A popular Kansas City eatery is counting down to its official rebrand and reopening in Johnson County.
The Lemon Cake Bakery, which built up a loyal following operating for years as Café Europa in Brookside, will open in Leawood next week — though the bakery is already conducting a soft launch fulfilling holiday orders.
Lemon Cake Bakery will be at Mission Farms
- The bakery has moved into a space on the southern end of the shopping center at 10683 Mission Rd.
- Women’s clothing store Boutique Chic previously occupied the space.
- The Lemon Cake Bakery will neighbor the Tavern restaurant.
- Once it opens, the bakery will operate from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Monday.
The shop will sell desserts and coffee drinks
- The Lemon Cake Bakery will sell many of the baked goods that could be found at Café Europa —but not the sandwiches, salads and other savory items the former eatery offered.
- In addition to the lemon cake from which it derived its name, the bakery will offer other desserts like carrot cake, chocolate cupcakes and Italian cookies.
- The bakery will also serve a full range of coffee and tea drinks.
Café Europa closed earlier this year
- This summer, the restaurant closed after two decades of operating in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Café Europa was supposed to expand to Leawood once before, but plans for a location at Town Center Crossing fell through.
- Café Europa started out in Kansas City’s Brookside area before moving to the South Plaza neighborhood.
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