Catering · Film / Production
Crew Meals That Survive a 12-Hour Day
Set food has a reputation, and it's not a good one. We cater productions across Burbank and the studio corridor with shawarma that actually holds up — carved fresh, packed hot, and timed to your call sheet, whether that's a 6 AM breakfast burrito-adjacent miracle or a wrap meal at midnight.
Built for the Call Sheet, Not the Clock
Production schedules don't care about normal restaurant hours, and fortunately neither do we. Patar Shawarma is open 11 AM to 2 AM every single day, which means a 7 PM second meal, a 10 PM company move feed, or a wrap meal landing at 1 AM are all inside our normal operating day — not a special favor we're doing you. Early call times work too: lock in your window the day before and we'll prep against it.
We're fifteen minutes from most Burbank stages and backlots, and we know how set deliveries actually work — the gate, the drive-on, the PA meeting us at basecamp, the table that needs to be ready before the AD calls lunch. Give us a delivery window and a contact, and the food is there inside it.
Food That Holds Up Past Hour Eight
Here's the thing about feeding a crew: hour-twelve morale lives and dies on the food. Shawarma is built for this. The meat is carved off the spit and packed in insulated trays that hold heat through a serving window, the pita stays soft, and the spread — hummus, rice, salads, pickles, fries, toum — eats just as well for the gaffer going back for seconds at the end of the line as it did for the first person through.
Chicken and beef trays cover most of the crew without anyone having to ask twice, falafel and full vegetarian trays cover the rest, and everything is labeled so the line moves fast. No mystery trays, no bottleneck, no fifteen grips waiting while someone lifts lids. We portion generously, too — a crew that's been on its feet since dawn eats more than a catering calculator thinks it does, and running out of food on set is a mistake you only get to make once.
Paperwork Without the Headache
Productions run on paperwork and we get it. Need a certificate of insurance to get on the lot? Vendor forms for the production office? Itemized invoices coded the way your accountant wants them? Send the requirements with your first email to yummy.patar@gmail.com and we'll turn them around — we'd rather clear the paperwork before the shoot day than hold up your gate pass during it.
For recurring shoots — a series doing weeks on a Burbank stage, a commercial house with regular one-days — we'll set up a standing account: one contact, saved delivery details, invoicing on your cycle. Call (747) 377-0707 with your dates and crew size, and we'll quote it straight.
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Tell us about the event — we reply same day. In a hurry? Call (747) 377-0707.
Questions, answered
Can you deliver to a studio lot or stage?+
Yes — we deliver to Burbank stages, backlots, and location shoots regularly. Give us the gate or basecamp details and an on-set contact, and we'll handle drive-on logistics ahead of time.
Can you handle a late wrap meal or early call?+
That's our home turf. We're open 11 AM to 2 AM daily, so second meals and late wraps fall inside our normal day. For early call times, book the day before and we'll prep against your window.
Can you provide a COI or vendor paperwork?+
Send your requirements with the booking and we'll get insurance certificates, vendor forms, and itemized invoices sorted before the shoot day.
How does the food hold up over a long serving window?+
Shawarma travels and holds better than most catering — meat packed hot in insulated trays, sauces portioned separately, pita kept soft. It eats well for the first person in line and the last.
Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205
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