Box lunches in San Francisco

[Michael Lemaire]

I am looking for a few recommendations for box lunches for 20 or so people. My budget is about $15 per person. I used to use Desiree which provided a nice box lunch but I heard that they have gone out of business. Any ideas?

[niki rothman]

Tao Yin in the Mission is my fave Asian delivery restaurant. They sell both Chinese and Japanese food. They do have Chinese common items by the pound - like chow mein, fried rice, quite a few dishes, actually. I especially like their sushi and bento boxes. Inexpensive and I especially love their salmon (Sake) rolls.

[isaac1972]

How about those Indian lunchbox delivery things they have in the South Bay? They look quite awesome.

My friend Watt tried to start one up here a few years back but being up at 6AM to make Indian food conflicted with his late night drinking agenda.

[MaryMo]

My company always uses Birley's in Embarcadero 4 for our boxed lunch orders. It comes with a choice of their many delicious sandwiches, salad (pasta, greek or fruit), dessert (cookie or brownie) and a drink of choice. $10.95/each

http://www.birleys.com/menu_order_for...

[Meredith]

Delessio does a box lunch and will deliver for a fee.

[niki rothman]

I second Delessio. South side of Market near Valencia (near Flax art supplies). They have awesome choc. cake, very hearty/meaty sandwiches like muffaleta - classices really. Great complex salads - it's sophisticated and people can have a lot of choices, and I think they would be happy to accompodate diet and health considerations.

[Robert Lauriston]

There's the Boxed Foods Company.

http://www.chowhound.com/search/std?q=boxed+foods&x=0&y=0&board_id=1
http://www.boxedfoodscompany.com/

[farmersdaughter]

What about bento boxes? They have them at Delica in the Ferry Building and I'm sure many other places around town. I think the price is right around your budget.