Roxanne's Cafe

Roxanne’s Cafe is a family-owned and operated family-style restaurant in Parkville, Missouri (Northland / Platte County), known for its fresh homemade pies, breakfast, lunch, and brunch. Opened in 2005 by David and Roxanne Gray and family, it occupies a character-filled space in the Parkville area and has become a longtime local favorite with deep Platte County roots.

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Description

Roxanne’s Cafe is a family-owned restaurant serving Parkville and the surrounding Platte County Northland community. It offers classic American breakfast, lunch, and brunch in a friendly, family-style atmosphere. The cafe is best known for its fresh homemade pies and oversized daily-baked cinnamon rolls, a signature that has drawn loyal customers since it opened in 2005. The operation reflects the unpretentious, community-oriented dining that defines much of the overlooked Northland’s everyday food culture.

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Ownership and history

Roxanne’s Cafe was opened in September 2005 in Parkville by David and Roxanne Gray along with their family. The Parkville location followed earlier family involvement in Platte County dining (references to prior operations in the broader area, including connections to earlier local cafes). The business started in shops near the YMCA area before moving to its current location on NW Crooked Road in a building with local character (sources describe elements of former gas station or bank-building heritage, contributing to its distinctive feel). A second location later opened in Platte City (2010). The Grays’ focus on homemade pies and reliable family-style meals has made it a generational local institution.

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Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-21 · Source: Roxanne’s Cafe official site (roxannescafe.com), Restaurantji, Yelp, Visit Platte County · URL(s): https://www.roxannescafe.com/ · https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/parkville/roxannes-caf-/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/roxannes-cafe-parkville · Confidence: High on categories and signature items (corroborated across official site + multiple aggregators/reviews); Medium on exact lunch breadth and Low on prices (the official menu lives in 2018 menu images that were not retrievable, so no reliable price list exists — prices omitted rather than fabricated).

Roxanne’s serves all-day American diner fare — hearty breakfast, comfort-food lunch, and the cafe’s famous freshly baked cinnamon rolls and homemade pies made daily.¹²

Breakfast (served all day)

• Cinnamon roll — the cafe’s signature: an oversized, freshly baked, heavily iced cinnamon roll baked daily; a repeatedly cited customer favorite.¹²
• The Wrangler — biscuits and gravy with bacon and hash browns; listed among the cafe’s most-ordered breakfasts.²
• Biscuits and gravy — house staple.²
• Pancakes (offered with a side of ham) and French toast combo.²
• Chicken fried steak / hot country fried steak and chicken fried chicken — breakfast comfort plates.²
• Omelets and egg plates, with sides of ham, bacon, and hash browns (e.g. English muffin with ham and hash browns).²

Lunch

• Pork tenderloin — breaded tenderloin served with gravy, fries, and a biscuit.²
• Burgers, sandwiches, and tenderloin sandwiches, plus egg, ham, and chicken salads and onion rings.³²
• Daily lunch specials.¹

Pies & desserts (made fresh daily)

• Homemade pies — the cafe’s longstanding signature; fresh desserts and pies baked daily, with whole pies and rolls ordered by locals for holidays (Thanksgiving/Christmas). Specific rotating flavors not confirmed in accessible sources.³¹²

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Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Roxanne’s Cafe (Parkville) (accessed 2026-06-23). Listing “Updated May 2026” at 6420 NW Crooked Road; no closure indicated.

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Disputes

(None recorded.)

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Footnotes

1. Roxanne’s Cafe — official site. https://www.roxannescafe.com/ — asserts: Parkville location at 6420 NW Crooked Road; “our freshly baked cinnamon rolls are famous”; pies and desserts baked fresh daily; daily lunch specials; hours Fri/Sat 6:30am–2pm, Sun–Thu 7am–2pm. Full menu hosted as 2018 breakfast/lunch menu images (not text-retrievable), so no itemized price list captured. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Restaurantji — Roxanne’s Café, Parkville. https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/parkville/roxannes-caf-/ — asserts: customer-favorite items — The Wrangler (biscuit & gravy with bacon & hash browns), pancakes with ham, chicken fried steak / hot country fried steak, chicken fried chicken, biscuits and gravy, French toast combo, cinnamon roll; lunch pork tenderloin with gravy, fries, and a biscuit. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

3. Yelp — Roxanne’s Cafe (Parkville). https://www.yelp.com/biz/roxannes-cafe-parkville — asserts: open/active, updated May 2026 (80 reviews); homemade pies. ↩ ↩²