Murder mystery show founders play up big expansion plans

When the Pineapple Kitchen Mysteries began selling out two or three months in advance, Jenny and Mike Schenk quickly shifted to expand.

By Amanda Postma
| 5:00 a.m. September 11, 2023
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Jenny and Mike Schenk, co-owners of Bradenton-based Pineapple Kitchen, recently announced an expansion of the murder-mystery part of the company.

Manatee-Sarasota

The mystery of ‘who done it’ is spreading in the Sarasota-Bradenton area thanks to hospitality company Pineapple Kitchen, which is expanding its adult interactive murder mystery dinner locations to keep up with demand.

The east Manatee County-based business, which also provides culinary education and gourmet products, will start hosting the murder mystery dinners at the EVEN Hotel in Lakewood Ranch and Hotel Indigo in downtown Sarasota, beginning in November. Currently, the dinners are only available at its Lakewood Ranch Lena Road location.