Kansas City Coffee: The Scene That BBQ Built (Sort Of)

Messenger built a roastery and café in the Crossroads and the result is the most architecturally ambitious coffee operation in the city. The Grand Blvd location has the full roastery visible from the bar. The coffee earned its reputation before the building did. Both are now excellent.

Named with the kind of specificity that signals confidence. Mildred's is a downtown anchor that serves the office crowd in the morning and holds down the neighborhood in the afternoon. Reliable, warm, exactly the kind of coffee shop downtown cores need.

The roaster on Troost that has built its following through quality and consistency. The name is accurate: the combination of serious craft and neighborhood friendliness is oddly correct. The Troost corridor is the future of KC coffee culture and Oddly Correct is already there.

French crêpes and serious coffee in Westport. Chezelle fills a gap in the Westport morning scene with a combination that requires doing both things well. They do.