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PRIVATE CULINARY EXPERIENCES AT THE MARKET

435 IONIA AVE SW GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 49503

616.805.5308 ext 207 [email protected] WWW.DOWNTOWNMARKETGR.COM CELEBRATIONS, GET-TOGETHERS, SHINDIGS, OR SOIRÉES: WHY NOT CENTER YOUR FUN AROUND AND ? PRIVATE EVENT SETTINGS: Get started brainstorming your fabulous event at the Downtown Market with these exciting formats! Each of these options are fully customizable and can be adapted to any of the themes/ in this lookbook, or work with our chefs to create your own or theme! These price ranges are estimated, and vary based on menu selection and additional beverage options. CULINARY CLASS Range: $45-65 per guest, approx. 90-120 min Always wanted to learn a specific ? Have trouble with a certain ? Want to expand your understanding of wines, beers, or cocktails? Set up a class with one of our Instructors and enjoy appetizers and a top-notch educational experience for you and your guests!

INTERACTIVE Range: $65-85 per guest, approx. 2-3 hours Have a group that likes to roll up their sleeves and get to work? Bring them down to the Market and get a hands-on experience with a skilled Chef as you and your group all make a fabulous 3- or 5- family-style meal together! Both educational and entertaining, this will be an event your guests will definitely remember!

CHEF /COCKTAIL PARTY Range: $35-$95 per guest, approx. 1-3 hours Want to show your special guests an exceptional time? Tired of the scene? Allow our most skilled chefs to compose an incredible plated meal or curated appetizers and that will truly impress. Round out the event with wine and beer pairings from the Market’s , and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better night anywhere else!

PERFECT FOR... FOOD FUN WITH FRIENDS & FAM CORPORATE PARTIES • Birthday Parties • Rehearsal • Cocktail Parties • Manager Retreats • Girls’/Guys’ Night Out • Graduation Parties • Team Building • Holiday Parties • Bachelorette Parties • Reunions • Networking Events • Fundraisers • Dinner Parties • Client Meetings • Employee Incentives • Office Outings 20 MOUTH-WATERING THEMES Café Paris Bienvenue and bon appétit! Bring your group to our chef’s and enjoy a private class or a beautiful meal à la française! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Salade en Vinaigrette • Crêpes Suzette, with a flaming orange-cognac butter • Poulet à la Grandmere–garlic-roasted chicken breasts in a • Fromage fort–French cheese pâté classical French preparation • Soupe au pistou–vegetable soup with fresh herbs ADD SOME JOIE DE VIVRE BY INCLUDING A FRENCH WINE TASTING OR LESSON WITH OUR SOMMELIER WITH THIS EVENT! Trattoria Toscana Ciao amici, and welcome to the Market’s own “Little ”! Join one of our specialists for an unforgettable Tuscan meal or private class! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Panzanella–Tuscan of fresh tomatoes, capers, and toasted bread • Costolette di Maiale–pan-roasted pork chops with rosemary and apples • Torta della Nonna–pine nut and rosewater cake with whipped cream • Roasted Vegetable Antipasto • Strozzapreti-ricotta and spinach gnocchi in a sage brown butter ENJOY LA DOLCE VITA WITH AN OPTIONAL LESSON OR TASTING IN TRADITIONAL TUSCAN WINES WITH OUR SOMMELIER! Kanpai, Tokyo! Japanese food isn’t all raw fish and miso soup! Join us for a private class or chef dinner to experience traditional Japanese home cooking sure to stomp your takeout like Godzilla. THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Cabbage-broccoli salad with miso • Green pound cake with lemon cream • Tonkatsu pork or Tempura shrimp–crispy fried pork and/or • Edamame with mixed spiced salts shrimp with sweet soy • Agedashi tofu–tofu in a dashi sauce with black mushrooms TAKE THE CHANCE TO ENJOY A SAKE LESSON OR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEA SERVICE WITH THIS PACKAGE! Der Biergarten Oktoberfest isn’t your only chance to enjoy German flavors! Let us host your group and create a wunderbar German brew-hall party! THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Roasted sausages • Spiced nuts • Pickled vegetables • Lebkuchen gingerbread • Crispy potatoes with mustard • Obazda cheese tarts • Beer-pickled eggs with spiced salt • Bacon & onion-filled pretzel rolls • Black forest cupcakes • Bee-sting cupcakes LET OUR SOMMELIER PLAN A TASTING OR CLASS IN TRADITIONAL GERMAN BEERS AND/OR WINES TO MAKE THE PARTY! Old-World Sicily Buon giorno, and welcome to our traditional cucina Siciliana! Enjoy a private class or chef dinner that would make any Sicilian grandmother proud. THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Pesce alla Trapanese–sauteed fresh fish with a caper and • Arugula and Blood orange salad with pistachios roasted pepper salsa • Prosciutto e Melone • Cassata alla Sicliana–Sicilan chocolate-chip-cheesecake with ricotta and lemon sponge • Penne alla Norma– with roasted eggplant and ricotta salata MAKE IT A TRULY SICILIAN OCCASION WITH A TASTING OF SOUTHERN ITALIAN WINES WITH OUR SOMMELIER! The Perfect Slurp Ramen isn’t just college-dorm-food anymore! Master a traditional bowl of Ramen soup, from noodles to broth to toppings! THE MENU: (available as 3 course meal, or 1 course class) • Edamame with mixed spiced salts • Dashi/Tare/Japanese Omelet/Meatball/Chicken/Japanese pickles • Shave Ice bar COMPLETE YOUR RAMEN EXPERIENCE WITH A SAKE LESSON OR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEA TASTING! Miso Happy Turn on the monster movies and lets throw a Party for you and your guests! Join our talented market chef-instructors for a hands-on class on sushi-bar favorites! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Miso soup • Edamame with mixed spiced salts • Sushi: California roll, Spicy tuna roll, Eel roll, Seasonal Nigiri-zushi, Green Tea • Fresh salad with ginger dressing • Chawanmushi custard ADD A LESSON OR TASTING IN SAKE OR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEA, AND YOUR GUESTS WILL SAY “DOMO ARIGATO!” Il Gran Let us celebrate in the style of the Spanish countryside! Build a beautiful meal that will really make your guests say “que belleza!” THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Pintxos of olives, almonds, and manchego cheese • Green salad with fennel, red onion, and honey vinaigrette • Il Gran Paella with guests’ choices of chicken, seafood, shellfish, rabbit, sausage, and/or vegetables • Spanish trifle with sherry, almond liqueur, espresso, and orange custard COMPLETE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SPANISH WINES, SHERRY, AND BRANDIES WITH OUR MARKET SOMMELIER! A Spanish Siesta Do like the Spaniards do: pour a glass of wine, and enjoy exquisite bites all afternoon and evening. Get schooled on classic , or just relax and let the market provide a delicious respite for your group! THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Roasted dates stuffed with manchego • Marinated olives • Seared shrimp with garlic and chile • Crispy potatoes with pimenton • Pickled seasonal vegetables • Rice and blue cheese fritters with spicy • Chicken & spanish sausage skewers • Spanish almond cake orange chutney with romesco sauce • Fried almonds with rosemary ENJOY A FANTASTIC TASTING OF CLASSIC SPANISH WINES OR A SANGRIA LESSON FROM OUR MARKET SOMMELIER! Bombay Perfumes Your guests will say “dhan’yavada” (thank you) for this dinner! Compose an exceptional dinner with a myriad of spices from distant lands! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Homemade • Pakora vegetable fritters with homemade • Palak Paneer - homemade fresh chutney cheese in a spiced spinach curry • Fresh cabbage and mango salad • Coconut custard ADD SOME FUN TO YOUR GROUP WITH A CHAI-TEA MAKING WORKSHOP, AND GIVE YOUR GUESTS SOMETHING TO BRING HOME! Delight Your Heart is an instant favorite of anyone who’s tried it—folding dumplings and sipping tea with friends. Let the market show you how it’s done! Join our chefs for a traditional Chinese dumpling tea meal or hands-on class! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 6-option class) • Char Siu Bao • Har gow Shrimp Dumplings • Chinese water cabbage • Scallion pancakes • Lo Mai Gai lotus leaf dumplings • Jasmine cake and tea service • Jiaozi Potstickers • Tofu leaves with roasted mushrooms IMPRESS YOUR GUESTS WITH AN OPTIONAL LESSON AND TASTING IN CHINESE TEAS OR HOMEMADE HERBAL LIQUEURS! La Cocina Mexicana It’s time to show your guests there’s more than “chips and salsa!” Enjoy a class or chef dinner of traditional Mexican cooking—provecho! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course class or chef dinner) • Homemade salsas • Tamales stuffed with chicken, pork, • Oaxacan mole or vegetable • Brown sugar pound cake with • Tropical fruits with salt and chile mexican chocolate sauce and crema INCLUDE A TEQUILA TASTING OR LESSON IN TEPACHE-MAKING WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS! Into the Jungle Strap on your pith helmet and get your tongue ready for the spicy of Thailand! Bring your group to the market for an exciting class or chef dinner exploring the flavors of the subcontinent and all its jungle spices! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Green papaya salad with fresh herbs • Lemongrass pork satay • Jungle Curry with fresh vegetables • Fresh fish with hot chile relish • White chocolate, Mango, & coconut sticky rice CELEBRATE YOUR JUNGLE VACATION BY ADDING A CLASS IN TROPICAL COCKTAILS WITH OUR MARKET MIXOLOGISTS! The Mozzarella Bar Host a party at the market’s hottest new Italian bar—yours! Make handmade fresh mozzarella, and then enjoy cocktail hour! THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Handmade fresh mozzarella • Oil-poached ahi tuna with rosemary • Fresh tomatoes and basil • Fresh green salad • Prosciutto e melone • Spicy chile relish • Marinated olives • Gelato • Homemade focaccia • Italian dark chocolate-almond torte MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE EVEN PIU RICCO WITH A LESSON IN ITALIAN COCKTAILS, WINES, OR HOW-TO-MAKE LIMONCELLO! The French Kitchen French cooking can’t be that hard—after all, Julia Child hadn’t even given it a try until she was 37! Let our market chefs take you through the French Kitchen and make a fabulous meal with traditional technique! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course class or chef dinner) • Petit salad vert • Classic French pâté and baguette • Salmon en croute with homemade puff pastry • Tomato-fennel soup • Chocolate soufflé COMPLETE YOUR FRENCH MEAL WITH A TASTING OR LESSON IN FRENCH WINES WITH OUR MARKET SOMMELIER! The Bazaar of Wonders Dim Sum is an instant favorite of anyone who’s tried it—folding dumplings and sipping tea with friends. Travel across the ancient Arabic spice roads of North Africa and the Middle east! Let the market show you how it’s done! Join our chefs for a traditional Chinese dumpling tea meal or hands-on class! Bring your guests to enjoy a class or chef dinner with some of the most fascinating fregrances you’ll ever experience! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course class or chef dinner) • Salad of olives, tomatoes, and oranges • Tunisian turnovers with tuna and capers • B’stilla–Moroccan chicken pastry • Charred eggplant with pomegranate and mint • Algerian rosewater syrup cake • Fessenjon–Persian chicken in walnut sauce REACH SHEIKH STATUS BY ADDING A TRADITIONAL TEA AND LIQUEUR SERVICE TO YOUR EVENT! An Athenian Feast It’s time to show your guests there’s more than “chips and salsa!” Enjoy a stylish and exciting class or chef dinner with traditional Greek flavors you’ll truly love! Enjoy a class or chef dinner of traditional Mexican cooking—provecho! From to after-dinner drinks, an event like this will keep your guests philosophizing for days after! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course, or expanded into a cocktail party of any size) • Salad of fresh greens, roasted beets, and feta • Pan-fried halloumi flamed with ouzo • Roasted sea bass with greek herbs • Chickpea-rice soup • Homemade Baklava • Stewed chicken thigh with lemon and olives EXPLORE THE GREEK ISLES WITH A TASTING AND LESSON IN REGIONAL WINES AND SPIRITS WITH OUR SOMMELIER! The Canals of Venice Missing the canals and gondoliere? Need a vacation, but don’t have the time to catch an Alitalia? Let the skilled chefs of the Downtown Market take you abroad with a class or chef dinner of classical Venitian cuisine! THE MENU: (available as 3- or 5-course) • Carpaccio of raw beef with lemon and arugula • Sarde in saor – fried sardines W/ pine nuts and vinegar • Risotto with mixed seafood • Bigoli pasta in roasted onion sauce • Classical Venetian tiramisu EXPERIENCE THE UNIQUENESS OF VENICE WITH A LESSON IN REGIONAL WINES AND GRAPPA WITH OUR SOMMELIER! Tiki Party Take a trip to the West Coast in the ‘50s for a smashing Tiki Party for you and your guests! Enjoy fresh, modern interpretations of vintage Polynesian-themed cuisine, with a library of exceptional Tiki cocktails. THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Sesame-honey chicken wings • Passionfruit-milk chocolate parfaits • Vegetable Poké with tortilla chips • Spicy hoisin baby back ribs • Coconut Shrimp skewers • Bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with • Hawaiian-style macaroni salad • Homemade Crab Rangoon pineapple and gorgonzola • Fresh slaw with toasted cashews • Roasted sweet potato salad with cumin • Key lime pie • Coconut cream pie and cilantro EMBRACE THE TIKI SPIRIT AND INCLUDE A CRAFT COCKTAIL BAR OF CLASSIC AND MODERN TIKI DRINKS! A Black Tie Affair Step up your next event with a vintage Black Tie party straight out of the Ritz-Carlton! Join our chefs at the Downtown Market as they recreate a menu of the most fashionable of the era. THE MENU: (available as class or party, or customize as a chef dinner) • Oysters Rockefeller, prepared tableside • Cherries Jubilee en flambé • Stuffed roasted tomatoes • Steak Diane, en flambé • Steak Tartare, prepared tableside • Baked Alaska • Potato gratin • Waldorf Salad • Spanish Coffees en flambé • Caesar salad, prepared tableside • Pork Loin Wellington with Sauce Colbert PARTY IN THE HEIGHT OF STYLE WITH A LESSON IN CLASSIC COCKTAILS AND A PROFESSIONAL WINE SERVICE! 435 IONIA AVE SW GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 49503

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