishes we've had. One other important note is that working with the Potliquor team was straightforward from start to finish - everyone we worked with was so helpful and friendly. I worked most closely with Laura who is completely on top of everything. Especially when things got a bit stressful towards the end of our extremely compressed planning timeline, I so appreciated her quick communication and attention to detail, and found myself trusting her judgement not just on aesthetic and culinary decisions but also about the many practical questions that arose. And the entire food and drink serving staff was delightful at the party. I didn't realize how integral the catering team would be from a planning perspective and feel that we really lucked out that they are so fantastic on the service & logistics end too. The upshot was a MASSIVE success according to everyone. Potliquor is just incredible; the perfect team and we feel beyond lucky that they catered our wedding. read more

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I recently helped a close friend plan her wedding up near Mendocino. When we set out to find a caterer for the wedding we never thought we'd find a team who would be so amazing (and fun) to work with and also just absolutely nail the food. Potliquor's owners (and chefs) Laura and Jennifer and their team are amazing. They were incredibly flexible as we worked through menu options and how to keep costs under control leading up to the wedding. The tastings were an experience in their own - great food in their beautiful kitchen. They were responsive to requests for allergy alterations (not kidding, we asked them to accommodate: dairy free, gluten free, almond free, mustard free, celery free, and vegetarian options) The wedding was in a remote location with pretty minimal facilities. Laura and Jennifer rolled with the situation incredibly well, making due with a single sink, a grill and a gas stove. Their team literally did all of the prep work in a barn. And they did it all with smiles and excitement. One of our guests used to cook at Chez Panisse and she wrote an email after the wedding saying the food was "exceptional". And a number of guests commented that it was the best food they've ever had at a wedding. We agree wholeheartedly. The food was delicious and also beautifully presented. We could not have imaged a more perfect team to work with. Many thanks to Potliquor and staff for making dinner a highlight of the event! read more

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Jennifer catered my wedding, and I couldn't have asked for anything more! Her food is phenomenal, and her calm demeanor and friendly personality really helped me step back and enjoy being a non-chaotic bride! Jennifer worked with our budget and our wish to host a filling vegetarian meal. After discussion and a delicious tasting, we settled on tomato panzanella, a bean and mushroom medley, fall salad, and ricotta tart. Jennifer also coordinated the rentals, the bar, and the day-of set-up, and her entire staff were personable and couldn't have been nicer. We had 110 people (give or take a few) on the big day, and we served everything family-style, which allowed our guests to really chat and unwind--no buffet tables here! Afterward, everyone raved about how this was the best wedding food ever. If you're looking for a caterer fit for foodies, Jennifer is your gal. read more

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You want a huge campout wedding in the middle of nowhere with meat cooked over a giant fire pit? Jen will do that for you. You want a full dinner for 150 people on a working pier (think: merchant marine ships docked outside) with no kitchen and limited running water? Jen will do that too. How about a Thanksgiving dinner in middle of Death Valley, miles from anything civilized? Jen's on that. You want to wow your East Coast relatives with California style and the freshest, most delicious ingredients? Maybe you also want someone who respects both your budget and whatever crazy dreams you might have had for that special event? A calm, collected crew of people who keep a sense of humor during chaos while making excellent cocktails? Jen will also cater business lunches, do launch parties, and all that other normal stuff. But I don't know who else we would have gone to for our magic wedding on the pier. Jen just catered our wedding and did all that -- besides pleasing even the people who thought they'd starve during a vegetarian meal. The menu Passed appetizers shots of chiogga borscht with crme fraiche and herbs eggplant salad on brown bread with paprika grilled sharp cheddar with apple chutney on walnut levain stuffed eggs with summer herbs Family-style dinner grilled vegetables with salsa verde (eggplant, summer squash, sweet potatoes, fennel, asparagus) baby greens, plums, pistachios and saba vinaigrette panzanella: heirloom tomato and bread salad with basil, torpedo onions and red wine vinaigrette sheep's milk ricotta tart with pine nuts and figs potato salad with mustard and caramelized onions fresh fruit (served with dessert made by my aunt) read more

Potliquor - Caterers Near Me - Oakland, California

We were one of those people with a huge wedding, outdoors, hours away from the city and an hour away from most civilization. We had 150 people there. The food was perfect. every bite of it. She took input from us about our favorite foods and made the MOST AMAZING appetizers out of them. VERY creative, too, as opposed to your usual wedding fare. We demanded all organic - no problem. The dinner itself - also perfect. Again creative, and eveyone raved about it, from far away relatives with simple tastes to macrobiotic organic SF foodies. This was like a coup. A wedding revolution, to please everyone, all the time. There was BBQ and a weird country kitchen, both handled with aplomb. Her serving crew are people I'd have as guests at the wedding, they were so friendly and so fun. read more

Jennifer recently catered our wedding in Menodicino, CA. I will just say right off the bat - the food was amazing. I can't count how many of our 75 guests have called to say something along the lines of "that was the best food I have ever had at a wedding." Jennifer is an outstanding cook and creator of deliciousness. That she orchestrated this fabulous meal 150 miles away from SF - in a fairly small kitchen, with a terrific staff who all made the trip from the city for the wedding - is just a testament to her talent and flexibility. But, I really don't want to talk about her food in this review. Let's just leave it at: the food was incredible. What I really want to tell you is about who Jennifer is (and, by extension, who her staff and partners are). Jennifer is the embodiment of community, goodness, love and grace - literally - she is the human expression of those qualities walking the earth. And, she has the capacity to focus those qualities into every corner of her business. The people she hires, the food she creates, the presentation of her dishes, the pace of her service. All of it is imbued with her kindness and grace. By choosing her to provide our wedding meal, not only did we get to experience terrific food, but she and her staff added a layer of connection and community to our wedding that was priceless. They interacted with our guests and became a part of the event itself - which is precisely what we wanted to create with every element of our wedding. I am forever indebted to Jennifer for the delightful and beautiful service she provided us on the best day of our lives. read more

Jennifer & Laura own and operate the best catering service in the Bay. They catered our wedding in October 2019, customized an incredible menu that reflected our tastes and cultures and delivered a top-notch professional experience throughout the process. It was the best decision of our wedding and worth every penny. Communication was a dream. The food was incredible. And it was one of the only stress-free parts of planning our wedding. If you want a delicious meal that is lovingly planned and executed, don't think twice about hiring this talented duo. read more

There an old adage: teach a man to cook fish and he'll eat for a day, but teach a man how to think like a chef, learning what to taste for and how and when to add flavor, he'll eat forever. OK, maybe that's not the official proverb, but it definitely describes Jennifer Lynch's excellent "tastings" class. Rather than telling us what should go with what, she set a foundation for tasting and us discover what works on an individual level. In the end, rather than making a prescribed dish, we broke out into teams and made our own from scratch, putting what we had learned to real use. The class was a lot of fun, with equal amounts of laughs, "wows", and "yums" throughout the afternoon. I highly recommend this class for newbies and experienced chefs alike. read more

Hands down the most accesible and delicious food I have ever had at a wedding! Simple, fresh, gorgeous, and just perfect for a more intimate event with friends and family. The first caterer I've ever wanted to recommend to everyone I know! :-) read more

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I've never hired Jenniferlunch to cater a party, but I've had the pleasure of eating her snacks and meals at quite a few parties and weddings in the last few years. Delicious! It is absolutely delightful to go to a wedding where you not only get to see friends on the happiest day of their life, but also get to enjoy a perfectly cooked wonderful meal. read more

Jennifer catered our wedding at Stern Grove in San Francisco. Her food and her staff were exquisite. Planning our wedding menu with her was absolute fun. She is warm, gracious, and passionate about her role as caterer. We knew she would be just right for our wedding after our first meeting with her. She was excited by our ideas for a Greek menu and listened attentively to our ideas regarding the feel we wanted to create throughout the event. After our second meeting for tasting, we were hooked. The plates she prepared had us feeling completely at ease about placing the catering for our special day into her hands. It's been several weeks since our wedding, and everyone we run into raves about the food, Jennifer and her staff! I highly recommend jenniferlunch for any event. read more

I hired Jennifer to cater a baby shower that I threw for a friend and the food was absolutely amazing! She put together a really nice spread of crudite, stuffed eggs, chicken salad, mac n cheese, faro salad, shrub sodas and sugar cookies for 30 people. Everything was delicious and I received several compliments from our guests. Jennifer was outstanding in terms of service as well. She was very responsive to my calls / emails and arrived on time to our event. She brought really nice serving platters and bowls, so everything looked great. I would definitely hire her again. Highly recommend. read more

Jennifer and Laura are INCREDIBLE! They were recommended to us by friends who are real foodies and we feel like we really lucked out that they were available to cater our wedding. They were very generous with their time, going through several rounds of menu ideas, and they truly captured what we were wanting our guests to enjoy. Months after our wedding, our guests are still telling us how much they enjoyed the food at our wedding. Their catering staff were also wonderful- very professional and attentive to our guests. On top of the amazing food they created for our wedding, Laura and Jennifer also very patiently coordinated all of our rentals. They helped us figure out the best seating set-up and were always responsive, professional, and warm. And on top of all that, they also coordinated the bar/drinks, which were perfect. If you want delicious, beautiful, thoughtfully sourced food made by wonderful people, I very highly recomment Potliquor!! read more

Jennifer and Laura's catering company called Potliquor just catered my wedding up in the redwood forest for a whole weekend! I feel like the luckiest of brides to have found them!!!!! They are the best! Not only did they make the most delicious and healthy dishes for every single meal we had, but they were also kind, gracious, professional, and helpful. Her servers were even the nicest people. I can't even express my appreciation enough! I am a super picky person and all of my friends and family are major organic foodies and everyone is still raving about how amazing our food was and how awesome and sweet our caterers were! They are the best! read more

I was able to experience Jennifer Lunch catering at a company party and the food and service was just AMAZING. Being in the hospitality business, I run into caterers EVERY WEEK, and Jennifer Lunch's business card is the only one I keep in my wallet! I am currently planning my Cocktail Reception Wedding, and unfortunately I couldn't snag her fast enough because she is booked! BUT, regardless, she has given me impeccable advice and I can't thank her enough. read more

I found out about Jennifer because her name was mentioned on a wedding blog covering a wedding up in Mendocino at the same venue where I was going to be married. I sought her out and we set up an in-person meeting at a wine bar. The conversation went well and my fiance and I were very interested in her ideas; the food all sounded fantastic and I liked the emphasis on fresh, organic ingredients. During this time, we all ordered glasses of wine and shared a cheese plate. We were wrapping up when Jennifer stood and sort of abruptly said goodbye and left. We only realized a few minutes later when the bill came that she had left us to pay the tab! I couldn't believe how awkward it was that she would expect us to pay for her ($14?) glass of wine and food that she shared with us during a business meeting. We got a thank you from her for the wine and cheese the next day via email, but we are still not sure why she thought we were intending to host her. All in all, an awkward social interaction. The estimate for our wedding came back a couple days later at about double our budget, so we declined for that reason. I'm sure her food would have been beautiful based on her descriptions and the photos we saw, so I'm sure she would be a great choice if you've got the cash to spend! read more

Jennifer is amazing. She catered our (130-ish person) wedding at Ambiance Antiques this year, and knocked it completely out of the park. Like other Yelpers, I got a Yelp account to write this review, because she's that good. Let's start with food. Jennifer spent a few hours with us when we first met, getting to know who we were and what kind of stuff we like to eat. We're super-into travel and love comfort food of any kind, so she put together a menu that reflected that really well. And...the details, man, the details. Delicious rice noodles with scallions? Awesome. But she put them in little cardboard containers, like Chinese take-out. Transcendent. Little glass jars of crusty mac n' cheese. Hand pies with bacon *and* pork chops inside. Her food is delicious, playful, and fit in perfectly with what we were doing. And...we were a little odd. No sit-down dinner, at a funky venue (Ambiance Antiques), with some odd dietary restrictions for a few people. She handle them all perfectly, figuring out the best ways to pass all the food around, and putting together special plates for those who needed them. For our dessert, she built us a donut tower. A TOWER OF DONUTS. It was beyond epic. On top of that, the staff she brought along were efficient, professional, and super-friendly (having people smiling on your wedding day is a huge plus). The bar folks were great. We got raves from our friends about every aspect of it. My socks don't knock off that easily, but they were really hard to find after our wedding. She deserves all of these accolades, and more. read more

Jennifer catered light hors d'oeuvres for my small wedding ceremony at Sutro Heights Park. She handled everything like a pro from our first phone call to throughout our big day. Throughout the whole process she was very quick to offer suggestions on the menu, budgeting, and other accoutrements needed for the serving at an outdoor venue. She graciously accommodated my last minute addition to the menu and offered a mouth-watering array of small bites that my guests raved about. I was too busy to have more than one of her creations but I could not have asked for anything more than my guests being happy and impressed about the food. Even my bro-in-law who is in the wedding industry was impressed. Pro-service. Wonderful in-season, organic, well presented food. Highly recommended! read more

Frankly, the simple fact that we are writing a review on Yelp is testament in itself to how thrilled we were by the catering services Jennifer Lynch provided at our recent wedding. Neither of us is on facebook, tweeter, yelp, or any of the online networking things. We're not mad at them, but they're just not our style. Jennifer Lynch, however, absolutely thrilled us, our families, and every last one of our guests with the dinner she served. As a result of how extraordinarily pleased we were, we would happily hire the Goodyear blimp or some skywriters to help promote Jennifer and her catering services. Writing this glowing review on Yelp seems a entirely insufficient way to publicize our unmitigated enthusiasm for Jennifer, her food, and her staff. First: Jennifer is a pleasure to work with. She is friendly, enthusiastic, and hard working. She listened with an open mind to our culinary preferences, and in just a matter of days, sent us a preliminary menu that was simply perfect. She hosted us for a tasting that solidified our already strong commitment to her. The venue we selected has a number of unusual demands with which caterers must comply, and Jennifer jumped through all the hoops with no worries at all. And during the stressful days leading up to the wedding, she was calm, collected, and perfectly attentive to all the tiny details that pop up right and left. Second: The food was superlative in every way. Every one of the guests said some version of this: "That was the best food I've ever had at a wedding." We would disagree with all of them on this one count, qualifying Jennifer's dinner as "excellent wedding food" is woefully understating the matter. The dinner she and her staff prepared was among the best dinners we've eaten. Period. Suffice to say: The food (passed appetizers and family style dinner for 160 people) was ridiculously tasty. We loved every bite, the presentation, and the generous quantities. She even had a plate of food and two glasses of champagne waiting for us in the room to which we returned after the ceremony. Third: Her staff was ideal. Professional, helpful, fun, attentive, and knowledgeable. Fourth: Jennifer did all of that--she helped make our wedding as wonderful as we could have possibly wished--and she did it on a budget that other vendors said was way too small. That is a long winded way of saying: If you want cookie cutter cuisine from an impersonal caterer at asinine prices, hire some other caterer. If you want delicious food, great service, and reasonable prices, hire Jennifer Lynch. You will be happy you did. You have our word on that. read more

Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We hired Potliquor for our annual summer picnic (about 30 attendees) and were delighted with the food, service and professionalism. Everything was so fresh! Absolutely delicious and worth every penny! Highly recommend this company to cater your event no matter how small or large read more

I highly recommend JenniferLunch catering! Not only is Jennifer a supreme chef, but she's also a sweet, down-to-earth AND responsible person who will work with you to create the vibe that YOU want. She's an absolute delight to work with and she makes some really yummy food. We wanted a funky garden wedding with mostly hors d'oeuvres. We were on a budget and honestly had no idea how much catering for 110 would cost or should cost. Most of the companies we contacted didn't understand our style, or tried to force their ideas (and new expenses) onto our wedding- and this was all in just the bidding process. Weddings are about what YOU want, but if you haven't planned a wedding before, it's hard to know if you can even GET what you want. Sometimes you get overwhelmed and pressured by vendors to do what THEY want you to do. Jennifer immediately GOT what we wanted and was not at all judgmental about our budget, or rude about our novice questions. She was very willing to add and subtract items on the estimate and proactively revised little details. She also worked hard to keep our costs low, but without sacrificing the quality. She also meets all her potential clients in person which is really great. Working with Jennifer was the least stressful of all my wedding preparations. I felt I could trust her as if I was working with a friend. Jennifer had another wedding to work on our wedding day, but she still organized and prepped everything for our event. We were very lucky to work with Laura, Jennifer's partner. Laura is another person you can trust to manage a great event and she has such a warm energy and a great work ethic. they both worked hard to create the wedding we wanted and easily adapted for gluten and dairy allergies. This long review is to say: You will be in great hands with Jenniferlunch! read more

Potliquor catered my sister's baby shower last month, and the food was incredible! We hosted about 40 people for lunch, and Laura and Jennifer were both super responsive, helped me meet my budget and delivered delicious, hot, and well-presented dishes. The hand pies were amazing, as were the mushroom tarts and chicken and morels dish. We got so many compliments on the food! Thanks Jennifer and Laura! read more

After I read so many great things about Jennifer on Yelp, I was really looking forward to hire her to cater my wedding. I had one meeting with her where we talked about just about everything and she seemed very thoughtful and responsible. I left the meeting feeling pretty good, and she told me that she would be sending a menu over within a week. Well, that was over a month ago and I have not heard one word from her, no phone call, no email-nothing. I still can't believe she never contacted me, how unprofessional! I understand if she changes her mind about the job, but I expect that she would communicate these things to her clients; especially brides who we all know can go a little crazy with all the planning details. Honesty, I am still a little shocked because she has recieved some really kind words from other clients. read more

We hired Jennifer and Laura for a four day corporate retreat for almost 20 people and were completely blown away by their delicious food, presentation, quality of ingredients, and thoughtful touches. Beyond the food, Laura and Jennifer were such a pleasure to work with. They worked with our budget to come up with beautiful menus and even made special concessions for some dietary restrictions. More than anything, they were great people to hang out with and made the four days very special. read more

Jennifer catered our wedding and we couldn't have been happier. We had about 60 people at picnic tables in the woods. We wanted simple picnic-style dishes that would go well with a sweet mead that my husband and I both love. Jennifer did a great job of picking food that fit into our budget and matched perfectly with the mead. She had wonderful suggestions about setup, decorations, where things should go, etc, and even offered a few priceless ideas about the wedding. She is a great communicator and even called us at one point from France when we were trying to get ahold of her (this was months ahead of the wedding)! The food she made was incredible--everything was organic and so so so fresh! We had a ton of people tell us how good it was. All of the dishes were very tasty, but a month after the wedding, I am still craving the tomato and cheese salad she made! Yum! :) The servers she hired were also really on top of things and they were very friendly. I will consider myself very lucky if I ever have another event that Jennifer caters. She was amazing. read more

There aren't enough words to explain how amazing Jennifer is. On our first call instead of asking the basic catering questions that everyone else asked (do you want meat, do you want spicy, etc), she asked us a few words that described our wedding. It was such an awesome way to go into it and she plans each menu for the couple/event based on who they are and what the event was about. We said comfortable, earthy/natural, and exciting as we're from the east coast and many family members were out here for the first time. We only had 70 people at the Stable Cafe so wanted it to be a really intimate meal. She set up a family style meal that was the BEST food on earth. Seriously just incredible. We did lamb meatballs and scallop with smashed pea on a potato crisp (I know, but DELICIOUS), she made crudite in mason jars and tea sandwiches for our bus trip around the city, and then dinner was beyond 10 stars. Everyone at the wedding came up to us and told us it was not only the best wedding food they'd ever had, but also one of the best meals they'd ever had! Organic/local was important to us and all of the meat and veggies were perfectly selected from great farms near by that she'd worked with in the past. The menu evolved based on what was in season (which I loved) and the highlight of the meal was a bread salad (which I originally was skeptical of because of the name, but is now my favorite meal). Slices of sourdough toasted and oiled mixed in with roasted chicken, artichokes, mushrooms, I could go on forever. She also cooked all of the veggies and chicken in a wood stove that they had at the restaurant- HOW COOL is that!. The bavette steak was also out of this world. Honestly, amazing food, amazing person, amazing service, could not have asked for anything better. Jennifer thank you SO very much for making this the best (and most delicious) day of our lives :) read more

This is a little late in coming, but clearly Potliquor made in impression and I want to support them. We contacted Jennifer because of good reviews on Yelp with her former venture, and asked about food for a low-budget event we were having. Jennifer came up with an incredible menu within our budget, and agreed to our picking up the food and returning her containers after the event. The food was beautiful, fresh, and delicious, fed exactly the number of people we were expecting, and got rave reviews from nearly everyone at the party. Jennifer (and Laura) were sweet, patient, and accommodating throughout. I would absolutely choose them again. read more

We booked Potliquor for our wedding, and it was the best decision! Laura and Jennifer are the sweetest to work with, and they created some of the best food we've had. We tasted at several caterers before deciding to go with Potliquor, but they won us over not only with their delicious food, but also their ability to showcase the local bounty in their beautiful presentations. Their style reflected our personalities, and our guests had nothing but positive things to say. Laura and Jennifer were also so patient with us, tweaking the menu to match our vision. Our menu ultimately included scotch quail eggs, hamachi crudo, little gems w bacon and cream fraiche, smoked maitake rye toasts, fried sesame chicken, veggie fritto misto, heirloom tomato and burrata salad w fennel, succotash, and ice cream sandwiches utilizing ice cream from our favorite shop Tara's. We hired our bartender through Potliquor as well, and they made some mean ginger shrub mojitos. Laura and Jennifer were also cost conscious and helped us decide on everything based on budget, and even trimmed some of the final total at the end since they finished cleaning up early! I can't wait to have another event or dinner as an excuse to eat Potliquor's food again! read more

Jennifer catered our wedding in Big Sur, CA at the end of March. We only hired one vendor for the whole event and paid for Jennifer and her crew's travel and overnight accommodations, and it was worth every penny. We had 30 people for a family style meal. Before the wedding: Since we were planning from the east coast, we only had one visit five months before the wedding to get it right. Jennifer put us at ease immediately and we basically hired her on the spot after interviewing other caterers we just did not click with. I had seen a review in a wedding blog that said, "do not let the simple website fool you" and I agree. We did not get a tasting, but knew that whoever we hired that this would be the case. Jennifer was excited by that! Jennifer is very passionate about food, and it shows. She was also responsible and professional. We always received quick responses to emails, and scheduled one conference call during the planning to review the menu. She also handled everything with the rental company, which was super helpful for us since we were far away. She asked our opinion when she wasn't sure about a particular detail, but other times just went with her gut because she understood what vibe we were going for. She has excellent taste, so we trusted her and it worked out very well. During the wedding: The day we checked into the rental location (a private house), they let us know that there would be utility work and the power would be off until 3pm. We gave Jennifer the heads up, and she figured out how to make everything using the grill as a back-up plan. When she arrived with her friendly staff around 3, they got right to work, even though the power had not turned on. They made our entire meal on the grill! With headlamps! Biscuits on the grill! I was amazed, but it didn't faze her one bit. She was calm. Even when it started to rain and we had to move the dinner inside (people, chairs and tables), she took charge and made it happen. Her staff worked with headlamps on, and it was awesome. The power returned at 8:45pm, so everything but clean-up happened in the dark. The food was amazing! Very much made with love. She was flexible enough to keep the same menu and figure out how to make everything only using gas...still blows my mind. My guests all commented how tasty the food was and how sweet and calm Jennifer was. I could tell the plating was beautiful, especially the crab louie, but it was difficult to see with the flashlights and candles. If I had made the meal, in the dark, I would not have worried about presentation, but Jennifer still kept the same high presentation standards. We also liked that she was willing and happy to spend a minute just before serving the meal to tell everyone what was coming. We did that instead of making menu cards for a personal touch, and it worked out well. Another small detail that we really appreciated: We had cupcakes instead of cake (which she picked up from the bakery in San Francisco for us on the day of the wedding). The guests were putting the wrappers on the counter after eating the cupcake. She saw a few of these, grabbed a fancy dish, then put the wrappers and the dish on the counter as if that were on purpose. Jennifer is a problem solver and just handles things as if she had planned it that way. My husband hugged her at least three times that night. You'll want to hug her, too. read more

I love Jennifer and I love her food! Jennifer catered our wedding last week and really blew us away. Actually, I think every single one of our 62 guests came up to us at one point in the night and said the food was spectacular-amazing-awesome-fantastic-wonderful...you get the picture. We served a family style menu including for our main course: tri tip roasts with heirloom tomato panzanella salad, summer succotash over polenta (my favorite!), and planked halibut with wehani rice. There was SO much food that no one left hungry. Everything was fresh and from the local farmers market. Also, the service that Jennifer provided was amazing. First, Jennifer worked within our budget and gave us some great suggestions to save money on rentals. We were married in a loft (therefore we had to bring in everything) and she helped coordinate all of the essentials for us. Second, she also introduced me to Pascal for bartending services, where we provided all the alcohol and he handled everything else. Third, the staff that she had with her the day-of, was great. They were attentive and friendly -- and made sure that I was properly fed from separate platters sans meat since I'm a vegetarian. Overall our experience was wonderful. We looked at a lot of caterers for our wedding and I'm so happy that we partnered with her to make our night even more special. read more

very high quality food and service. creative. beautiful presentation. professional. detail oriented. thorough. thoughtful. a pleasure to work with. I never yelp. But because Laura & Jennifer and their team surpassed all expectations, I feel compelled to tell everyone how awesome a Caterer they are. read more

From start to finish, we had an excellent experience with Potliquor in putting together our early March wedding. We knew that we wanted Laura to prepare and present food at our reception based on our memories of dinner parties she hosted years ago. We confirmed our decision when we learned that Jennifer and Laura (the Potliquor team) create seasonal, locally-sourced menus. We worked with them--mostly from afar--to design the menu, coordinate the site logistics, and work out myriad details that made the event very personal for us and our families. We worked mostly with Laura, and she was very professional, super thoughtful, and uber detail-oriented. After we did a walk through of the venue and had a tasting at the amazing Potliquor kitchen, we were totally at ease with the event plan. It was an enormous help to have the confidence that the venue would be set up in the way we wanted and that the food would be organic and delicious. It allowed us to focus our energies on hosting our family and friends. In the day of the wedding, Laura and her staff (including Misti, who also dressed the table and us with beautiful flowers) did an amazing job . After dinner, our guests gave Laura a spontaneous ovation. For the quality of food and service--as well as the effortless ways she transformed the venue, we found the expense we incurred was well worth it. In sum, here is why Potliquor should cater your next event: * Laura and Jennifer's food is DELICIOUS. Our guest raved about the quality of food and the thoughtfulness of the menu. From the appetizers to the main course, everything was nicely seasoned and beautifully presented. * You feel good serving your guests the freshest and highest quality ingredients available. * Laura and Jennifer are very accommodating to the food preferences of you and your guests. * Potliquor's staff is professional and super friendly. They made our guests feel happy and at ease. * They are responsive to your calls and emails. * They are reasonably priced. * They will ensure that your event runs smoothy, making it memorable for everyone. read more

Jennifer and Laura did an amazing job catering my wedding in San Francisco! They helped me create a very unique menu focusing on seasonal ingredients that fit my vegetable-centric tastes but still keep all the meat-eaters happy. I got compliments on the food throughout the evening from all of the guests! The servers were also all very attentive to the guests needs as well as making sure my husband and I got to actually try all the food ourselves! I also hired Jennifer to be the day of coordinator for the wedding and she did a wonderful job leading up to the event and on the day of. She worked with me to plan out every detail in advance and she kept the event running so smoothly I didn't have to do a thing once the wedding began. Leading up to the event, both Jennifer and Laura were very organized and thoughtful, and they responded to all of my questions and concerns quickly and thoroughly. I can't recommend them enough! read more