About Dear Potato!

 

Dear Potato started off as a food blog in 2020 by co-owner, Shea Conley. The blog quickly grew into a custom cake business and then grew further to become a stand at Farmers’ Markets and events around Helena. In December of 2023 the owners, Shea Conley & Keller Higbee opened up their very first brick and mortar and have been thriving ever since! This business would cease to thrive without the wonderful Spud Squad that keeps it going on a daily basis. Dear Potato is a vegetarian bakery (except for that one smoked salmon piroshki) that enjoys offering vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free options to those that still want a little treat but have some restrictions. You’ll find things at Dear Potato that you won’t find at other bakeries and that’s what makes it so special! Co-owner, Shea, was taught how to bake at a small bakery in Pike Place market and then leveled up her skills at an Eastern European bakery (which is so good that it was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) which is where she learned how to make piroshki from the wonderfully intense immigrant babushkas that operated the business. The babushkas did not care for any of the vegan bakes that she made but they did recognize the increasing demand for vegan piroshki and put the idea in her head to open up her own bakery one day. Shea attributes her hard-work ethic to these immigrant women that pushed her to become the baker she is today. 

 

Dear Potato is a space for families, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, 5th generation Montanans, first generation Montanans, visitors, those just passing through, senior citizens, and more. Keeping our space safe is our biggest priority so don’t mess with the spuds. Dear Potato has a giant crush on Helena and we’re so happy to be a part of this community. 

 

Thanks for all the love and support, 

XOXO Dear Potato