Morning Rounds Bakery

Morning Rounds Bakery is Andrea Rainey’s artisan bakery at 217 W 19th Terrace in the Crossroads — opened October 2025, opens daily at 5:30am to serve nurses coming off night shifts at nearby Children’s Mercy and University Health–Truman. Rainey spent nearly 20 years as a critical care RN before pivoting to baking. Almond croissants, brown butter rosemary shortbread, boutique cakes, cookies, coffee. KC Magazine and The Pitch both reviewed it.

Description

Morning Rounds Bakery is Andrea Rainey’s artisan bakery in the Crossroads Arts District — opened in October 2025 at 217 W 19th Terrace, two blocks from Children’s Mercy Hospital and University Health–Truman. Rainey spent nearly 20 years as a critical care RN at those hospitals before pivoting to baking, and she chose the location and 5:30am opening time deliberately: nurses finishing night shifts can stop in on their way home. The bakery’s name carries the double meaning of hospital rounds and the shape of her pastries. Signature items include almond croissants and brown butter rosemary shortbread alongside boutique cakes, cookies, and coffee. Kansas City Magazine (“Making the Morning Rounds”) and The Pitch both covered it; VoyageKC ran an owner profile. An artisan operation built on a career-change founding story and a very specific sense of neighborhood service.

Tier classification

Tier pending — Andrea Rainey KC origin. Press coverage describes Rainey as a Kansas City local who spent her nursing career in the KC Crossroads hospital corridor and opened her bakery to serve that same community. No source explicitly states she was born or raised in Kansas City — VoyageKC’s owner profile (https://voyagekc.com/interview/meet-andrea-rainey-of-morning-rounds-bakery/) is the most likely source for that background; confirm before assigning Tier 1. If KC-born/raised, Tier 1; if she arrived in KC for her nursing career and put down roots, Tier 2. The 20-year nursing career at KC hospitals followed by opening a bakery in that same neighborhood represents deep local dedication in either case.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-24 · Source: Morning Rounds official menu page (morningroundsbakery.com/our-menu/)¹ · menu_status: partial · Confidence: High on the item list (full current menu captured from the official site); prices not published inline — each item links to its own product page, and the menu index shows no prices, so pricing stays “. Not verified because the FULL priced menu is not obtainable from the site index without scraping ~25 individual product pages.

Croissants & Pastries

• Cinnamon Blisskit — signature pastry; crisp outside, gooey cinnamon-brown-sugar layers, horchata glaze¹
• Classic Croissant¹
• Pain au Chocolat¹
• Ham & Gruyère Croissant¹
• Almond Croissant — twice-baked, rum syrup, almond cream, sliced almonds (signature)¹²
• Chocolate Almond Croissant¹
• Morning Blossom — croissant dough in cardamom, cinnamon, sugar; orange glaze¹
• Evening Blossom — savory; garlic, parmesan, pesto¹

Biscuits & Breakfast

• Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwich — on English muffin, croissant, or cheddar chive biscuit¹
• English Muffin¹
• Chive Cheddar Biscuit¹

Cookies, Cakes & Sweets

• Frosted Sugar Cookie¹
• Salted Chocolate Chip Cookie¹
• Vanilla Bean Cake¹
• Brown Butter Rosemary Shortbread — signature¹²

Coffee & Espresso

• Blisskit Latte (brown butter, brown sugar, cinnamon) · Cold Brew · Drip Coffee (locally roasted Post Coffee) · Cortado · Latte · Espresso¹

Tea & Matcha

• Matcha · Chai · Iced Tea¹

Pricing

• Price tier: low (bakery). Prices are not published on the menu index; each item’s price appears only on its individual product page.

Sources

Footnotes

1. Morning Rounds Bakery — official menu page, https://morningroundsbakery.com/our-menu/ (rendered via Firecrawl, accessed 2026-07-24). Confirms full current item list across pastries, biscuits/breakfast, cookies/cakes, coffee/espresso, and tea/matcha; no prices are shown on the menu index. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸

2. The Pitch KC — “Four Inane Questions with Morning Rounds Bakery’s Andrea Rainey” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/four-inane-questions-with-morning-rounds-bakerys-andrea-rainey/ — Confirms: Andrea Rainey (owner; nearly 20-year critical care RN at Children’s Mercy / University Health–Truman; career pivot; opens 5:30am for nurses off night shifts; location chosen for hospital proximity). KC Magazine — “Making the Morning Rounds” — https://kansascitymag.com/making-the-morning-rounds/ — confirms opening + concept. VoyageKC — “Meet Andrea Rainey of Morning Rounds Bakery” — https://voyagekc.com/interview/meet-andrea-rainey-of-morning-rounds-bakery/ — owner profile (check for KC-born/raised detail). Morning Rounds Bakery official — https://www.morningroundsbakery.com — confirms: 217 W 19th Terrace, Kansas City, MO; October 2025 opening; almond croissants, brown butter rosemary shortbread, boutique cakes, cookies, coffee. (Accessed 2026-06-29.) ↩ ↩²