Roadside Chive Catering & Events

tion to our personal tastes and dietary restrictions (The majority of my immediate family has celiac, including myself). Throughout planning, Currey and Danielle were just fun to work with - They shared our excitement when we had new design or style ideas for tables, offered suggestions when we wanted to create comfortable experiences for guests like a welcome champagne station, and were overall incredibly responsive, professional, and above all flexible. We needed to reschedule our wedding due to the threat of Hurricane Florence and were so worried about rebooking all of our vendor dream team, but Currey and Danielle put us at ease and made it work with their schedule. Day of, we were so impressed with how smoothly the whole team worked together and were so attentive to guests. And of course - the food. Guests were telling us this is the BEST wedding food they've ever had. I also loved how they embraced our signature cocktail, named after our cat, which was silly but important to us. They are just a blast to work with and you shouldn't hesitate to book them today!

e process. They also did a good job of meeting our gluten-free needs. Roadside Chive also provided our day-of coordinator, and we could not have been happier with Danielle’s work. She made put us at ease, took care of issues that came up, and made sure everything went smoothly. Thank you again to all at Roadside Chive!

t finding a caterer that would provide us with good food, but Roadside Chive blew us away at every possible moment. From our first phone call, we knew they would be amazing. We explained on that call that I (the bride) and a couple other guests have gluten allergies and that I wanted to be able to eat everything. We noted though that my husbands' nephews would be invited and that they are at an age where they only eat bread. Currey immediately suggested a gluten free zucchini bread with honey butter. Yaaaaaas, because you know what, us gluten free gals love carbs too! Roadside worked closely with us to think through all our options while being mindful of what would keep us within our budget (including the cost of a day of coordinator and rentals!) and also what would taste the freshest while on the buffet. Our guests LOVED the food (including a celiac friend who raved to us that, "This was NOT wedding food, this was fine dining!!"). Our venue required us to have a day of coordinator and although we were initially nervous about the expense, it was by far the best decision ever (we've since recommended having a day of coordinator to all of our friends getting married). Danielle was our day of coordinator and she was simply amazing. She was incredibly organized, upbeat, and excited about our plans every time we met. Planning a wedding is no easy feat, and Danielle kept us stress-free, relaxed, and well-fed (she had appetizers and drinks prepared for us in the bridal suite right after the ceremony). Danielle and her team made sure everything was set up for the day--including moving plants from our venue's nursery to the ceremony and reception spaces, setting up our table seating cards, and making everything look so amazing. We cannot thank Danielle and Currey enough for all they did to make our day special!

estions and menu changes and her team did an amazing job of keeping me organized and taken care of. Currey and Danielle worked flawlessly to coordinate our rentals with Beggars Banquet and Gibson so that I didn’t have to do any of that leg work. The food was delicious, and she even took a family recipe of ours and nailed it! Her waitstaff and bartenders were professional and friendly and we got rave reviews on the whole show. Now for the best part.. Ashley Kovach was provided to us through Roadside Chive as our day of coordinator. This was the best decision we could have made for our wedding. She reached out early on to check in and gather preliminary details and then checked in every now and then to make sure I was calm and that everything was going smoothly. As the weeks winded down she did an amazing job of organizing all my thoughts and even wrangling all of my vendors for me to confirm and make sure they were on the same page. She ran rehearsal with a not so easy family like a champ and took all of my miscellaneous décor and did a beautiful job of bringing it all together with zero direction from me. I was able to sit back on the morning of and relax and enjoy my day and she communicated just enough to keep me sane but not be a bother. She would send me pictures to double check things and it just put me right at ease. Our wedding day was FLAWLESS. If something went wrong, we didn’t know about it! She did an amazing job of keeping us as close to our timeline as she could and worked great with our other vendors. She checked in on us to make sure we were doing ok, made sure I had a drink, and even made our plates for us so we didn’t have to visit the buffet. 5 stars to Ashley!!

we found other vendors we came to love! She made great suggestions for people in the area, which was life saving when planning a wedding from afar! We had a lot of food allergies to accommodate on our wedding day, Currey and her staff were incredible at ensuring those considerations were taken into place and those with food allergies had food to eat that wasn't different from what everyone else was eating. So a lot of our guests were served gluten free items or vegan items or dairy items and guess what... the food was so good no one ever knew!! We got many compliments at how amazing our catering team was and I couldn't agree more! Currey and her team felt like family during this planning process and took all our questions and concerns and put them to ease! She made our dreams of a cake buffet and our Pittsburgh Cookie table come to life! Her staff is wonderful, so professional, so helpful, and very accommodating! We also used Roadside Chive's day of wedding planner, Danielle, and words cannot describe how amazing she was! Danielle made things happen quickly, efficiently, and seamlessly. As the bride and groom we had not a care in the world except living out every moment of our wedding day together! I was a carefree bride thanks to Danielle! We didn't have to worry about anything or anyone, Danielle had everything under control and had everyone in place where they needed to be! All in all Roadside Chive was pretty awesome with their attention to detail, the quality of food, and their support in the planning process and execution!

they accommodated, but other than that, we chose from suggestions that they made. Everything was delicious! At the end of the night, they packed up a little basket of food for the two of us to bring back to our hotel with us, which was so thoughtful! I don't know if this is normal, but they also left the rest of the leftovers at the venue for us to pick up the next day, which we weren't expecting but really appreciated.

anielle were so fun to work with, and very helpful in working with us to prepare a menu for the marriage of a vegetarian to an avid meat eater. We had buffet stations with a large variety of small bites, and everything was delicious - I wish I had gotten to eat more of it. Although our wedding was last fall, I'm still hearing rave reviews about the meal when I catch up with our wedding guests. Great food, great price, great people - what more could you want!

e never made me feel that my issues were trivial, and she gave me the impression that my daughter's wedding was the most important event on the Roadside Chive calendar! The food was delicious, but just as important, the precision with which all aspects of the reception were executed was flawless. I am certain that we could not have made a better choice than Roadside Chive!

ed me so much during the planning process. She was always easily reachable. I knew I wanted a plated dinner, and that was about it. She walked me through all of the options, and we were able to plan the perfect dinner for my guests. Everyone raved about the hor d'oeuvres during cocktail hour. She also facilitated our rentals with Beggars Banquet Rentals which was a huge help. I highly recommend Roadside Chive for your any of your catering needs.

ding day, our favorite foods, and family traditions. She then came up with an amazing custom menu that only required a few tweaks when we met in-person for the first time. We loved everything at the menu tasting, even the fresh nectarine and corn salad which they went our of their way to prepare for us wayyy before nectarines were in season. Currey was always responsive to our questions via email and attended our final walk-through at the venue to confirm our layout since her team also set up all ceremony and reception tables and chairs. On the day of the wedding, Danielle and the Roadside Chive team executed everything flawlessly. Danielle kept our 140 guests organized as they went through the buffet, and all of the servers were courteous. Many guests complimented the friendly service. Our food was FANTASTIC. The mango chutney and parsley chimichurri sauce for falafel and Indian-spiced potato rolls were two of my favorites. We were also impressed that the thinly sliced cilantro lime grilled chicken breasts stayed moist and tender. The fresh nectarine, corn and arugula salad was refreshing and perfect for the hot weather. Thank you so much for everything, Currey, Danielle, and the whole Roadside Chive team!

lle, and all the staff). The food was delicious, the setup was done perfectly, and ALL the staff involved were so professional, but friendly and helpful to all our guests. Our day of wedding coordinator, Rachel Shamey, who was provided to us through Roadside Chive, was excellent and helped to make the wedding run smoothly. We started our journey with Roadside Chive back in September 2016. From the beginning, Currey Fountain, the owner, was fun to work with, so helpful and accommodating to me in the planning process, and always upbeat and offering great ideas. Our tasting was so much fun! The details of the event (from tables to linens) were handled beautifully by Roadside Chive (working with Gibson Rental and Beggars Banquet); and on the day of the event, everything looked gorgeous! The food was wonderful and presented in such a lovely way. I highly recommend Roadside Chive to anyone planning a wedding or event in the Orange/Charlottesville, VA area. They helped to make our daughter's wedding a stunning event, and I would use them again in a heartbeat! Callie Call - Mother of the Bride

un process! We did a tasting of our menu and absolutely LOVED how delicious it all was and how accommodating Currey and her team were. Not only was the food tasty but on the actual day of the wedding they helped with so much coordination of moving around tables, setting up decor or whatever we needed. Their entire staff was so warm and welcoming along with being professional. We are so happy to have hired them as our caterer.

g, and immediately got response from Currey and followed by proposed menu and estimates. The initial consultation on the menu gave me a strong feeling that Currey really cared her customers. No matter how little the suggestion or concern I made, she always recommended something even better, always beyond my expectations. But we did not make the final decision until tasting where we found that food was so delicious and beautifully presented, Currey and her team were so well prepared and listened to our requirements, moreover, she thought and planned from our perspective to save us money. Currey had all the great characteristics of running a wedding catering company—professional, experienced, efficient, organized, responsive, details-focused, patient, etc. She took care of all my questions and suggestions promptly and made sure they were well documented in the proposal, which eased the whole planning process so much! Currey and the team did much much beyond food and beverages, e.g., they took care of rental stuff so we did not need to deal with another vendor, they had lots of beautiful decors that could be rented in very low prices, and they were knowledgeable and always willing to help when we asked for suggestions in various aspects. Besides Currey, we also worked a lot with Danielle and Abby, our day-of coordinator and her assistant. They were extremely organized, helpful, and fun! We did not lose a single decor item that we provided; Danielle brought us food and made sure we were fed; she kept checking on my dress to stay flawless on me. At the end of the day, we harvested a big pack of food (free!) to eat for the next-day brunch, nice friends, and an amazing experience that we could always look back on for the rest of our life. To sum up, hire Currey, trust her, and you are good to go.

ide her feedback, and make it happen. From the food selection to the rental choices, RSC aims to please, and they certainly deliver. One of the best parts of working with Currey was her understanding of my need to visualize the reception set up. She provided us with a diagram of the tables, dance floor, cocktail area, etc. to help us assign seating and make some final decisions. On the wedding day, her team set up a beautiful table for our vendors to enjoy their meals; a truly special touch. Delicious food and a fabulous team! Thank you for everything!

email. She adapted and changed the quotes all the way until the end. She also took multiple payments. We had the ceremony rehearsal, the bridesmaid brunch, and the reception catered by BB. EVERYTHING was beautiful and so good. We had a signature drink that everyone loved. This vendor and these people are awesome. I would use them again and again.

drop a bunch of cash on ordinary, run-of-the-mill food. She impressed me immediately with her creative suggestions for a vegetarian menu, and when I told her I nada wheat-issue she was more than ok with it. It became a non-issue. She came up with so many amazing dishes that we could have had at the wedding. I think we emailed back and forth about the menu -- tweaking it, adding this and that, changing spices, brainstorming different dishes -- for at least 3 months before settling on our menu. Which kicked a$$ by the way. I feel really lucky to have been able to work with Currey -- she's a vegetarian as well (though she does work with meat frequently), so she "got it" when it came to my fears about having a boring wedding menu. She's the most affordable caterer in the area by far -- I think each person cost maybe $25 a head? And that's because we added salmon to the menu. She's a breeze to work with. She works out all of the catering rentals, too, which you can rent directly through her (although if you're in the Charlottesville area I strongly suggest working with Lynchburg True Value, and having Currey arrange the rentals through them. You'll save a couple hundred bucks.). Her staff is friendly and hard working. The bartenders were sweet and on-top of pouring drinks. And the staff poured champagne, set out coffee, and served the cake in good time. I barely noticed they were there and yet glasses were full -- as were plates -- which is really the mark of a good wait staff. As far as I know, they also helped with set-up on the scene under the tent with my coordinator. Here's a lil run-down of our menu (in case she doesn't post it on her website): arugula, apple, & candied-pecan salad with mustard dressing, roasted carrots & shallots in a balsamic sauce, maple roasted brussel sprouts, applewood smoked salmon, gluten free butternut squash, goat cheese, and mushroom lasagna (this totally blew my mind) -- appetizers were rosemary goat cheese stuffed dates; a skewer of pesto polenta, roasted tomato, and ciliegine mozzarella; and butter sautéed mushrooms on a corn chip. Hire these folks! They rule!

plan, and execute your wedding day, and they will go well above and beyond anything you would have dreamed of asking all in an effort to make your day special and worry-free. By the time our wedding day came around, we wished that we could have invited Currey as a guest so she could enjoy the countless hours she put into helping us plan. We had heard horror stories from friends and family about the food that some brides and grooms got at their “tasting” being better than the food on the wedding day, but Beggars Banquet absolutely wowed all of our guests on the day of our wedding. Our banquet presentation was elegant and inviting (we opted for home-style trays and dishes versus traditional heated catering trays), and the food was absolutely amazing. Currey worked with us to make sure we had an unforgettable spread that fit within our budget, and we are STILL hearing from guests remarking on how it was the best food they had ever had at a wedding. In particular, the hot smoked bourbon glazed sides of salmon with homemade caper aioli still puts a smile on our faces when we think about it - it was SO good! The food is only part of the equation with what Beggars Banquet has to offer though, the staff is fantastic and beyond helpful and they definitely go the extra mile to make sure that you have everything you need to make your day go off without a single issue. The selection of rentals that they have is guaranteed to have anything and everything you could ever have dreamed of, and Currey is guaranteed to actually listen to your vision of your wedding day to help you pick the linens, china, glassware, flatware, and all other rentals fit your vision versus trying to “upsell” you on something that benefits them. Beggars Banquet definitely has your best interest in mind and wants nothing more than for you to be 100% happy with everything - and they will not let you down. The only downside is that now we are trying to think of reasons to go back to them for the fantastic food, service, and rentals. Go with Beggars Banquet and you will have a wedding day that leaves you and your guests wishing for more.

ng it look delicious. The entire staff was very professional and made our wedding a grand event. My favorite part was when we were given a basket that had each of the meal choices in a container, silverware, our napkins, and a handwritten note from Currey saying thank you. We will definitely be using them again just because of the thoughtfulness of Currey (and because of the amazing food!)

the kind of wedding reception we were going for: casual, relaxed, and delicious! She was able to create a menu that was perfect for our day, with very little guidance from us (I think we told her something vague like "We like BBQ, sweet potatoes, and Mexican spices"). As the event got closer, she worked with the innkeepers to help us pick linens and tableware that were also perfect for our day. The real highlight, though, was our dessert table. We knew from the beginning of our planning that we wanted to have an ice cream sundae bar instead of a wedding cake, but Currey helped us turn that vision into the prettiest (most mouth-watering!) dessert display I have ever seen and I looked at many sundae bars on Pinterest. Currey and her staff are so creative and professional and they have a clear love of what they do… all of that made them a pleasure to work with as they helped us pull off our dream wedding weekend.

d we wanted Moroccan food, Currey suggested making a chicken dish and calling it "Golden Chicken" to ease my mothers worries of people not wanting to eat something unfamiliar! BB was so flexible with what we wanted, as we went back and forth many times on how we wanted the menu to be structured and what to include. Each time we emailed Currey, she responded promptly with whatever change we requested. The food, of course, was delicious on the day of and you haven't lived until you've tried their mashed potato bar - definitely a wedding must! Currey wasn't afraid to go out of the box with the menu and offer a variety of more "eclectic" foods beyond the standard wedding fish, chicken or steak. We so appreciated her flexibility, spunk and calm personality when working with such a large aspect of the wedding! We also used BB for our linens/plateware/flatware and everything looked lovely! Those were much easier decisions than the food and were very easy to make, especially since BB has such a large selection to choose from.

rs and made our wedding really special. The food was divine. Planning this remotely meant no food tasting for my wife and I but we had full faith. Beggars exceeded our expectations by a mile. We had guests coming by throughout the evening complimenting the food.

rs Banquet was incredible to work with, and really listened to our taste in food as she prepared a possible plan for us. We changed little things here and there until we ended up with the perfect meal for us and our guests (and she worked with our gluten free guests, and created vendor meals, dealing with some other dietary restrictions). She was a great value and always got back to us incredibly promptly. I had no concerns about Beggars whatsoever, and they exceeded our expectations. We also used them for rentals, which made them a one-stop shop for us. She was honest about what would make the day more expensive for us, and recommended vendors to us when we didn't have anyone in mind. And, of course, the food was absolutely DELICIOUS. She even had a server set aside to bring food to us during cocktail hour while we were taking photos! I can't recommend them highly enough. They deliver high quality at a far less expensive price tag than most Charlottesville-area caterers!

e ideas of what we were looking for, Beggars Banquet responded with a detailed proposal. Through emails and phone calls (including a budget panic on my part!) they revised their proposal multiple times until it was exactly what we were looking for. They will truly work with you to provide you with exactly what you want, no more, no less. They even used a family recipe to serve pierogis at our wedding – a big hit! They will coordinate with your rental company as well to make sure everything (tables, equipment, serving plates, etc.) is accounted for, and are very responsive. We went with a comfort food menu, and everything tasted fresh and homemade – more like a small, local, organic restaurant than banquet food. Everything was beautiful served – they focus on highlighting ingredients and colors, nothing gimmicky. Think green apple slices with horseradish and smoked trout, truffle macaroni and cheese, sweet potato biscuits with Virginia ham, rainbow chard – but if you don’t like any of these things, they will work with you to serve what you do! The tasting was a great experience - a fabulous brunch with plenty of leftovers for us and our parents at their lovely shop. I also received very positive feedback from guests about the service – servers were lined up with appetizers and drinks when the guests arrived at the reception, and the bartenders were great. Last, they will pack a basket of food for you (the bride and groom) to take home after the reception – you will be so grateful for it late at night or the next morning! I can’t recommend Beggars Banquet enough – great value, great food, great service, and wonderful to work with!

ll night asking who the caterers were... I'm still hearing compliments about the food, and people even talked about how great the service was - it really was that much better than what they expected. They were willing to work within our budget, and made some custom changes to the menu at our request... it was awesome!

e whole process. The food itself was SPECTACULAR. I lost count of the number of people who told me not only that it was the best wedding food they had ever had tasted, but also the people who told me it tasted TOO GOOD to be "wedding food". Marty & Currey were so on their game with everything they did: they organized rentals with that vendor, pointed out discrepancies to us, and provided smart ideas to make sure everything flowed nicely and everyone remained comfortable. I got married on the hottest weekend of the year, and a few days before, they offered to provide water bottles and buckets full of us (lined with linen to look nicer even!) to make sure everyone remained hydrated during the ceremony. Totally their idea, but one that we were so grateful for! They really make everyone feel like their most important client. I felt so at ease knowing they were there. Currey even helped lay out the train of my dress and veil before I walked over to my outdoor ceremony! It was just little things like that that made them so special to work with. If you are getting married anywhere near the Orange/Charlottesville area, you would be foolish NOT to hire Beggar's Banquet! Out of 5 stars, they definitely deserve 10.

finitely recommend to other brides.

food was a little more bland than it was on our tasting day - but still delicious. If you go with them, you MUST have the tomato, feta, shrimp dip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

were so open to all our ideas (and we had a few non-traditional ones!) and so easy to work with. They were our last catering meeting after a week of talking to vendors, and we had dealt with a few caterers who were either too pushy with their own ideas, or so overly relaxed they verged on disorganized. The staff at Beggars is totally professional and on top of their game, but at the same time are very flexible and willing to work with whatever you want. We had our wedding reception at a private home which required a fair bit of logistical planning to pull off, and the entire staff, specifically our catering manager, was so helpful and knowledgeable about the best way to do things. The twenty years of experience really shows. But separate of all of this, their food is quite simply amazing. My husband and I are burgeoning foodies ourselves, and we were floored with the quality of our buffet meal. The ingredients were fresh, everything was cooked superbly, and it was all well-spiced and flavorful. We had chicken and salmon, and while both were highly regarded by the guests, we had a number of people remark how impressed they were that a caterer had managed to cook chicken that wasn't dry or bland, but rather juicy! Our wedding was outdoors, in August, and we wanted a menu that would cool guests down, and Beggars more than met that request. I think we received more good comments about the food than about any other aspect of the reception. Make the trip up to Orange if you are getting married in the greater Charlottesville area. The food and service are outstanding, and you can get a stellar meal for significantly less than what you would pay for comparable quality in the city.