The Kitchen at Peggy Crosby Center

Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2021/07 – July

Suzanne Young

Anyone living in Highlands prior to 2016 remembers Holly and her catering service on the bottom floor of Peggy Crosby Center. When Holly made a career shift, the door swung open to a new owner, Suzanne Young. 

Suzanne loved Highlands. She loved crafting food. And she was thrilled to buy Holly’s well-established business. She and her husband seamlessly shifted into catering and a dinner-from-scratch carry-away where boxes of Yum flew out one door and into another. Little did she know that four years later, her business at Peggy would help sustain the Plateau through a pandemic, when residents were forced to hunker-down.  

Residents longed for variety to enliven home cooking. 

Suzanne says, “During the pandemic, our carry-away increased, since so many were not able to gather for big events. We stayed open through the winter, because our customers really needed us.”

PCC is at a three-road convergence. Even though it isn’t on the main thoroughfare, people traveling to drop-off or pick-up students; patients on their way to the dentist or doctor; walkers taking a constitutional; seniors arriving for a CLE session; flora and fauna enthusiasts communing with the hummers in the Pollinator Garden or on the Greenway; or business associates conferencing with tenant board members are pulled to Peggy. More often than not, these passers-thru snag a snack, lunch, or casserole from The Kitchen.

There is a reciprocal relationship with for- and not-for-profit organizations. It’s no wonder Peggy has an incredible Pollinator garden, for its tenants and clients cross-pollinate businesses by supporting, interacting, and promoting each other. And that pollination extends to the town. 

So next time you are out and about, go just a tiny bit out of your way and surprise your family with The Kitchen Carryaway & Catering home-cooked lasagna/salad/garlic bread dinner box while you celebrate the busy Peggy hive, buzzing about Highlands business.

Contact Suzanne at: thekitchenofhighlands@gmail.com. (828) 526.2110. Or visit: thekitchenofhighlands.com.