Celebrations are in order. After five years in their original space, ParTake Kitchen is moving into a larger building that will allow them to expand their offerings. The family-owned company is Medina's premier meal prep service and soon-to-be one-stop-shop food market. Recently, we caught up with owner Laura Kanieski to give you the insider details about what you can expect.
"We'll be located less than a mile from our original kitchen at 540 Blake Ave. — formerly the home of Little Fox Bakery," says Laura. "The move is a massive success for us; it will provide enough space for us to expand our catering services and develop new offerings as well. In particular, we're really excited to open a food market in the space."
Laura explains that the food market will operate in addition to ParTake's already thriving meal prepping service: "This will be a shop for people to swing by and pick up prepared meals that don't need to be ordered in advance. We'll also have a license to sell wine and beer. Eventually, we hope to offer wine pairing suggestions with our meals."
Laura expects to be fully moved into the new space by Winter 2025 and will only pause online orders for two weeks in order to complete the transition. In the meantime, she's going full steam ahead on holiday orders.
"Our weekly online ordering will feature special holiday meal options and we're offering catering as well. When it comes to holiday catering, we can do anything from family gatherings to corporate parties. In the past, we've catered hors d'oeuvre parties, events with custom menus, boxed holiday lunches and more," Laura says.
Some of this year's limited-time holiday menu items include Beef Wellington, truffle and thyme au Gratin potatoes with gruyere cheese, green beans with roasted red peppers, citrus and honey glazed ham and peppermint cheesecake.
"We're also going to offer breakfast and brunch goodies that are perfect for Christmas morning," says Laura. "Likely these will be a homemade egg bake and an egg nog crème brûlée French toast casserole."
As always, everything Laura and her team make is prepared from scratch, meaning none of the ingredients have been frozen, pre-packaged or canned. ParTake is dedicated to quality, and this means that they source local ingredients whenever possible, and always utilize fresh and preservative-free ingredients.
Are you wondering how you can get your hands on some of these holiday-inspired meals? Ordering online with ParTake Kitchen is easy. If you're interested in placing a catering order, visit ParTakeKitchen.com/catering to learn about your options.
For making an order of single serving or family style take-and-bake meals, here's what you need to know:
Each Wednesday, ParTake releases its menu for the week and online ordering opens. Clients have the ability to view the menu and place their orders until Saturday, when online ordering closes for the week. Each meal on the menu is intended to serve one, but when ordering for the entire family you can request that the order is "packaged family style" to have multiple meals served together.
On the following Monday, pickup for meals begins. Clients are able to pick up their Monday and Tuesday meals on Monday and pick up their meals for the rest of the week on Wednesday.
When it's time to eat, all you have to do is heat up the meal in a microwave or oven. ParTake expertly chills their meals using precision chilling so that all the delicious flavors of the meal aren't lost and heat-up is a breeze. This means, no matter how busy you are during the day, you don't have to worry about cooking. All you have to do is come home, heat and serve.
If you or someone in your family has dietary restrictions, they won't be left without something to eat for the holidays. ParTake has an AIP (auto-immune protocol) Menu that boasts gluten-free and allergy-friendly options that are free from grain, dairy, sugar, eggs and nuts. Plus, all the dishes on this menu are Whole 30-approved and paleo-friendly. ParTake even ensures that there is an AIP option for every dish on the regular menu so that everyone in your family can enjoy a worry-free dinnertime.
To learn more about ParTake Kitchen and to see this week's menu, visit ParTakeKitchen.com.
Our weekly online ordering will feature special holiday meal options and we're offering catering as well.