Now stocking pantries · San Diego, CA

Home-cooked.
By the batch.

Fill the fridge. Stock the freezer. Restock the pantry.

Tamales by the dozen. Pupusas by the tray. Cupcakes for Saturday. Porch Pantry is where the cooks on your block stock the neighborhood — handmade, county-permitted, picked up on the way home.

— order ahead · most batches need 1–3 days · pay the cook directly —

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47 cooks stocking this week
Rosa's recipe2 doz
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Tamales · pork rojo
— pickup Sunday —
Luz's pupusastray
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Revueltas · loroco
— Friday + Saturday —
Maya's bakery½ doz
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Buttercream cupcakes
— order by Thursday —
What's in the pantry

Things that take hours to make.

We're not a dinner app. We're a hand-stocked specialty shelf for the things worth ordering by the dozen, the tray, the half-sheet.

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Tamales
— by the dozen —
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Pupusas
— tray of 10–12 —
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Dumplings
— bag of 24 —
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Cupcakes & cakes
— by the dozen —
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Empanadas
— tray of 12 —
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Pastries & breads
— half-sheet —
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Sauces & salsas
— by the jar —
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Party trays
— feeds 10–30 —
How it works

Order ahead. Walk over. Stock the freezer.

Pantry food takes time to make — so you order ahead, not on the way home from the gym.

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Browse this week's batches

See who's stocking the pantry this weekend. Most cooks need 1–3 days notice — just enough time to soak the masa, knead the dough, prep the trays.

— tip: order Friday, eat Sunday —
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Reserve before the timer

Each batch closes for orders before the cook starts cooking. A live countdown shows how long you have. Pay your cook directly via Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, or cash — Porch Pantry never touches the money.

— no platform fee, no markup —
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Pick up. Eat some. Freeze the rest.

Swing by the cook's home kitchen at your pickup window. Half tonight, half in the freezer for a Tuesday in three weeks when nothing in your fridge sounds good.

— tamales freeze beautifully —
Stocking this week

Meet a few cooks on your block.

Every cook is permitted by the county and inspected under California's MEHKO program. You get the food. We handle the legal.

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Sun pickup
Rosa's Tamales
chicken verde · pork rojo · rajas con queso
$36 / dozen · 48-hr lead
★ 4.9 0.3 mi 320 batches
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Fri & Sat
closes in 4h 23m
Luz's Pupusería
revueltas · frijol con queso · loroco
$28 / tray of 10 · 24-hr lead
★ 5.0 0.5 mi 180 batches
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Order by Thu
Maya's Custom Cakes
birthday cakes · cupcakes · dessert trays
$42 / doz cupcakes · 72-hr lead
★ 4.8 0.8 mi 95 batches
See all 47 cooks →
When to stock the pantry

Pantry food solves a different problem than takeout.

Think weekly stock-up — not tonight's dinner. Think birthday party — not Tuesday.

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A party you're throwing

Cakes for Saturday's birthday. A tray of empanadas for game night. Food that impresses without you standing over the stove.

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Stocking the freezer

Two dozen tamales lasts a month. A bag of dumplings makes six dinners. Real food, portioned, waiting for you on a Tuesday.

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A gift that isn't a candle

New parents, new home, sick friend. A warm tray of food from a real person says more than delivery ever could.

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Something you just miss

The pupusas your grandma made. The kolaches only that one bakery gets right. Specialty stuff nobody near you sells.

Why not the frozen aisle?

A neighbor's batch.
Vs. sad factory tamales.

A neighbor's batch

  • Made this week, by hand. Not a factory line. Not a warehouse. A specific person's specific recipe.
  • Real ingredients, real heat. The seasoning your grandma would recognize. No shelf stabilizers. No "natural flavors."
  • Freezes like the original. Because it's actually fresh when you freeze it — not six months into a cold chain.
  • Money stays on your block. The cook gets paid. No corporate middleman skimming the top.

The frozen aisle

  • Made six months ago in a factory 2,000 miles away.
  • Sodium + stabilizers + "natural flavor" + vague meat.
  • Tastes like the packaging.
  • Every dollar leaves your neighborhood.
For cooks

You already make 50 tamales for family. Make 200 for the block.

You've been perfecting one thing for decades. We help you get permitted, set your batch sizes and lead times, and take orders — so the work you were already doing starts paying you.

Start taking orders →
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