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Welcome to the Buttery!

Please call: 831.458.3020
702 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Corner of Soquel and
Branciforte Ave.
Open Daily 7am until 7pm.
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Planning a wedding? Holding a business meeting? Celebrating the holidays with your extended family? Or simply hosting a cocktail party with friends? Let us prepare the meal! We use the same premium ingredients as we do in our Bakery and Corner Cafe. So it doesn’t just look terrific, it tastes fantastic, just like at The Buttery!

Call us and we'll help you put together a menu that will delight your guests.

Party Starters
Entrees
Salads
Lunch Boxes
Breakfast or Brunch
Cookie Trays

If Wedding Bells are in your future, download our catering ideas (PDF) for the Rehearsal Dinner and for gatherings of friends before and after the event.

Party Starters
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Antipasto Platter
Liberal portions of grilled seasonal vegetables, Provolone cheese, roasted potatoes, Kalamata olives, our own roasted peppers, cherry tomatoes, cornichon pickles, and marinated mushrooms
Small
Large
$65
$95
Serves 10-15
Serves 20-30
Crudites
Red bell pepper, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, red peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and roasted potatoes served with our own Gorgonzola dressing.
Small
Large
$55
$90
Serves 15-20
Serves 25-40
Pinwheel Sandwiches
You may choose from:
  • Roast Beef, horseradish and sour cream, grilled onions, and greens
  • Grilled free- range chicken, herb cream cheese, and lettuce
  • Hummus, cucumbers, avocado, red roasted pepper, and greens
  • Diestal turkey, bacon, avocado, herb cream cheese, and greens
  • Asian chicken, marinated carrots, green onions, wasabi mayonnaise, and greens
Small
Medium
Large
$38
$68
$95
Serves 8-10 (one variety)
Serves 16-20 (one or two variety)
Serves 24-30(one, two or three variety)
Crostini Platter
Crostini brushed with olive oil and garlic to accompany summer tomato and basil (August-October), ratatouille or curried chicken salad
  $45 30 Servings
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Everyone’s favorite served in a hollowed out sourdough round from Golden Sheaf Bread Company. We include baguette chunks for dipping.
one size $25 Serves 8-10
The Buttery’s Cheeseball
Cheddar, Gorgonzola, and cream cheese combined with piquant seasonings, rolled into a ball and covered with pecans. We include crostini slices for serving.
One size $25 Serves 10-20
Sweet Onion Tart
A square of puff pastry topped with caramelized onions, thyme, tomato slices and olives
One size $35 Serves 12-16
Empanada
A Spanish inspired tapa with savory chicken or mushroom filling between two layers of pastry
One size $35 Serves 12-16

Party Sandwiches
Two flavorful sheets of focaccia with your choice of filling, cut into 24 or 48 sandwiches to serve a crowd. (Or half sheet with 12 or 24 sandwiches)

Choose Turkey Basil, Avocado BLT, or Goat Cheese and Grilled Vegetables . 24 hour notice required

½ sheet
Full sheet
$59
$99
12 or 24 servings
24 or 48 servings
Petite Croissant Sandwiches
Our famous petite croissant filled with your choice of curried chicken, egg salad or tuna salad. 48 hour notice required.
  $48
per dozen/one dozen minimum order
Express Sandwiches
Boquette slathered with butter and filled with ham & cheese or turkey & cheese and arranged on platters
  $35
$70

serves 15
serves 30

Buttery Super Sub
We take our Francese stick, cut it in half, drizzle it with oil & vinegar, layer in ham, salami provolone and olive relish. We wrap it in foil. Cut into hearty "Two-fisted sandwiches or "sensible sizes" your choice.
  $28 Serves 3-7 happy people
Buttery's Famous Super Sub BLT
Our Francese stick, bacon, tomato, avocado, lettuce and mayonnaise
  $30 Serves 3-7 happy people
Custom Sandwich Platter
Guest love trying our different sandwiches! You may choose any sandwich from our deli menu, up to 4 different kinds. We'll arrange them on trays
  Add $3 per tray Price according to sandwiches chosen

 

Entrees
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Choose a ½ pan serving 9 or a full pan serving 18

Choose from:

Macaroni and Cheese
Old-fashioned macaroni and cheese in a creamy béchamel and cheddar sauce, topped with crisp bread crumbs

Fun-size
Party size
$35
$70

Butternut Squash Lasagna
Lasagna noodles layered with butternut squash, Italian sausage, mozzarella, fresh sage, and parsley

Fun-size
Party size
$45
$90
Vegetarian Grilled Vegetable Lasagna
Grilled zucchini, eggplant & red pepper layered, with lasagna noodles, pesto & ricotta cheese
Fun-size
Party size
$45
$90
 
Chicken or Vegetable Enchilada
Chicken or seasonal vegetables, cheese, cilantro, and a delicious green sauce
Fun-size
Party size
$55
$105
 

Chicken Pot Pie
Roast chicken and vegetables lightly bound with béchamel sauce and topped with a buttery crust

  $25 Serves 6 happy people
Quiche
Bacon, ham, and cheese or seasonal vegetable and cheese
$30 Serves 8 eight happy people
Vegetable Galette
Layers of basil cream and beautifully arranged seasonal vegetables
$25 Serves 8 happy people
Salads
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Simple Salads
  • Classic Romaine with Parmesan, Caesar dressing, house made crouton
  • Tender Green with seasonal greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and Green Goddess dressing
  • Baby Spinach with red onion, Kalamata olives and lemon vinaigrette
  $35 Serves 5-10
Big Salads
  • Chinese Chicken Salad with Asian chicken, green onions,  marinated carrots, sugar snap peas, toasted sesame seeds and almonds, crispy wontons, cucumbers, romaine, and sweet and sour dressing
  • Classic Cobb with chicken, avocado, tomato, green onions, bacon, gorgonzola, hard-boiled eggs, romaine, and vinaigrette
  • Tortilla Salad with romaine hearts, chicken, avocado, radishes, cilantro, cheddar cheese, crispy tortilla strips, and Green Goddess dressing
Small
Large
$45
$90
Serves 5
Serves 10

Family Style Salads

  • Pasta Salad with sundried and cherry tomatoes, seasonal vegetables, black olives, fresh basil, and vinaigrette-$6.50/lb
  • Grilled Seasonal vegetable and Polenta Salad with vinaigrette-$6.50/lb
  • Curried Chicken Salad- $18/lb
  • Check our current menu for our daily salads

One pound serves 3-4 happy people.
Prices subject to availability

Cookie Trays
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Cookie Tray
$2.50 per person and includes 3-half size cookies per person Choose from:

Chocolate Chip
Oatmeal
Pecan Buttercrunch
Pumpkin

Chocolate Dream
Russian Teacakes Thumbprints
Rugelach

At Christmas you may also choose Rose Window cookies.
For Channukah you may add Coconut Macaroons or Haystacks.

Holiday Cookie Tray
$2.75 per person and includes 3 cookies per person, one of which is an iced cookie.


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Breakfast or Brunch
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Quiche
Ham and cheese or seasonal vegetable and cheese
Serves 8 $30
Croissant and Egg Sandwiches
Our croissant served with herbed cream cheese and scrambled eggs
$48 Per Dozen
Frittata
With ham and cheese or corn, red pepper and cheese
$12 Serves 6-8

Check with us to see what’s available.

Seasonal Fruit Platter
A colorful array of seasonal fruit with a tangy sauce for dipping
$65
$95
Serves 10-15
Serves 25-30
Add vanilla yogurt and the Buttery granola to the fruit platter so guests can help themselves to a healthy breakfast.
$85
$125
Serves 10-15
Serves 25-30
(Be ready with bowls for serving the granola and yogurt. They will be in containers for transporting, bot for serving.)
Breakfast Pastry Platter
We include:
  • 6 Petite Croissant
  • 4 Petite Bear Claws
  • 4 Scones
  • 3 Apple Galettes
  • 3 Chocolate Croissant
  • 2 Berry Muffins

We include butter, jam and lemon curd with your order.

$49 Serves 10-15
A Variety of Pastry Rings and Braid
  • Apricot, Ollalieberry, Cherry, or Blueberry
  • Bear Claw
  • Almond
  • Lemon
  • Blueberry Cheese or Apricot Cheese Braid
  • Chocolate Babka
$10.75 each  
$9.00 Babka only
Coffee Traveler
We include everything one requires for coffee on-the-go. Perfect for meetings.
$17.99 Serves up to 12

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Lunch Boxes
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An individual lunch you would be proud to present. You may choose up to 3 different kinds of sandwiches for your whole order. No changes to sandwiches or substitutions, please. All lunch boxes are $14 each.

Sandwich, side & Cookie (Yum!)
Each sandwich choice must have same side & cookie

Choice of three

  • Turkey with basil mayonnaise
  • Avocado and jack cheese
  • Hummus and veggie
  • Chinese chicken
  • Tuna salad
  • Black Forest ham
  • Bacon, lettuce and tomato with avocado

Choose:

  • Fruit salad
  • Potato salad
  • Tender green salad
  • Chips

Choose:

  • Chocolate chip
  • Oatmeal
  • Peanut Butter


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