Ida's Kitchen/Commercial Kitchen
Calvin and Linda Penfold Farm (Deer Processing Shop)
Chandler Township Charlevoix County MI
231-549-2098
Photo Above in the Penfolds' early Walloon Lake business days: When Calvin and Linda Penfold owned the Walloon Village General Store and Deli, the store was known for many delectable treats and delightful services. One service to be missed at the general store by the many successful Northern Michigan hunters is the deer processing business. That business will carry on nearby on top of Chandler Hill in the new Penfold deer processing location. Their Facebook page tells the story of their new business name:
Ida's Kitchen.
"For those who don't know, our name is a nod to Linda's mom Ida Mae Sarasin. When Ida Mae started working at the store alongside Linda she began referring to the back of the store as "the kitchen". Most employees at that time knew the back as the meat department, but she argued that it was the kitchen.
It didn't take long before Ida was the queen of the kitchen. She started baking pies, cookies and bread most days by 6am and was in charge of making lunch Monday-Friday.
Calvin and Linda eventually had a small "Ida's Kitchen" sign made that hung in the deli until we closed the store on September 5, 2022. We also started putting "Ida's Kitchen" on the aprons. The sign will go up again in our new kitchen and the aprons will be there too. When we started talking about a name for our new deer processing shop, it didn't take us long to settle on Ida's Kitchen/Commercial Kitchen (as shown in the photo below)"
Ida's Kitchen.
"For those who don't know, our name is a nod to Linda's mom Ida Mae Sarasin. When Ida Mae started working at the store alongside Linda she began referring to the back of the store as "the kitchen". Most employees at that time knew the back as the meat department, but she argued that it was the kitchen.
It didn't take long before Ida was the queen of the kitchen. She started baking pies, cookies and bread most days by 6am and was in charge of making lunch Monday-Friday.
Calvin and Linda eventually had a small "Ida's Kitchen" sign made that hung in the deli until we closed the store on September 5, 2022. We also started putting "Ida's Kitchen" on the aprons. The sign will go up again in our new kitchen and the aprons will be there too. When we started talking about a name for our new deer processing shop, it didn't take us long to settle on Ida's Kitchen/Commercial Kitchen (as shown in the photo below)"
~ Ready for Deer Season Results ~