@Hoggirl, we did a pretty big family party for those that weren’t involved in the wedding rehearsal and post-rehearsal dinner a year ago and I had a Mexican theme. I made up dark meat (for moisture and flavor) and white meat chix ahead of time and fork shredded it together then added Mexican spices to it. Since you don’t have as many to serve, use one or two (depending on size) rotisserie chix from the store to make it easy. You could either keep the meat warm in a small crock pot or heat it up on the stove top right before serving and have a myriad of toppings already cut up ahead of time and ready to put out. Add chix stock as needed to keep the meat from drying out.
I also made quacamole and a rice side dish with scallions, pine nuts and a little lime zest/juice in it. They could either put the meat and fixings on top of tortilla chips or briefly heat up a small tortilla shell in the microwave as needed. I also put hard taco shells in the oven, but you wouldn’t need to do that, especially since it’ll be hot and you don’t want to use your oven.
Since tequila gives me a headache, I created my own version of a Tequila Sunrise using Absolut Vodka, Simply Juice Orange w/ Pineapple, Grenadine and a little dash of the maraschino cherry juice too, a squeeze of fresh lime juice and a cherry with orange and lime wedges for garnish. You could have the orange and lime wedges cut up ahead of time. I had a drink station where people had fun making their own beautiful sunrises. ?