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SUITE MENU

Your new home for entertainment in the heart of Niagara!

WELCOME

On behalf of the City of St. Catharines and SMG Canada, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the inaugural season of the Meridian Centre; your new home for entertainment in the heart of Niagara. SMG is proud to be the exclusive food and beverage provider for the Meridian Centre and we are thrilled to be providing Suite Hospitality for all events in your new spectator facility.

Our services encompass full service catering for all luxury suite holders, special event catering, show and artist hospitality, sporting and entertainment food services, premium seating services and concessionaries. We will impress you with our trend setting menu, guest service expertise and local culinary samplings, while developing close relationships for many seasons to come.

Executive Chef, Drew Hall, will showcase his new culinary items, featuring a selection of regional and local favourites for the 2014/2015 season. The Chef’s table will be busy with creations of authenticity, including homemade sauces, smoked specialties, local food infusions and delectable ‘slow food’ menu offerings. You’ll still find your Favourite and Classic Event Day Fare, but we will tempt your taste buds with our newest creations available on the Advance Ordering Menu.

Our approach to food and beverage services is attentive and collaborative. We hope to have your preferences, suggestions and input as the season progresses, so look for new items and know that we are listening. Please check the ‘Premium Services’ section in the back of the menu where you’ll find all the information you need to make your luxury suite hospitality experience an exceptional one.

Visit us on-line at www.meridiancentre.com to view our Luxury Suite Menu at any time. We will update and distribute it periodically via email. The ordering process will be via email to [email protected] and our team will process your orders in both ‘pre-order’ and ‘event day’ menu ordering.

We look forward to a memorable season filled with great events and delicious food for our opening 2014/2015 season. I will see you at the next event!

Lara Verdone Director, Food and Beverage

WELCOMELUXURY SUITE HOLDERS

SINCERELY

www.meridiancentre.com

[email protected]

Chips and Dip

House kettle chips served with grilled onion dip and crisp tortillas with fresh pico de gaillo sauce. 30

Bottomless Popcorn

That’s right, endless buttery goodness. 20

Julienne Salad Cold Plate

A Cobb-style inspired cold plate salad with Chef’s crisp selections to include traditional julienne salad favourites, capicollo, boiled egg, avocado, veggies and greens. 45

Fruit Platter

Seasonal sliced fruit with cinnamon yogurt dip. 35

Crudités

The Classic- Fresh, chef-selected vegetables served with our house grilled onion dip. 45

Cheese Board

Chef-selected Local artisan cheeses, paired with figs, Niagara honey, candied walnuts and crostini. 50

Snack Combo

House kettle-chips served with grilled onion dip, crisp tortillas with fresh pico de gaillo’, bottomless popcorn, and assorted gourmet dessert bars. 45

Each menu item serves eight ✪ indicates ONLY available on ADVANCE ordering menu (24 hour notice)

BEGINNING BITES…

All orders will be subject to a 12% coordination fee, plus HST. Coordination fee is not a gratuity and gratuity is determined by the the suite holder.

BEGINNING BITES

✪ Sushi Rolls

House made vegetable sushi rolls served with gari ginger, wasabi and spicy ponzu. 45

✪ Thai Duck Salad Rolls

Fresh vegetables and herbs with braised Muscovy duck rolled in rice paper served with citrus chili sauce. 35

✪ Charcuterie Board

All locally-sourced cured meats featuring Niagara Pingue prosciutto, sopressata, and capicollo. Served with pickled wild mushrooms, grilled marinated vegetables, and stone baked flatbread wedges. 85

✪ Market Street Sammies

Inspired by the incredible delis of the King Street farmers market, we offer a fresh selection of locally sourced deli meats and cheeses personally selected by Chef and prepared as various sandwich creations and may include: Kaisers, Panini, wraps and Artisan bread assortments. Served with grainy dilon mustard and roasted garlic aioli on the side. 60

✪ Stone Baked Flat Breads

Topped with Chef selected ingredients:

- Pulled chicken, roast garlic, Bourbon BBQ smoked Gouda and baby arugula

- House-made cured bacon, crumbled Andouille sausage, aged cheddar, and spring onion

- Marinated grilled vegetables, sundried tomato hummus, Chevre goat’s cheese, chiffonade of fresh basil, and extra virgin olive oil. 50


TEMPTING TASTERS…

TEMPTING TASTERS


Slammin’ Wings

Our very own fresh, never frozen, non-battered, chicken wings tossed in a choice of our ‘from scratch’ house sauces and rubs. Choose One, ~ Acadian dry rub ~ Chinese style sticky sweet Char Siu sauce ~ Roast garlic bourbon BBQ (mild) ~ Guajillo chili sauce (med) or ~ Scotch bonnet fire sauce. 55

Chicken Tenderloins

Fresh chicken tenderloins breaded in house, served with spicy plum on the side, or tossed in house sauces. 45

Baked King Pretzels

Classic soft pretzels basted in butter and crusted with our smoked salt blend. Served with our house made Creole mustard and grilled onion dip. 35

Crispy Pork Riblets

Tender mini ribs fried and tossed in our smoked salt blend or any of our ‘from- scratch’ sauces: ~ Acadian dry rub ~ Chinese-style sticky sweet Char Siu sauce ~ Roast garlic bourbon BBQ (mild) ~ Guajillo chili sauce (med) ~ or Scotch bonnet fire sauce. 40

✪ Rib & Wing Combo

Three full racks of tender baby back ribs, slow roasted and finished on the grill featuring up to three of our signature sauces for wings and rubs for ribs: ~ Acadian dry rub ~ Chinese style sticky sweet Char Siu sauce ~ Roast garlic Bourbon BBQ (mild) ~ Guajillo chili sauce (med) ~ Scotch-Bonnet fire sauce. 80

✪ St. Paul Slider Platter

House made ground AAA chuck mini-burgers with toasted sesame seed buns. Served with a selection of garnishes. Crumbled Stilton cheese, crispy onion strings, grilled pepper julienne, house made pickled peppers, sautéed wild mushrooms. 50

Mini Sausage & Dog Combo

Slider-style all-beef hot dogs and mini Chorizo style sausage served with gourmet toppings and sauces. 35

✪ Dumplings & Dips

A selection of Asian inspired dumplings including: Korean Mandu, a crispy beef dumpling. Fried shrimp Won Ton, and a Japanese style chicken Gyoza dumpling. Served with house-made dips: citrus chili, ginger hoisin and spicy Ponzu. 55


STEAMY STARTERS…

STEAMY STARTERS


✪ Grilled Shrimp Lafayette

Skewered jumbo shrimp marinated in our Acadian spice rub, grilled, basted in Creole butter-served with a spicy Remoulade dip, dirty rice and cucumber- tomato salad. 90

✪ Backyard BBQ Sliders

Your choice of house made Southern inspired pulled pork or shredded beef brisket both roasted low and slow served with mini brioche buns in our Chef’s own house sauces. Served with slaw, crispy onion strings and buttered corn on the cob medallions. 70

✪ House Mac and Cheese

Soul-satisfying baked, three-cheese Mac with Stilton Butter Crumble: Fontina cheese, Emmenthal, and Cheddar, topped with a rich stilton cheese butter crumble. Served with roast garlic stone baked flatbread and mixed greens and veggie salad with house dressing. 40

✪ Oaxacan Taco Trio

Your choice of one or a combination of these classic traditional Mexican tacos. ~ Slow roast shredded pork carnitas ~ grilled arrachera flank steak ~ or braised shredded chicken marinated in guajillo chili pepper. All served with traditional condiments, fresh pico de gaillo, spicy pickled onion and shredded white cabbage with traditional white corn tortillas with house black bean and corn salad. 70


ENTICING ENTREES…

ENTICING ENTREES


The Dessert Pizza

Pizza dough brushed with honey and butter, then topped with hazelnut chocolate spread, banana, pineapple, coconut, salted caramel, and candied walnuts. 25

Brownie Tower

House-made fudge and maple brownies, stacked and topped with salted caramel and candied nuts. 35

✪ Bourbon Street

Deconstructed Ice Cream treat straight from the Big Easy, pecan pralines, beignets with cinnamon sugar for dipping and Bourbon caramel ice cream to top it off. 50

✪ Cheesecake Bundles

Phyllo-wrapped fingers of New York-style cheesecake, rolled in pastry, brushed with butter and honey, with your choice of one freshly made topping: choose ~ salted caramel, ~ Mayan chocolate ~ or spiked berry compote. 45

Cookies and Cream

Chewy homemade cookies sandwiched with vanilla butter cream icing. 25


SUITE SWEETS…

SUITE SWEETS


REFRESH…

Coffee, Hot Chocolate or Herbal Tea Service (service for eight) 16

Soft Drinks, Juices, and Dasani Water (by the six pack) Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Orange Crush, Ginger Ale, Tonic, Soda, Juices (Orange, Cranberry, Fruitopia & Apple) & Iced Tea 16

BOISTRIOUS BREWS (by the six pack)

Domestic Canned Beer Canadian, Coors Light, Molson 67 40-50

Premium Canned Beer Heineken, Rickards Pale, Creemore Springs, Strongbow Cider 40-60

WONDERFUL WINES (by the bottle)

Our full wine list, available in your suites. If you have a special wine in mind we can order it for you! 30-120

MAGNIFICENT MIXERS

Bacardi Breezers, Smirnoff Ice, Mott’s Caesar, Palm Bay 40-60

SERIOUS SPIRITS

Smirnoff, Gordon’s, Bacardi, CC, Glenlivet, Crown Royal, Grey Goose, Bombay, Cuervo, Baileys 80-150

BEVERAGE MENU


FRESH, MODERN & SIMPLE

POLICY & PROCEDURES

SUITE CATERING GUIDELINES

To ensure that you and your guests enjoy each event with exceptional service and outstanding food, please review our Suite Catering Guidelines, which outline our house policies and procedures, and answers the most frequently asked questions regarding your suite hospitality and catering needs.

Being our inaugural season with suite hospitality and services being new to many luxury suite holders, some general service offerings, commitments and overall guidelines will be outlined below. We will offer menu packages and pricing comparable to other midsize OHL and spectator facilities in Ontario. In keeping with these standards, we offer all our menu items in packages. This will include alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage in packs of six, and bottle service only for spirits and wines. Glass service wear is not permitted in the suite.

SUITE ADMINISTRATORS AND ADVANCED ORDERING

We have created extensive menu offerings for your planning convenience. Our premium food and beverage team and our executive culinary team, will assist you in coordinating your menus and ensuring your expectations are exceeded. If you have any special dietary requirements, please inform us when you place your advanced order. We ask for ADVANCED ORDERS to achieve the finest in presentation, service, and quality for you and your guests. To ensure accuracy, we encourage you to appoint one member of your organization to place catering orders. This suite administrative individual can work exclusively with our team as your point person to ensure we are meeting your hospitality needs.

ADVANCED ORDERING PROCESS

In certifying the highest level of presentation, service, and quality, we ask that all food and beverage selections

be placed by 2:00 pm, 24 business hours prior to each event. We accept pre-orders by email only. All orders will be confirmed by email upon processing for events. Pre-ordering is a very helpful tool for us leading up to the event and on event nights, as we work diligently to plan and facilitate your evening. Please note, if you choose to not follow our advance ordering timelines, we can accept “event day” orders at premium pricing. Orders can be placed with the assistance of our premium food and beverage representatives, via our ordering and service email address: [email protected], exclusively for ease of record keeping, clarity and detail. We cannot guarantee availability of ANY ADVANCED DAY items placed AFTER deadline.

EVENT DAY ORDERING

If a food order is placed within 24 business hours of the event, the Event Day Menu will be in effect for ordering. Until noon (12 pm) on the day of the event, we will accept email orders. After noon (12 pm) on event days, our suite servers will take your orders direct or you may call our suite pantry at extension 6328. Our “Day of Event Menu” is priced at a premium and is located in your suite for event day ordering. Also in your suite on event day is a current wine list, beverage selections, and our Chef’s specials.

STANDING ORDERS

You may also choose to place a standard food and beverage order to be placed for ALL events. Your Premium Food and Beverage Representative will send your order confirmations prior to each event should any adjustments need to be made. This is a convenient option if your schedule tends to interfere with meeting our pre-order deadline requirements. It is the responsibility of the Suite Administrator to contact the premium food and beverage representative 2 business days prior to the event to cancel a standing order request. All standing orders cancelled after the 2-business day deadline will be charged in full for their standing order.

SERVICES…

Luxury Suite Menu Policy and Procedures

PREMIUM SERVICES

ORDERING DURING THE EVENT

All items listed on the Event Day Menu in the suite are available during the event. A credit card must be provided to the Suite Attendant for payment of all game day catering orders. We strongly encourage you to order at least 2 business days in advance of the event. Event day orders may be placed with the premium food and beverage coordinator via internal suite phones or e-mail 24-hours in advance, or with the suite attendant overseeing your suite the day of the event. Please allow approximately 45 minutes for all game day orders to be delivered to your suite.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE DELIVERY

Delivery of food and beverage items to your suite will be carried out in keeping with the highest food quality and safety standards. Food items ordered that do not require heat or cold stabilization will be placed in your suite prior to guest arrival. All items requiring heat will be delivered once guests have arrived and their attendant has been directed to deliver the hot entrée food. We delay the delivery of all hot food to ensure the highest quality and appropriate temperature for service is maintained. Due to space restrictions, some items may be delivered closer to game and will be replenished and serviced frequently throughout the event to ensure the highest of service expectations.

PAYMENT PROCEDURES

Payment is required at the end of the event and duplicate copies of your bill are available on request. All suite holders will receive a computer generated check at the conclusion of each event unless otherwise noted. We accept Visa, MasterCard or Debit, and a credit card must be provided with your order for it to be processed. For your convenience, a credit card number(s) and list of authorized signer(s) can be placed on file with our business office and used to settle your bill for events. HST of 13% and a coordination fee of 12% will be added to your bill. The Coordination fee is not considered a gratuity. Gratuities are at the suite holder’s discretion and may be added to the guest check based on the quality of service received.

CANCELLATION POLICY

If an event is cancelled for any reason, your order will be void and you will not be charged for your order. We ask that all order cancellations be notified 2 business days prior to an event so your order can be cancelled at no cost to you. If we are notified inside 2 business days, you will be charged the full cost of your order.

OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE

Please note, “OFF LICENCE” alcohol is never allowed in your suite and jeopardizes our liquor licence. If found, this alcohol will be confiscated and service for the

evening may be terminated at management discretion. Further ramifications of off-licence alcohol may include: ejection of patrons from the suite, stationing of a dedicated suite hostess (chargeable to the suite holder) to monitor further alcohol consumption and possible suspension of alcohol service to the offending suite for future events. Underage patrons will not be served and we will ask for ID from all patrons who appear under the age of 30. In keeping with AGCO regulations, patrons who appear intoxicated and underage patrons will not be served alcohol; violation of the regulations may cause patrons to be removed from the suite.

SMG exclusively furnishes all food and beverage products for the suites at the Meridian Centre and guests are prohibited from bringing personal food or beverage without proper authorization. Licenced alcohol must stay within your suite as well as prepared food. Carrying food out of the suite poses great risk to guests, suite holders and employees of the Meridian Centre. Food can become hazardous very quickly and unfinished food must stay in the suite for proper disposal by our culinary service team.

SUITE FRIDGES

Suite fridges at the Meridian Centre will be locked at all times and suite owners and premium service staff ONLY will be permitted entrance. Keys will be issued to Suite Holders or Administrators and will not be opened or managed for any other individual(s) than those noted. Should you need additional keys or permissions for your fridge key and its access, you can contact us directly via email and we will arrange accordingly.

FOOD ALLERGIES & SENSITIVITIES

If you or your guests suffer from a food-based allergy or sensitivity, please contact your premium food and beverage representative, who will consult with our Executive Chef in an effort to meet your needs and ensure that you and your guests have an enjoyable experience. Please keep in mind some of the ingredients used in our offerings originate in facilities where common food allergens may be in use.

SMALLWARES AND SUPPLIES

Suites will be supplied with all of the necessary provisions: cutlery, service wear, napkins and corkscrew. We recommend that supplies be kept in the same location to facilitate replenishment.

SERVICES…

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