A short walk away is Airship at The Homestead, a micro-cafe and beverage bar in a spectacular modern building. This coffee purveyor sells amazing locally roasted coffees, tea, delicious kombucha and craft beer. Airship’s small food menu includes pastries, tacos, barbecue nachos and vegan selections. It has several seating options - a beer garden, rooftop bar and covered, but open-air seating that includes rope swings and a view.
Open grassy areas and paved paths leading to Airship are often filled with kids, adults and dogs, biking, running and walking. A non-traditional play area adds to the ideal vibe. An old Ozark barn has been refurbished to serve as a play structure. Light streams through the wood slats as kids climb lofts and run around inside. A second wood structure contains a neon sign reading “Paradise Found,” not that you need a sign to tell you that you’re somewhere special.
Airship is only accessible by paved trail. Two parking lots are located slightly less than a mile from the cafe, which is wheelchair accessible. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day.
There’s a feeling of remoteness here even though this outdoor space is near the city square. The unlikely juxtaposition of this small cafe within an outdoor preserve feels like a secret hideout. You don’t know whether to tell others about it or keep it for yourself.
