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Don't Go Hungry.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is a great place to have your special event and a safe place for family fun. All catering and event services are provided by Wildthings Catering.
For more information, please call our Catering Manager at 719.314.0970 or e-mail Wildthings Catering at catering@cmzoo.org
Hors D'Oeuvres
Prices are per person and do not include tax and gratuity.
Coconut Crusted Chicken Tenders $5 Shrimp $7
Chicken filets hand dipped in a Pina Colada–style batter and pressed with sweet coconut
Sausage Stuffed Mushroom Caps $4
Mushroom caps stuffed with sausage, celery, bell peppers, onions, parmesan and a hint of lemon
Portobello Mushroom Purse $4
Finely chopped portabello mushrooms, onion, scallion, coriander, garlic and wine wrapped in phyllo dough
Miniature Vegetable Eggrolls $4
An array of freshly steamed vegetables blended with the chef's seasonings, rolled in a delicate Chinese egg wrap. Served with chef's select dipping sauce
Quesadilla with Smoked Chicken or Cheese only $4
Shredded chicken well blended with cheeses, salsa, jalapeno peppers, herbs and spices. Que Bueno!
Proscuitto Wrapped Asparagus Spears $4
Fresh garden asparagus with garlic and parmesan phyllo dough
Bruchetta $3
Toasted baguette slices topped with pesto, roma tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese
Bacon Wrapped Dates with Almond $4
Two favorites wrapped with a tasty bacon strip.
Buffalo Wings $4
Zesty chicken wings served with celery and blue cheese dipping sauce
Chef Beau's BBQ Meatballs $3
Bite size meatballs in our Chef's signature BBQ sauce
Baked Brie en Brioche $5
Baked Brie cheese with toasted nuts and fresh berries
Jumbo Iced Shrimp $9
Iced cold shrimp will be served with zesty cocktail sauce and lemon
Flat Bread Pizzas
Assortment of the following: $4
- Margarita: garlic and olive oil, mozzarella, diced tomatoe and fresh basil
- Pesto Chicken: fresh basil pesto, feta cheese, grilled chicken, red onion and diced tomato
- Popeye: Garlic and olive oil, mozzarella, shrimp, fresh spinach and mushrooms
- Fat Guido: Homade red sauce, mozzarella, sausage pepperoni and Prosciutto
Trio Sandwich Platter $6
Turkey with cranberry horseradish sauce, Black Forest Ham with Chipotle Honey Mustard and Roast Beef with creamy horseradish sauce all served with mixed greens, tomato and red onions on mini chibatta rolls
Chicken Skewers $5
Grilled Chicken tenders skewered and served with your choice of peanut satay sauce or Chef Beaus spicy BBQ sauce
Anti Pasto Display $5
A beautiful display of assorted olives, pepperincini, marinated artichoke hearts, Italian meats, peppadews, mozzarella cheese
Peppadews $3
Whole sweet piquante peppers stuffed with boursin or fresh mozzarella cheese
Shrimp Skewers $4
Firey hot shrimp skewered with peppadews
Fresh Fruit Tray $4
Assorted seasonal fresh fruit
Domestic Cheese Board $4
Assorted domestic cheeses accompanied by an array of crackers and garnished with fresh grapes
Imported Cheese Board $6
Assorted cheeses accompanied by an array of crackers and fresh fruit
Crudite Tray $4
Fresh seasonal vegetables accompanied by artichoke dip and ranch dip
Black Bean and Cheese Dip $4
A rich blend of warm black beans, red bell peppers, Monterey jack cheese and cilantro, served with tri-colored tortilla chips
Hummus $4
Traditional hummus served with cucumber, kalamata olives, feta cheese, with peta bread
Mexican Dip $4
Several layers of all the right stuff! Served with tri-colored tortilla chips
Crab Dip $7
Succulent crab, artichokes and seasonings served with fresh seasonal vegetables and baguette slices served warmArtichoke Dip $7
Artichoke hearts, assorted cheeses and spices make up this hot dip, served with fresh seasonal veggies and baguette slicesAlcoholic Beverages
Picnic Beverages
Domestic Beer Keg
Serves 110 cups
$225
Imported or Micro-Brew Beer Keg
Serves 110 cups
$300
Box Wine
Serves 70 cups
$150
Hosted Full Bar
Beer, wine and mixed drinks
Served to your guests for three hours.
$20 per adult (tax and gratuity not included)
Hosted Beer & Wine Bar
Beer and wine served to your guests for three hours.
$15 per adult (tax and gratuity not included)
Cash Bar
Beer, wine, and mixed drinks (or beer and wine only)
Drinks are made available to your guests for purchase.
A set-up fee of $225 will apply.
Meeting Snacks
Prices are per guest and do not include tax and gratuity.
Beverages $5
Fresh brewed coffee, assorted sodas, Cucumber and Lemon Water
Morning Snacks $7
Granola Bars, Fruit & Cheese Platter
Mid Day Snacks $9
Tortilla chips with flax seed, chocolate covered sunflower seeds, dried fruit, cranberry nut trail mix, fresh popped popcorn, brownies, yogurt covered pretzels
Breakfast and Brunch Menus
All selections come with orange juice, coffee and hot tea
Continental Delight $15
Assortment of Danish, breakfast breads, muffins, warm cinnamon pull apart rolls, bagels and cream cheese, fresh sliced seasonal fruit and yogurt
Light Continential $12
As assortment of gourmet Danish, mini muffins, bagels and cream cheese and fresh sliced fruit
Create Your Own $18
- Eggs (choose one):
Scrambled with cheese or scrambled with cheese, onions, and green peppers - Meat (choose one):
ham, sausage, or bacon - Hash browns
- Fresh sliced fruit
Additional meat: $3 each
Additional starch (biscuits & gravy, pancakes or French toast): $2 each
Rocky Mountain Brunch $25
Scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, biscuits, gravy, deli sandwich board, assorted breads, muffins and fresh fruits.
Add fresh lox: $3 extra per person
Lunch Suggestions
Menus include assorted sodas
Sandwich and Salad Buffet $15
Selection of ham and turkey, tossed green salad, potato salad, pasta salad, accompaniments bar (onions, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce, mustard and mayo), bread basket and brownies
Add roast beef: $1 extra per person
Soup and Salad Combo $14
Your choice of one soup (listed below), a zesty chili con carne, salad bar, choice of a vegetable dish or fresh fruit display and assorted bread basket
Soup selection: Chicken noodle, broccoli and cheese, minestrone, chicken and rice, and country vegetable
Summer Salads $12
Fresh salads for sandwiches or stand alone! Chunky chicken salad, fresh tuna salad, diced ham salad, fresh sliced fruit, potato salad, zesty pasta salad, bread basket and assorted cookies
Cheyenne Mountain BBQ $15
Quarter pound hamburgers, jumbo hot dogs, home-style potato salad, pasta salad, chips, accompaniments bar (lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles), potato chips and assorted cookies
The New Chuckwagon $15
Zesty BBQ beef, home-style potato salad, pasta salad, chips and assorted cookies
- Add BBQ chicken breasts: $2 per guest
Sizzling Fajitas $16
Sizzling chicken fajitas with grilled onions and bell peppers, flour tortillas, southwestern black beans, Spanish rice, fajita toppings (cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, salsa, sour cream) and cinnamon crisps
Add steak fajitas: $2 extra per guest
All-You-Can-Eat Picnic Buffets
All picnic buffets include assorted sodas and disposable ecoware.
Cheyenne Mountain BBQ
Select from quarter pound hamburgers, jumbo hot dogs, bratwurst and BBQ chicken breast – hot off the grill. Of course, all the fixin's are included (lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, catsup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish) and are accompanied by fresh pasta salad, home-style potato salad, potato chips and cookies.
- Two Meats: $15 per person
- Three Meats: $17 per person
The New Chuckwagon
Zesty BBQ beef brisket, accompanied by fresh pasta salad, home-style potato salad, potato chips, rolls and fresh baked cookies.
$15 per person
Additional options per person:
- BBQ chicken breasts: $2
- BBQ pork ribs & corn bread muffins: $4
Southern Picnic
BBQ Chicken, & smoked link sausage, home style potato salad, down home cole slaw, iced sliced watermelon, and assorted Cookies
$16 per person
Add BBQ Brisket $2
"Zippity Zoo" Dogs
Jumbo hot dogs, bratwurst, chili, cheese, sauerkraut, onions, home-style potato salad, potato chips and assorted cookies.
Menu can be customized with a wide variety of sausages and hot dogs, including spicy chicken sausages, turkey dogs and more.
$10 per person
Sizzling Fajitas
Marinated and grilled chicken fajitas served with grilled bell peppers and onions, fresh flour tortillas, cheddar cheese, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, southwest beans and Spanish rice, with assorted cookies
$16 per person
Beef fajitas, add $2 per person
Western Cookout
8 oz. New York Strip Steak grilled to perfection and topped with lime/chipotle butter. Chicken Poblano grilled with freshly roasted chilies and cilantro. All accompanied by fresh seasonal grilled vegetables, garlic parmesan fries and fruit cobbler.
$25 per person
Create Your Own Dinner Buffets
Prices do not include tax, gratuity, or serviceware rental fees.
Each Buffet Includes:
- Seasonal fresh vegetables
- Rice pilaf, herb roasted new potatoes or garlic mashed potatoes
- Fresh baked rolls and butter
- Petite sweet station (gourmet brownies, lemon bars, caramel granny apple bars and marble cheesecake bars)
- Coffee, soda, water
Zoo Specialties Buffet
$25 per adult, $19 per child guest (add $4 per guest for each additional entrée)
Salads
Select two:
- Mixed green salad with toasted pine nuts and cherry tomatoes, drizzled with raspberry vinaigrette dressing
- Cold asparagus and penne pasta salad tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette
- Cherry tomatoes and mozzarella with fresh basil and vinaigrette
- Caesar salad tossed with garlic croutons
- Orzo pasta salad with red peppers, cucumbers, olives in a basil dressing with goat cheese
Entrées
Select two:
- Lemon Dill Chicken: Baked chicken breasts served with a lemon dill beurre blanc
- Chicken Provencal: Pan roasted chicken breast with wild mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and fresh herbs in a light wine cream sauce
- Baked Colorado Rainbow Trout: Pecan crusted or lemon herb glazed
- Penne Fresca: Penne pasta with roma tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach and fresh basil tossed in a light oil fresca sauce
- Garlic and Pepper Pork Tenderloin: Carved to order
- Roasted Turkey Breast with Cranberry Dressing: Carved to order
- Herb Encrusted Beef Sirloin: Carved to order
Deluxe Zoo Specialties Buffet
$30 per adult, $25 per child guest (add $5 per guest for each additional entrée)
Salads
Select two (from either salad list):
- Mixed green salad with toasted almonds and cherry tomatoes, drizzled in our house vinaigrette dressing
- Greek pasta salad with feta cheese and kalamata olives
- Mixed greens with tomatoes, red onions and avocado tossed with cilantro lime vinaigrette
- Radicchio and spinach salad tossed with blueberries, caramelized onion and bacon vinaigrette
Entrées
Select two (from either list):
- Chicken Oscar: Boneless breast of chicken topped with crabmeat, asparagus and hollandaise sauce
- Grilled Salmon: Fresh grilled salmon with a light lemon dill butter
- Shell pasta with prawns and bay scallops sautéed in fresh tomato basil sauce
- Roast Buffalo Prime Rib (market price)
- Herb Encrusted Beef Strip Loin: Carved to order
- Roast Prime Rib with Creamed Horseradish: Carved to order
- Beef Tenderloin: Carved to order (market price)
Three Course Plated Dinners
Please select one Salad, one Entrée and one Dessert for your group.
We are happy to accomodate any vegetarian requests with advance notice.
Additional vegetarian entrées can be provided upon request.
$36 per adult, $26 per child.
Prices do not include a (7.40%) sales tax, an (18%) gratuity, and serviceware rental fees.
All Dinners include:
- Seasonal prepared vegetables
- Freshly baked rolls and butter
- Coffee, teas, soda and water
Salads; choose one
- Crisp Ceasar salad with garlic croutons
- Wild field greens tossed with raspberry vinaigrette and pine nuts
- Seasonal mixed greens with spicy glazed pecans and Mandarin orange vinaigrette
- Radicchio cup filled with wild lettuces, goat cheese and raspberry vinaigrette
- Wedge of iceberg lettuce with fresh tomatoes and bleu cheese dressing
Desserts; choose one
- Chocolate toffee mousse with kahlua
- Raspberry white chocolate creme brulee
- Chocolate obsession cake with raspberry sauce
- Torta tiramisu
- Strawberry amaretto torte
- Rustic apple galette
- Black Forest cherry torte
Entrées; choose two options
- Roast Pork Tenderloin with brandy cream sauce, served with garlic mashed potatoes
- Chicken Wellington stuffed with mushroom duxelle, served with wild rice pilaf
- Vegetable Torte - layered vegetables served on a bed of pasta with marinara sauce
- Grilled Salmon - fresh grilled salmon with a light lemon dill butter and herbed rice pilaf
- Seasoned Prime Rib of Beef with horseradish cream sauce and cheddar garlic mashed potatoes
- Roast Tenderloin Filet served with herbed new potatoes
Mixed Grill Plates
$38 per adult, $28 per child
- Grilled Chicken Breast & Shrimp Scampi served with herbed new potatoes
- Beef Tenderloin Filet and Lemon Dill Salmon Filet with cheddar garlic mashed potatoes
Additional entrée choices are available, please ask us for details.
Holiday Menus
Holiday Menu options include buffet or three course plated dinner choices.
Prices do not include tax, gratuity or rental fees.
Buffet Dinners
Each Buffet Includes:
- Seasonal fresh vegetables
- Rice pilaf, herb roasted new potatoes or garlic mashed potatoes
- Fresh baked rolls and butter
- Petite sweet station (gourmet brownies, lemon bars, caramel granny apple bars and marble cheesecake bars)
- Coffee, soda, water
Specialties Buffet
$25 per adult, $19 per child guest (add $4 per guest for each additional entrée)
Salads
Select two:
- Mixed green salad with toasted pine nuts and cherry tomatoes, drizzled with raspberry vinaigrette dressing
- Cold asparagus and penne pasta salad tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette
- Cherry tomatoes and mozzarella with fresh basil and vinaigrette
- Caesar salad tossed with garlic croutons
- Orzo pasta salad with red peppers, cucumbers, olives in a basil dressing with goat cheese
Entrées
Select two:
- Lemon Dill Chicken: Baked chicken breasts served with a lemon dill beurre blanc
- Chicken Provencal: Pan roasted chicken breast with wild mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic and fresh herbs in a light wine cream sauce
- Baked Colorado Rainbow Trout: Pecan crusted or lemon herb glazed
- Penne Fresca: Penne pasta with roma tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach and fresh basil tossed in a light oil fresca sauce
- Garlic and Pepper Pork Tenderloin: Carved to order
- Roasted Turkey Breast with Cranberry Dressing: Carved to order
- Herb Encrusted Beef Sirloin: Carved to order
Deluxe Specialties Buffet
$30 per adult, $25 per child guest (add $5 per guest for each additional entrée)
Salads
Select two:
- Mixed green salad with toasted almonds and cherry tomatoes, drizzled in our house vinaigrette dressing
- Greek pasta salad with feta cheese and kalamata olives
- Mixed greens with tomatoes, red onions and avocado tossed with cilantro lime vinaigrette
- Radicchio and spinach salad tossed with blueberries, caramelized onion and bacon vinaigrette
Entrées
Select two:
- Chicken Oscar: Boneless breast of chicken topped with crabmeat, asparagus and hollandaise sauce
- Grilled Salmon: Fresh grilled salmon with a light lemon dill butter
- Shell pasta with prawns and bay scallops sautéed in fresh tomato basil sauce
- Roast Buffalo Prime Rib (market price)
- Herb Encrusted Beef Strip Loin: Carved to order
- Roast Prime Rib with Creamed Horseradish: Carved to order
- Beef Tenderloin: Carved to order (market price)
Please select one Salad, one Entree and one Dessert for your group.
We are happy to accomodate any vegetarian requests with advance notice. Additional vegetarian entrees can be provided upon request.
Prices do not include a (7.40%) sales tax, an (18%) gratuity, and serviceware rental fees.
Three Course Plated Dinners
$36 per sdult, $26 per child
All Dinners include:
- Seasonal prepared vegetables
- Freshly baked rolls and butter
- Coffee, teas, soda and water
Salads; choose one
- Crisp Ceasar salad with garlic croutons
- Wild field greens tossed with raspberry vinaigrette and pine nuts
- Seasonal mixed greens with spicy glazed pecans and Mandarin orange vinaigrette
- Radicchio cup filled with wild lettuces, goat cheese and raspberry vinaigrette
- Wedge of iceberg lettuce with fresh tomatoes and bleu cheese dressing
Desserts; choose one
- Chocolate toffee mousse with kahlua
- Raspberry white chocolate creme brulee
- Chocolate obsession cake with raspberry sauce
- Torta tiramisu
- Strawberry amaretto torte
- Rustic apple galette
- Black Forest cherry torte
Entrées; choose 2 options
- Roast Pork Tenderloin with brandy cream sauce, served with garlic mashed potatoes
- Chicken Wellington stuffed with mushroom duxelle, served with wild rice pilaf
- Vegetable Torte - layered vegetables served on a bed of pasta with marinara sauce
- Grilled Salmon - fresh grilled salmon with a light lemon dill butter and herbed rice pilaf
- Seasoned Prime Rib of Beef with horseradish cream sauce and cheddar garlic mashed potatoes
- Roast Tenderloin Filet served with herbed new potatoes
Mixed Grill Plates
$38 per adult, $28 per child
- Grilled Chicken Breast & Shrimp Scampi served with herbed new potatoes
- Beef Tenderloin Filet and Lemon Dill Salmon Filet with cheddar garlic mashed potatoes
Additional entrée choices are available, please ask us for details.
Rentals
A variety of rentals are available. Items include china, flatware, glassware, wedding accessories, tables, chairs, linens, table skirting, tents, heaters and more. Our Catering Manager will assist you with making rental decisions and arrangements. All rentals are at the client's expense.
Wildthings Catering Conservation Efforts
Your food comes from nature - now so does your serviceware!
Biodegradable Serviceware
Wildthings Catering is committed to conservation by using renewable resources whenever possible. We use compostable cutlery made from potatos, plates formed from sugarcane, and plastic cups configured out of corn! You can help too, everytime you choose to use ecoware for your catering needs.
Our ecoware products are distributed by Eco-Products, Inc. out of Boulder, Colorado USA.
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Wildthings Catering is committed to serving you. We are excited to share what we do, how we look, and create the perfect event for you!
