Holy Grounds Coffee & Book Shoppe

a faith-based, cause-driven coffee and bookshop in Liberty, MO, established 2023 and operated by St. James Anglican Cathedral on the first floor of its historic building. Proceeds support the restoration of the 179-year-old church’s steeple. Tier 1 (locally rooted, mission-driven) — with a church/nonprofit-operator disclosure (not a privately owned business).

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Description

Holy Grounds Coffee & Book Shoppe is a faith-based coffee and bookshop on the first floor of St. James Anglican Cathedral in Liberty, MO, at 342 N Water St, north of the Downtown Liberty Square.¹² Established in 2023, it serves coffee alongside Christian books and gifts and operates as a cause-driven fundraiser — “Drink Coffee for a cause!” — with proceeds going toward restoring the 179-year-old church’s historic steeple.²³

Operator disclosure: Holy Grounds is operated by St. James Anglican Cathedral as a church ministry / community fundraiser, not a privately owned business. (Per the Northland-coffee discovery plan, the Registry admits mission-driven local nonprofits/community operations with this disclosure.) Correction note: an early version of the discovery plan mis-attributed the operator to “St. John of God Community Services” — that is an unrelated same-name nonprofit in New Jersey; the Liberty, MO shop is the St. James Anglican Cathedral operation.²

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Ownership and history

Operator

Period	Operator	Notes
2023 → present	St. James Anglican Cathedral (Liberty, MO)	Church-run coffee/book shop on the first floor of the cathedral; fundraiser for the historic steeple restoration.123

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Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Toast online ordering (official), The Hilltop Monitor (William Jewell College), Yelp · URL(s): https://order.toasttab.com/online/holy-ground-342-n-water-st · https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/holy-grounds-new-liberty-coffee-shop-half-a-mile-from-campus/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/holy-grounds-coffee-and-book-shoppe-liberty · Confidence: Medium (high on concept, house-roasting, in-house syrups, tea source, and category coverage from press + official ordering platform; medium on exact item lineup and pricing — Toast item pages block scraping, so no prices are quoted).

A cause-driven coffee-and-bookshop menu built on house-roasted coffee and house-made syrups, rounded out with light café food — proceeds fund the St. James steeple restoration.⁴⁵

Signature drinks

• House espresso & lattes — drip and espresso drinks built on coffee roasted in-house; lattes available hot, iced, or blended as a frappe.⁴⁵
• House-syrup lattes — most syrups are made in-house; signature flavors include vanilla lavender and cinnamon almond coconut.⁵
• Matcha — house matcha, singled out by local press for its texture and balance.⁵
• Pour over — single-cup pour over of the house roast.⁴
• Iced mocha and other iced/blended espresso drinks.²
• Hot tea — loose-leaf tea brewed from Anna Marie’s Teas on the Liberty Square.⁵

Food

• Paninis and other savory light bites.²
• Pastries and yogurt parfaits.²
• Fudge — samples/portions from a local Kearney, MO maker.⁵

Specials

• First Friday drink flight — a Friday-recurring flight of multiple flavored drinks at a low price point.²

Prices not quoted — Toast item pages block scraping; confirm at the counter or via the live Toast menu. exact item lineup and prices.

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Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Holy Grounds Coffee & Book Shoppe — Yelp (Updated June 2026) (accessed 2026-06-23). Active at 342 N Water St, Liberty, MO; hours Mon–Sat 7a–5p, closed Sun.

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Disputes

(None active. Operator corrected from the plan’s “St. John of God Community Services” — a same-name NJ nonprofit — to St. James Anglican Cathedral.)

Links

• Facebook (primary web presence): https://www.facebook.com/holygroundsshoppe/
• Online ordering (Toast): https://order.toasttab.com/online/holy-ground-342-n-water-st

Footnotes

1. Holy Grounds Coffee & Book Shoppe (Facebook). https://www.facebook.com/holygroundsshoppe/ — asserts: Liberty MO coffee + Christian book/gift shop; St. James connection. ↩ ↩²

2. Yelp — Holy Grounds Coffee and Book Shoppe (Liberty). https://www.yelp.com/biz/holy-grounds-coffee-and-book-shoppe-liberty — asserts: 342 N Water St, Liberty; established 2023; on the first floor of St. James Anglican Cathedral; “Drink Coffee for a cause!” steeple-restoration fundraiser; hours; open/active (updated Dec 2025). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

3. Historic Downtown Liberty — Holy Grounds Coffee pop-up event. https://historicdowntownliberty.org/event/scoops-sips-bougie-scoops-holy-grounds-coffee-pop-up/ — asserts: active community presence; downtown Liberty. ↩ ↩²

4. Holy Grounds — Toast online ordering (official). https://order.toasttab.com/online/holy-ground-342-n-water-st — asserts: 342 N Water St, Liberty MO; online menu organized into Drinks / Food / Merch; pour over and espresso/latte drinks. (Item-detail pages return HTTP 403 to scraping, so exact prices were not captured.) ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. The Hilltop Monitor (William Jewell College) — “Holy Grounds: New Liberty coffee shop half a mile from campus.” https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/holy-grounds-new-liberty-coffee-shop-half-a-mile-from-campus/ — asserts: coffee roasted in-house; tea from Anna Marie’s Teas on the Liberty Square; most syrups made in-house incl. vanilla lavender and cinnamon almond coconut; praised matcha; pastries + savory food; fudge from a local Kearney maker; located beneath St. James Church, proceeds support steeple renovation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶