Bona Allen Mansion, founded in 1911 and located in Buford, Ga., is one of the leading special events facilities in the Southeast. It caters to North Atlanta and Gwinnett, Ga., providing arrangement for corporate lunches, picnics, private parties and full-service gala events. Its buffet menus include spicy beef empenadas with cilantro sour cream, toasted pecan chicken with lemon dijon sauce, grilled vegetable platter with basil pesto sauce, warm vidalia onion dip with croissant crackers and champagne poached salmon with pink peppercorn sauce. It also offers grilled beef tenderloin with fresh tarragon sauce, rosemary chicken ravioli, risotto crab cakes with remoulade sauce and grilled vegetable strudel with red pepper chutney, shrimp cocktail pastries and grilled asparagus with balsamic marinade and crumbled feta.