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Food and Services

Our special events specialists will assist you with all your food and beverage needs through our on-site food services department.  We can create special menus and theme ideas for your event.

You can also arrange the following through our sales staff:

• Equipment and linen rentals
• Flowers, decorations and auxiliary lighting
• Music and other entertainment
• Hosted coat checking
• Exhibit interpretation
• Guided tours


Here’s a taste of what we can offer for your special event.

Our strolling reception stations offer your guests the opportunity to sample a variety of foods and cuisines in a leisurely atmosphere. Menus are designed to include three or more stations and accommodate 200 or more guests.

• Soup station
• Woodland mushroom station
• Potato martini bar
• Pasta bar
• Asian stir-fry station
• Fajitas station
• Jerk station
• Carving station
• Right Bite seafood station
• Sushi station
• Shedd dessert buffet

We also offer a selection of more than 40 hot and cold hors d’oeuvres as well as hors d’oeuvres buffet displays that give you a delicious choice of vegetables, fruits, seafood, cheeses and meats in sophisticated combinations.

To accompany the food, we have beverage packages to suit any occasion: open bar, wine and beer bar, hosted martini or margarita bar, and a nonalcoholic beverage option.

Ask about our dinner menus, which include appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert.



 

 
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Parking Services

You can arrange for parking through Soldier Field Auto Parking. We will also be happy to provide you with a list of valet companies.


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