Fandango Catering Offers Mod Cocktail Parties and Tips

One of our clients' favorite party themes is the mod cocktail party.  We offer many variations on this theme and this theme is always a hit. 

What's a mod cocktail party? Definitions abound, but here is ours:

A mod cocktail party incorporates--

• Mod shapes in food and decor, including serving pieces
• At least some food that's retro trendy, reminding guests of the great mod "fun" period of the 60s and 70s
• Perhaps some retro-trendy beverage pairings

Mod shapes in food and decor and retro-trendy food
Here we're thinking skewers, lollipops, an updated shrimp cocktail, updated stuffed mushrooms or  cocktail sandwiches perhaps, and squares, rounds, and triangle shapes in finger foods.  The latter would be things like mini pizzas, puff pastry shapes, crostini, polenta, savory galettes, frittatas or quiches, or other finger foods that lend themselves to being cut into small squares, circles, and triangles.  Our chefs like to pile up skewers for an edgy look or lay them spoke fashion on a round or rectangular tray for a bit less edgy presentation.We avoid replicating things like olive-covered cheese balls untless they're excellent, imaginative riffs on 60s cocktail food.

Decor: very modernist serving pieces in chrome, bubble or wavy glass or porcelain, or white porcelain in interesting shapes like long boats or rectangles. 

If furniture and so forth (even rented) is also mod, that plays it up more. Cocktail napkins in gray, black, red, color block, tangerine, teal, or bright yellow, depending on the colors of your event space.  If using flowers, orchids or hibiscus add a fun mod touch--and this theme is tongue-in-cheek, so why not have fun with it and enjoy it?

Retro-trendy beverage pairings
Punch is very hot this year and you can have alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions in punchbowls (better than bev dispensers for punch).  Or offer some retro-trendy mixed drink pairings, including:

• Martinis
• Vodka gimlets
• Mai tais
• Old fashioneds
• Frozen/blender margaritas
• Rob roys,
• Sidecars
• Manhattans
• Tom Collins

Add to the fun with martini glasses or other specialized glassware, which you can easily rent.

And to take it to the next fun level--lay out chocoalte cigarettes, optimally in a cool cigarette box or a crystal dish--so fun and mod.

Warmly,

Kristina

Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com

If using flowers