We know that our products are only as good as the ingredients we put into them.
SOME OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS INCLUDE:
Home of the famous Alma cheese. Provider of a variety of cheddar cheeses.
Alma Creamery
Alma, KS
Home of the famous Alma cheese. Provider of a variety of cheddar cheeses.
A Kansas City-based meat supplier providing high-quality meat for the foodservice industry since 1993.
Arrowhead Meats
Kansas City, MO
A Kansas City-based meat supplier providing high-quality meat for the foodservice industry since 1993.
A French-inspired artisan goat cheese dairy and creamery.
Baetje Farms
Bloomsdale, MO
A French-inspired artisan goat cheese dairy and creamery.
Inspired and flavorful homemade ice cream.
Betty Rae's Ice Cream
Kansas City, MO
Inspired and flavorful homemade ice cream.
A 280-acre family farm providing high-quality, natural free-range chickens, brown eggs, turkeys, lamb and beef.
Campo Lindo Farms
Lathrop, MO
A 280-acre family farm providing high-quality, natural free-range chickens, brown eggs, turkeys, lamb and beef.
A 10-acre farm producing heirloom varieties of vegetables used all over the KC metro area.
Crum’s Heirlooms
Bonner Springs, KS
A 10-acre farm producing heirloom varieties of vegetables used all over the KC metro area.
A leading supplier of fresh greens, operated by plant experts.
Green Gate Farm
Augusta, MO
A leading supplier of fresh greens, operated by plant experts.
Fresh and aged cheeses from crop to cow to milk to cheese. Practicing old-world cheesemaking.
Hemme Brothers Creamery
Sweet Springs, MO
Fresh and aged cheeses from crop to cow to milk to cheese. Practicing old-world cheesemaking.
Hugo Tea Company was founded by tea drinkers who wanted everything, no compromises.
Hugo Tea
North Kansas City, MO
Hugo Tea Company was founded by tea drinkers who wanted everything, no compromises.
A micro-bakery with two locations. One on-site here at Blackdog and one in the Kansas City Crossroads at Messenger Cafe.
Ibis Bakery
Lenexa, KS and Kansas City, MO
A micro-bakery with two locations. One on-site here at Blackdog and one in the Kansas City Crossroads at Messenger Cafe.
A high-quality local butcher shop and market serving Kansas City since 1951.
McGonigle's Market
Kansas City, MO
A high-quality local butcher shop and market serving Kansas City since 1951.
Messenger is a collaborative vision to create excellent, artisan-level roasts from the best coffees while taking care of coffee farmers in a way that goes above and beyond the status quo.
Messenger Coffee
Kansas City, MO
Messenger is a collaborative vision to create excellent, artisan-level roasts from the best coffees while taking care of coffee farmers in a way that goes above and beyond the status quo.
Traditional Amish-styled cheese. The makers of Prairie Breeze, Prairie Rose and Quark cheeses.
Milton Creamery
Milton, IA
Traditional Amish-styled cheese. The makers of Prairie Breeze, Prairie Rose and Quark cheeses.
A family-owned and operated farm specializing in 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, chicken, lamb, eggs, butter, cheese & jams.
Pastime Farms
Lincoln, MO
A family-owned and operated farm specializing in 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, chicken, lamb, eggs, butter, cheese & jams.
Hormone-free, family owned and operated dairy farm located just north of Kansas City.
Shatto Milk Company
Osborn, MO
Hormone-free, family owned and operated dairy farm located just north of Kansas City.
Raw honey from a family owned and operated farm less than 10 miles away from the coffee house.
Speckman Honey
Shawnee, KS
Raw honey from a family owned and operated farm less than 10 miles away from the coffee house.
A USDA-certified organic urban farm committed to producing high-quality vegetables for the KC metro area.
Stony Crest Urban Farm
Kansas City, MO
A USDA-certified organic urban farm committed to producing high-quality vegetables for the KC metro area.
A family-owned orchard specializing in apples, peaches and blackberries.
Sunflower Orchard
Paola, KS
A family-owned orchard specializing in apples, peaches and blackberries.
A husband-wife team committed to using sustainable growing practices and producing interesting varieties of fruit and vegetables.
Urbavore Urban Farm
Kansas City, MO
A husband-wife team committed to using sustainable growing practices and producing interesting varieties of fruit and vegetables.
Premium-sliced bacon from the finest USDA-confirmed local hogs.
Webster City Bacon
Webster City, IA
Premium-sliced bacon from the finest USDA-confirmed local hogs.
A small, locally owned and organic farm selling at the Brookside Farmers' Market since it opened in 2003.
Wood Mood Farms
Higginsville, MO
A small, locally owned and organic farm selling at the Brookside Farmers' Market since it opened in 2003.
Egg and meat producers committed to pasture-raised, pasture-finished. antibiotic-free products.
180 Farms
Sweet Springs, MO
Egg and meat producers committed to pasture-raised, pasture-finished. antibiotic-free products.