The Butler’s Pantry, one of St. Louis’ largest catering companies with $5.4 million in local off-site sales volume last year, is rehabing the laundry facility of the old City Hospital into an 8,000-square-foot event venue called Palladium Saint Louis. “The people who did the laundry here 100 years ago had the best-kept secret in the fantastic view,” Chris Goodson, principle of the Gilded Age, which developed the space for the Butler’s Pantry. Construction on the $3 million-plus project will be completed within the month, and the venue will open Nov. 7… “There’s a certain level of craftsmanship you find in buildings done around the turn of the century and the early 1900s that at this point in time are just not as cost effective to do new,” said Mark Herman, the designer chosen to help create The Palladium. “Some of the moldings, tile work and brick work in today’s market are not feasible.”
Largest Caterers:
As ranked by local 2008 sales volume for off-site catering…Butler’s Pantry ranks 2nd with a total sales of $5,409,000 in 2008.
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