For Spokane hosts feeding a wedding, memorial, party or meeting
Feed Your Guests Well Without Overpaying
Every Corbin rental can add a full commercial kitchen with an oven, a stove, a dishwasher and a warming table, so you can feed guests well without overpaying.
Corbin has a real commercial kitchen. Every rental can add it. The kitchen has an industrial convection oven, a six-burner stove, an industrial dishwasher and a hot food warming table. Who cooks your event’s food depends on Corbin’s catering rules. Catering model: to confirm: whether Corbin caters in-house, keeps a preferred caterer list, or lets you bring any licensed caterer. Mylene will walk you through your options.
What is in the Corbin kitchen?
- An industrial convection oven. It bakes and roasts for a crowd.
- A six-burner stove. Pots for soup, sauce and sides can run at once.
- An industrial dishwasher. It handles the pans and plates after dinner.
- A hot food warming table. It holds dinner hot while the toasts run long.
The kitchen belongs to the Dining Hall and Kitchen, which seats up to 49. The Henderson Room rents with it, so a wedding or memorial of up to 183 guests to confirm: 183 or 150 can eat from the same kitchen. The Carolyn Bryan Suite and the Lower South Classroom add the kitchen as an option.
Kitchen fee: to confirm: whether the kitchen adds to the room price, and its cost.
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What can Corbin cater?
Corbin cooks your event’s food in its own kitchen. Sample menus: to confirm: menu names and what each includes, for example lunch buffet, dinner buffet, memorial reception and afternoon tea. Price per person: to confirm: price range per person for each sample menu. Mylene builds the final quote around your date and your guest count.
- Guest counts: to confirm: the smallest and largest group Corbin will cater.
- Notice: to confirm: how many days ahead a catering order must be in.
- Changes: Menu changes: to confirm: whether Corbin adjusts a menu for a family, a theme or a diet.
- Service: Servers and cleanup: to confirm: whether Corbin’s servers and kitchen cleanup are included.
How do you order catering from Corbin?
Tell Mylene the date, the guest count and the menu you like. She sends a quote.
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Who can cook in the Corbin kitchen?
Bring your caterer or your aunt. The kitchen is built for a working crew, and Corbin keeps a list of preferred caterers.
Which caterers does Corbin recommend?
Preferred caterers: to confirm: the names, cuisines and contact details of the caterers on Corbin’s list. Per-person prices: to confirm: the price range per person that each preferred caterer quotes.
What are the rules for an outside caterer?
- License and insurance: to confirm: what license, permit or insurance an outside caterer must show.
- Kitchen hours: to confirm: when a caterer may enter the kitchen and when everything must be out.
- Cleanup: to confirm: what a caterer must clean and haul out.
- Fees: to confirm: whether outside caterers pay a kitchen fee or a deposit.
Can friends and family cook?
Home cooks: to confirm: whether friends and family may cook in the kitchen, and any food-safety or permit rules. Six burners and one convection oven go a long way for a potluck-sized crowd. The warming table holds the food while you greet guests.
What to bring: to confirm: which pots, pans, serving pieces and utensils Corbin supplies.
How do you plan a day with your own caterer?
Tell Mylene the date, the guest count and your caterer’s name. She tells you what the kitchen needs and when the crew can arrive. Walk the kitchen first. Bring your caterer, and ask them to bring a tape measure.
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What about dietary needs?
Dietary needs: to confirm: how Corbin and its caterers handle allergies, vegetarian, gluten-free and other dietary requests. Tell Mylene about your guests' needs early, so you can plan the food around them.
Can we serve alcohol with the meal?
Alcohol policy: to confirm: whether renters may serve alcohol, and whether a licensed bartender, permit or extra insurance is required. Ask Mylene before you buy the champagne.
What about linens, plates and glasses?
Linens are available to rent on site. Tableware: to confirm: whether plates, glasses, flatware and serving pieces are supplied, rented or brought in. The Henderson Room has 60-inch rounds that seat 8 and banquet tables.
How do you request a quote?
Send the rental inquiry form, or call Mylene at (509) 327-1584 ext. 408. Tell her the date, the guest count and whether you want the kitchen. She tells you how the kitchen and the food work for that day, and she sends a quote for the rental.
Where does the money go? Corbin is a nonprofit, and it costs $45,000 a month to run (Spokane Journal of Business, Nov 2025). The City pays $31,500 a year, the same as in 2013. Your rental helps cover the rest.
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Frequently asked questions
Does every rental include the kitchen?
Every rental can add the kitchen. The Dining Hall and Kitchen has it built in, and the Henderson Room rents with it. The Carolyn Bryan Suite and the Lower South Classroom add it as an option. Kitchen fee: to confirm: whether the kitchen adds to the room price, and its cost.
Who provides the food at a Corbin event?
Catering model: to confirm: whether Corbin caters in-house, keeps a preferred caterer list, or lets you bring any licensed caterer. Mylene will explain what that means for your date and your guest count.
How much does catering cost per person?
Per-person price: to confirm: the price range per person for food at a Corbin event. Tell Mylene your guest count and the kind of meal you want, and she will explain the cost.
Can you handle dietary needs and allergies?
Dietary needs: to confirm: how Corbin and its caterers handle allergies, vegetarian, gluten-free and other dietary requests. Tell Mylene about your guests' needs early.
Can we serve alcohol with the meal?
Alcohol policy: to confirm: whether renters may serve alcohol, and whether a licensed bartender, permit or extra insurance is required. Ask Mylene before you buy the champagne.
Are linens, plates and glasses included?
Linens are available to rent on site. Tableware: to confirm: whether plates, glasses, flatware and serving pieces are supplied, rented or brought in.
Where to next?
- The Dining Hall and Kitchen, where the kitchen lives
- Weddings at Corbin, from getting ready to the last dance
- Celebrations of life at Corbin
- Meetings and classes, for coffee and lunch
- Back to all rentals at Corbin