Homestead Kitchen & Bakery

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

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: Official site (homestead.cafe) + Homestead’s Toast online-ordering menu + Lenexa Public Market · URL(s): https://homestead.cafe/, https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/homestead-kitchen-bakery-lenexa-city-market-8750-penrose-lane, https://www.lenexapublicmarket.com/News/Public-Market-News-Stories/2025/Homestead-Kitchen-Bakery-to-open-at-Public-Market · Confidence: Medium

Bakery (signatures)

• From-scratch donuts, made fresh daily — the house signature; big raised donuts frosted with a rotating variety of icings, plus soft, fluffy long johns.⁴⁵
• Strawberry swirl muffin — strawberry-blueberry-raspberry blend folded into from-scratch sweet dough, baked golden and topped with crumble and vanilla icing.⁵⁶

Breakfast / Brunch

• Biscuits & gravy — one or two house-made biscuits with hot sausage gravy.⁵⁶
• Croissant breakfast sandwich — egg, cheese, and choice of meat tucked into a buttery croissant.⁵

Wraps & Sandwiches

• Turkey bacon ranch wrap — smoked turkey, cheddar-jack cheese, crispy bacon, spring mix, and house ranch on a flour tortilla.⁵⁶
• Turkey & Swiss — sliced turkey, Swiss, lettuce, tomato, and creamy pesto (or sauce of choice) on bread of choice.⁵
• Chicken bacon ranch — roasted chicken, crispy bacon, shredded cheddar-jack, lettuce, and house-made ranch.⁵
• BLT — bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on wheat or sourdough.⁵

Grill

• Burgers — from the daily grill menu.⁴⁶

Prices not listed publicly at time of verification “. Menu items rotate; daily breakfast, grill, and wrap boards vary at the Lenexa Public Market stall.⁵

Links

• Website: https://homestead.cafe/
• Lenexa Public Market vendor page: https://www.lenexapublicmarket.com/Food-Drink/Homestead-Kitchen-Bakery
• Yelp (Lenexa): https://www.yelp.com/biz/homestead-kitchen-and-bakery-lenexa

Sources

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. ↩

4. https://homestead.cafe/ — Homestead Kitchen & Bakery official site (verified 2026-06-17). Asserts: from-scratch donuts made fresh daily; lunch/breakfast café with grill (burger croissant pictured); fresh ingredients, homemade recipes, “a dash of sweet and spicy.” ↩ ↩²

5. https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/homestead-kitchen-bakery-lenexa-city-market-8750-penrose-lane — Homestead Kitchen & Bakery online-ordering menu (Toast), Lenexa Public Market (verified 2026-06-17). Asserts: big raised frosted donuts and long johns; biscuits & gravy (house-made biscuits, hot sausage gravy); croissant breakfast sandwich (egg, cheese, choice of meat); turkey bacon ranch wrap (smoked turkey, cheddar-jack, bacon, spring mix, house ranch); turkey & Swiss with creamy pesto; chicken bacon ranch; BLT on wheat or sourdough; daily breakfast/grill/wrap menus rotate. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

6. https://www.lenexapublicmarket.com/News/Public-Market-News-Stories/2025/Homestead-Kitchen-Bakery-to-open-at-Public-Market — Lenexa Public Market news (verified 2026-06-17). Asserts: menu includes turkey bacon ranch wraps, burgers, biscuits and gravy, and strawberry swirl muffins; from-scratch donuts daily. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴