About Atlasta
Atlasta is not only locally owned but also chef owned
Established in 1979 by Dale and Martha Short, Atlasta Catering Service grew out of Dale’s vast restaurant experience and desire to own his own catering business. As far back as 1974, Dale was running his own ‘catering business’, it just didn’t have a name and was run out of his house! After closing his restaurant, Big Ellwood’s Barbecue, Dale took the plunge and opened Atlasta Catering Service, Inc officially. Described as his dream come true, the name stemmed from a conversation where he lamented “At last a catering company and I can’t think of a name”.
Originally a small office suite with one six burner stove and one catering van, Atlasta grew into a popular and known catering company. In the late nineties, Dale started the process of retirement and his son Steve stepped into the CEO position. Trained as a chef with years of specialized catering training allowed Steve to bring Atlasta to the level it is now at. Atlasta is consistently ranked in the top two by The Business Journal in the category of
With an internally trained staff of full and part time banquet servers, over thirty years of event planning experience, classically trained chefs, the advantage of owning our own equipment and vehicles and a 10,000 square foot production kitchen, Atlasta’s edge in the catering industry is unparalleled and enabled Atlasta to become Arizona’s most diverse catering company.
