Food and Community Safety Program 3629 South D Street, MS 414 Tacoma, WA 98418-6813 Phone: 253 798-6460 Fax: 253 798-6539 2/2009 www.tpchd.org

If you are considering hiring a caterer, be aware of the following:

Caterers must have a separate catering permit. A catering permit is different than a restaurant permit.

Licensed caterers prepare food in an approved kitchen. Permits assure that your local health department regularly inspects the kitchen.

Licensed catering staff are trained to handle food safely and are aware of safe food handling practices.

Approved catering companies have the proper equipment to prepare and transport food safely.

Back-up food items should be either refrigerated or kept in the oven prior to serving. Uneaten food that has been stored at room temperature during the event needs to be discarded after two hours.

In addition, to help keep you and your family illness-free during your special event remember to wash your hands before and after preparing food, before you eat, after shaking hands and, of course, after using the toilet.

To keep your special event’s food safe and to make sure your caterer is licensed,

PIERCE COUNTY LICENSED CATERERS

4 Brothers Catering 253 846-0325      A Grand Affaire Catering 253 722-2204         Affairs Café 253 565-8604

Anglea’s 253 531-9330                   Brank’s BBQ & Catering 253 891-1789             Café Blue 253 594-7108

Casa Mia 253 770-0400                   Catering by Steve King 253 209-1241              Charlie’s Restaurant 253 845-0588

Chef Bette Anne Curry 253 820-2363   Dean Allen’s Catering 253 627-1865             Dombrowski Catering 253 906-0507

Famous Dave’s Puyallup 253 604-3040          Dave’s Tacoma 253 722-0500           City Bar and Grill 253 922-9555

Flying Tomato 253 875-0770              G&G Catering 253 841-5139                         Gallucci’s Catering Inc. #2 253 572-6828

Kobe Dog 253 535-3772                     Liberty Theater 253 864-8116                     Little Park Restaurant 253 531-1343

Mama Scott’s 253 272-6575          Mama Stortini’s Ristorante 253 604-0600         Margret’s Creative Catering 253 265-8687

Moctezuma’s Restaurant 253 474-5593    Naccarato Restaurant 253 627-3535                  O’Shea’s Catering 253 475-1669

Pacific Garden Catering 253 475-2820         Papa Eddie’s Catering Inc. 253 565-6310              Porter’s Place 253 472-6595

Tacoma Landmark Con. Ctr. 253 272-2042  Taste of the Town 253 627-4065             The Vault 253 572-2933

Three Chicks’ Catering 253 475-8333        Two Busy To Cook 253 922-3280      Viafores Italian Delicatessen 253 564-2228

Best Western Tacoma Dome 253 272-7737     Chambers Bay Golf Course 253 460-0083         Chapel Hill Presb. Church 253 851-7779

Cheney Stadium - Main 253 752-7707       Clover Park Technical College 253 589-5529         Hotel Murano - Bite 253 572-3200

Hub (The) 253 683-4606                           Inn at Gig Harbor 253 858-1111             Kensington Gardens 253 858-7511

La Quinta Inn 253 383-0146          Malarkey’s Pool & Brew 253 383-3301                  Northwest Trek 360 832-6122

Oscar’s 253 536-5511              Pacific Lutheran University 253 535-7474         Pierce College - Puyallup 253 840-8456

Seafarer’s Sports Bar 253 572-8141      Tacoma Art Museum 253 272-4258            Tacoma Club 253 272-3218

Tacoma Convention Center 253 830-6601         Tacoma Dome - Kitchen 253 593-7635     Tracy Castle 360 829-0147

University of Puget Sound 253 879-3263