The holidays are here and with that comes cherished local traditions. Here in Racine, we celebrate our Danish heritage with a Kris Kringle Tour! O&H Bakery teams up with the Downtown Racine Corporation to host a free whirlwind tour through our historic downtown that includes more than 30 of the downtown businesses, all with Kringle […]
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O&H Teams With Distillery For Whiskey Kringle
RACINE – O&H Danish Bakery has teamed with a Scottish distillery to produce a limited-edition, small-batch Whiskey Kringle. The Whiskey Kringle is made with tender pastry filled with a Highland Park Whisky-infused caramel and topped with a buttery streusel. After baking, the kringle is coated with a honey whisky glaze and topped with a drizzle […]
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Free Community Easter Meal Giveaway
What started as a Thanksgiving tradition has now branched out to another holiday. “Dan and Ray Rendering Thanks” will be hosting their very first community Easter meal giveaway on April 3, 2021. Dan Johnson and Ray Stibeck joined forced 11 years ago to serve the Racine area with a free Thanksgiving meal as a way […]
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Razor Sharp Fitness, O&H Bakery Use ZERO Loan Program
Razor Sharp Fitness and O&H Danish Bakery are the latest recipients of the ZERO Loan Program. The program is a business lending initiative built to provide immediate financial relief to local businesses hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Racine County Economic Development Corp. (RCEDC) administers the program. Terri and Michael Bannon, owners of Racine’s Razor […]
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O&H Bakery Rolling Out New Kringle For 2019 Holiday Season
RACINE, WI — Kringle, a Danish-made flaky, oval-shaped pastry with fruit or nut filling, has been the Wisconsin state pastry since 2013. Racine has been named the “Kringle Capital” of the world for even longer.This year, O&H Danish Bakery — headquartered in the Racine area — is rolling out a new Kringle for the 2019 […]
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O&H Bakery To Mark 70 Years With Party, Giant Kringle
RACINE, WI — O&H Danish Bakery — home of their world-famous kringle — will host a 70th Anniversary Celebration and Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival will feature live music from Racine band Weird Science from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., free children’s activities like pumpkin tic […]
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O&H Expanding: Restaurant Planned for Former Golden Keys Site
O&H Bakery is expanding by razing the former Golden Keys restaurant to make way for a new building that will house a restaurant with space for two additional tenants. Mount Pleasant plan commissioners unanimously approved the site plan and certified survey map Wednesday, a story in The Journal Times reads. Peter Olesen told the newspaper […]
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Bliffert, O&H Bakery Named to Fastest Growing Business List
Two local businesses were named to a list of fastest growing businesses in Southeast Wisconsin; Bliffert Lumber in Sturtevant and O&H Bakery in Mount Pleasant/Racine. The Milwaukee Business Journal on June 23 put out its annual list of local companies that met the following criteria: Annual revenue between $3 and $500 million Recorded a profit […]
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O&H Buys Golden Key, No Plans Yet for Space
The Olesen family of O&H Bakery has purchased the vacant parcel next to their Washington Avenue location, but they don’t have any concrete plans yet for the land. A Racine County property transfer list from the Register of Deeds office confirms that the 2-acre parcel at 5930 Washington Avenue sold for $1.5 million on Nov. […]
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Racine Kringle Making National News
Fans of the flaky deliciousness of Racine kringle may soon have to share the goodness with a larger audience. Crews from CBS News Sunday Morning visited the Racine area recently to film segments about kringle at three locally owned bakeries; Larsens and Bendtsen’s on Washington Avenue in West Racine and at O&H Bakery’s new flagship store […]
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Week In Review: Firefighters Save The Day, Wheaton Employees Complain About Lunch, Break Pay
You were busy this week and didn’t have much time to keep up on the news, but we’ve got you covered. Here are our top 5 most read stories this week. Caledonia Firefighters Save The Day And A Deck Years Of Unpaid Lunches And Breaks At Heart Of Wheaton Complaints Homicide Victim From Sunday Night […]
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O&H Thanks Community for Supporting Bakeries
The success of O&H Bakery rests on the shoulders of the community and its dedicated employees, some of whom have worked there since high school. Opening day for the new O&H Bakery at 5910 Washington Avenue doesn’t arrive until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, but the official ribbon cutting was held Thursday. Company President Eric Olesen during […]
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O&H Bakery Washington Ave. Store Opens Sept. 29
The day you’ve all been asking about arrives Sept. 29: O&H Bakery’s new store on Washington Avenue officially opens for business. Bakery employees attending Mount Pleasant Day Saturday handed out seasonal flavored donut holes (full disclosure: they were delicious) and confirmed that the subtle note on blue paper was correct. “Yes, we open Sept. 29,” one […]
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O&H Application Deadline is August 31
Job seekers interested in joining the team at O&H Bakery have until August 31 to submit their applications in order to be considered in the first round of hiring. Candidates can fill out applications at all O&H locations, including the new store on Washington Avenue in Mount Pleasant through the office door on the west […]
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Sturtevant Leads County in New Construction Development
The Village of Sturtevant leads the county in new construction growth with the majority of development attributed to UNFI’s 450,000 square foot building at Highways H and 11. Village Administrator/Clerk Mary Cole told trustees Tuesday that the equalized value of Sturtevant rose by 6.55 percent, and the village’s successful tax incremental financing district – of […]