Purslane Catering

My company used Purslane Catering for an event and the food was delicious, very well presented, and Amanda was great to work with. We would happily use them for future events and would recommend to anyone.

We used Purslane for our wedding in September 2015. Where do I begin? We met them at a Wedding Crasher events back in 2014. Tried their food and was impressed. Fast forward several months later, we went to the menu tasting and we were blown away by the presentation and the entire experience at 501.
Amanda was very detail-​oriented, friendly, easy to work with since day one. She gave us many suggestions and was there every step of the way. On our wedding day, her and her team went out of their way to help despite a major hiccup with our rental company (one that my wife and I chose on our own, not Purslane fault at all.)
I highly recommend Purslane and will personally use them again for future occasions. Money well spent. Great job Purslane, keep up the good work.

Purslane catered our wedding at 501 Union in Brooklyn.
We too were excited that Rucola had a catering business. But Purslane won our business on its own merits. It was the easiest decision among the thousands in our wedding. Their food was leaps and bounds better than any other we tasted, and for similar prices.
We did heavy passed hors d’oeuvres and stations and other passed foods — not a traditional sit down. They helped us through that decision and made us comfortable that everyone would have plenty to eat and leave full, which they did.
Chef Arden was extremely thoughtful with the menu. He had suggestions on what would be in season and fresh for our wedding. He had great suggestions on the few substitutions we wanted to do.
Amanda was a pleasure to work with. She knew all the details of the wedding, not just the food. She came to all our walk through and rental meetings. Amanda and entire team also worked extremely well with all the other vendors involved. The entire time it was clear that everyone was working as a team to make our wedding happen just as we wanted.
The wedding itself went fantastic. «The food was fantastic» was the first thing every guest said to us after the wedding.
I really feel like we found a hidden gem in Purslane, and couldn’t imagine our wedding without them.

I used Purslane to cater my wedding over the summer. My wife and I
had a specific idea — rustic food served family style — and I felt that they would be a good fit (they own Rucola which serves similar food). We did not want to have normal wedding food (ie: choice of salad or soup followed by choice of chicken, salmon and beef). Instead, we wanted each course to feel like a great dinner party thrown in an intimate setting. This was a big event: 150 people for a cocktail reception followed by a sit down dinner. The space was totally raw with no kitchen equipment. The space had a large freight elevator, and we wanted to have a bar set up in the elevator as guests rode up. They pulled the elevator bar off perfectly. They were organized throughout the process, and helped keep our wedding within budget. The actual reception and dinner went off really smoothly: Each course came out together, everything looked and tasted great, and the service was friendly and very efficient. More than anything else, they really listened to what we wanted — beyond just being good food, the dinner felt like the intimate party we were hoping for. I still receive letters and emails from guests saying how much they specifically enjoyed the food and service, including several friends who are chefs in New York.

Purslane catered my wedding at the Green Building. Before I came across them at the Wedding Crashers event only 5 months before my wedding, I was actually planning on having drop-​off buffet styled catering. I definitely did a 180 when I found Purslane. I simply did not want to worry about the food, whether it would be hot enough, fresh enough, etc. Purslane not only worked within my budget but offered solid advice. At the time when I found Purslane, I had already hired an outside waitressing/​bartending company and Purslane was so accommodating to work with them, which I was grateful for. We chose 6 different passed canapes (and on my wedding day– I was almost able to try them all! smoked salmon on a potato latke was perhaps my favorite) but everything was delicious. We also had a cheese/​antipasta display and Purslane set it up beautifully. For dinner we chose a chicken, steak and fish option with a first course of salad market greens. I only wish I ordered the steak too (although it probably wouldn’t be very ladylike for a bride to eat 2 entrees) my husband ordered the chicken which he said was very juicy and I ordered the fish which was moist and tasty, but I heard the steak was incredible. On your wedding day you’re being pulled in every direction and you definitely don’t get to eat much but I made it a point to eat the appetizers and a little bit of my dinner. Only regret was I didn’t try the steak. Overall, people raved about the food. Amanda was wonderful, we tweaked the canapes a few times and she was so sweet about everything. She made sure we rented or supplied serving pieces, her staff cut the cake and plated it. We had several phone conferences and she personally attended our nearly 2 hour final walk-​through with our DOC and coordinator from TGB going over all the details, timeline, etc. I had my tasting at Rucola and loved everything. If in the future I were to cater another event, I would definitely reach out to Purslane– in the meantime I’ll be frequenting their restaurant and hopefully get to try that steak at some point. :) Overall a fantastic experience!

My wife and I used Purslane for our wedding at the Green Building in Brooklyn. We were thrilled that our favorite restaurant (Rucola) had a catering business and quickly signed up after trying the food.
Our two contacts, Amanda and Julian were great to work with and really helped us create the wedding we wanted, while cutting costs where we could.
On the day of the wedding, the service was great and the team was very flexible and helpful as the night went on. Our guests consistently said that it was the best wedding food they’ve ever had. Despite the mass quantities, the quality was just as good as the tasting we had initially. The chicken was a little dry, but everything else was perfect. Our guests fought over the hors d’ourves the whole cocktail hour.
I strongly recommend Purslane and hopefully I get a chance to eat their food again soon.
–Mike

Purslane catered our wedding this Fall and it was a great experience from start to finish. We have loved Rucola for years and were excited when we realized they had started catering and basically didn’t look at any other caterers once we reviewed the menu options and pricing almost a year before our wedding.
Amanda was fabulous is guiding us through our rentals, since we had to bring absolutely everything into the space, including all elements to build out a kitchen. She was responsive, thoughtful and very very helpful through things that both affected her side of things, but also things that really weren’t her problem that we just needed advice on. We didn’t have a planner or day-​of coordinator, preferring to be super involved with every element, and Amanda was a great resource on how things «normally» get done.
We’ve gotten a lot of great unsolicited feedback on the food from friends and family and the staff was pleasant, effective and they just simply got the job done in a very raw space full of rambunctious wedding guests. Highly recommend!