Deli catering is a specialty of Pagano’s Market and Bar. Pagano’s has always offered traditional and healthy fare, from its fresh cheeses, imported ham, corned beef, and prosciutto to premium sandwiches, wraps, and hoagies. Matt Pagano, the owner, continues the legacy that his father, Jack Pagano, started back in 1962. Jack introduced gourmet cuisine to customers in the Philadelphia area by opening Pagano’s Prime Meat, offering high-quality meats and cheeses. When a meat-packing strike in the 1970s made it difficult to obtain prime meat, Jack expanded his offerings to include gourmet salad bar ingredients such as chevre goat cheese and crème fraiche, along with exotic coffee beans and chocolate-chip scones. Pagano’s Prime Meats became Pagano’s Cheesery, a source for restaurateurs like Georges Perrier, his then neighbor on Walnut Street. Perrier would visit daily to talk with Jack about the offerings for his cheese plate at Le Bec-Fin.
At Pagano’s, there is no end to their deli favorites, including a traditional deli tray featuring a classic assortment of sliced roasted turkey breast, imported ham, roast beef, tuna salad, and smoked turkey breast. The premium deli tray features sliced fresh carved turkey breast, Virginia baked ham, grilled Cajun chicken breast, corned beef brisket, chicken salad, and grilled mixed veggies. Pagano’s sandwich and hoagie offerings are not to be left out! Traditional sandwich trays include roasted turkey breast, tuna salad, roast beef, imported ham, mixed cheese, and smoked turkey breast. Premium hoagies include Italian Classico (made with parma prosciutto), fresh carved turkey breast, homemade chicken salad, grilled Caesar / Cajun chicken breast, grilled mixed veggies with provolone cheese, and corned beef brisket. For premium sandwiches and food descriptions, check out our menus.
Since 1962, Pagano’s has been slicing rib-eye steak—sliced thin and grilled to perfection. This delicious steak meat is used in Pagano’s Philly Cheese Steaks, with provolone or American cheeses, fried or raw onions, hot sliced cherry peppers, pickles, ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard. Other favorites include homemade egg salad, tuna salad, turkey pastrami, hot pastrami hoagies, liverwurst, deluxe Italian hoagies, and corned beef specials.
Are you hosting a get-together with your friends or a special event for your co-workers, but find yourself overwhelmed by the thought of preparing food that everyone will enjoy? Look no further—Pagano’s is at your rescue. Having been in the business for 60 years, we know a thing or two about preparing entrees to ensure that your party is an instant success, leaving your guests wondering when you became such a good chef.
While tradition is one of the basic ingredients in Pagano’s recipes, we consistently update our menus, keeping things fresh and anything but boring. One of the current menu items is freshly cut Scottish salmon, accompanied by homemade risotto and a side of asparagus. Other menu items include prime rib, jumbo lump crab cakes, hand-tossed pizzas, 8-ounce all-beef burgers, cheese steaks, Maryland-style crab cake sandwiches, and our award-winning pulled pork sandwich.
Do not forget to order some of our mouthwatering soups, salads, and appetizers. Every good party host knows that, right? Enjoy Pagano’s classic French onion soup, turkey chili, and Pagano’s salad, with baby greens, pecans, crumbled blue cheese, and classic Caesar salad. As far as appetizers go, we have that covered as well. With cheese steak spring rolls, fried fresh mozzarella, Cabot cheddar, and Boccacini mozzarella with a delectable pomodoro sauce, crispy calamari, and Pagano’s signature roasted honey barbeque wings, how could you go wrong?
Still looking for perfect hors d’oeuvres? Pagano’s sliders are a great choice for house parties, office parties, receptions, or just watching the game. Get a platter of cheeseburger sliders with pickle slices and ketchup, BBQ pulled pork and cheddar sliders with Texas BBQ sauce, Chesapeake Bay crab cake slider with remoulade, or Italian chicken parmesan slider with melted mozzarella and homemade tomato sauce.
At Pagano’s, catering for dinner means more than just prepared food dishes. When ordering from Pagano’s, you are ensuring excellent quality and service. To better provide premier service and effective delivery, Pagano’s encourages customers to call in all catering breakfast, lunch, or dinner orders at least 24 hours in advance. An 18 percent gratuity is also added to all catered orders.
