Local Effort specializes in personal and event cooking, with an emphasis on local ingredients. We provide plated, coursed meals akin to a restaurant experience, more casual family-style meals, and appetizer-focused cocktail party service, all with the same ingredient-obsessed quality.

This is your special day. Let us help take it to the next level by creating a menu your guests will love. From tasty appetizers during your cocktail hour to an elegant sit-down meal, we’ll cover all the details to ensure that you and your guests are well-fed. Have a favorite food item? We’ll be happy to feature it. Have specific dietary requests or restrictions? We’ll work around them. We want to help make this day as magical as possible, and we’ll be more than happy to plan a menu that reflects your style and taste.

Established in the Twin Cities, minority-owned, and a division of Kaskaid Hospitality, we at CRAVE Catering pride ourselves on our genuine passion for the food and beverage industry and desire to provide an elevated and unparalleled dining experience for all guests. Kaskaid Hospitality is behind the restaurant concepts CRAVE American Kitchen and Sushi, Brit’s Pub, Union Rooftop, The Butcher’s Tale, Burger Burger, BLVD, a wellness company Nuleev, and our exclusive event center – Quincy Hall.

We have been offering award winning Thai Cuisine since 1983. As the first Thai restaurant in the state, we have been the pioneering force in Thai food creation in Minnesota. We provide full service catering and bar services in the greater Twin Cities area, travelling up to 2 hours in distance. We have private party spaces in our restaurants ideal for rehearsal dinners or micro weddings. We also have a sister event venue called Abrazar. That space holds up to 185 guests.