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Catering Lunch & Dinner

New! Appetizer Boards

The Deluxe

Pork rillettes, molasses-glazed pit ham, smoked catfish dip, shrimp cocktail, creole mustard sauce, croutons, benne seed crackers, cornichons, plus okra, carrot & green bean pickles

275.00 / Serves 15 to 20
Fruit de Mer

Smoked catfish dip, shrimp rémoulade, shrimp cocktail, crab cakes, green tomato chow chow, chipotle rémoulade, croutons, benne seed crackers, plus okra, carrot & green bean pickles

275.00 / Serves 15 to 20
Crudité

Fresh seasonal vegetables, roasted sweet onion dip, pimento cheese, croutons, benne seed crackers, cornichons, plus okra, carrot & green bean pickles

175.00 / Serves 15 to 20

Appetizers à la carte

—VEGETARIAN—
Miniature Biscuits

Served with pimento cheese & ham jam

65.00 / 2 dozen
Hushpuppies

With our signature chipotle rémoulade

24.00 / dozen
Spicy Fried Cauliflower

Chipotle rémoulade (vegan)

Small 50.00 / Serves 10 to 12
Large 100.00 / Serves 20 to 24
House Salad

Baby greens & shaved onion, with shallot vinaigrette

Small 35.00 / Serves 5 to 7
Large 70.00 / Serves 10 to 15
Kale & Chicory Salad

Red grapes, toasted almonds, red onion, cow’s milk feta, sugarcane vinaigrette

Small 55.00 / Serves 5 to 7
Large 110.00 / Serves 10 to 15
—SEAFOOD—
Smoked Catfish Dip

Benne seed crackers

20.00 / pound
Fried Catfish Nuggets

With our signature chipotle rémoulade

Small 95.00 / Serves 5 to 7
Large 190.00 / Serves 10 to 15
Shrimp Hushpuppies

With our signature chipotle rémoulade

40.00 / dozen
Shrimp Pies

Creole-spiced shrimp empanadas

56.00 / dozen
Cajun Boiled Jumbo Shrimp

House cocktail sauce, lemon slices

70.00 / 30 shrimp
Poached Jumbo Shrimp Rémoulade

Lemon slices

70.00 / 30 shrimp
Crab Cakes

With our signature chipotle rémoulade & lemon slices

40.00 / dozen
Deluxe Seafood Gumbo Pot

Dungeness & blue crab, shrimp, andouille sausage, okra, chicken, scallion. Served with rice & French rolls

145.00 / Serves 6 to 8
—MEAT—
Big Easy Wings

Spicy garlic, red chile & jalapeño chicken wings, with buttermilk dressing & celery sticks

80.00 / 30 pieces
Blackened Chicken Skewers

Pepper jelly

40.00 / dozen
Natchitoches Meat Pies

Cajun beef empanadas

56.00 / dozen
House Pork Rillettes

Creole mustard sauce, cornichon & croutons

25.00 / pound
Muffaletta Platter

Salami, ham, mortadella, provolone, mozzarella & swiss, dressed with house olive salad on a seeded Italian roll

95.00 / Serves 12 to 16

entrées à la carte

BFC

Brenda's secret recipe fried chicken

Small 95.00 / 17 to 18 pieces
Large 190.00 / 34 to 36 pieces
Boneless BFC Thighs

Brenda's secret recipe fried chicken

Small 95.00 / 17 to 18 pieces
Large 190.00 / 34 to 36 pieces
Chicken-Andouille Jambalaya

Spicy New Orleans style rice pilaf

Small 95.00 / Serves 5 to 10
Large 190.00 / Serves 10 to 20
Vegan Jambalaya

Spicy New Orleans style rice pilaf with bell peppers, onions & celery

Small 84.00 / Serves 5 to 10
Large 168.00 / Serves 10 to 20
Chicken, Andouille & Okra Gumbo

With steamed white rice & scallion

120.00 / Serves 8 to 12
Red Beans & Rice

With andouille sausage & scallion

120.00 / Serves 8 to 12
Vegan Red Beans & Rice

With scallion

100.00 / Serves 8 to 12
Chicken Etouffée

Smothered chicken stew with creole spices, steamed white rice & scallion

120.00 / Serves 8 to 12
Pit Style Boneless Ham

With brown sugar glaze. Served with creole mustard sauce

Small 95.00 / Serves 4 to 5
Large 190.00 / Serves 8 to 10
Black-eyed Peas & Rice

With andouille sausage & scallion Also available as vegan

120.00 / Serves 8 to 12

Family Style Meals

20 person minimum
The NOLA

Chicken & andouille gumbo, Big Easy wings, collard greens with bacon, cornbread

448.00 / Serves 20
The Garden Party (Vegetarian)

Vegan jambalaya, vegan red beans, fried cauliflower, kale salad, plain beignets

640.00 / Serves 20
The Big Easy

Brenda's fried chicken, gumbo, mac & cheese, house salad, biscuits, plain beignets

850.00 / Serves 20

Biscuits by the Dozen

Big & Fluffy

With butter & housemade jam

50.00 / dozen
Miniature Biscuits

With pimento cheese & ham jam

65.00 / 2 dozen

On The Side

Mac & Cheese
Small 100.00 / Serves 12 to 15
Large 200.00 / Serves 24 to 30
Cornbread

Contains gluten

Small 40.00 / Serves 12
Large 80.00 / Serves 24
Andouille Cornbread Dressing

Contains gluten

Small 90.00 / Serves 12
Large 180.00 / Serves 24
Cole Slaw
22.00 per quart / Serves 8
Creole Potato Salad
22.00 per quart / Serves 8
Braised Collard Greens with Bacon
35.00 per quart / Serves 8
Vegan Braised Collard Greens
30.00 per quart / Serves 8
Succotash

Always vegan
Corn, zucchini, tomato, lima beans, onion & sweet peppers

30.00 per quart / Serves 8
Country Sausage Gravy

22.00 per quart / Serves 4 to 6

Beignets

New Orleans’ favorite donut! One dozen per order
Plain 40.00

For the die-hard traditionalist

Chocolate 50.00

Filled with molten Ghirardelli chocolate

Granny Smith Apple 50.00

Sweetened with cinnamon-honey butter

Crawfish 65.00

Spiced with cayenne, scallions & cheddar

Sweets

New! Sugar & Spice Board

Mini plain beignets, seasonal fresh fruit, butterscotch dipping sauce, dark chocolate cayenne fondue & spiced pecans

175.00 / Serves 15 to 20
Bread Pudding

With bourbon sauce & whipped cream

Small 50.00 / Serves 12 to 15
Large 100.00 / Serves 24 to 30
Ghirardelli Chocolate Chip & Banana Bread Pudding

With bourbon sauce & whipped cream

Small 70.00 / Serves 12 to 15
Large 140.00 / Serves 24 to 30

Drinks

  • Community Coffee with Chicory
    35.00 / 96oz
  • Grandma’s Molasses-Black Walnut Iced Coffee with Whipped Cream
    45.00 / 64oz
  • Sweet Watermelon Iced Tea
    35.00 / 64oz
  • Orange Juice—35.00 / 64oz
  • Bottled Water—3.00 each
—BOOZIE—
  • Hurricane Andrew
    with Sabé Low-ABV Rum
    60.00 / 64 oz
  • Creole Bloody Mary
    with Petrov Low-ABV Vodka
    60.00 / 64 oz
Brenda’s French Soul Food •
652 Polk Street @ Eddy, San Francisco
• 415-345-8100
Brenda’s French Soul Food
652 Polk Street @ Eddy, San Francisco

415-345-8100