Harvest Cafe & Bakery

What Harvest Cafe & Bakery does

Harvest Cafe & Bakery is a privately held, family-owned American restaurant and bakery founded in 1995 and operating from a single storefront at 1390 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, Connecticut. The business runs an integrated cafe, retail bakery, and catering operation out of one location, staffed by 11–50 employees and open Tuesday through Sunday from 7:30am to 2pm, with all-day breakfast and lunch from 11am. The on-site scratch bakery produces breads, muffins, pastries, cookies, quiches, and desserts daily, and accepts custom cake and cupcake orders from Friday through Sunday.

The company monetizes through three primary revenue streams: dine-in and takeout cafe sales, retail bakery sales for off-premise consumption, and a catering department covering breakfast, brunch, luncheons, showers, christenings, corporate events, and celebration-of-life receptions, with on-premise, pickup, delivery, and setup options and accommodations for vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets. Technology infrastructure is limited to commodity small-business tools: Toasttab for online ordering and digital gift cards, BentoBox as the website platform, Facebook for community engagement, and an email signup funnel. There is no proprietary technology, mobile app, API, or AI/ML capability.

Go-to-market is exclusively direct-to-consumer within the Simsbury and greater Hartford, CT trade area, relying on the physical location, word-of-mouth, regional press recognition (Best of Hartford, Hartford Magazine), and lightweight digital channels. The customer mix is split between local individual/family diners (primary) and corporate or business catering clients (secondary), with no disclosed enterprise contracts. The business has no outside investors, no subsidiaries, and no multi-unit footprint; ownership rests with Kimberly Foster, supported by General Manager Scott Hauslaib and Catering Manager/Catering Chef Melisa Kupstas.

Name

Harvest Cafe & Bakery

Legal name

Harvest Cafe & Bakery

Website

https://harvestcafebakery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Harvest Cafe & Bakery is a family-owned American restaurant, retail bakery, and catering operation in Simsbury, Connecticut, serving local residents and corporate clients with scratch-made breakfast, lunch, baked goods, and event catering since 1995.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant and Bakery Services

NAICS

Baked Goods Retailers (445291), Retail Bakeries (311811), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Bakery Products (2050), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Cafe-Bakeries (Bakery + Coffee/Foodservice) (THAFAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bread & Pastry Specialty Stores (CRAHAGAC), Dessert Cafes (Coffee + Desserts) (THAFADAH)

Keywords

• Restaurant dining services
• Retail bakery goods
• Event catering services
• Custom cake orders
• Breakfast and lunch cafe

Headquarters

HQ city

Simsbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dine-in and takeout restaurant sales: Revenue from breakfast and lunch service at the physical cafe location. Customers order from the cafe menu featuring all-day breakfast and lunch items from 11am-2pm Tuesday-Sunday. Takeout orders available for bakery items.
2. Retail bakery sales: Fresh baked goods including breads, muffins, pastries, special order cakes, desserts, cookies, and quiches sold for take-home consumption. Specialty cake and cupcake orders accepted Friday through Sunday.
3. Catering services: Catering for brunch, luncheons, showers, christenings, corporate events, and celebration of life receptions. Services include on-premise events, pickup, delivery and setup. Accommodates special dietary needs including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Harvest Cafe & Bakery operates a full-service American restaurant and retail bakery from a single location in Simsbury, CT, serving breakfast all day and lunch Tuesday-Sunday. The on-site scratch bakery produces fresh breads, muffins, pastries, special-order cakes, desserts, cookies, and quiches for take-home, while a dedicated catering department handles brunches, luncheons, showers, corporate events, and appetizer displays with vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options.

Product overview

Harvest Cafe & Bakery operates as a unified restaurant and bakery concept celebrating 30 years in business. The core offering consists of cafe dining services (breakfast all day, lunch) paired with a full retail bakery for take-home items. The business offers three main integrated products: Cafe Dining and Retail Bakery as the foundational offerings, with Catering Services, Special Order Cakes, Online Ordering, and Gift Cards as supplementary modules that expand the customer experience. The cafe and bakery share culinary staff and facilities, while the catering department operates as a specialized offshoot for off-premise and corporate events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cafe Dining Full-service American restaurant offering breakfast all day and lunch from 11am, served Tuesday-Sunday 7:30am-2pm, with rotating seasonal specials prepared by the in-house culinary staff. Targeted at local Simsbury and Connecticut community members seeking dine-in breakfast and lunch.
• Retail Bakery On-site retail bakery counter stocked daily with fresh baked breads, muffins, pastries, desserts, cookies, and quiches available for take-home purchase by local consumers.
• Special Order Cakes Custom specialty cake and cupcake orders available for pickup Friday through Sunday, with a cake menu PDF available for ordering. Targeted at local customers celebrating birthdays, weddings, showers, and other personal occasions.
• Catering Services Catering department specializing in breakfast, brunch, luncheons, showers, christenings, corporate events, celebration of life receptions, and appetizer/charcuterie displays. Service options include on-premise events, pickup at the cafe, and delivery with setup, with menus accommodating vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dietary needs. Targeted at local businesses and private individuals hosting events.
• Gift Cards Online gift cards available for purchase through the Toasttab platform, redeemable at the cafe and bakery for dine-in, takeout, and bakery purchases.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• First Watch: Daytime breakfast, brunch, and lunch cafe chain with scratch kitchen and seasonal menus. Directly comparable operating window, menu structure, and cafe-only format to Harvest.
• Corner Bakery Cafe: National cafe-bakery chain offering breakfast, lunch, and bakery items with dine-in and catering. Closest direct peer to Harvest's combined cafe + retail bakery + catering model.

Broad incumbents

• La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Specialty coffee roaster with cafes serving light food and pastries. Overlaps with Harvest's cafe component and on-premise baked goods, though drinks-forward rather than food-forward.
• Le Pain Quotidien: Established cafe-bakery concept emphasizing scratch baking, communal seating, and seasonal menus. Comparable in scratch-production philosophy and cafe-bakery hybrid offering.
• Panera Bread: Large national cafe-bakery chain serving soups, sandwiches, salads, and baked goods with catering and digital ordering. Operates broadly in the same category as Harvest with overlapping scratch-bakery positioning.

Regional players

• Knead Bakehouse: Connecticut/New England-based artisan bakery with cafes and wholesale accounts. Comparable scratch-baking focus and CT regional footprint, though primarily a bakery rather than full restaurant.

Emerging players

• Crumbl Cookies: National dessert-first cookie and bakery chain with rotating weekly menus. Comparable to Harvest's dessert, cookie, and cupcake offerings, though single-category focused and primarily takeout/delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/harvestcafebakery
• Xx.com/harvestcafe_ct
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harvest-cafe-and-bakery

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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