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About
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 Banquet Center & Catering |
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About Us |
| Barrack's Cater
Inn Banquet Center and Catering offers full service catering to corporate
and social events including meetings, banquets, open houses, receptions,
weddings, theme events, outdoor events, picnics, and other party type events.
Barrack's Cater Inn Banquet Center is located at 1224 W. Pioneer Parkway. The facility accommodates up to 400 guests. Off premise catering is available anywhere in Central Illinois. Food service is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Barrack’s Cater Inn is known for their exceptional food quality, presentation, personalized service, and attention to detail. From
planning the menu and décor to providing special equipment, serving 2 to
2,000 guests…we’re at your service! |
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old photograph of a Peoria diner from March 7, 1941.
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HISTORY
OF BARRACK'S CATER INN
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| Spanning over three generations, the Barrack | ||||
| family food establishments have evolved from a | ||||
| small confectionery in 1933 at Abington & Perry | ||||
| to the present day Barrack's Cater Inn Banquet | ||||
| Center & Catering at 1224 W. Pioneer Parkway. | ||||
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| In 1964, Richard Barrack catered his first | ||||
| off premise party from his parents' restaurant, | ||||
| Mary & Jim's on Liberty St. | ||||
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| In 1974 Richard Barrack went exclusively into | ||||
| catering, operating from a small kitchen at | ||||
| 1800 N. Knoxville, Richard's son, James, joined the | ||||
| business full time in 1982, fulfilling Richard's dream | ||||
| of a father and son team. | ||||
| During the 13 years at Knoxville, the number of | ||||
| parties grew from 3 parties per week to 3 per day. | ||||
| At that time, the Barrack's employed 2 full time | ||||
| employees with a list of on-call service personnel. | ||||
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| Good quality food and personalized customer | ||||
| service made the business more demanding for | ||||
| a bigger facility. | ||||
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| In 1987, Richard and James opened their own | ||||
| banquet center on 1224 W. Pioneer Parkway, | ||||
| with a capacity of serving up to 400 guests. | ||||
| At this time, more kitchen and office personnel | ||||
| were needed to serve the numerous businesses, | ||||
| organizations, and individual patrons. | ||||
| In 1988, an article of their success appeared in a National Catering Today | ||||
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magazine
with a full color page of their vegetable sculptures.
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| In 1990 Cater Inn was selected by Dr. George Inglett to participate in preparing | ||||
| food for a taste test, with the newly developed fat substitute, Oatrim. | ||||
| In October 1996, Cater Inn once again was privileged to prepare a menu | ||||
| utilizing Z-Trim, developed by Dr. Inglett. | ||||
| From 1992 to 2000, Barrack's Cater Inn operated the foodservice for all | ||||
| Wildlife events, including Sunday brunches. | ||||
| Current foodservice accounts include Stoney Creek Inn, Gateway Building, Springhill Suites, | ||||
| KC Hall, Ravina on the Lakes, and the Ramada & Conference Center. | ||||
| Barrack's Cater Inn now averages 5 to 6 events per day and employs | ||||
| approximately 50 full and part-time employees. Cater Inn boasts over 1200 | ||||
| company/organization patrons and countless individual patrons. With | ||||
| increasing business and new marketing ideas, sales have increased | ||||
| 700% since 1986. In 2004, Barrack's Cater Inn handled more than 1,950 events, | ||||
| representing approximately 131,000 people. | ||||
| Barrack's Cater Inn is recognized for quality customer service and received the "2002 | ||||
| Outstanding Small Business of the Year Award" from the Peoria Area Chamber of | ||||
| Commerce. In 2005, Barrack's was selected for the 6th year in a row as the recipient of the | ||||
| Journal Star's Reader's Choice Award for "Best Banquet Facility." In 2004, | ||||
| the business was also featured in the national trade publication, CATERSOURCE. | ||||
| Barrack's Cater Inn contributes unserved food weekly to Heart of IL Harvest, | ||||
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an
organization that feeds the hungry, and contributes to many other local
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charitable
organizations.
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February 1996, Richard Barrack, the company's founder and past President,
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retires after 40 years in foodservice.
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| James Barrack, President and C.E.O. of | ||||
| Barrack's Cater Inn, attributes the success of the | ||||
| business to maintaining the Barrack family | ||||
| tradition of excellence for serving fine food, | ||||
| offering personalized service implemented | ||||
| by a dedicated staff, and sustained by the | ||||
| confidence and trust of our patrons. | ||||
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1224 W.
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