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Hemma Hemma is Ashley Bare’s health-forward comfort food restaurant at 7122 Wornall Rd in Waldo — a “grandma chic” room where everything is made from scratch, the menu rotates weekly, and the guiding idea is that healthy food can feel like home. Bare is born and raised in Kansas City. After culinary school in NYC and a career as a private chef, she came home during the pandemic and built Hemma Hemma from meal delivery into a full Waldo dining room (opened Sept 2021). A second concept, Hemma Hemma Dinette, opened at 1100 Main St downtown in Feb 2026.

Description

Hemma Hemma is Ashley Bare’s interpretation of what eating well at home feels like — in Swedish, hemma means “at home,” and the Waldo restaurant delivers on that promise through a weekly-rotating menu of scratch-made comfort food built almost entirely on local and seasonal sourcing. Bare grew up in Kansas City, left for culinary school in New York (graduating and taking a position at Mercer Kitchen), built a career as a private chef and recipe developer, then returned to KC during the pandemic and started prepping meals from home for clients. When demand outgrew her house, she found a large space in Waldo and opened the physical restaurant in September 2021. The aesthetic is “grandma chic” — warm, unfussy, deeply familiar — and the food reflects that: no dish repeats itself weekly, no ingredient is wasted. In February 2026, Bare opened Hemma Hemma Dinette at 1100 Main Street downtown in the Lightwell building, a retro diner-style second location expanding the concept to the urban core.

Tier classification

Tier 1 — KC born and raised. Ashley Bare is “born and raised in KC, and it’s the only place I have any close family.”1 After her culinary career took her to New York and then back home, she opened Hemma Hemma as a deliberate homecoming. “I recognized the importance of where you came from.”1 Tier 1 confirmed. Women-owned (specialty tag added).

Last verified: 2026-07-14 · Source: Hemma Hemma official site (hemmahemma.com menu pages) · URL(s): https://hemmahemma.com/menu/breakfast/, https://hemmahemma.com/menu/lunch/, https://hemmahemma.com/menu/brunch/ · Confidence: High (breakfast, lunch, and brunch itemized with prices from the official site; dinner is a separate rotating menu published only as a PDF and not itemized here; menu rotates seasonally)

Scratch-made, seasonal, locally-sourced comfort food across breakfast (Mon–Fri 8–11am), lunch (Mon–Fri 11am–3pm), dinner (Tue–Sat 3–9pm), and weekend brunch (Sat–Sun 8am–3pm).2

Breakfast

  • The BEC — brioche, egg soufflé, bacon, cheddar, scallion-avocado aioli ($12.00)2
  • Smothered Burrito — yoli tortilla, house chorizo, egg soufflé, smoked cheddar, sweet potato, salsa verde, poblano crema, cilantro ($15.00)2
  • Breakfast Casserole — egg custard, quinoa, kale, cherry tomatoes, herby whipped feta, poblano crema, breakfast potatoes; gluten free, vegetarian ($14.00)2
  • Hot Zen Baked Oatmeal — gluten-free oats, local Zen Donkey Farms hemp milk, spices, house seeded tahini granola and fruit; dairy free, gluten free, vegan ($13.00)2
  • Yogurt Parfait — gluten free ($8.00)2
  • Cinny Rolls — served warm until 10:30am, in the pastry case afterward ($6.00)2

Brunch (weekends)

  • Biscuits + Gravy — homemade buttermilk biscuit, house local sausage gravy ($13.00)2
  • Hot Honey Chicken + Biscuit — pickle-brined and fried chicken, buttermilk biscuit, house spicy aioli, house hot honey, pickles ($13.00)2
  • Smothered Burrito ($15.00)2
  • Breakfast Casserole ($14.00)2
  • Hot Zen Baked Oatmeal ($13.00)2
  • Yogurt Parfait ($8.00)2
  • Cinny Rolls ($6.00)2
  • Chicken Caesar Wrap + Chips — herb-marinated Gerber Amish chicken breast, romaine, brussels, broccoli in tahini caesar dressing, local yoli tortilla, choice of chips ($17.00)2
  • Biscuit with butter and jam — a la carte ($4.00)2
  • Breakfast Potatoes — a la carte ($4.00)2
  • Seasonal Fruit Cup — a la carte ($4.00)2

Lunch

  • Hot Honey Chicken Sando with Chips — pickle-brined and fried Gerber Amish chicken, brioche bun, house hot honey, house spicy aioli, pickles, choice of chips ($17.00; a la carte $10.00)2
  • Chicken Caesar Wrap + Chips — herb-marinated Amish chicken breast, romaine, brussels, broccoli in tahini caesar dressing, yoli tortilla, choice of chips ($17.00)2
  • #95 Turkey Sandwich + Chips — oven-roasted turkey breast, local white cheddar, red onion, lettuce, guajillo aioli on baguette ($17.00)2
  • Grilled Veggie Avocado Wrap + Chips — mixed grilled vegetables, avocado, beet hummus, arugula ($15.00)2
  • Hemma Grilled Cheese + Chips — local Fox & Bull Bakery sourdough, local smoked cheddar, scallion-cilantro aioli, choice of chips ($12.00)2
  • Miso Chicken Meatballs — local Gerber Amish ground chicken, miso, ginger-scallion sauce over steamed jasmine rice ($15.00; a la carte $11.00)2
  • El Jefe Bowl — all-natural braised chuck birria-style over jasmine rice, shredded local white cheddar, pico de gallo, salsa cruda, pickled red onion ($17.00)2
  • Creole Shrimp Gumbo — New Orleans-style shrimp stew, onions, celery, bell pepper, roux-thickened tomato sauce, steamed rice, scallions ($17.00)2
  • Tomato Basil Soup Bowl — tomato, thai basil, cream ($7.00)2
  • Tomato Soup + Grilled Cheese ($17.00)2

Salads

  • Power Kale Salad — kale, dried blueberries, chickpeas, watermelon radish, scallion, almond, lemon vinaigrette ($4.00/$8.00/$16.00)2
  • Seasonal Farro Salad — farro, sweet potato, comté, apple, scallion, celery, pistachios, roasted shallot vinaigrette ($4.00/$8.00/$16.00)2
  • Southwest Quinoa Salad — quinoa, black beans, corn, red bell pepper, red onion, red cabbage, cilantro, pepitas, lime vinaigrette ($4.00/$8.00/$15.00)2
  • Ranch Wedge Salad — iceberg, local bacon, cherry tomatoes, pickled red onion, hard-boiled egg, HH ranch dressing ($8.00/$16.00)2

Sides

  • Herby Amish Chicken Breast ($6.00)2
  • Mexican Spiced Salmon ($10.00)2
  • Thai Style Fried Brussels ($5.00)2
  • Grilled Veggies ($5.00)2
  • Steamed Jasmine Rice ($4.00)2
  • Seasonal Fruit Cup ($4.00)2

Coffee + Drinks

  • Seasonal: Blackberry Espresso Tonic ($6.50), Chai-Berry Latte ($7.50), Honey Rosemary Latte ($6.50), Lavender Matcha ($7.50), Butterfly Lavender Lemonade ($4.50), Blackberry Lemonade ($4.50), Lemonade ($3.00)2
  • Coffee: Cafe au Lait through Cold Brew ($3.00–$6.00); Hot Chocolate ($4.00); Steamer ($3.00)2
  • Tea: hot and iced Hugo Tea, Matcha, Chai ($3.00–$6.00)2

Dinner (Tue–Sat 3–9pm) runs as a separate rotating menu published only as a PDF at hemmahemma.com/menu/dinner/ —.2

Sources

Footnotes

  1. MIKCexplore — “Profile: Chef Ashley Bare” (Jan 27, 2022) — https://mikcexplore.com/home/2022/1/27/profile-chef-ashley-bare — Confirms: Ashley Bare “born and raised in KC”; culinary school NYC; Mercer Kitchen career start; private chef career; pandemic meal delivery → physical restaurant “opened last September” (= Sept 2021); rotating weekly menu of six dishes; house-made sauces/condiments; “importance of where you came from” quote. Also: The Pitch — “Mise en Place: What nurtures the nurturer, with Ashley Bare of Hemma Hemma” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/mise-en-place-what-nurtures-the-nurturer-with-ashley-bare-of-hemma-hemma/ ↩ ↩2

  2. Hemma Hemma — official menu, https://hemmahemma.com/menus/ (accessed 2026-07-14). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32 ↩33 ↩34 ↩35 ↩36 ↩37 ↩38 ↩39 ↩40 ↩41 ↩42

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