As you walk into the showroom at Preferred Kitchens for the first time, you may be saying to yourself, “I’ve driven past this place a thousand times.” 

The business has been located on the corner of Highway 61 and Second Street in downtown White Bear Lake for almost 30 years, but its story actually started 40 years ago in a tiny showroom on University Avenue in Fridley. After 10 years of growing into the business, the business made the move to White Bear Lake, as most of its projects were happening in the northeast metro.  

“We immediately felt welcomed by our new neighbors. The anxiety of wondering if this move was a good decision quickly faded, and we got to work helping our new community,” said former owner Mark Klosterman.