Karen's is the proprietor of Harmony Hall and the exclusive caterer for The Civic Club of Harrisburg and other fine Central Pennsylvania venues. Go to Venues to find the perfect settings to impress your boss, your family and your guests. All of our venues can accommodate a variety of events and budgets. For your next corporate meeting, social gathering, wedding ceremony or reception ask our professional sales team to assist you in selecting the venue that will best suit your needs. With one-a-day event sites there are no limits; let your imagination run wild to make your event special and unique.
Karen's gives variety and customizing a whole new meaning. At Karen's, we not only can help with venue and menu selection, we can also assist you with your entertainment, decorating and rental needs. Karen's dedicated, professional and knowledgeable staff can make the most stressful event planning task pleasurable. Karen's offers flexible, cost-effective services and always strives to offer all clients the best value for their budget. Karen's also offers a limited express menu for your off premise catering needs.
OWNER: Karen A. Taylor
1987 Established How About Hors D' Oeuvres. Specializing in hand made hors d' oeuvres for small to medium sized catered events. Operated out of home and local fire hall kitchen.
1989–1992 Established How About Hors D' Oeuvres Gourmet Take Out. Located in the Hampden Center on the Carlisle Pike. Karen's gourmet shop specialized in gourmet "to go foods", specialty grocery items, hand made hors d' oeuvres, fresh baked desserts and catering for off premise corporate and social events.
1989–1999 Established Contract Catering Division seeking to secure catering contracts with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Karen's grew to be the second largest contract caterer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
1992–1993 Moved How About Hors D' Oeuvres Gourmet Take Out to private swimming pool while a commercial kitchen was constructed in home to allow Karen to spend more time with her two children. Changed name to Karen's Gourmet Take Out.
1993–1998 Changed name to Karen's Catering. Operated full service catering business from commercial kitchen attached to family residence.
1996–1998 Awarded exclusive Catering Contract for the Chambers Hill Fire Company Community Rooms
1996 Established Karen's Video Production Company which produced "Your Baby's First Meals" a instructional video on how to make home made baby food.
1998–Current Awarded Exclusive Catering Contract for the prestigious Civic Club of Harrisburg located at 612 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
1999–Current Purchased Easter Seals Camp Harmony Hall. Extensive landscaping and building construction was performed to transform the existing grounds and buildings into the beautiful venue you see today. Located at 1400 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, PA 17057. Changed name to Karen's at Harmony Hall.
1999 Reorganized Karen's to specialize in ON PREMISE catered events making the off premise and contract catering division dormant.
2000–2006 Established and operated Karen's Floral Designs specializing in custom floral designs event decorating
2008 Awarded the Exclusive Catering Contract for VFW Post located in Steelton, PA
2008 Pending Approval- Awarded the Exclusive Catering Contract for Chambers Hill Fire Company Community Rooms
2008 Revitalized the dormant OFF PREMISE division to community room based wedding catering, limited express corporate catering, boxed lunches and exclusive venue catering.
AWARDS
2002 Awarded "Top 40 UNDER 40" by Journal Publications/Central PA Business Journal
2006 Awarded "Business of the Year" by Journal Publications/Central PA Business Journal
2007 Awarded "Best of the Best" Wedding Reception and Ceremony Site by Central PA Wedding Pages / The Knot
2007 Executive Chef Phil Nusinov was awarded 3rd Place in Hershey Partnership Soup Cook Off. Not bad for his first try competing against Central PA's finest chef's!
Karen has had the honor of appearing on numerous television and radio shows and is also quoted on a regular basis in Central PA's finest publications.
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