Front Porch Bakery: Full Bakery, Deli, Ribs, Chicken, Brisket & Sides BY TOM FINK
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ecember, 2021: Front Porch Bakery is an Amish style bakery with a smokehouse that prepares food from the heart, and few seasons have more heart than Thanksgiving and Christmas. With the holidays fast approaching, now is the time to start making plans for your company and family gatherings, and what better way to simplify the occasion than to have the culinary professionals at Front Porch Bakery to deliver the goods to your front porch. “We’ve been catering for more than five years – pretty much from the time we opened the smokehouse, which was when we purchased the bakery six years ago – the catering aspect of the business just followed,” said Melissa Holt, owner, Front Porch Bakery. “We cater all kinds of cuisines and sizes of meals. Even though we have a smokehouse, we can prepare most kinds of cuisine, so long as it’s not fried.” Whether seasonal get-togethers like Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter, special occasions like weddings, showers, graduations, birthday parties, retirement parties or other special events, Front Porch Bakery offers full
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Above: Melissa Holt, owner, Front Porch Bakery
catering services with their homemade baked goods, smoked meats, veggies, meat and cheese trays, and more. “We can do carryout or curbside pickup, we can cater and even work the event for the customer,” she said. “I don’t ‘waitress’, as such, but we can definitely set up a buffet line and serve your guests in that way, to help your party or function go smoothly, as far as the dining is concerned.” Holt said Front Porch Bakery caters across much of northeastern Oklahoma, but with the holidays
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approaching, it’s important to call orders in early to allow her and her staff time to prepare and deliver their delicious, home-cooked meals. Too busy to make time to cook for the family? Every week, Front Porch Bakery prepares ready-to-serve family dinners, available to pick up between 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays. Be sure to visit their Facebook page to learn more about the weekly dinner special and for ordering instructions. “In addition to our weekly meal specials, we have a lot of frozen dinners, which our customers really like because it’s a homemade dinner that people can come by, pick up and take home to heat up in their oven,” Holt said. “One of the things we really try to maintain is freshness, making everything from
