Fried Chicken Biscuit at The Glass Cat Cafe. // Photo by Lauren Textor
The purrfect hen biscuit at The Glass Cat Cafe
My cat, Fred, has his personal shrine in our home. It’s stuffed with drawings, letters, and a Siamese Beanie Baby that I discovered at a yard sale. He has been the topic of many movies, Instagram posts, and journal entries. He was the gateway drug to my life as a cat mother, and I’ll by no means return.
Naturally, I used to be excited to search out The Glass Cat Cafe so near home. I used to be anticipating themed decor and possibly just a few felines roaming across the grounds, particularly because it’s positioned proper throughout from Bonner Animal Rescue. Unfortunately, I didn’t encounter a single cat, however I nonetheless contemplate my go to worthwhile. This new diner has a plain exterior, and it’s sparsely adorned, but it surely serves up scrumptious breakfast and lunch choices in an space that’s sorely oversaturated with chains.
Glass Cat was nominated for Best Breakfast and Best Chicken Sandwich in our Best of KC 2023— but one more reason it is best to strive it for your self!— and it’s apparent why out of your first chew.
The Fried Chicken Biscuit is served with honey butter, blackberry jam, and a aspect of hash browns ($9). The hen is crispy on the skin, juicy on the within, and all-around filling, particularly when sandwiched between two biscuits dripping with butter.
The butter really left a small puddle on my plate— if that’s not your vibe, let your server know upfront— however I mopped most of it up with my completely crisped hashbrowns. If something, I’d request a thicker smear of the mouth-watering blackberry jam, which provides a contact of sweetness that takes the dish to the following degree.
Since biscuits are made contemporary in small batches all through the day, you’re all the time going to have the freshest, fluffiest one attainable. Consider asking for yours with the pumpkin butter made by eight-year-old Emma from OLL Souls Jellies and Jams. She’s lately began her business as a solution to honor her great-grandmother, who taught her the way to make jelly just a few years in the past and has lately handed away.
What’s on the menu moreover breakfast? Well, I’m glad you requested! Sourdough boules stuffed with seasonal soup, cabbage rolls with mashed potatoes and inexperienced beans, fried goat cheese balls, truffle fries, French dip, the Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich, and apple dumplings abound.
The Glass Cafe is positioned at 11657 Kaw Dr., Bonner Springs, KS.
Southwest Grilled Cheese and Pomegranate Iced Tea at Homer’s Coffee House. // Photo by Lauren Textor
Maintaining group at Homer’s Coffee House
Homer’s Coffee House is the Kansas City equal of Luke’s Diner— besides they welcome individuals hanging out, host dwell music each weekend, and aren’t a grumpy one-man present.
Actually, there are a whole lot of variations between Homer’s and Luke’s, however they’re spiritually comparable of their easy menus and central roles of their respective communities.
Homer’s has been round for 20 years, and it helps a number of nonprofits, each in KC and overseas. Homer’s House Church meets within the convention room each Sunday at 10 a.m. Small businesses like Mythos Hot Sauce promote their wares on a shelf close to the door. It’s form of the unique OP dangle.
The espresso store has indoor and out of doors seating, with a raised stage by the home windows. It’s slightly dated and never as flashy as lots of its hipster cousins. The major seating space may work in a pinch as a dialog pit for the likes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (so, sure, I’m a fan).
The Pomegranate Iced Tea ($2.40) is a beautiful pink, and it comes with a free refill. It’s lighter than espresso, but it surely sounds simply as refined whereas ordering, which suggests it’s match to accompany woman dinner.
My woman dinner (lunch?) this time round was a Southwest Grilled Cheese (bacon, a single, partially-melted slice of pepper jack, and a too-thin unfold of guacamole on sourdough) ($6.95). There’s not a lot to say about this sandwich. It’s a fast repair for starvation, and that’s about it.
However, my cousin repeatedly drives quarter-hour only for certainly one of their chocolate espresso brownies (solely to expertise excessive disappointment on the times after they promote out!). If you’re hungry, I counsel skipping the sandwich and grabbing an merchandise from the pastry case.
Homer’s Coffee House is positioned at 7126 West eightieth St., Overland Park, KS 66204. Every weekend, Homer’s hosts a dwell musical efficiency from 6:30 to eight:30 p.m.
