Bartleby & Sage

Back in 1997, armed with a passion for great food, a master’s degree in English literature, and a ridiculously affordable lease in Long Island City, Leslie Nilsson began the Sage story. The original Sage American Kitchen was an homage to The Silver Palate, New York’s first gourmet take-out shop. With reverence for regional American cooking, sustainable food, and emerging flavors and techniques from around the globe, Nilsson grew the catering branch of Sage into its own distinct event-planning company, Bartleby & Sage. It’s not just about delicious food – our mission statement hasn’t changed since those early days, and we continue to seek out local, family-owned farms and businesses, compost our waste, use only biodegradable paper goods and pay our staff far above industry standards to assure they too have sustainable lives.

All of our front-of-house and back-of-house staff are vaccinated, many with the booster as well. We also will have all staff in masks and gloves for the entire event.