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For more than 30 years, D’Amico & Partners has been a leader in the Twin Cities and Naples, Florida food scenes with highly inventive and award-winning full service restaurants such as Café Lurcat, MASA, Parma 8200,Campiello, The Continental and D’Amico & Sons fast-casual Italian cafés.

As a proud member of the D’Amico & Partners family, D’Amico Catering takes the culinary artistry perfected in our restaurants and expands the palette to reflect broad and eclectic menu options that inspire and delight.

At a recent holiday event we were able to pay tribute to our Minnesota roots by developing with our event partners a “Made in Minnesota” themed holiday party. D'Amico Catering's goal was to capture the spirit of the Minnesota Northwood’s with a themed menu. We transformed classic Minnesota comfort food, into sophisticated, yet authentic, high-end party fare. Spectacular and ever-so fun decoration and design was developed by the talented Bungalow 6 and Todd Pinzuti. 

We recognize that many of these traditional local dishes evoke memories and fond experiences for native Minnesotans who grew up eating these items. As we heard guests talk about their memories and stories as it relates to these recipes, we felt enormous pride that our authentic Minnesota cuisine was a vessel to transport guests back to those moments, creating a rewarding theme and event experience. Thanks to all of our event partners including Todd Pinzuti with Bungalow 6, Showcore and The University of Minnesota Events Team.

Enjoy a peek at the "Made in Minnesota" cuisine and event:

Local craft beers served at the Minnesota themed bar station.

Miniature Walleye BLT with micro greens.

Deviled Eggs with bits of nori accented the whipped yolk and bacon.

Open-faced bite-size Juicy Lucy’s topped with a Gedney pickle .

Grilled asparagus with morel dressing.

Tater Tot haute dish served with local blue cheese and beef tenderloin medallions. 

Classic beef pot roast with pistachio salt and colorful cherry tomatoes.

Miniature open-faced chicken pot pies.

Miniature white chocolate cheesecake.

Petite German chocolate bundt cakes.

Mini Honeycrisp apple pies were topped with homemade whip cream and snowflake inspired sprinkles. 

For more food and decor photos from this event, we invite you to explore our collection on Flickr and let us know how these dishes connect with you!