Planning Guides
Event planning, with the prices attached.
Fifteen honest guides written from the kitchen’s side of the counter: what things cost, how the math works, and what thirty years of Reno events have taught the family. No mystery pricing anywhere.
Planning
How Far Ahead Should You Book a Caterer in Reno?
Honest booking timelines for weddings, holiday parties, office lunches, and memorials in the Reno-Tahoe area, from a kitchen that has done this since 1995.
Read the guide →Sandwich Tray Math: How Many Trays Feed a Crowd?
How to size a sandwich-tray order for meetings and parties: sandwiches per person, wrapped halves, big salads, and what it all costs at Paisan's in Reno.
Read the guide →Winter Event Catering Over the Sierra Passes, Honestly
How hot food actually gets to Tahoe, Truckee, and the Lost Sierra in winter: routes, timing buffers, hot boxes, and what event hosts should plan for.
Read the guide →Gluten-Free Guests at a Catered Event: How Paisan's Handles It
How gluten-free and allergy-aware catering works at Paisan's in Reno: GF bread options, flagging allergies on the quote, and honest cross-contact talk.
Read the guide →Real China or Deluxe Disposable? The $4 Question
When to add real china and flatware to a catered event and when Paisan's included deluxe ware is the smarter call. A short, honest decision guide.
Read the guide →Corporate
The Office Lunch Playbook: Trays, Boxes, or Hot Buffet?
A practical guide to ordering catered lunch for a Reno office: when sandwich trays beat box lunches, when to go hot, and what each format really costs.
Read the guide →What a Company Holiday Party Really Costs to Cater in Reno
Worked examples for a 20, 60, and 150-person holiday party using Paisan's published catering prices: buffets, appetizers, china, and the banquet room.
Read the guide →Box Lunches for Job Sites and Field Crews: A Buyer's Guide
How Northern Nevada crews order box lunches that hold up in the field: prices, whole-sandwich upgrades, delivery rules, and sizing for hard-working appetites.
Read the guide →Breakfast Meetings That People Actually Show Up For
Catering a morning meeting in Reno: what Paisan's all-day breakfast board offers offices, from breakfast burritos to trays, and how morning delivery works.
Read the guide →Weddings
Catering a Backyard Wedding in Reno: The Full Logistics Guide
What actually makes backyard wedding catering work: power, shade, timelines, real per-plate prices from $18.99, and when to add china or the Mobile Pub.
Read the guide →Wedding Catering Costs in Reno: Three Worked Examples
Real math for 75, 150, and 250-guest weddings using Paisan's published board: per-plate prices from $18.99, china, deposits, and what rides on top.
Read the guide →Family
Events
Food Truck or Buffet? Picking the Right Format for Your Event
Live-fire food truck versus delivered hot buffet for Reno-Tahoe events: cost logic, space needs, guest experience, and when each format wins.
Read the guide →Appetizer Party Math: How Many Pieces Per Person?
Sizing an appetizer order from Paisan's 46-item board: pieces per person by event length, the 20-piece minimum, and real prices from $1.50 to $6.
Read the guide →Renting Paisan's Banquet Room: The Complete Guide
How the private banquet room at Paisan's in Reno works: room rates from $250, three-hour blocks, evening bartender, and which events fit which room.
Read the guide →Skip ahead to the answer
Every guide ends the same place: a quote with real numbers, usually the same business day.