Need a meal for the whole family? Here are some choices, one with toilet paper as a side

With families and friends hunkered down because of the stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas City restaurants are stepping up with family-style meals — along with their regular menu items. The family meals are not only cheaper than a la carte servings, they make ordering simpler during this stressful time.

“We’re really excited to be able to offer not just great food but also a fun experience for cooped-up families,” said Kerry Goebel of KC Pie LLC, owners of the area Pie Five Pizza locations.

It also is a way to help your favorite operations pay their bills and keep employees on the payroll.

We will be adding to this list. Restaurants can email their offerings to Daniel Zeilstra at dzeilstra@kcstar.com or Joyce Smith at jsmith@kcstar.com, using the following format and with the subject line, “Family-style meals.”

▪ Affare, Crossroads. Picnic Experience for Two includes charcuterie and cheese box, quiche, greens, dessert and bottle of wine for $70. Only 50 picnic bags will available.

▪ Andre’s Confiserie Suisee, south Plaza. Whole quiches, frozen house-made entrees such as spaghetti Bolognese and paprika pork, salads serving up to four people, freshly baked bread, soups in a tub and more.

▪ Blue Sushi Sake Grill, Westwood, Kan. Family-style coconut crab soup - one quart (serves 4-6) for $20. Also serving a Coconut Chicken Family Meal including yukon smashed potatoes, lemon miso brussels sprouts and sesame honey mustard.

▪ Bo Lings, Plaza, Zona Rosa, City Market, Overland Park, Lenexa. Bo Lings offers both regular and large options of most all appetizers and entrees on the carryout menu, perfect for families wanting to share. Order online and call upon arrival so your order can be brought out to you.

▪ Burnt End BBQ, Crown Center and Overland Park. Backyard Picnic Grill packages four burger patties, brioche buns and toppings; four beef hot dogs with hoagie buns, with pickle relish and diced onions; bean kit and coleslaw kit for $25. Includes cooking instructions.

It also is selling chicken wings, sausage, half chicken, whole chicken, pork rib slab and beef brisket by the pound.

▪ The Capital Grille, Country Club Plaza. The restaurant says “fine dining doesn’t require a dining room.” It has a takeout menu of its most popular menu items — such as shrimp cocktail, filet mignon and roasted chicken breast, as well as family-style dinners serving four with a choice of entree, salad, two sides and four double chocolate chip cookies.

▪ Cascone’s Italian Restaurant, North Kansas City. Choose from a wide variety of prepared family-style pasta dishes, house specialties, appetizers, salads and desserts, plus quarts of soups and sauces. Curbside pick-up.

▪ Charleston’s Restaurant, Ward Parkway. Chicken piccata family meal for $49 (eight pieces of chicken piccata, angel hair pasta and two slices of key lime pie and your choice of four sides from baked beans, coleslaw, french fires, fresh vegetable medley, garlic mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, okra or sweet glazed carrots) available May 18-24. Serves 4-6. Curbside pick-up only.

▪ Cocobolos Mexican Grill & Cantina, Overland Park’s Prairiefire. Meals for up to four people include taco dinners and chicken enchiladas.

▪ Corvino Super Club and Tasting Room, and Ravenous, Crossroads. Family-style dinners to feed up to four people. This week’s specials: 20-ounce dry-aged rib eye, beef fat fried potatoes, smoked garlic Bearnaise, roasted parsnip with apple butter and black walnuts, focaccia bread and pint of chocolate sorbet ($85), and a vegetarian offering — cheese agnolotti with Calabrian chili and tomato sauce, focaccia bread, gem lettuce salad with shiitake mushrooms and hazelnut, carrot and avocado salad and a pint of chocolate sorbet ($65).

▪ The Culinary Center of Kansas City’s Kitchen Shop, Overland Park. Friday Back-Alley BBQ Bash, May 8. Pick-up on Foster Street between 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Each meal serves four and costs $60.

▪ Einstein Bros. Bagels, 13 area locations. Family Meals (Hot & Ready Brunch Box, Take & Make Pizza Bagel Kit, Take & Make Bagel Deli Kit) are available by calling ahead or via the company’s mobile app.

▪ Fox and Pearl, West Side. Family-style prepared meals in small and large sizes include smoked adobo chicken quarters (from $70), lasagna (from $70), cassoulet ($94) and dark chocolate brownies (nine pieces for $47). Picnic packages (fried chicken, box of wine, burger, fries and beer) now available.

▪ Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, Overland Park. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Carryout or delivery through DoorDash, Uber Eats and GrubHub. Meal Deal 1 ($25, feeds two): One 18-inch traditional cheese pizza, one house or Caesar salad, two fountain drinks. Meal Deal 2 ($40, feeds four): Two 18-inch traditional cheese pizzas, one large house or Caesar salad, four fountain drinks. Also, 50% off bottles of wine for carryout. Meal Deal 3 ($35, carryout only): one 18-inch traditional cheese pizza, one small house salad, one cannoli, two bottles of beer. Meal Deal 4 ($45): one 16-inch traditional cheese pizza, small house salad, one slice of strawberry cheesecake, one bottle of IL Prosecco.

▪ Hawg Jaw Que & Brew, North Kansas City. Order a heat-at-home family-style meal for $68.42 (normally $85.42) that includes one pound of brisket, one pound of pulled pork, one slab of ribs, 12 wings, BBQ beans, buffalo coleslaw, potato salad, 12 buns, one bottle of Bossman’s Sauce and one bottle of Mammaw’s Spicy Sauce. All items are packed in an oven or microwave ready containers and include heating instructions.

▪ J. Gilbert’s, Overland Park. Noon-8 p.m. daily. Family-style meals now available.

▪ Kona Grill, Ward Parkway. New Family Meals available for takeout, delivery and curbside pick-up.

Family Meal for Two: Kona Sliders or Avocado Eggrolls (1 order), BBQ Chicken Flatbread or Margherita Flatbread (1 order), Oriental Salad (1 order), Choice of 1 entrée (Sweet-Chili Glazed Salmon, Chicken or Shrimp Pad Thai, Chicken or Shrimp Lemon Garlic Penne, Macadamia Nut Chicken), and Carrot Cake (1 order) for $60.

Family Meal for Four: Kona Sliders or Avocado Eggrolls (2 orders), BBQ Chicken Flatbread or Margherita Flatbread (2 orders), Oriental Salad (2 orders), Choice of 2 entrées (Sweet-Chili Glazed Salmon, Chicken or Shrimp Pad Thai, Chicken or Shrimp Lemon Garlic Penne, Macadamia Nut Chicken), and Carrot Cake (2 orders) for $120.

Family Meal for Six: Kona Sliders or Avocado Eggrolls (3 orders), BBQ Chicken Flatbread or Margherita Flatbread (3 orders), Oriental Salad (3 orders), Choice of 3 entrées (Sweet-Chili Glazed Salmon, Chicken or Shrimp Pad Thai, Chicken or Shrimp Lemon Garlic Penne, Macadamia Nut Chicken), and Carrot Cake (3 orders) for $180.

▪ La Bodega, Kansas City. Family package available for $24 per person and includes a house salad, tapas sampler, choice of entrée (paella de carne or short ribs) and churros with chocolate sauce.

▪ Mission Taco Joint, south Plaza. Taco Kits feeding up to four people. The kits include two meats, two sides and toppings ($49.95). It also is offering Una Vida tequila and margarita juice to-go.

▪ On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina North Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Overland Park. Five new Family Meal Deals, which feed four to five people starting at $19.99. The Family Meal Deals are available for to-go, pickup and catering orders (no third-party delivery). All Family Meals are served with chips and salsa, Mexican rice and choice of refried or black beans.

▪ Panera Bread. Panera Family Feast, starting at $29.99. Bundle includes: two Kids Sandwiches, two Half Sandwiches, one Whole Salad, one Family Mac & Cheese, one Whole Baguette. Four Chocolate Chipper cookies can be added for an additional $4.

▪ Pearl Tavern, Lee’s Summit. Whole pies, and beer and wine to-go.

▪ Pie Five Pizza, Independence, Lawrence, Lenexa, Mission, Olathe and Overland Park. Offering do-it-yourself pizza kits on its website and app for takeout, curbside pickup or delivery. The kit includes dough for two large thin pizza crusts, choice of two sauces, freshly shredded mozzarella cheese, choice of five toppings and a choice of cheesy or cinnamon breadsticks. The local franchisee also has an instructional video filmed in their kitchen.

▪ Q39, midtown, Overland Park. Barbecue meal packages by number of people. For up to four people pick of two meats (brisket, pulled pork, house-made sausage, or bone-in chicken), three sides (baked beans, coleslaw and potato salad), sauce, pickles, utensils, napkins and plates. Curbside pickup. It is packaging meals for up to 17 people.

▪ RC’s Chicken, Martin City. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Curbside pick-up and delivery available. Family meal options: Chicken for 2 for $25.49 and Chicken for 4 for 44.49, include fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, biscuits and dinner salads. 8 piece package, 16 piece package, and a 32 piece package, include fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy and biscuits.

▪ Relish Classic Catering, Overland Park. Family-style meals that feed approximately four people are available ranging from $20-$25. All meals are prepared fresh daily and delivered in oven-ready pans with instructions to heat.

▪ The Rockhill Grille, Crossroads. Different family-meal offering daily.

▪ South of Summit, Waldo. Family taco pack: Choice of two meats (barbacoa, chicken tinga, al pastor, carne asada, tortillas, roasted tomato rice, black beans, chips and salsa and more including two rolls of toilet paper. $34.95 for two people, $69.95 for four people. Margarita kit (house $29.95, premium liquor $39.95).

▪ Spin Pizza with multiple metro locations is offering a “Crowd Pleaser Pack” — two medium two-topping pizzas and one large salad for $29.50

▪ Summit Grill, Gladstone, Lee’s Summit and Waldo. Brunch menu and mimosa kits for $19.95. Beer and wine to-go. Curbside pickup.

▪ Taco Johns, Independence, Blue Springs, Bonner Springs, Lansing, Olathe, Odessa, Lawrence, St. Joseph. Beginning Monday, April 6, for a limited time, Taco John’s will take $2 off all Six-Pack And A Pound purchases.

▪ Third Street Social, Lee’s Summit. Brunch menu and mimosa kits for $19.95. Beer and wine to-go. Curbside pickup.

▪ Trezo Mare, North Kansas City. Family-style appetizers, pastas, soups, salads and house specialties that feed four people. Order by 3 p.m. and pick-up between 5–7 p.m.

▪ V’s Italiano Ristorante, Independence. Family-style pans of pasta dishes that feed eight to ten people. A family-size house salad and whole rum cake is also available.

This story was originally published March 23, 2020 at 2:43 PM.