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Homestead Kitchen & Bakery is a from-scratch café and bakery founded in Baldwin City, Kansas, by Kelly and Lori Gardner; its second location is a stall inside the Lenexa Public Market, opened in July 2025.12

Description

Homestead Kitchen & Bakery is a café and bakery whose Lenexa Public Market stall occupies the former Cosmo Burger space at 8750 Penrose Ln.2 The menu features items such as turkey bacon ranch wraps, burgers, biscuits and gravy, and strawberry swirl muffins, and the bakery makes from-scratch donuts fresh daily.12 The Lenexa location is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with regular hours of 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday and Monday and 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.1

Ownership and history

Homestead Kitchen & Bakery is owned by Kelly and Lori Gardner.12 The restaurant and bakery got its start nearly a decade ago in Baldwin City, Kansas, where it operates at 719 S. 8th St.2 The Lenexa Public Market stall is the business’s second location, moving into the former Cosmo Burger space and opening in early July 2025.23

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Disputes

None at time of compilation.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.lenexapublicmarket.com/News/Public-Market-News-Stories/2025/Homestead-Kitchen-Bakery-to-open-at-Public-Market — Lenexa Public Market. Asserts: Homestead Kitchen + Bakery owned by Kelly and Lori Gardner; from-scratch donuts daily; menu (turkey bacon ranch wraps, burgers, biscuits and gravy, strawberry swirl muffins); hours 8a–2p Sun/Mon, 8a–7p Tue–Sat. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/06/02/homestead-kitchen-and-bakery-lenexa-260896/ — Johnson County Post. Asserts: Baldwin City origin nearly a decade ago at 719 8th St; Lenexa is second location; moving into Cosmo Burger’s former Public Market space; owners Kelly and Lori Gardner; from-scratch donuts. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/07/02/homestead-kc-doner-open-lenexa-263104/ — Johnson County Post. Asserts: Homestead Kitchen & Bakery (with KC Döner) opened as a new restaurant at the Lenexa Public Market in early July 2025. ↩

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • American
  • Lenexa Ks