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By Jamie Baker | Photos By Josef’s Elegante Meat & Deli, Riganato Old World Grille and Chi-cuterie

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he holidays can turn into a demanding mess exacerbated by hectic schedules and good old-fashioned chaos. In an effort to mitigate holiday stress, it’s time to find simplicity. Start by utilizing local eateries and markets to augment holiday meal plans, making it easy to spend time with family instead of cooking for hours over a hot stove. Tap these local restaurants and retailers for hearty, homestyle cuisine.

 CHI-CUTERIE 321 Franklin Street, Geneva (331) 901-0474 | www.chi-cuterie.com Chi-cuterie is not only a great place to grab colorful appetizer boards, but an ideal source for creative desserts as well. “For the holidays, we do several dessert boards that are popular, and we focus on using many different local vendors and bakeries,” says owner Michelle Parker. “We can create beautifully themed dessert boards and boxes. Last year we did some around TheNutcracker. We can do snowmen and we’ve also done hot cocoa boards – which is always fun around the holidays and features peppermints, marshmallows and chocolates.” Parker’s family uses charcuterie boards for the perfect holiday snack. “My family loves to do charcuterie boards on Christmas Eve,” says Parker. “We know we’ll be doing a big spread on Christmas Day, so we eat a little snack of charcuterie on Christmas Eve. We’ve even incorporated threedimensional reindeer on the board.”

 JOSEF’S ELEGANTE MEAT & DELI 716 W State St, Geneva (630) 262-1878 | www.josefsmeats.com Josef’s is beloved in the community for their quality meats and classic catering fare. “Our eggplant parmesan is definitely popular, and we do our meat lasagna, veggie lasagna, Italian beef and Italian sausage trays with the peppers, already cooked,” says owner Pat Falcone Jr. “We have the smaller trays available in the front case and if you need larger sizes for the holidays, those are definitely a pre-order for larger groups.”  REAM’S MEAT MARKET 250 S Main St, Elburn (630) 365-6461 www.reamsmeatmarket.com Choose from a variety of mains, sides, and ‘toppers’ including Italian beef, mostaccioli, mac n’ cheese, pasta salad and a range of scrumptious condiments. Check out their website for a full catering menu. Catering Items are available for pickup only, please call to place your order.

 ENTICING CUISINE 1117 N Washington Ave, Batavia (630) 761-0399 www.enticingcuisine.com With a wide array of options for every occasion imaginable, Enticing Cuisine can truly cater to your needs. Their menu offers a large selection of cold and hot appetizers, classic Italian entrees, chicken enchiladas, BBQ pork, breakfast options and many more!

 OBSCURITY BREWING & CRAFT

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113 W North St, Elburn (630) 320-2255 www.drinkobscurity.com From brisket to veggie pinwheels, salad and street corn, Obscurity has a curated and tasty catering menu for you to choose from. Their cuisine will be an instant hit!

 RIGANATO OLD WORLD GRILLE 700 E State St, Geneva (331) 248-0191 | www.riganato.com Riganato’s catering menu is full of mouthwatering comfort foods cooked to perfection, available in full and half pans. “We have a pretty varied menu, and everything goes with carryout, from lamb chops to burgers — it's a crazy menu,” says owner and Chef Jimmy Nicolaou. “Even for a family of five – everyone can find something they like here. Almost everything, from the appetizers to the salads, chicken, pastas and sub sandwiches are all on the catering menu with the side dishes.” Their most popular meal around the holidays is most definitely lasagna. “Lasagnas are always popular on Christmas Eve, and we make a million of them,” says Nicolaou. “If you go on the catering menu, there are a lot of popular packages.”