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The KC Cup
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items Coffee is basically a personality trait at this point. From beautiful cafés to seriously good espresso and pastries worth the trip, these are my favorite places to caffeinate around Kansas City.
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If you want to spend an afternoon in a gorgeous European-inspired café with beautiful drinks and delicious food, Bisou is 100% the spot. Chic, effortlessly cool and, most importantly, really good coffee.
Bisou is a European inspired Coffee Shop & Café in ...
Come for the coffee, but absolutely don’t skip the pastry counter. Penrose is the perfect little coffee-and-pastry stop with beautifully made espresso drinks and pastries that make it impossible to choose just one.
Penrose Espresso Bar and Pastry Counter
For the coffee people who actually care about the coffee. Take Care by OLEO is all about beautifully roasted beans, thoughtfully made drinks and letting really good coffee speak for itself. You have to try one of their freshly made biscuits!
OLEO COFFEE
Heavy metal + really damn good coffee. Apparition is for the coffee lovers who like their mornings a little louder. The coffee never misses, and don’t sleep on the pastries or burritos they’re incredible.
Apparition Coffee
Coffee in the morning, cocktails when you’re ready to switch gears. Bear Necessities keeps things simple with seriously good coffee, house-made syrups and a warm neighborhood feel. One of those spots you can easily stay awhile.
Bear Necessities Coffee and Bar, Overland Park, KS
A true KC neighborhood coffee staple with three locations around the city. Each has its own neighborhood feel, but you can always count on good coffee, a laid-back atmosphere and delicious burritos.
Crows Coffee
KC’s first Vietnamese coffee shop and an absolute must. Bold Vietnamese coffee, fun flavors and a space rooted in culture, community and representation. Definitely branch out from your usual order here you’ll be glad you did.
Cafe Cà Phê
For the coffee purists. Oddly Correct takes coffee seriously without taking itself too seriously thoughtfully sourced beans, incredible roasting and drinks that let the coffee itself be the star. No fuss, just really good coffee.
Oddly Correct Coffee Bar
A little taste of Mexico in Grandview. Café Provecho brings Latino flavors into their coffee in such a fun way. The Mexican Mocha is a must, and definitely grab one of their French + Mexican-inspired pastries while you’re there.
Cafe Provecho
Colorful, vibrant and full of corazón. Café Corazón celebrates Latin + Indigenous culture through bold coffee, beautiful art and so much personality. They have three locations around KC, but the Crossroads spot is one of my favorites. The café de oll...
Café Corazón
Veil has a dark, moody aesthetic that immediately sets it apart, paired with insanely delicious coffee and creative drinks. Definitely one of KC’s coziest coffee experiences.
Veil Cafe
Come for the coffee, stay to shop. Artifact pairs specialty coffee with a beautifully curated selection of goods, and fun fact they don’t serve regular dairy milk, only milk alternatives. As a regular-milk girl, I was skeptical, but the oat milk in ...
Artifact Coffee & Goods
Coffee + thrifting? Say less. Rex Café is tucked inside REX in the West Bottoms, so you can sip while you hunt for vintage treasures. And the espresso? SO good. The vibes are definitely lend themselves to lounging and staying a while.
Rex Cafe
One of those KC spots that feels like you stumbled onto a little secret. The Little House on Knox is charming, intimate and full of character the kind of place where the atmosphere is just as much a part of the experience as what you’re sipping.
The Little Store on Knox
A coffee shop for people who really appreciate the craft. The owner KNOWS his coffee, and you can taste that knowledge and intention in every drink he makes. Beautiful space, incredible coffee and easily one of those places worth going out of your wa...
Seleno Coffee