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Soul food catering
for the Bay Area. A soul food caterer for San Francisco, Oakland, and the East Bay.

Tayste of Tay Catering LLC cooks the event. Offices, weddings, rehearsals, and backyard crowds get the same kitchen that runs the truck, plated for a room instead of a window.

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San Francisco, Oakland,
and the East Bay.

Catering covers the Bay Area. If the tables are in San Francisco, in Oakland, or somewhere else on the East Bay side of the water, that is a catering job. Berkeley sits inside that East Bay map, and it is also one of the two cities where the truck usually parks.

The truck and the catering calendar are not the same route. The truck is mainly in Oakland and Berkeley. A luncheon in the city does not depend on catching the truck at a corner. Tell us the address on the quote form and the reply comes back as a catering plan, not a pin on the weekly schedule.

Published hours for the business are Monday through Thursday, 10AM to 5PM, and Friday and Saturday, 7PM to 2AM. Sunday varies. An event can be booked outside those hours. Put the real start time in the note so the quote matches the room, not the truck window.

Baby back ribs with macaroni and cheese and cornbread muffins on a metal tray

Ribs, mac, and cornbread from the Tayste of Tay photos. Ask for them by name if you want them on the event menu.

packages on the site

Two packages, plus the ways an event can be staffed.

Drop-off and full-service are listed on the catering packages page. Guest counts and pricing are confirmed in the quote.

Drop-Off Catering

Food arrives ready for the table, in combinations that make planning easier. Guest minimums and prices are confirmed in the quote.

Full-Service Events

Full-service means staff on site. How many people are on the crew is part of the quote.

Also listed with those packages

Menus can be built as soul food, barbecue, an upscale corporate spread, brunch, a pasta bar, a taco bar, a seafood boil, a late-night menu, or something written for that room. That customization list is already on the catering page.

what can go on the menu

The truck menu is the flavor base. The event menu is the one you write with us.

Southern dinners on the current menu are fried or blackened catfish, buttermilk fried party wings, and chicken strips. Each one comes with two sides: pepper jack mac and cheese, collard greens with smoked turkey, or glazed candied yams. There is also catfish or chicken over seasoned fries, a Double Up of fried jumbo shrimp and fried chicken, and sandwiches. The fried chipotle chicken sandwich is a buttermilk breast in chipotle sauce with pepper jack, lettuce, homemade pickles, and dill ranch. The grilled chipotle chicken and the smoked cheddar cheeseburger sit next to it. Wings come in glazed lemon pepper, lemon pepper, honey BBQ, or hot honey. Brown sugar lemonade and brown sugar Kool-Aid are the house drinks.

Fried catfish dinner with two Southern sides
Fried catfish, the whole-thang plate on the Clover menu, with the choice of mac, collards, or candied yams.
Six buttermilk fried party wings with Southern sides
Buttermilk fried party wings. The same two-side choice as the catfish dinners.
Fried chipotle chicken sandwich with pepper jack, pickles, and dill ranch
Fried chipotle chicken sandwich, already on the truck menu if you want handheld plates at a drop-off.

A second list lives in the photos and the reviews, and it is not the same as the standing Clover item list: baby back ribs, hibachi wings, cornbread muffins, peach cobbler bites, and Heath bar cheesecake. If you want one of those at the event, write it into the quote. They do not have a published tray price.

Rooms this kitchen
has already fed.

The inquiry form sorts events into corporate or office, wedding, private party, festival or block party, drop-off catering, or other. That is the list to trust, because it is the list Chef Tay actually reads.

An office lunch and a rehearsal dinner do not want the same service. Drop-off is the quiet version: trays, labels, and a host who can set a buffet without a crew in the room. Full-service is the version with staff on site. Food truck service is the third shape, when the event wants the window itself parked at the party. Late-night events are called out on their own, for the hour when a dinner menu would be the wrong menu.

Headcount, the date, and the neighborhood still have to be on the quote before anyone can say yes.

Catered our 80-person company event and Chef Tay nailed it. Custom menu, hot food, zero stress on our end. Booking him again.

Sarah K. Google Review

We did Tayste of Tay for our wedding rehearsal dinner and our families are still talking about it. The cornbread had people fighting over the last muffin.

Marcus & Jenelle T. Direct

Booked the truck for my dad's 60th. He cried. The food was that good.

@auntiecora Instagram

Whatever they're doing with those garlic noodles should be illegal.

@theofficelunchcrew Instagram

Those four notes are already on the reviews page. Sarah’s was an 80-person company event. Marcus and Jenelle’s was a rehearsal dinner. @auntiecora booked the truck for a 60th birthday. The garlic-noodle note came from an office-lunch regular. Same kitchen, four different rooms.

before you send the form

Questions buyers actually ask.

Do you cater in San Francisco, Oakland, and the East Bay?

Yes. Catering from Tayste of Tay Catering LLC covers the Greater Bay Area and Central Valley, including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and the East Bay. The food truck is a separate service and is mainly in Oakland and Berkeley.

What is the minimum guest count for catering?

A catering minimum is not published. Put your headcount in the quote form and Chef Tay will say whether that size can be booked.

What catering packages are available?

Drop-off catering and full-service events are on the catering page. Drop-off means trays that arrive ready. Full-service includes staff on site. That page also lists buffet setup, food truck service, corporate catering, weddings and private events, and late-night events. Menus can be soul food, barbecue, brunch, pasta bars, taco bars, seafood boils, late-night menus, or a custom menu built for the event.

What kinds of events do you serve?

The quote form asks you to choose corporate or office, wedding, private party, festival or block party, drop-off catering, or other.

What does Bay Area soul food catering cost?

Catering prices are not listed on this page. The quote is custom. Live truck-menu prices on Clover are for on-demand orders, not for event trays.

What food can you put on a catering menu?

The truck menu is the flavor base: fried and blackened catfish, buttermilk fried party wings, chicken strips, and sides of pepper jack mac and cheese, collard greens with smoked turkey, or glazed candied yams. Sandwiches include the fried chipotle chicken, the grilled chipotle chicken, and the smoked cheddar cheeseburger. Wing flavors on the menu are glazed lemon pepper, lemon pepper, honey BBQ, and hot honey. House drinks include brown sugar lemonade and brown sugar Kool-Aid. Ribs, hibachi wings, cornbread muffins, peach cobbler bites, and Heath bar cheesecake show up on the home page and in reviews. Name them in the quote if you want them. Tray prices for those plates are not published.

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