Main Street Market

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Meat Department

Very few full-service meat departments are in existence today, but you will find one at the Main Street Market. Our meat department is staffed during all hours of operation and the quality of our fresh meat products is outstanding. Our meat department staff will cut your steaks to order and your roasts to size – and give you cooking instructions if you need them. (Butcher paper makes a great writing surface!)
We specialize in Certified Angus Beef and also offer a Diamond Lean alternative. Smart chickens, Nueske products, Farmland Pork, along with veal, lamb, and a complete selection of sausage and processed meat products are well stocked.
We will wrap and freeze your fresh meat purchases and you can transport them home with you – many of our customers do just that!
With the last store addition, a fresh seafood case was added, and fresh fish is delivered to the market five days a week. You can make special requests for a large variety of shellfish and Steve Northrop will do his best to find it.

Bakery Department

We’ve been accused of strategically locating the oven vent and exporting the delectable smell from our ovens into the parking lot and surrounding airspace. If your olfactory senses aren’t stirred outside, they will be once you are inside! And believe me, everything tastes as good as it looks.
Linda Bodenner is the MSM bakery manager and in charge of the breads, buns, sweets and treats baked daily. She and the staff bake an incredible amount of product during the season, and just enough the rest of the year. Special orders for parties and events are always welcome and our friendly staff will take good care of you.
With the last addition, we decided to move the bakery to the front of the store. Pour yourself a cup of freshly brewed Door County Coffee and sit at the counter under the front window; it’s a great place to read the paper and see who is out and about in Egg Harbor.

Produce Department

Kyle Bley is the produce manager of Main Street Market, only the third in our history! Produce is one of the most perishable departments in the store, and most affected by seasonality. Not only the seasonality of Door County, but also of Mother Nature!
The availability of fresh produce from all over the world radically changed the foods people eat. One interesting fact about produce is that when it is cheap, it is at its peak! Produce pricing is all about supply and demand, and when in season it is plentiful and needs to be sold.
Main Street Market has always purchased as much locally grown produce as possible – long before the “know your farmer” movement and growth of farmer’s markets. We believe it is important to support our local farmers and wish the growing season in Door County was a little longer and more predictable.
The produce department is prominently located in the front of the store and very important to our mix of fresh, quality products.

Deli Department

The deli and bakery were part of the meat department in the original store; they quickly outgrew their alotted space! The 1991 addition featured a much-expanded deli area, and when the bakery moved out, the deli easily – happily – expanded once again.
The large variety of meats, cheeses and salads is perfect for anything you want to do in Door County. Whether a picnic, dinner party or horsdouvres on the deck, we have something delicious. Teri Madden has successfully enriched the palates of our customers and is constantly bringing in new and unusual foods to complement the essential products that are the backbone of an exceptional deli department. She can make any kind of tray or special salad; we “relish” special orders!
Our well-trained staff makes hundreds of sandwiches a day, in addition to paninis, pizzas, salads, dips and spreads. We stock cheeses from around the world, and many from the state of Wisconsin! The addition of the Boar’s Head brand of deli meats and cheeses emphasizes our commitment to quality – and good food!