Best Coffee Shops in Kansas City

Kansas City is a roaster town: in-house roasters from The Roasterie (1993) to Messenger supply cafés across the metro.

Crossroads Arts District

Messenger Coffee Co. runs a three-storey café, roastery and Ibis Bakery with a rooftop patio on Grand Blvd.

River Market

Thou Mayest, roaster for many of the metro’s cafés, takes its name from Steinbeck’s East of Eden.

Westport

Broadway Café has roasted since 1992, its roasting operation housed in a 1930s fire station.

West Bottoms

Blip Roasters brings motorcycle culture to a historic industrial building.

Columbus Park

Café Cà Phê, Kansas City’s first Vietnamese coffee shop, was started by a former Broadway actress.