A serving dish can be functional or it can be something people notice and ask about. At Tarzian West for Housewares, Brooklyn's neighborhood kitchen store for over 50 years, the serving dishes collection leans toward personality — character-shaped trays, hand-painted stoneware, pinch bowls with creature motifs, and artisan pieces that make a table feel like somewhere interesting.

Character & Novelty Trays — The Chicken Shaped Tray and Bunny Round Birchwood Tray for shaped wooden serving trays. The Sardine Del Mar Dish for a sardine-shaped serving dish. The Pomodori Shaped Dish for a tomato-form ceramic dish. The Danica Vegetable Shaped Dish & Bowl for a colorful vegetable-shaped piece. The Avenida Home Mini Tray for a small enameled metal tray.

Pinch Bowls — The Gnome Grown Snail Pinch Bowl, Flower Pinch Bowl, Bee Garden Pinch Bowl, Chickens Pinch Bowl, Ladybugs Pinch Bowl, and Cross Stitch Textured Stoneware Pinch Bowl for small individual bowls suited to salt, condiments, olives, or snacks. The Melon Pop Shaped Bowl for a melon-form snack bowl.

Trinket & Appetizer Dishes — The Imprint Trinket Dish and Imprint Trinket Tray for clean-lined ceramic appetizer dishes with subtle imprint patterns. The Catbloom Imprint Trinket Dish for a cat-bloom decorated dish. The Amulet Trinket Tray for a small decorative tray.

Hand-Painted Stoneware — The Danica Turkish Floren Hand-painted Dinnerware for richly patterned hand-painted stoneware. The Aquarius Oyster Dinnerware for organic coastal stoneware. The Danica Mosswood Dinnerware for woodland-inspired stoneware. The Pansy Appetizer Plate 6" and Poppy Appetizer Plate 6" for floral appetizer plates.

Artisan & Specialty — The Handmade Stoneware Speckled Bowl for a hand-thrown speckled stoneware bowl. The Hand-Painted Stoneware Dish w/ Frog or Fish for a hand-painted stoneware dish with a character motif. The Fish's Eddy Greenband Baker Oval Pasta Bowl and Fish's Eddy Greenband Appetizer Plate for Fish's Eddy restaurant-style pieces. The Stoneware Reactive Glaze Dinnerware - Sage for glazed stoneware with natural variation. The Enameled Stainless Steel Tableware for camp-style enamelware. The Glass Footed Jar w/ Lid for a footed glass storage and serving jar.