Short notice catering recs?

My wife needs to set up a lunch for about 35 people to be delivered to a school at around Damen/50th this Sat.

It's a nonprofit org. so budget is miniscule i.e. about $10/person.

Type, style, ethnicity all open. (Deli platters, Chinese, Pizza, whatever might work.)

Any ideas for that area?

Hi Mr B,

Wow, that location is so close to La Cecina, which Antonius and I recently posted on, and the other Mexican spots described in the 47th-athon.

La Cecina thread:
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8126

I wonder if Mexican food would work for your wife's meeting? I don't know about La Cecina specifically, but I know that other Mexican restaurants provide catering. For example, the Nuevo Leon on 26th St ("the other Nuevo Leon") lists the following

Servi - Fiesta Catering for Fiestas

Guisado De Puerco En Chile Rojo
Bistec a La Mexicana
Costillas De Puerco En Chile Verde
Flautas De Pollo
Pollo Al Horno Con Verduras
Pollo En Mole
Fajitas De Res
Fajitas De Pollo

Any combination $5.50. each person. Acompanado Con: Arroz, Frijoles, Salsa, 4 Tortillas Y Platos Desechables.

Nuevo Leon is pretty far from your location (4 or 5 miles?), but I wonder if you could order similar items from La Cecina.

(The report of the 47th-athon mentions a couple places you probably don't want: bad Italian beef and the putative worst pizza in Chicago...)

good luck,
Amata

La Cecina
1934 West 47th Street (by Winchester)
773.927.9444

Nuevo Leon
3657 W 26th St, Chicago 60623
At S Millard Ave
Phone: 773-522-1515
http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8133

Thanks for the suggestion.

For the record for anyone else who may be interested, La Cecina does not do any delivery, but they couldn't be sweeter to talk to on the phone.

This is probably outside the spirit of the forum since I'm the marketing guy for them, but Giordano's @5159 S. Pulaski will deliver there. A discount for not-for-profits is possible also. If you're interested contact me off line.