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“ We ended up one time headlining at the Vogue( in Indianapolis) at some musical showcase,” Herrin said.“ And that’ s a moment— when you pull up and see your name up on the marquee at the Vogue as the headliner.”
The band started in 2008 and played their last official show in 2016, although a reunion planned for 2020 was cancelled by Covid.
The company has found a niche partnering with several local arts organizations, non-profits, and performance venues.
After catering a staff event at the Brown County Music Center last year, Bonfide Bites has had the opportunity to provide meals for some of the musical acts which perform there.
“ It has been such a cool experience, because these crews come in from all over the country,” Herrin said.“ I don’ t know what on earth these other venues have been feeding them— these are big tours, they are going to some big venues.
And they show up, and they are always shocked that their food is edible. They’ re always so surprised.”
Part of their duties with the Music Center is going through the dietary restrictions of the group and making sure everybody has what they want.
The philosophy at Bonafide Bites is not to have a menu and say, here are your choices, pick from this. They want to work with people, custom crafting to the client’ s vision.
“ We’ re really sticklers for handling dietary restrictions and food allergies as well,” Sam said.“ It’ s personal for me, I understand it completely.
“ We want to feed people. The last thing we want is someone who is a vegan or vegetarian or has a food allergy to be an afterthought.“ We feed people. We want everyone to eat.” You can reach Bonafide Bites at
812-318-1356 or visit < bonafidebites. com >. •
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