600 Superior Ave
Suite 1300 - #3393
Cleveland, OH 44114
Ohio employers count on Café Services for corporate cafeteria food services that blend local food, local vendors and local talent. Our vast experience as a corporate dining food service provider since 1983 informs how we provide comprehensive cafeteria services and support for our clients and their employees.
Our corporate food service menus feature fresh locally-sourced food, crafted in-house and offered in a restaurant-style setting by locally-based foodservice professionals.
Beyond what a typical corporate dining company offers, Café Services’ cuisine is inspired by local and regional recipes and cultures, as well as international traditions and trends.
Called the Buckeye state, Ohio’s official tree is the buckeye nut tree. Buckeye candy, the state’s famous dessert tradition, combines peanut butter, butter, and confectioners’ sugar into a bite-sized ball that’s partially dipped in chocolate to resemble a buckeye nut.
Ohio is the only state with a non-rectangular flag, officially known as the Ohio Burgee, which is triangular and pennant-shaped. The state slogan, “Ohio: Find it Here” is appropriate, as Ohio is home to many cultural food traditions. Each region boasts its own unique cuisine, inspired by familiar traditions of the Polish, Serbian, Italian and German communities throughout the state
Our dedicated local chefs at each Café Services corporate cafeteria across Ohio are continually inspired to infuse regional flavors into the wide variety of foods we prepare daily, on-site, from scratch.
Cleveland-based Café Services is Ohio’s Local Corporate Dining Services Partner.
Our comprehensive corporate cafeteria services enable employers to efficiently engage their employees, cost-effectively increase team productivity, and easily elevate people’s perception of their brand.
Our Corporate Cafeteria Services for Ohio Employers:
- Corporate Cafeteria Management provides dedicated support teams & direct access to local managers
- Onsite Catering provides cost-effective dining service and support for on-site meetings and events
- Event Management enables companies to cost-effectively host small or large events
- Micro Markets offer employees & guests convenient access to fresh food and snacks prepared on-site
- Cafeteria Design service empowers employers to create effective foodservice spaces within a budget
- Office Refreshment Services provide fresh coffee and a variety of quality food service items
This inclusive support enables employers to consistently attract and retain staff members. Dining services that fulfill employees’ daily needs for quality cuisine also serve to enhance team morale and productivity.
Café Service Beyond Everyday Corporate Food Service
Themed events are one of the many ways that Café Services goes beyond everyday corporate food service. Our teams create unique food selections in a celebratory environment to honor many local, national and international holidays, seasonal and cultural traditions, and firm-specific milestone achievements.
Local Food
Native Ohio Fruits
Café Services integrates locally-sourced fruits in our chefs’ sweet and savory recipes for pies, tarts, pizzas and more. Examples include pawpaws, Ohio’s official state fruit, in season from late summer to early fall. Celebrated as a nutritious and delicious local flavor, Pawpaw fruit tastes similar to a banana, with notes of pineapple, mango and vanilla. Ohio’s official apple, Melrose, was developed here as a blend of Red Delicious and Jonathan varieties.
Iconic Meals, Sides, and Snacks of Ohio
Sauerkraut balls, an appetizer originally made in Akron, are a favorite treat throughout Northeast Ohio. They feature sauerkraut, cream cheese, and sometimes ham, rolled, lightly breaded and fried until crisp.
Cincinnati chili is a legendary dish of ground meat infused with rich flavors of chocolate and spices such as cinnamon and allspice. Cincinnati chili is served over spaghetti or a similar pasta, and topped with plenty of cheese and sometimes other toppings such as fried onions, and crushed oyster crackers.
The Polish boy sandwich, Cleveland’s signature comfort food that’s now popular nationwide, typically consists of a kielbasa sausage, coleslaw, fries, and barbecue sauce in a bun.
Shredded chicken sandwiches are a specialty of Northern and Central Ohio. Their flavor comes from fork-shredded chicken simmered in broth or condensed soup, with breadcrumbs, crushed potato chips or flour.
Goetta is Cincinnati’s signature sausage, made popular by the city’s German immigrants. Goetta typically consists of pork or beef, onions, herbs, spices, and oats. Usually prepared as sliced, fried, and served with eggs for breakfast, it has risen to iconic popularity as a sandwich when tucked into a hamburger bun.
Cheese Coneys are a Cincinnati staple, featuring a steamed bun, split and piled high with beef hot dog or pork sausage, and topped with Cincinnati chili, onions and shredded Cheddar cheese.
Pierogies are pockets of dough stuffed with seasoned fillers such as potatoes, cheese, onions, etc. and then sauteed or boiled, and served plain or with toppings. This hearty Polish-inspired fare is an Ohio staple especially throughout the greater Cleveland area.
Barberton chicken is a regional favorite among communities in greater Barberton and Northeastern Ohio. This flavorful fried chicken dish features Serbian-inspired spices, and is typically served with coleslaw and spicy “hot rice”, which is rice simmered in hot peppers and tomatoes.
Traditional Shaker lemon pie, or Ohio Lemon Pie, is a sweet juicy dessert that incorporates whole lemons, from the peel to the inner flesh, plus eggs and sugar into a creamy filling baked inside a flaky crust.
Café Services teams proudly create a variety of area-inspired hearty comfort foods with fresh, seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients as often as possible.
Local Vendors
Café Services proudly uses local ingredients as often as possible in the recipes we craft for business diners. Our corporate cafeteria chefs, grill cooks, deli attendants, and other food service professionals value this local connection, which feed our flexibility to offer fresh, appealing menus.
Local Talent
Our well-trained corporate dining professionals include kitchen, dining room, micro market and event support teams who proudly serve their community members in each Café Services business location.
We empower our team to treat each corporate cafeteria services program as their own. From experienced top managers to dedicated frontline employees, we ensure safe, quality, positive foodservice experiences.
Café Services’ clients gain proactive support through direct access and interaction with the local managers, directors, chefs, and supervisors empowered to make local decisions on behalf of each client