Surviving a pandemic

We opened Kristina’s Kitchen on February 10th, 2020 - just a few short weeks before the mandatory restaurant shutdowns due to Covid-19. I was mortified. Horrified. Furious. However, my negative emotions were quickly turned around when we realized that we didn’t have to close … we were one of the very FEW restaurants that were able to stay open because we had the “take-out” concept from the beginning! And not on purpose either - we would have loved to have a sit-down, dine in spot, but the Kitchen is just too small. Now that we’re going into our 5th season, I wouldn’t want it any other way, really. We were extremely fortunate because we survived and thrived in 2020 - it was truly a miracle! My heart broke for so many of our friends in the area who had to close their doors, and here we are 4 years later and a lot of them still haven’t recovered. With the demand for custom baked goods - cakes and cupcakes - we knew we had to expand. So we did, we purchased a big building on a little bit of property and opened up Kristina’s Cakery! Heading into our 2nd season here, I’m excited to see what the future holds.