The Homestead Bakery, just south of Arthur, is hosting an Open House May 29 – 30th to celebrate its 20th Anniversary!  The bakery will be open from 9:00 am – 8:00 pm, both days.  The Open House will feature bakery samples, giveaways, fresh-baked pizza, and dirty sodas. Patches Pub will be outside along with yard games, live music, and more. 

Patches Pub will be open and pizza will be available from 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Friday and 10:00 am – 8:00 pm on Saturday.  Live music from 5:00 – 8:00 pm both nights will be provided by Courtney and the Meeks on Friday and Shawn Dawson on Saturday.  Sweet Vail Coffee Truck will be onsite as well from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm on Friday. 

Owned by Ginny and Mac Condill, The Homestead Bakery opened its doors in June, 2006 as a way to have a year-round presence in the community. They offer a full line of made-from-scratch baked goods including caramel iced cinnamon rolls, honey yeast breads, sweet breads, over 18 flavors of angel food cakes and their famous iced pumpkin cookies. In addition to baked goods the retail store offers gifts, handmade items from local artisans, candy, soda, coffee, and jarred products.

The Homestead Bakery also wholesales baked goods to several local businesses around Arthur as well as in Springfield and Mattoon. Plus they ship gift boxes nationwide and offer fundraisers to local organizations.