A cozy new player has slipped onto Hampshire Street in Saginaw, where family-run Great Biscuit & Spice Co. is turning out scratch-made biscuits, baked goods, and ready-to-heat meals for neighbors who want comforting, preservative-free food. The snug storefront works as both a cafe and a small market, with a few seats for dine-in guests and plenty of options to take home.
Who’s behind it
Great Biscuit & Spice Co. is the creation of husband-and-wife team Jon and Malinda Julien, who spent about a year transforming a former florist into roughly 1,100 square feet of cafe and commercial kitchen space. Malinda, a former private investigator who pivoted to life in the kitchen, told CultureMap Fort Worth, "I guess you would just call it home cooking."
The couple also owns the neighboring Julien & Lambert photography studio, which they plan to use for tastings, cooking classes, and other events as the food business grows.
Menu highlights
Breakfast is built around the biscuit. The lineup includes biscuits & gravy, biscuit sandwiches, and blueberry biscuits, plus baked goods like cinnamon rolls and house-made breads. According to the cafe’s online menu, biscuit-and-gravy plates start at around $7.50, while grab-and-go biscuit sandwiches run about $5. Family-size packs, sides, and rotating bakery items are also listed for sale on site. The shop’s website carries the latest weekday and weekend service details.
Meals to go and catering
Great Biscuit & Spice Co. is not just about breakfast plates. The kitchen puts out packaged, ready-to-heat meals such as pot roast, meatloaf, pork ribs, chicken Alfredo, and rosemary chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli, with many entrees coming in around the $10 to $20 range, according to CultureMap Fort Worth. The Juliens say that offering affordable, preservative-free meals people can easily reheat at home was a core goal from day one.
Space, hours, and ordering
The owners describe Great Biscuit & Spice Co. as a commercial kitchen that powers Home Meals, catering, and a small cafe all at once. Customers can place online orders for the rotating Home Meals program, with pickup windows, menus, and contact information listed on the ordering page. According to the cafe’s site, Home Meals are typically ordered midweek and picked up on Saturdays, and the kitchen handles both retail bakery items and larger family-style packs for takeout. Great Biscuit posts the most current pickup times and any special-menu notes.
Locals have already likened the warm pine cabinetry and tiled floor to a grandmother’s kitchen, which fits the homey vibe the Juliens are chasing as they plan more community events, classes, and tastings. For the cafe’s listed phone number and map details, check the local business entry on MapQuest.
