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Picnic company · Petaluma, Sonoma County

Preferred Sonoma Caterers – Picnic Menu

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The short answer

Preferred Sonoma Caterers – Picnic Menu sets up picnics for you around Petaluma, Sonoma County. Pricing: Priced per person or per platter: baguette or lavosh sandwiches $13.05 pp, chilled fried chicken $16.65 pp, sides from $7.60 pp; platters for about 15 (fruit and cheese $167, antipasto $206); cookies $2.50. Platters serve about 15; optional staff at one server per ~30 guests (4-hour minimum).

Checked from sonomacaterers.com · stated on the venue's own website.

Details

Price
Priced per person or per platter: baguette or lavosh sandwiches $13.05 pp, chilled fried chicken $16.65 pp, sides from $7.60 pp; platters for about 15 (fruit and cheese $167, antipasto $206); cookies $2.50.
Food on site
Classic picnic spreads: chilled buttermilk fried chicken, baguette and lavosh sandwiches, curried chicken salad, potato and pasta salads, local cheese and fruit platters, cookies, bars and s'mores kits, which can be mixed with BBQ items.
Groups
Platters serve about 15; optional staff at one server per ~30 guests (4-hour minimum).
House rules
Order through the caterer by phone or email. The spread can be picked up with paper and plastic, or upgraded with staff and rentals. S'mores need a fire pit.

What to expect

Group picnic catering, not a styled setup: pick up the spread with paper and plastic, or add staff and rentals, for a park, backyard or beach.

Good for: Groups · Large parties · Families

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About Preferred Sonoma Caterers – Picnic Menu

A family-run Petaluma caterer, founded over 30 years ago, with a dedicated picnic menu of cold fried chicken, sandwiches, salads and platters priced per person. It's built for group picnics at parks, backyards or the beach.

  • Picnic menu with per-person prices (sandwiches from $13.05)
  • Chilled fried chicken, salads, platters and s'mores kits
  • Pick up, or add staff and rentals
  • Family-run Petaluma caterer for 30+ years

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Park

Walnut Park

Petaluma· 0.4 mi

Bring your own foodNo reservationNo alcoholDogs OK

Downtown Petaluma's best-known park is a small green with a rose-ringed gazebo, playground and picnic tables, and it hosts the Saturday farmers market in season. It is good for a quick family lunch downtown, but leave the wine in the car: glass is banned and alcohol isn't permitted.

Walnut Park

Bring your own foodChecked Sep 2026
Own food
yes
Wine allowed
no
Reservation
Not needed
Dogs
Yes
Fee
Free entry

Nearest picnic food: Della Fattoria · 0.3 mi

Details: Walnut Park
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Winery

Parum Leo Winery and Vineyard

Petaluma· 2 mi

Reserved picnicsPurchase required

A small-batch winery on Kastania Road at the southern end of Petaluma, open Friday to Sunday by appointment. Besides tastings it rents a private picnic area; the Tock booking has you bring your own food and buy wine on arrival.

Parum Leo Winery and Vineyard

Reserved picnicsChecked Sep 2026
Own food
yes
Wine purchase
Required
Reservation
Required
Dogs
not confirmed
Fee
$65/person

Nearest picnic food: Della Fattoria · 2.5 mi

Details: Parum Leo Winery and Vineyard
Pond reflecting oak-dotted grassy hills and a hiking trail at Helen Putnam Regional Park
Park

Helen Putnam Regional Park

Petaluma· 2 mi

Bring your own foodNo reservationWine allowedDogs OK

A compact wilderness park on Petaluma's southwest edge with about 6 miles of trails over grassy hills and through oak woodland, a fishing pond, and ridge-top viewpoints over the city and the southern Sonoma countryside. The playground-side picnic area and gazebo make an easy family stop that pairs well with a short hike to Cattail Pond.

Helen Putnam Regional Park

Bring your own foodChecked Sep 2026
Own food
yes
Wine allowed
yes
Reservation
Not needed
Dogs
Yes
Fee
$8/vehicle

Nearest picnic food: Ray's Delicatessen & Tavern · 1.4 mi

Details: Helen Putnam Regional Park
Two-story adobe with wooden verandas, lawn and prickly pear cactus at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Park

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

Petaluma· 3 mi

Bring your own foodNo reservationNo alcoholDogs OK

The surviving wing of General Mariano Vallejo's Rancho de Petaluma, once the largest privately owned adobe in Northern California, restored with period workrooms and living quarters on a rural rise east of town. Its parking-lot picnic area makes an easy history-plus-lunch stop, but the park is strictly alcohol-free.

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

Bring your own foodChecked Sep 2026
Own food
yes
Wine allowed
no
Reservation
Not needed
Dogs
Yes
Fee
$3 admission

Nearest picnic food: Della Fattoria · 3.4 mi

Details: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

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