How to take the corporate picnic (or all-day meeting) to the next level

Up the ante at your on-site lunch or annual office barbecue with these tantalizing corporate catering options in the metropolitan area — because lackluster buns with a squirt of mayo and week-old lettuce won’t exactly raise morale.

More than just breakfast
The Granola Bar ’s flagship opened in Westport, Conn., in 2013, and given the company’s moniker, it’s no surprise these folks excel at breakfast fare, but the all-day catering menu has plenty of superb entrees, too, including the steak sandwich and Caesar salad. Bonus: very generous portions.

Since launching catering in NYC in January, Dana Noorily, founder and co-CEO, shared that the company has built partnerships with several law and financial firms and has catered events for the New York Junior League, Nordstrom and Esquire, among others.

“Our clients appreciate our all-day capabilities because finding one solution for [all three meals] is rare,” Noorily said.

Eclectic mix
You know and love Breads Bakery for the babka, but expand your taste horizons next time your boss asks you what to order for the pod huddle.

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For breakfast, spring for the premium option, which includes Swiss müesli granola and yogurt cups, assorted mini quiches, mini scrambled egg sandwiches, a bread basket with hummus, tzatziki and labne spreads and coffee kit.

Lunch (shown above) gets you mini sandwiches, Israeli salad cups, crudités, assorted mini bureka and that famed chocolate babka, pre-sliced.

Upscale delights
Picture this: You and your co-workers sailing on the Hudson. As the sun sets, you’re dining on gazpacho, green pea and turmeric-lemon hummus and veggie beet balls.

That’s exactly what Le Botaniste , an organic, vegan, upmarket, fast, gluten-free casual concept, pulled off for its clients last year.

“It was unique and fun to work with the client to create their vision of healthy, delicious vegetables while enjoying the beautiful skyline,” said co-founder Laurent Francois.

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The Pasta Bolo — with quinoa fusilli, Bolognese sauce, green herbal oil and a “superseed mix” — is a hearty and invigorating choice. The chocolate pecan or peanut butter quinoa cookies are always a good idea.

Sustainable fare
I went to my local Sweetgreen outpost to see what all the hype is about, and I assure you it deserves raves. I could barely take my utensil away from the Shroomami bowl — warm portobello mushrooms from Mother Earth, with shredded cabbage, cucumbers, roasted almonds, basil, kale and wild rice, with tasty tofu and a miso, sesame and ginger dressing.

For large orders, choose from three catering bundles with an individually packaged assortment of the restaurant’s most popular items, including a plant lovers’ offering.

Keep everyone happy
Come hungry when you order catering from Daily Provisions. Standouts include the family-style beet and quinoa salad with kale, carrots, shallots, chickpeas, feta, pepitas and a white wine-chili vinaigrette; and the roasted chicken family meal, which includes two whole chickens with crispy potatoes, Brussels sprouts, Caesar salad, chilled green bean and tomato salad, Caesar dressing and continental sauce.

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Don’t skip their famed “crullers for a crowd” with your choice of maple, cinnamon or the flavor of the month.

Nearly three years into her job as catering manager, Melissa Poll said it still puts a smile on her face when she gets to share thank-yous from catering clients with her team.

Bling bagels
Since launching its new catering boxes in June, social media has gone crazy for H&H Bagels . Any New Yorker will tell you, the Nova salmon box with “The Works” is the best bet, featuring melt-in-your-mouth thinly sliced Nova Scotia smoked salmon served with your choice of bagels, spreads, tomatoes, onions, capers and lemon wedges.

House-made salads are a good choice as well, with the tuna, whitefish and egg salad getting our vote.

“Our team recognized that traditional bagel catering is outdated and cumbersome, so we saw this as an opportunity to deliver something fresh and innovative to the space,” said Jay Rushin, CEO of H&H Bagels.

No job too big
Mangia has been in the catering game since 1981 with a 24/7 bakery that clearly knows what it’s doing. Faves include the campo panino made with roasted fennel, asparagus, spinach and vegan mayonnaise on pizza bianca bread. The wild smoked salmon open-faced tartine boxes with juice are crowd pleasers.
Mangia became the chosen catering partner for the Global Citizen Festival that takes place in Central Park each summer.

“All our offerings are always made fresh on premise,” said Elena Consta, Mangia’s sales and marketing director. “We worked 16 hours nonstop and made from scratch 40,000 salads, crudités platters and sandwiches, packed in boxes. Our in-store guests thought we were moving out!”

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