A former NewBo City Market vendor has found a new home! K.C. Cakes & Cajun is in the process of moving into the former Runt’s Munchies location in Downtown Cedar Rapids.
About K.C. Cakes & Cajun
K.C. Cakes & Cajun first came on the local restaurant scene in November of 2023 when it opened inside of NewBo City Market as just ‘K.C. Cakes.’ The original focus of the business was homemade baked goods, including cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and cheesecake, all meticulously decorated with any type of theme you can imagine!
In early 2025, K.C. Cakes decided to expand their offerings to include Cajun dishes, changing their name and relocating within the market to the former home of CR Midnight Smoker. In addition to their popular baked goods, the shop began serving dished like red beans & rice, jambalaya, cornbread, gumbo, and biscuits & gravy.
Then, in late 2025, K.C. Cakes & Cajun took another big step in furthering their business. After “outgrowing” their small booth inside of NewBo, they relocated to the food court in the Armstrong Building in Downtown Cedar Rapids. That’s where they remained until April of this year, when they revealed that they would be moving again. The Facebook post from the business read:
“We just wanted to take a second to let everyone know that we will be closing our location inside the Armstrong Building at the end of this month. As much as it sucks to do so, that place just isn’t us and we’ve realized that more so now than ever. With that being said, we are no where close to being done, just in between locations as we work on getting our next spot up and running…”…