In the hardest weeks, the details should not fall on the family. A quiet, private setting 8–10 minutes from Rolling Meadows for memorial luncheons of 25 to 100 — short-notice availability, gentle coordination, and a room reserved for your family alone.
After the service, families need somewhere to sit together — to eat something warm, tell the stories, and hold each other up without an audience. We provide that room: private, unhurried, and arranged before you arrive. We coordinate timing directly with funeral homes throughout Rolling Meadows and Arlington Heights so the family never manages logistics between the service and the meal. Our venue near Rolling Meadows handles every arrangement detail from one phone call.
Some gatherings are quiet and brief; some become long afternoons of stories and laughter through tears. We arrange the room — and the pace — to match yours.
Directly following the service — a warm seated meal, grace if the family wishes, and time. We coordinate timing with the funeral home so guests travel once and settle in.
A gathering shaped around the person: photos displayed, favorite music low in the background, stories at an open microphone or table by table.
Immediate family only — 25 or 30 people, one or two long tables, privacy absolute. Sometimes the smallest gatherings need the most protected room.
Mercy meals, repasts, and traditions across faiths and cultures — we follow the family's customs on menu, timing, and observance, and ask rather than assume.
Everything about the room is chosen for these gatherings: a single level with no stairs for elderly mourners, free parking steps from the door, quiet corners for those who need a moment, and staff who serve attentively and then step back. the family behind International Banquet owns and runs the hall, and we treat these luncheons the way we would our own family's — including holding short-notice dates whenever we possibly can.
Families are carrying enough. The arrangements here are deliberately short.
Date, approximate count, and the funeral home you're working with. We coordinate the timing with them directly — often the same day you call.
Menu confirmed in minutes, not meetings. Photo displays, religious observances, and seating for elders are arranged before anyone arrives.
Guests arrive from the service to a warm, set room. The staff serves quietly, refills without asking, and gives the family the afternoon.
Clear per-person pricing, settled in one conversation — no negotiations during a hard week. Lunch gatherings carry a $1,500 minimum, before tax and gratuity.
A warm, individually served midday meal — the traditional post-service luncheon, handled with quiet efficiency.
Shared platters passed down the table — for families who find comfort in a meal that feels like home.
For larger memorial gatherings and celebrations of life where guests arrive across a window and mingle rather than sit.
Short-notice needs: funeral timelines rarely allow long planning. Call 224-735-7177 — we hold same-week dates whenever the calendar allows, and we'll tell you honestly within the hour.
View Full MenuWe called on a Tuesday for a Friday luncheon after my father's service. They coordinated everything with the funeral home directly — I made one phone call in the worst week of my life, and that was the whole of my burden.
Eighty people came to remember my husband. The staff moved so quietly I barely noticed them, the food was warm and generous, and nobody rushed us out. We stayed three hours telling stories. That afternoon healed something.
Our family follows traditions the staff hadn't hosted before. They asked, listened, and got every detail right rather than guessing. My mother was honored exactly as she should have been.
Answered plainly, so one call can settle everything.
Yes — we understand funeral timelines and hold same-week dates whenever the calendar allows. Call and we'll give you an honest answer right away.
We do, directly — timing the meal to the service and cemetery schedule so guests travel once and the family never plays dispatcher.
Most gatherings run 25 to 100 mourners. The room is arranged so a smaller family gathering feels held, not lost in empty space.
Yes to both. We set up photo and memory displays before guests arrive, and we honor grace, blessings, and cultural customs as your family practices them — just tell us what's right.
Individual luncheon $25, family style $29, buffet $34 per person, with a $1,500 lunch minimum before tax and gratuity. One conversation settles everything.
Fully — a single level with no stairs, free parking steps from the entrance, and comfortable seating throughout.
