CELAB Reading Group Food Instructions

So you've [been] volunteered to provide food for CELAB lunch:

• You are tasked with deciding from which restaurant to order, choosing the food, ordering the food, and bringing it to the CELAB reading group meeting for the reading group members to eat while participating in the paper discussion. Just have the food delivered to BBB (2260 Hayward St.), or pick it up yourself, and bring it to the meeting.
• There are numerous places in town that will deliver food. You can look to past meetings or look down below for some ideas.
• Participating faculty members cover the costs of the food. Once you order the food, the CSE purchasing team in 4808 BBB will help pay for the order. Please take the following steps while placing the order:
  1. Call the restaurant and place your order. Placing your order one-two days prior to your lunch is recommended. Let the restaurant know you are calling from the University of Michigan, so the order is tax exempt and someone will be calling them with the payment information the morning of the reading group. Once the order has been placed, email Jamie Goldsmith and the CSE purchasing team (email: cse-purchasing-team) with the following information:
     • Faculty Member sponsoring the lunch.
     • Restaurant name
     • Restaurant phone number
     • Your order and total dollar amount, including tip for the driver (~$20). (This will help the purchaser confirm your order and make sure it is correct.)
  2. Get itemized receipts for the food (and anything else).
  3. While collecting the order, please make sure that the tip combined is no more than $20.
  4. Get a sign-in sheet from the 4th floor printer in the BBB in the folder labelled "Hosting forms". (Speak to the purchasing team if this is empty.) Pass the form around at the reading group meeting and try to make sure everyone has signed in. After the meeting, give this and the itemized receipts and the agenda (time, location, presenter name & paper title) to the purchasing team.

Organizational:

• Plan for about 25 people for Fall 2026. (The sample orders below might have different target attendance. Scale your order accordingly or ask the restaurant.)
• The budget for Fall 2025 is $20 per person, with $12 minimum and $25 maximum including drinks, utensils, delivery fee, and tips. If you want to spend more for a specific kind of food, speak with the professor who's footing the bill - they have the final say.
• Please don't order individual drinks (e.g. 12 oz. cans) for delivery to the reading group; these end up costing a large amount of money. If the restaurant won't deliver 2 liters, then everbody will be responsible for their own drinks. Please do not purchase drinks on a separate bill, as the cost of processing reimbursements for such small amounts is prohibitive.

As for the food:

• Some of our number (~20-25%) do not eat meat. Please remember to have some option for those folks. (Example: if you're getting pizza, get some with just veggies or cheese).
• Some of our number are squeemish midwesterners. If possible, please try to have some kind of fairly bland option available for those who aren't too keen on the very different stuff. (example: sushi didn't go over well with a few folks once).
• Provide a variety of drinks (usually sodas) if you can. A distribution of 3 diet and 1 other (Cola, Sprite, Mt. Dew, Root Beer, etc.) works well.
• Bring the food to the meeting room (on the webpage) at 11:45.

Questions? E-mail CE Lab RG managers

Some of Our Common Suppliers:

• Lucky Kitchen
• Qdoba Mexican Eats
• Chela's
• La Torre Taqueria
• Satchel's BBQ
• Jerusalem Garden
• El Harissa Market Cafe
• Earthen Jar
• Zingerman's Catering
• Grand Traverse Pie Company
• Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
• Panera Bread
• Anthony's Gourmet Pizza
• Pizza House
• Cottage Inn
• Domino's Pizza

Example orders:

• Lucky Kitchen (Total ~$325 + tip):
  • 25 Veggie Spring Rolls
  • 25 Fried Veggie Dumplings
  • 2 Trays Orange Chicken
  • 1 Tray Jalapeno Pepper Steak
  • 1 Tray Hunan Tofu with Vegetable
  • 1 Tray Veggie Fried Rice
  • 1 Tray Steamed Jasmine Rice
  • 3 (2 Liter) Diet Cokes
  • 25 Cups, plates, settings, condients, and serving spoons
• Jerusalem Garden (Target Attendance 35):
  • 8 Falafel w/ Hummus
  • 3 Falafel w/ Baba Ghanoug
  • 6 Beef Shawarma
  • 5 Beef Shish Kabob
  • 8 Kafta Kabob
  • 5 Chicken Kabob
  • 14 Chicken Shawarma
  • 2 Extra Large Hummus with Extra Pita
  • 3 2L Diet Coke
  • 1 2L Regular Coke
  • 1 2L Sprite
  • 35 Plate Sets
• Jet's Pizza (Target Attendance 40-45):
  • 3 Large All Meaty
  • 4 Large Veggie
  • 2 Large BBQ Chicken
  • 2 Large Hawaiian
  • 1 2L Pepsi
  • 2 2L Diet Pepsi
  • 1 2L Mtn Dew
  • 1 2L Diet Mtn Dew
  • 35 Plates Sets
• Taste of India (2016, Target Attendance 40-45):
  • 1 Full Tray of Rice
  • 20 Naan (shallow full tray)
  • 1/2 Tray of Pakora
  • 1 Full of Chicken Tikka Masala
  • 1/2 Tray of Baingan Bartha
  • 1/2 Tray of Lamb Spinach
  • 1/2 Tray of Kadai Panir
  • 1 2L Pepsi
  • 2 2L Diet Pepsi
  • 1 2L Mtn Dew
  • 1 2L Diet Mtn Dew
  • 35 Plates Sets
• Potbelly Sandwich Shop (2016, Target Attendance 40-45):
  • 8 Turkey
  • 4 Tuna
  • 8 Wreck
  • 8 Beef
  • 8 Italian
  • 8 Vegetarian
  • 1 2L Coke
  • 3 2L Diet Coke
  • 1 2L Lemon-Lime
  • 1 2L Root Beer
• Cottage Inn (2015):
  • 2 XL The Favorite
  • 2 XL Deluxe
  • 1 XL Hawaiian
  • 2 XL Chicken Parmesan
  • 2 XL Traditional Vegetarian
  • 2 XL Flavorful Vegetarian
  • 3 2L Diet Pepsi
  • 1 2L Pepsi
  • 1 2L Mountain Dew
  • 35 (Cup + Plate + Napkin)
• Marco's Pizza (2011):
  • 4 large pepperoni + mushroom
  • 4 ham + bacon + pineapple
  • 4 mushroom + green pepper + onion
  • 1 2L Pepsi, 3 2L Diet Pepsi, 1 2L Sierra Mist
• Cottage Inn Pizza (2011):
  • 3 Pesto Primavera
  • 3 Chicken Mushroom
  • 3 Deluxe
  • 3 Steak supreme
  • 1 2L Pepsi, 3 2L Diet Pepsi, 1 2L Sierra Mist
• Potbelly's (2011):
  • 6 Turkey
  • 4 Tuna
  • 6 Wreck
  • 8 Beef
  • 6 Italian
  • 6 Vegetarian
• Ahmo's (2011):
  • 10 Falafel wrap
  • 10 Ahmo's Gyro wrap
  • 5 Fiesty Gyro wrap
  • 5 Chicken Gyro wrap
• Anthony's Gourmet Pizza (2011):
  • Vegetarian Delight
  • Primavera
  • Island's superstar
  • Pepperoni
  • Cajun-spiced chicken breast + onion
  • Ground beef
  • Carnivorous delight
  • Plates/cups/napkins/etc