Specialty coffee shops in Kansas City
Archiver Coffee lists 7 specialty coffee shops in Kansas City, Missouri, across 7 neighbourhoods, with the roaster each one pours.
Part of the Kansas City metro. Two states, one scene. The Crossroads and River Market carry downtown; the Kansas side and Lawrence add roasters worth the drive.
- Cafés listed
- 7
- Neighbourhoods
- Brookside, Columbus Park, Crossroads, Downtown, Manheim Park, River Market, Southwest Boulevard
- Roaster-owned
- 5
- Metro
- Kansas City
Every specialty café in Kansas City
- Cafe Ca Phe — 916 E 5th St, Columbus Park. Kansas City's first Vietnamese coffee shop, opened in Columbus Park in 2022 after years as a mobile truck, building its menu of ca phe sua da on Vietnam-sourced beans.
- Made in KC Cafe — 1114 Baltimore Ave, Downtown. Downtown cafe and local-goods shop that pulls Messenger espresso as its constant while rotating drip and cold brew through roughly ten Kansas City roasters, Oddly Correct among them.
- Messenger Coffee Co. + Ibis Bakery — 1624 Grand Blvd, Crossroads. Three-story Crossroads flagship where Messenger roasts on site and Ibis Bakery works the ground floor; the light-filled top level serves espresso, pour overs, and full breakfast and lunch.
- Oddly Correct — 4141 Troost Ave, Manheim Park. Oddly Correct's Troost Avenue roastery and bar, where the rotating single origins are brewed by the cup beside the Leviathan espresso blend in a spare, art-filled room.
- The Roasterie Brookside Cafe — 6223 Brookside Blvd, Brookside. Neighborhood Roasterie cafe on Brookside Boulevard serving espresso drinks, drip, breakfast sandwiches, and pastries to a steady mix of shoppers and remote workers along the Brookside shopping district.
- The Roasterie Factory Cafe — 1204 W 27th St, Southwest Boulevard. Cafe attached to The Roasterie's air-roasting plant on West 27th Street, where factory tours run alongside espresso, drip, and retail bags of Kansas City Blend and single origins.
- Thou Mayest - River Quay — 412 Delaware St, River Market. River Market corner shop Thou Mayest acquired from Quay Coffee in 2019, pouring the roaster's core blends and seasonal releases from a bright, high-ceilinged room off the City Market.