...official blog of Cafe Evoke Catering - Oklahoma's premier specialty coffee catering company...
About Cafe Evoke Catering
Café Evoke Catering is Oklahoma's premier specialty coffee catering company.
Complete menus and information kits are available for download at CafeEvoke.com. Please feel free to email us through our website or call 405-606-2200 if you have any questions about incorporating a full service specialty coffee bar for your next special event or for your office.
Thank you for choosing a Fair Trade coffee catering company. We look forward to a long friendship.
**2/3/10 Updated**
We have had a great time hanging with the crew of Extreme Makeover Home Edition. They have done an awesome job despite our friend Mother Nature kicking them in the shins each step of the way. Here are several awesome videos from the past few days! You can keep up with all of these videos as they are posted on YouTube!
When we heard that the show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was teaming up with Oklahoma City based builders Ideal Homes for an upcoming episode, we knew we needed to do something to help. After a few days of phone calls and talking through what the needs of the volunteers and build crew would be, we where happy to get a specialty coffee bar set up for them!
The build is happening this entire week! Here is a video from Day 1:
You can read all sorts of information about the family on their site as well as seeing a list of sponsors, a map and tons of other great stuff!
Ideal Homes and Extreme Makeover Home Edition are doing more than rebuilding a home for a family that needs it. They are also hosting a Food and Blood Drive in conjunction with the build. There are drops all over the state so no matter if you are in Stllwater, Maysville, Edmond, OKC, Norman or someplace else, there should be a place for you to help.
Keep checking the Ideal Extreme Home website for more information and be sure to sign the guest book to tell them THANKS!
This is more than just building a house. This is creating a safe and clean new home for the Skaggs family. From all of us at Cafe Evoke Catering: Be safe on the build and great luck!
Happy Sunday to you! We hope your weekend has been warm and pleasant! If you are in Oklahoma, we hope you weathered the Oklahoma winter storm and that you kept comfortable and safe.
In a huge change of gears, this is just a quick note to let you know that Cafe Evoke Catering - Oklahoma's premier specialty coffee catering company - is on Facebook! You can become a fan of Cafe Evoke Catering by clicking on the Facebook icon above or going to http://www.facebook.com/CafeEvokeCatering!
We know that many of you probably already knew this or did not really care but we did want to let you know that we are now updating that page regularly and will talk about any specials, community events and other noteworthy Cafe Evoke Catering news there! Yes, this blog will continue to be a spot for updates but we thought since many of you are using Facebook several times a day, we'd save you a trip!
If you missed it, Cafe Evoke Catering got to hook up with Keep it Local OK for a News9 story! You can find it here!
Need a few good reasons to keep it local in Oklahoma? We'll give you 10!
KEEP MORE DOLLARS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY
EMBRACE WHAT MAKES OKLAHOMA UNIQUE
HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
LOCAL BUSINESSES CREATE MORE JOBS
BETTER SERVICE AND EXPERTISE
BETTER USE OF YOUR TAX MONEY
NURTURE COMMUNITY
PRESERVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MORE CHOICES
ENCOURAGE FUTURE INVESTMENT
Agree? Well, there is a new group in our state helping us all "keep it local" and that list is their backbone! Keep It Localis dedicated to promoting the locally owned and independent businesses that make Oklahoma great. In a nutshell, our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to find, choose, and enjoy the incredible businesses found right here in our state! We have been doing our best as a company to keep our purchasing as local as possible and to support others doing business in our community so when we heard this group was going to get a program together to help spread the local word, we loved it!.
Cafe Evoke Catering had an awesome privilege of being one of the first companies to join a great new group.
So, what exactly is the group doing to spread local love? Keep it Local OK has a new local rewards card that, when used, saves you money on goods you are going to be purchasing anyway. The good news is that all companies who have featured rewards through the card are local so you can rest assured that your money is being spent in your community. The cards are $10 and last through the end of 2010! Any, worst case, you are going to find new and cool places near you that you have never been. You can see our customer rewards here
Yesterday, the OK Gazette ran a cool story about the project and what all they are doing. Cafe Evoke Catering even got a few lines! Be sure to get over there and check it out!
You can check the website for a list of rewards. Businesses are being added all the time so be sure to check back often. If you want to grab a card, you can do so right here at Cafe Evoke Catering - 1708 NW 16th Street for 10 bucks.
We always talk about having the best staff around and we still think it is true! We wanted to formally welcome our newest barista - Micah Metheny - to the Evoke family! Micah is our new Lead Barista and those that have been enjoying coffee bars by Cafe Evoke Catering in the past will love having him around!
Micah has taken on the challenge of creating new coffee policy, training and new product development. What does that mean for you? Better drinks, better service, better looking coffee bars, more options and an all new Cafe Evoke Catering!
Don't take our word for it, here is one of his recent drinks!
Our goals are pretty simple:
Create the best drinks our clients have ever tasted
Have the best looking coffee bars any event has ever seen
Replace ordinary coffee at your next event with specialty coffee
Have a calendar full of repeat clients
We look forward to serving you and your guests soon!
How To Brew The Perfect Cup Of Coffee // Video of the Day
We are going to start something new at A Thought Over Coffee - Video of the Day [enter cheesy cinema music here]! So, our first video is all about brewing the perfect cup of coffee brought to you by BigBand. Please enjoy our feature presentation:
Cafe Evoke Catering is pretty excited to have the chance to set up specialty coffee at IgniteOKC! This event has been in the planning for a long time and the hype has been unbelievable! Here is a bit about Ignite from their website:
Started by Brady Forrest, Technology Evangelist for O’Reilly Media, and Bre Pettis of Etsy.com, formerly of MAKE Magazine, Ignite was inspired by Pecha Kucha Nights, where speakers are given 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds, giving each speaker 6 minutes and 40 seconds of fame.
The first Ignite took place in Seattle in 2006. Since then, the event has become an international phenomenon, with hundreds of 5-minute talks having been given all over the world. Besides Seattle, there are thriving Ignite communities in Portland, Sydney, Boulder, Helsinki, Baltimore, NYC and more. Tulsa added their name to that list in 2009, and now Ignite is coming to this side of the turnpike.
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We are also happy that this great event is happening right here in OKC's Historic Plaza District! The event will begin at 6:00pm for drinks (two cash bars - one with specialty coffee and the other with beer, wine, etc!) and bands and the talks begin at 7:30. Everything is happening at Lyric Theatre at the Plaza - 1727 NW 16th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73106.
What are the talks going to be you ask? Well, head on over and check them out! There is a wide range of topics and - heck - makes for all the better. Their blog also has tons of information in case you have not found enough.
So, come and hang out tonight at IgniteOKC - you won't want to miss it! Oh, and did we mention that if the specialty coffee, beer, wine, talks and people are not enough to get you there, then remember this: Austin-based folksters Mont Lyons will open the show & OKC's own the Non will headline the after party!!
Specialty Coffee Catering // Weddings, Receptions and More!
We go to lots of weddings - a 12 month season for us and it is great! Not only do we get to hang with folks on one of the best days of their lives, we get to do it while serving up some great specialty coffee! Weddings take many shapes and forms but we feel that a coffee bar fits every one of them.
We have been telling people for a long time that having a full service specialty coffee bar at the wedding reception, rehearsal dinner, bridal shower or other wedding related event is a great idea! People are talking about this new wedding trend all over the place! Wednet.com says that this is "by far the most recommended and favorite service for a wedding reception." (You can read the full article here. There is also another great article over at LoveToKnow Weddings)
At Cafe Evoke Catering, we don't want you to think that having a coffee bar is something you do instead of beer, wine and other "adult" choices. Specialty coffee bars are a great addition to your other drink options and your guests will be thanking you when they are about to get in their cars for the ride home. Of course, when budget is a concern, you can't be the value of a full service coffee bar!
As you are planning your reception, keep your options out there! Here is a small wedding related slideshow we put together for bridal shows just to give you an idea of what it all looks like.
If you are planning a wedding, good luck and congratulations from all of us at Cafe Evoke Catering!
