MONONA — A stop at the St. Stephen’s Food Pantry is designed to resemble a trip to the grocery store.
There are shopping carts, shelves of baked goods, bags of dried pasta and cans of mandarin oranges (one of the pantry’s most popular items). There are steaks, whole chickens, and soon, catfish fillets. Two adjoining tables offer pastries from Piggly Wiggly or the nearby Copps.
St. Stephen’s, located in St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Monona, is one of the larger of the county’s 45 food pantries.