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I'm looking for suggestions for an office lunch meeting (to bring into the office).

I'm in Centretown and can pick up if need be, but delivery would be ideal.

Approximately 10 people.

We have done in the past;
Colonnade Pizza
Numerous Deli Soup and Sammiches
Chinese Takeout
Bird in a box (St. Huberts)
The Works
some others that I can think of at this very moment.

Looking forward to hearing your recommendations!

Thanks :)

If you like pizzas Bread and Sons will make whole pizzas on request but you would have to pick up. I'm sure I can come up with other ideas so I'll make a list...

We recently order pizza from Fiazza in the market...individuals pizza which makes it easy to order.

The tiffin-delivery service CurryMobile seems an ideal choice for your needs.

We really enjoy Lunch when we order in. The Asian Noodle salad and potato salad are fantastic as are all their soups. Not sure if they deliver and you'll definitely need to call ahead. They always run out of the noodle salad.

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

We very often have pizza, being just around the corner from Colonnade. I do indeed enjoy the lightness of Bread & Sons vs heavy Colonnade pizza.

I love the Curry Mobile Idea! Unfortunately there are 2 people who dispise curry (WHaaatt?!??!) so that rules that out :(

We have done LUNCH a few times, and it has always been great.

Keep those ideas flowin!

Thanks again

Streetside Curry may not work in your case because of your 2 crazy co-workers who don't like curry, but may work for others who have a similar question.

Dave at the Flying Banzini does catering and will deliver if the order warrants it.. I expect 10 would be enough but best call to ask.

They make tasty artisan-y sandwiches, pizza, really good wedge fries, and mini cheesecakes.

flyingbanzini.com/catering/

Havana Cafe... Killer Cuban sandwiches, or more elaborate meals.

Pili Pili chicken on Dalhousie.

Kochu.

I've been dying to try Spread Delivers:
spreadelivers.com/

We once had a group size take out from Shawarma King. They serve a mix of chicken and beef shawarma on rice, potatoes and salad in a huge container (must have been a few containers).

I went to a birthday lunch gathering where they ordered from Gringo Burrito and I was amazed by how good it was: beef, chicken, pork or steak burritos (small or large) with all the required sides: guacamole, hot sauce (mild, medium or hot), sour cream. I think you can order fried potatoes.

Some more ideas include platters from:

Rideau Bakery
Ottawa Bagel Shop
La Bottega
Farm Boy

Thyme and Again (although they might be pricey)

I am not sure if any of these places deliver so you might want to call first to find out.

If worse comes to worse Loblaws and Metro make sandwich platters but they do not deliver.

If you're going to go with a sandwich platter may as well go with Kettelman's Bagels. Their tasty wood fired bagels are nice and close to centretown and they make great fresh platter with lots of variety. I reeeeeeally dig their pickles.

Today around 1130 I saw a gang of people carrying many bags of sandwiches from Nicastros walking thru the market to somewhere. . . . . . . seems like a good option.

Di renzio's is another. They cater to lunches at Tunnetys Pasture so might be worth checking out.

I've been meaning to write a review for them, but Robz Bistro near Carling/Churchill has totally won me over. Have had two amazing roast beef sandwiches there in last two weeks (the 'Graham Special'), good menu, friendly service, and they seem to do a lot of takeout orders for offices.

Though from Centretown, may be further than you're willing -- imo, would likely be worth the trip.

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Going to try out Flying Banzini this time around.

This is a regular monthly occurrence so I will definitely refer back to this thread.

Thanks again to all of you

So we had the Big Banzini bring in some sandwiches, salad, potatoes and cheescake for our lunch - it was all Fantastic!

everyone loved their sandwiches (and everything else for that matter)

The potatoes are even better than I ahd dreamed of (I think I caught myself drooling in my sleep last night). And big bonus points for automatically including chipotle mayo for dipping.

Shared a dozen mini cheesecakes for dessert. They were a tad smaller than I had invisioned, but wow were they tasty!

We're on a rotation for ordering, so my time doesn't come up for awhile now. Can't wait until its my turn again! :)