The Midway School Bakery

Midway School Bakery is one of the jewels in the culinary crown of Ouita Michel. It provides many of the scrumptious goodies people cobble up at her restaurants like Wallace Station, Windy Corner, and Smithtown Seafood.
Tucked in a back corner of this old, school building, Midway Bakery has a nonsense interior dominated by a kitchen. Small tables around the perimeter give you a place to enjoy your treats.
It’s hard to choose between the gargantuan brownie, cookies as big as your head, and amazing scones. You can opt for a savory pick and enjoy a house-​made bagel with smoked lox!
I went for the Betty Anne scone ($ 2.95) with craisins, dried apricots, and white chocolate chips. My mom decided on the rich, dark chocolate brownie ($ 3.95). We took bagels home ($ 1) and had a fantastic breakfast the next morning.
My suggestion, if you’re reading at Wallace Station like we were, drive a few miles down the road and pick up a freshly baked dessert! The line will be shorter and the selection will opportunely be better than at the restaurant.

I loved this place! I’ve driven by numerous times and never had stopped. Now that I know what this place has, this will forever be my Midway pit stop. Keep in mind that it’s an former elementary school cafeteria, now being occupied by culinary geniuses. It was pretty cool to see the bakers in their element. I’ve been to hair schools and the stylists are all students. That didn’t seem to be the case here, at least when I was here. We chatted a bit with the head baker, or whatever she’s officially called. I recognized her from the random newspaper clippings posted around the place.
Now, onto the goods. DESSERTS with two esses, because two desserts are better than one. Ok, that was a bit corny, I just randomly made that up. I got a peanut butter cookie… huge! I’m happy to report that I only had one though. My husband had a cinnamon roll. It had cream cheese icing an inch high. Oh my! I only had a bite, I’m proud that I contained myself. I’m almost sure that he wouldn’t have parted with another bite anyways.
Random observations to note: They have a separate gluten free area and Ale81.

Midway Bakery is the supplier of many of the desserts served at Ouita Michel’s restaurants. They also happen to be on my way to work in Midway, so I’m a frequent visitor. They make THE BEST cream cheese & lox bagel I have ever had (Holly Hill Inn cures the lox), and their country ham and cheese scone is flat out delicious. I originally stated that their donuts were subpar, but I’m going to retract that because they have changed their donut recipe and the new version is everything a yeast donut should be… and more.
This is a very small bakery and they don’t have a very wide selection. You won’t find chocolate eclairs, cakes, or croissants. They make a variety of cookies and pies, but I will admit that I find a lot of their products to be on the dry side. I enjoy their breakfast sandwiches (very small, on biscuits) but their quiche, though very good, loses something when reheated in the microwave, which is how it is served. I also like their iced shortbread cookies, but they only have them on very special occasions.
The staff at Midway Bakery are awesome… some of the nicest people you will ever meet. They made cranberry shortbread cookies during the holidays that were so delicious I kept buying them out!
If you go, try the bagel (handmade) with chive cream cheese and lox… or the bagel with pesto, tomato and fresh mozzarella cheese. And mention the cranberry shortbread… maybe we can get them to bring them back!

What a great region… lots to do, lots to see, lots to eat. Just down the road from Wallace Station in Versailles, is the Midwest School Bakery– yes, you can buy their baked goods at Wallace Station, but it is sure fun to stop into the bakery. Yes, as mentioned, this is in a former school house, and seems a little out of the ordinary, especially for a city person like myself.
I would say, if you are in the area, go to this place. We bought a bunch of different cookies and a couple of cupcakes. Didn’t need any of it, glad we stopped… Great variety and nice people running the bakery.

My friends and I stopped at Midway School Bakery while on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. It’s definitely a must stop if you’re in the area or on the bourbon trail. The building, itself, is located in an old school house, and is very reminiscent of the 60s. The bakery makes quite a few things: pies, scones, cookies, bon bons, bagels, and more. There’s even a small selection of gluten-​free products. I purchased one of their bourbon chocolate bon bons and the «Betty Ann» scone. The bon bon was soooooo amazingly rich and delicious. I think the scone, however, was my favorite. It was extremely tasty. All of their baked goods were reasonably priced too.

Very good bakery, and open early. Pick up a whole box of something, as everyone will want seconds.