Please call Kelci Rushing to book your event at (618) 975-5446.
Pricing based on buffet service.
For table service see Table Service Catering Menu.

Download Dinner Catering  Menu - Buffet Style (PDF Format)

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Menu Options

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Bella Milano’s Catering Department will be happy to customize a menu designed just for your event. For a custom menu quote please contact Bella Catering at 618-975-5446.

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Menu Selections

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Chicken

Chicken Milano – Lightly breaded, charbroiled chicken breast topped with a creamy provel cheese sauce with fresh mushrooms and green onions
Chicken Parmigiano – Lightly breaded, charbroiled chicken breast topped with a red sauce and a provel cheese
Chicken Marsala – Lightly breaded, charbroiled chicken breast sautéed in a red Marsala wine sauce with fresh mushrooms
Blackened Chicken – Blackened chicken breast topped with a gorgonzola cream sauce
Lemon and Pepper Chicken – Charbroiled marinated boneless breast of chicken
Oven Roasted Chicken – Bone-in seasoned quartered chicken

Pork

Pork Tenderloin – Chili rubbed medallions of pork tenderloin, charbroiled and topped with a corn and pablano relish
Roasted Pork Loin – Slow roasted center cut pork loin topped with natural gravy

Beef

Roast Beef – Slow roasted and sliced thin and topped with its own natural juices
Prime Rib - Slow roasted and served with horseradish sauce and au jus

Specialty Beef

Deluxe Buffet Package must be chosen for Specialty Beef choice

Beef Tenderloin – Tenderloin medallions of beef topped with your choice of sauce

• Choice 1: Sotto Sauce - White Wine Lemon Butter with mushrooms, cracked black pepper and garlic
• Choice 2: Milano sauce - creamy provel cheese sauce with mushrooms and green onions

Beef Brochettes – Chunks of sirloin marinated in a sweet Italian vinaigrette, breaded and then charbroiled

Hand Carving Station

Deluxe Buffet Package must be chosen for Specialty Beef choice

Prime Rib – Served with au jus and horseradish sauce
Roast Beef – Served with au jus
Roasted Pork Loin – Served with a whole grain Dijon aioli
Honey Baked Ham – Served with a brown sugar and pineapple glaze

Seafood

Tilapia – Seasoned and baked

Specialty Seafood

 Additional charge of $1 per person

Salmon – Crab encrusted and topped with a lemon buerre blanc or with a citrus honey glaze
Shrimp Rosalino – Lightly floured, deep fried and sautéed in a white wine lemon butter sauce with fresh mushrooms

Specialty Pasta

Additional charge of $1 per person
All pasta's below are considered a meat choice

Cannelloni – Cannelloni stuffed with beef and pork and baked in a meat sauce and besciamella sauce
Pasta Con Broccoli – Cheese-stuffed tortellini served in a creamy red sauce with mushrooms, broccoli, and a touch of red pepper and garlic
Shrimp Linguine – Linguine noodles tossed in a fresh rosemary oil butter garlic sauce with fresh mushrooms and shrimp
Pasta Primavera – Cavatelli pasta with seasonal vegetables tossed in a creamy oil butter and garlic sauce
Lasagna – Beef and Italian sausage lasagna baked in meat sauce, topped with provel cheese and besciamella sauce

Salad

Milano Salad – Iceberg and romaine lettuce with asiago, provel, cooked prosciutto ham and green onions with a sweet Italian vinaigrette dressing
Caesar Salad – Romaine lettuce in our house Caesar dressing with croutons
Garden Salad – Iceberg and romaine lettuce with provel cheese, tomatoes, carrots, red onions and cucumbers served with choice of dressing (Garden Salad can only be served on a buffet line)
Poppy-Seed Salad – Iceberg and romaine lettuce with candied walnuts, red onions and tossed in a strawberry poppy seed dressing
(Add spinach to poppy-seed salad for $.50 per person)
Balsamic Salad – Iceberg and romaine lettuce with julienne carrots, red onions, tomatoes, gorgonzola cheese and tossed in balsamic dressing
 

Starches

Au Gratin Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Loaded Mashed Potato with bacon, cheddar cheese and green onions
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes with rosemary
Rice Pilaf
Italian Potatoes with onions and bell peppers
Mostaccioli or Cavatelli pasta in a choice of red, meat, alfredo, or oil butter and garlic sauce

Vegetables

Green Beans Almandine
Green Beans with bacon and onion
Baby Carrots buttered or with a brown sugar maple glaze
Italian Zucchini sautéed with garlic, onions and herbs
Corn on or off the cob
Broccoli
Peas with Butter
Vegetable Medley with seasonal vegetables

Hors D oeuvres’

Hors D oeuvres’ below are available for pre-dinner service only.  If you are planning a cocktail and Hors D oeuvres’ party contact Bella Catering for a custom designed menu for your event.  Hors D oeuvres’ below are priced at 25 pieces and the trays serve 25 people each.

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Bar Service Pricing

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Hosted Bar

• 4.5 hour bar service, bar will close a half hour before the end of the event
  
• Contact Bella’s catering department if you want specialty drinks such as: martinis, cosmopolitans, margarita’s etc.  If no prior arrangements are made Bella Milano Catering will not be able to serve any specialty drinks.
• One Bartender will be available for every 100 guests.  If additional Bartenders are needed they will be billed at $25 per hour with a 4 hour minimum.

Hosted Bar Options:

• Soda Bar -  includes Pepsi Products
• Basic  Bar - includes Pepsi Products, Beer (Budweiser Products Only) bar brand mixed drinks (vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, tequila) and CK Mondavi Wines (Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel)
• Premium Bar - includes Pepsi Products, Beer (Budweiser Products Only) and Premium liquors (Stolichnaya vodka, Absolut vodka, Captain Morgan rum, Bacardi rum, Tanqueray gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, J& B Scotch, Cuervo Gold tequila) and CK Mondavi Wines (Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel)
• Cosmopolitan, Margarita and Daquiri Bar - strawberry, raspberry, and peach daquiri's available. Can only be purchased if choosing one of the hosted bar options

Cash Bar

• $120 per bartender
• Bartender will be available for 4.5 hours, will close a half hour before the end of the event
  
• $25 per hour for additional hours of Bartender Service
• 4 hour minimum is required
• 1 bartender per 150 guests required for Cash Bar

Details of room use at N.O. Nelson Center:

• There is no gratuity required or expected but it is appreciated.
• Sunday through Thursday there is no room charge if $1500 or more in food and beverage purchases pre-tax is generated.  If the $1500 is not met there is a $500 room charge
• Friday and Saturday there is a $200 room charge if $3,000 or more in food and beverage purchases pre-tax is generated.  If the $3,000 is not met there is a $500 room charge
• Service charges will be incurred for all events not meeting the minimums.
• Contact Bella Milano Catering if your group is a non-profit organization
• Pricing for Dinner Service is for 5 hours, if additional time is needed additional charges will be incurred.  All dinner events are to conclude at 12:00am.
• Setup and breakdown of banquet room (N.O. Nelson Center Only)
• Includes only our equipment and linens (if using linens)
• Items not belonging to Bella Catering cannot be setup or broken-down by our staff.
• If using outside vendors for photography, decorating, cake, etc. their items must be picked up at the conclusion of the event.
• Service staff is required to remove all plates from dining room before leaving area.
• Available for ceremony indoors or outdoors
• We do not provide an officiant for the ceremony; we only provide the location
• There is a charge for the additional time needed for the ceremony