Express Catering Services
Fast, Flavorful, & Flexible: Keane’s Express Catering Delivers or Packs Up Authentic Wood-Fired Delights Tailored to Your Convenience.
Keane's Express Catering: The Magic of Wood-Fired BBQ for any Gathering
Delight your family, friends, employees or clients at your next gathering with the magic of wood-fired barbecue. Our Express Catering services are simplified to take the stress out of entertaining for any occasion. Express orders can be ordered directly through our website and picked up at our facility in Warwick, or dropped off for your convenience.
Leave the Cooking to Keane’s
Speed Does Not Mean Sacrificing Quality. Our Express Catering Remains Rooted In Keane’s Commitment To Authentic Wood-Fired Barbecue And Locally Sourced Ingredients. Whether You’re Organizing A Last-Minute Office Lunch, A Family Gathering, Or A Small Social Meetup, Our Express Menu Promises The Same Level Of Flavor And Finesse As Our Extensive Catering Offerings. We understand every event has a unique set of requirements. That’s why our Express Catering Services can be customized to meet your needs:
Select Pick-up or delivery
Conveniently pick-up at our shop in Cranston or let us bring the party and set-up your buffet for you.
Choose a Package or A la Carte
Packages are priced per person and come with everything that you need to feed your guests including wire racks and heating equipment, disposable plates, cutlery and napkins, rolls and our house pickles and sauce. Just want a few signature Keane’s offerings to complete your menu? Choose the A La Carte menu and select each item individually.
Looking for some extra hands?
Add a Keane’s staff member to be on site for your event to set up and refresh the buffet line and keep everything neat and tidy while your guests serve themselves.
Handling a Corporate event?
We’re happy to curate a menu and experience that meets your needs and budget. Please Contact our sales team.
Let us Curate your Keane’s Experience
Unsure of what type of service you need? Contact our event team with your event details for expert advice on how to create your vision and meet your budget.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Full Service Catering provides a fully staffed experience with the Keane’s team onsite from set-up to tear-down. Full service options include passed appetizers, a full-service buffet or family style dinner, a curated bar service as well as dessert and coffee options.
Express Catering offers a simplified service and menu for more casual events or parties. Express orders can be picked up at the Keane’s facility in Warwick, or dropped off at the event location. One or two Keane’s staff members can be booked for express catering orders of $1000 or more. Staff for Express services set-up and refresh a buffet while guests serve themselves.
Keane’s offers a BBQ Take-Out Service on Fridays from our shop at 715 Warwick Ave in Warwick RI. Visit our BBQ Take-Out page to order online and check our social media for upcoming specials!
Hosting a wedding or large event? Contact our event team to book a tasting!
For Express Catering you can book directly through our website! We close orders for the weekend at 3pm on Tuesday. If you have trouble with your order or have questions you can always give us a call on 401-437-6933.
For Full-Service Catering please Submit a Booking Request. Include details of your event location, date and time, expected number of guests, and any details you have about menu selections and services you would like to include. Our event team will check availability and respond as quickly as possible with any questions. Once you have a proposal from our team you can come for a tasting, finalize your contract and proposal and submit a Save The Date Deposit to confirm your event in our calendar!
Keane’s provides a range of services for your special event from appetizers, dinner, dessert and bar services. Each of these services, if included, will be outlined in your proposal which we refer to as the Banquet Event Order (BEO).
Rentals: Keane’s offers white plates, our signature vintage plates, stainless forks and knives which can be included in your catering proposal for rent. Our bar services include in the price disposable glasses and glass champagne flute (if a champagne toast service is included in the contract). Keane’s does not directly manage rental orders for additional items such as tables, chairs and tents, however we work closely with multiple rental companies and can advise you on rental ordering for Keane’s Services. We ask that you have tables and linens for all services we contract. You will also want to ask your venue if they work with a preferred rental company. We will request a copy of finalized rental orders 30 days out from the event date.
Disposables: We do provide complimentary disposables for all the services in your contract, if you choose not to rent these items. This could include: plates for starters, dinners and dessert, plasticware in a napkin roll-up, & paper cups for coffee service
Trash Removal: Keane’s provides separation and removal of recycling, compostables and trash associated with catering and bar services, unless other onsite waste arrangements are made.
Express Catering Packages come with all food items in the per person quantity ordered in aluminum pans with lids. Packages include chafing dishes, wire racks and sterno (heating equipment) for setting up the buffet as well as serving ware, cutlery, plates and napkins for the number of guests indicated. BBQ packages also include our house bbq sauces, pickles and potato rolls. A la Carte food orders are priced just for the food and do not come with the above items.
A la Carte Express Items are served with the food items in aluminum pans with lids only. If sauces, pickles, rolls, heating equipment, cutlery or servingware are required, please be sure to add these items to the order.
Delivery is not included in the price and the fee is based upon miles from our facility in Warwick. Delivery orders must meet a minimum ($1000, May- Sept; $500 Oct-April)
During our busy season (May- September) our order minimums are $150 for pick-up orders and $1000 for delivery. During our off-season, (October-April) order minimums are $150 for pick-up and $500 for delivery. Contact us to accommodate local deliveries under the minimum on weekdays!
Want to try Keane’s but don’t meet the minimum? Look for our next Friday BBQ Take-Out!
Full Service Catering:
Full Service Events will include all the staff required to perform the duties outlined in the Banquet Event Order, including staff to set-up, prepare and serve the food, manage the bar service and clear dishes and glasses.
Express Catering:
An Express Drop-off order includes set-up of the buffet by a Keane's team member. If you would like our team member to stay on site to help keep serve and clear we can provide 1 or 2 staff members to stay onsite for up to 3 hours. This is an additional service of $400 for one staff member, or $700 for two. Our staff will set-up and refresh the buffet for guests to serve themselves as well as remove trash produced during the service and package any leftovers. If your event requires additional staff or set-up beyond this service please review our Full-Service packages, or contact our sales team.
Express Catering Packages are priced per person so our kitchen will portion each of your menu items based on the headcount you enter. Additionally, A La Carte items are portioned to feed 10 or 20 people as noted. Brisket and Pork a la carte are a whole brisket, or a whole pork shoulder and serve 15-20.
Yes! We offer house-made chocolate chip cookies and a selection of water, sodas and seltzers.
Our menu has many common dietary preferences and allergens listed right on the ordering page including vegetarian (V), vegan, gluten free (GF) and dairy free (DF). We do not process any nuts in our kitchen and peanuts and tree nuts are not in any of our regular menu item ingredient lists. Please indicate on your order if there are allergens in your party. You are also welcome to contact our events team by phone or email to cross check your order for any known allergies in your party.
We have an equation for our food prep and service based on guest count and do not typically have significant amounts of ready-to-serve leftovers. Part of the full service experience is tear down and removal of all our waste and service equipment and adherence to food safety principles. Due to health and safety regulations and liquor licensing laws we do not leave any leftover food or alcohol at full service events. Keane's utilizes ReMix waste services to divert any food scraps from our prep and services to composting facilities.
We have an equation for our food prep and service based on guest count and do not typically have significant amounts of ready-to-serve leftovers. Part of the full service experience is tear down and removal of all our waste and service equipment and due to health and safety regulations and liquor licensing laws we do not leave any leftover food or alcohol at full service events.
We discovered Keane's while looking for a less-traditional vendor to fit our dream of a "tacos and margaritas" theme. Keane's both fit our budget and threw us the wedding of a lifetime, even going out of their way to accommodate a winter holiday wedding. Our guests loved the brisket and raved about the cocktails. Kym helped stay us on top of everything and was very professional. Cannot recommend enough. We kept coming back for Friday night take out to "taste test" and will be back again in the future!
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