Catering Menus

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

 


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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 warm

Artichoke Dip  $7

Artichoke hearts, assorted cheeses and spices make up this hot dip, served with fresh seasonal veggies and baguette slices

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Alcoholic 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.

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Meeting Snacks

Prices are per guest and do not include tax and gratuity.

Beverages $5

Freshly brewed coffee, assorted hot teas and soft drinks

Munchies $6

Potato chips, pretzels, popcorn, assorted soft drinks, lemonade and iced tea

Healthy Snack $7

Basket of whole fresh fruit, granola bars, assorted yogurts, assorted fruit juices and iced tea

Dipper's Delight $7

Bread sticks, cheese sauce, gourmet mustard, hot marinara sauce and assorted soft drinks

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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

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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

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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

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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)

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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