Comfort Food + a Playlist
Words by: Maggie Laubscher | Music by: Abby Yemm
Welcome to the season of comfort foods, Nellies. It’s a season of caring for and comforting our bodies. For us, that means ritual and meditation and indulgences. And with cooler weather, fallen leaves, and Thanksgiving upon us, that means good food! As our girl Julie Child once said, ‘People who love to eat are always the best people.’
On that note, we at The Nelle are looking for a like-minded restaurant partner -- one that is delicious and local. Any recommendations that come to mind, DM or email us. We are building up our community partners - hey TUF Club :) - and dusting off our coziest corners to welcome you soon. The right restaurant partner will make everything sweeter.
With restaurants on our mind, we look to our Thanksgiving feasts. Our celebrations may be smaller this year, but celebrate we will. We are looking to our favorite restaurants to complement our meals (more below). We also just discovered Table Top in a Box for table decor. The female-owned KC brand offers pretty, themed kits with napkins, name tags, stir sticks, and more. It’s such a good idea to make things still feel festive and special this season.
For Thanksgiving meals, we love to cook a treat or two but we leave the desserts to the experts. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite local spots that are still offering holiday pie orders (Upper Crust, Local Pig, and Ashleigh’s Bake Shop have sold out). Order deadlines, prices, and flavors are listed below. Cheers to indulgence and comfort food, Nellies!
Billie’s Grocery
Billie’s Grocery offers gluten-free pies and stuffing mix, plus cakes, pumpkin rolls, and other treats perfect for a Thanksgiving feast.
The Pies: pumpkin pie + pecan pie + apple pie
The Price: $24 - $26
Ordering: Order online or call the cafe. All orders must be in by Nov 22.
Our Gathering
Our Gathering is offering pies plus banana pudding and peach cobbler - the latter two treats in multiple sizes for this year’s smaller celebrations. Everything is so decadent and good!
The Pies: pumpkin pie + browned butter sweet potato pie
The Price: $20 - $30
Ordering: Order online through Nov 22 for delivery or pickup on Nov 25.
The Russell on Main
The Russell on Main has three pie options and we want one of each.
The Pies: maple pumpkin brûlée pie + maple pumpkin brûlée pie with toasted meringue + chocolate pecan bourbon pie
The Price: $20
Ordering: Pre-order online for scheduled local delivery or store pickup on Nov 23-25.
Dolce Bakery
Dolce Bakery makes great classic pies plus beautiful decorated cookies and cakes. Complement your Caffetteria Thanksgiving order with Dolce sweets - or any meal really.
The Pies: dutch apple pie + bourbon pecan pie + pumpkin spice pie
The Price: $28 - $36
Ordering: Order online thru Nov 21 for scheduled pickup the week of Thanksgiving.
Heirloom Bakery
Heirloom Bakery & Hearth has delicious pies plus pastries of all kinds. We might add the take-and-bake cinnamon rolls or rosemary wheat rolls to our pie order. Plus the cheesecake tarts!
The Pies: chocolate pecan pie + cranberry pear pie + honey apple thyme pie + pumpkin pie
The Price: $23 - $26
Ordering: Order online anytime, just allow two days in advance for any order.
Rye
Rye KC has several handcrafted pie options. Its take on the classic pecan pie sounds like heaven.
The Pies: pumpkin pie + apple pie + MoKan pie with pecans, walnuts, butter, sugar, bourbon) + banana cream pie + lemon meringue pie
The Price: $27 - $32
Ordering: Order from Leawood or Plaza locations by Nov 22 for scheduled pickup between Nov 22-Nov 25.
French Market
French Market offers classic French desserts from its daily pastry case for pre-ordering, as well as a French pie (a.k.a. a tart!)...
The Pies: pear almond tart
The Price: $30
Ordering: Order online or call the cafe by 6pm Nov 23 for pickup Nov 24-25.
