Ibis Bakery

Ibis Bakery is an owner-operated Kansas City artisan bakery — long-fermented naturally-leavened sourdough and French-inspired pastries made with freshly-milled organic Kansas flour.

Description

Ibis Bakery is a Kansas City artisan bakery built on slow, naturally-leavened baking — long-fermented sourdough loaves and French-inspired pastries (croissants, seasonal viennoiserie) made from a short ingredient list: freshly-milled organic Kansas flour, water, sea salt, and a wild-yeast starter, with fermentation running roughly 30 hours.¹² The Crossroads flagship mills grain in-house and shares its space with Messenger Coffee Co., a sister operation with a common ethic around sourcing and craft.³²

Ownership and history

Ibis was founded by Chris Matsch, its head baker, with Kate Seversen.¹⁴ The bakery first reached Kansas City as a stall at the Overland Park Farmers Market in the summer of 2013, built a following there, and opened its first brick-and-mortar in Lenexa in October 2014 — co-located with Black Dog Coffeehouse in a former dojo space.⁵⁶ As demand grew, Ibis expanded to a Crossroads flagship at 1624 Grand Blvd (~2017–2018), pairing with Messenger Coffee in a purpose-built bakery-and-coffee space with an in-house mill.³²

The family’s roots run through Kansas City’s independent food scene: Chris Matsch’s mother, Carole, owns Black Dog Coffeehouse in Lenexa (Ibis’s first home), and his father, Ron, is a KC-area business executive.⁴ The founders’ born-and-raised KC-metro status is not independently confirmed from public sources.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-11 · Source: Ibis Bakery official site (Ingredients page) · URL(s): https://www.ibisbakery.com/ingredients · Confidence: High (item lineup confirmed against the bakery’s own published ingredients list) / Low (prices — Ibis does not publish a priced menu online; online ordering was closed at verification, so no current per-item prices are cited)

Naturally-leavened sourdough loaves, French-inspired viennoiserie, and a rotating case of cheese slippers, bagels, cookies, muffins, and seasonal treats — all made from freshly-milled organic Kansas flour. Offerings vary daily by season, availability, and location.⁷

Breads (naturally-leavened)

• Country Bread — signature sourdough: fresh-milled flour, water, starter, sea salt⁷
• Multigrain — rye, sunflower, quinoa, flax, sesame⁷
• Rosemary Polenta — polenta, rosemary, sunflower seeds⁷
• Orchard Bread — golden raisins, dried apples, walnuts, apricots⁷
• Cranberry Walnut⁷
• Baguette and Seeded Baguette (spelt, poolish)⁷
• Ciabatta⁷
• Rosemary Olive (kalamata) and Olive Lemon (manzanilla, herbes de Provence, lemon zest)⁷

Viennoiserie & pastries

• Classic Croissant⁷
• Almond Croissant⁷
• Pain au Chocolat⁷
• Kouign Amann (plus seasonal filled)⁷
• Herbed Goat Cheese Bearclaw — cream cheese, goat cheese, garlic, herbs, sesame/poppy⁷
• Ham and Cheese — ham, aged white cheddar, Dijon⁷
• Monkey Bread — cinnamon-sugar croissant dough⁷
• Seasonal filled croissant / kouign amann⁷

Cheese slippers & savory bakes (signature)

• Topped Cheese Slipper — with daily seasonal vegetables⁷
• Jalapeño Cheese Slipper — with cream cheese and jalapeño⁷
• Focaccia — seasonal toppings⁷
• Potato Brioche — seasonal toppings⁷
• Parmesan & Herb Scone⁷

Bagels

• Plain, Everything, Cheese Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza⁷

Cookies, muffins & cakes

• Toffee Chocolate Chunk Cookie (house-made toffee)⁷
• Rotating cookies — Coconut Macaroon, Oatmeal Butterscotch, Orange Cranberry, Pecan Pie Shortbread, seasonal (e.g. Peppermint Sugar)⁷
• Cinnamon Roll⁷
• Muffins — Blueberry, Chai Vanilla w/ Maple Icing, seasonal Pumpkin Spiced⁷
• Classic Coffee Cake, Orange Cranberry Pound Cake⁷
• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread and gluten-friendly Banana Bread⁷

Bars & treats

• Bumble Crumb Bar (mixed berry)⁷
• S’mores Rice Krispy Treat⁷
• Salted Caramel Tart⁷
• Pop-tarts — Brown Sugar Cinnamon, seasonal Bourbon Apple⁷
• Bread Pudding (seasonal)⁷

Wholesale: Ibis supplies bread and pastry to cafés, restaurants, and hotels across the KC metro; the Crossroads oven holds nearly a hundred loaves for retail and partner supply.²⁷

Current per-item prices — Ibis does not publish a priced menu online and online ordering was unavailable at verification; confirm in-store/market pricing directly. (Undated Yelp reviews reference an almond croissant ~$5 and a 9-grain loaf ~$8.50, not cited here as they are unverified/possibly stale.)

Also find them at

Ibis still sells at Kansas City farmers markets alongside its storefronts:

• Overland Park Farmers Market — Saturday 7am–1pm and Wednesday 7:30am–1pm
• Brookside Farmers Market — Saturday 8am–1pm

confirm current-season (2026) market days/times against the live market vendor lists.

Links

• Official site: https://www.ibisbakery.com/

Sources

Footnotes

1. Ibis Bakery — “Our Story.” https://www.ibisbakery.com/about — Confirms: founder names (Chris Matsch, Kate Seversen); naturally-leavened method; freshly-milled organic Kansas flour; philosophy. ↩ ↩²

2. Ibis Bakery — “Crossroads.” https://www.ibisbakery.com/crossroads — Confirms: 1624 Grand flagship; Messenger Coffee partnership; in-house mill; active operation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Feast Magazine — “How Ibis Bakery is Expanding Across Kansas City” (2016). https://www.feastmagazine.com/shop/shop_kansas_city/article_42107aea-6979-11e6-92b7-b75d68110a6b.html — Confirms: expansion; Crossroads partnership with Messenger Coffee. ↩ ↩²

4. Bake Magazine — “Local Hero” (Aug 17, 2015). https://www.bakemag.com/articles/732-local-hero — Confirms: Chris Matsch profile; artisan-bread focus; family background. ↩ ↩²

5. Ibis Bakery — “Where We Came From, Where We’re Going” (blog). https://www.ibisbakery.com/blog/how-ibis-bakery-started — Confirms: Overland Park Farmers Market start (2013); Lenexa 2014 opening. ↩

6. Feast Magazine — “At Ibis Bakery in Lenexa, Sourdough Breads, Croissants, Cookies and More” (2015). https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/article_772770ba-4523-11e5-857f-ab5fbff47c25.html — Confirms: Lenexa location + address; product lineup; Black Dog co-location. ↩

7. Ibis Bakery — “Ingredients.” https://www.ibisbakery.com/ingredients (retrieved 2026-07-11) — Confirms: full published product lineup — breads (Country, Multigrain, Rosemary Polenta, Orchard, Cranberry Walnut, Baguette/Seeded, Ciabatta, Rosemary Olive, Olive Lemon), viennoiserie (croissants, pain au chocolat, kouign amann, bearclaw, ham & cheese, monkey bread), cheese slippers (plain/topped/jalapeño), focaccia, potato brioche, bagels, cookies, muffins, cakes, bars, pop-tarts, scones. Prices not published on this page. ↩ ↩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