In the hardest weeks, logistics should not fall on the grieving. A quiet, private setting minutes from Schaumburg for memorial luncheons of 25 to 100 — short-notice dates held when we can, timing coordinated with your funeral home, and a room reserved for your family alone.
After the service ends, a family needs one more room — somewhere warm to sit, eat, and tell the stories that start the healing. We keep that room ready: private, unhurried, arranged before anyone arrives. We coordinate timing directly with funeral homes serving Schaumburg and the surrounding suburbs so the family makes one phone call, not ten. Every practical detail is handled through our venue near Schaumburg.
Some gatherings are brief and quiet; some become long afternoons where laughter finds its way back. We set the room, and the pace, to match your family's.
Directly after the service — a warm seated meal, grace if the family wishes, and no clock on the table. Timing coordinated with the funeral home so guests travel once.
Shaped around the person: photographs displayed, their music low in the background, stories shared at an open microphone or table by table.
Immediate family only — one or two long tables and absolute privacy. The smallest gatherings often need the most protected room.
Mercy meals and repasts across faiths and customs — we ask what is right for your family rather than assume, and follow it exactly.
A single level with no stairs for elderly mourners, parking steps from the door, quiet corners for those who need a minute, and staff who serve attentively and then recede. The family behind International Banquet has run these gatherings since 2008 and treats each one as we would our own — including holding short-notice dates whenever the calendar possibly allows.
Families are carrying enough — arrangements here stay deliberately brief.
Date, approximate count, and which funeral home you're working with. We coordinate timing with them directly, often the same day.
Menu settled in minutes. Photo displays, observances, and seating for elders arranged before the first guest arrives.
Guests come from the service into a warm, set room. The staff serves quietly and gives your family the afternoon.
Clear per-person pricing settled in one conversation — no negotiating 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 care.
Shared platters passed down the table — for families who find comfort in a meal that feels like home.
For larger memorials and celebrations of life where guests arrive across a window and gather in conversation.
Short notice: funeral timelines rarely allow planning weeks. Call 224-735-7177 — we hold same-week dates whenever we can and will tell you honestly within the hour.
View Full MenuMy mother's luncheon, arranged in two days. They spoke with the funeral home directly, timed everything to the procession, and I made exactly one phone call during the worst week of my life.
Seventy people came to remember my father. Nobody rushed us, the coffee never emptied, and the staff was so quiet I forgot they were there — which is exactly what that afternoon needed.
Our repast follows customs most venues have never hosted. They asked questions instead of guessing, and every tradition was honored exactly as my grandmother would have wanted.
Answered plainly, so one call can settle everything.
Yes — we understand funeral timelines and hold same-week dates whenever the calendar allows. Call and you'll have an honest answer right away.
Directly — we time the meal to the service and procession so guests travel once and the family never plays dispatcher.
Most run 25 to 100 mourners; smaller family gatherings get a room arranged to feel held rather than empty.
Both — photo and memory displays set before guests arrive, and grace, blessings, and customs honored exactly as your family practices them.
Individual luncheon $25, family style $29, buffet $34 per person, with a $1,500 lunch minimum before tax and gratuity — settled in one conversation.
Fully — a single level with no stairs, free parking steps from the entrance, and comfortable seating throughout.
