A separate catering hall can be rented for weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Since 1921, for example, the city has required a license for anyone holding a masquerade ball in a public catering hall.

Instead, the mansion is used as an upscale municipal catering hall, where city commissioners, agencies and, several times a week, the mayor himself give dinners.

One of those warehouse-like catering halls has to be selected and rented.

For the first time in my life, a formal party had been planned for my birthday at a local catering hall.

Despite the name, Vineyard is a traditional catering hall with some grapevines planted out back - it does not produce wine.

Others argue that the vineyards and the catering halls serve different types of clients.

The new hotel will also include a catering hall and a restaurant.

But whether for couple or for corporation, what is being sought is something beyond a commercial catering hall.

The building is currently used as a private catering hall for weddings, proms and other events.