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the downtown coffee bar and craft-cocktail extension of Made in KC, the Kansas City maker-retail brand championing 300+ local makers and artists. Founded in Kansas City in 2015 (retail) and 2017 (café) by three local friends; a multi-location, locally owned brand. Tier 2 — local with a multi-location qualifier; strong KC-rooted editorial case.

Description

Made in KC Cafe is the downtown coffee-and-cocktail bar arm of Made in KC, the Kansas City maker-retail brand that sells goods from 300+ local makers and artists. The café opened in December 2017 inside the historic building at 1114 Baltimore Avenue — the New Yorker building, between the former Hotel Phillips and Hotel Indigo, a short walk from the 12th & Main KC Streetcar stop.12

The format is a hybrid: a coffee bar fronts a retail area stocked with Kansas City-made merchandise, with seating and event space and a cocktail/bar program. The house coffee blend is roasted locally, with rotating single-origin offerings from area roasters; the original café also leaned on a rotating cast of local roasters from the start.13 The concept’s stated mission — “celebrate the best of Kansas City one drink, one maker, one neighbor at a time” — folds the café directly into the broader Made in KC thesis of giving local artisans a fair, well-trafficked platform.1

Ownership and history

PeriodOperator / milestone
May 2015Made in KC founded by Tyler Enders, Keith Bradley, and Thomas McIntyre; first boutique at Prairiefire (Overland Park) — “the store that started it all.”45
December 2017Made in KC Cafe opens at 1114 Baltimore Ave, downtown KC — a ~2,300 sq ft hybrid coffee/retail space with planned taproom.2
2020Made in KC Trolley Café opens (decommissioned 1947 streetcar, since-evolved concept).6
2021Outta the Blue — a beach-themed coffee shop + bar — opens in Leawood’s Park Place under the same three founders.78
2015 → presentBrand expands to a multi-location maker-retail + café network (Marketplaces, Neighborhood Shops, and Cafés + Bars), all locally owned.5

The three founders are documented as the continuous owners. Tyler Enders (KU finance/economics, 2011) is the most publicly profiled of the three; Keith Bradley and Thomas McIntyre co-founded and co-own.97 Made in KC is independent and locally owned — no chain or private-equity parent is indicated in any source reviewed.

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Footnotes

  1. Made in KC Café — About. https://www.mikccafe.com/about (café address 1114 Baltimore Ave KC MO 64105; founders; locally-roasted house blend; mission statement; hours). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Startland News, “Made in KC Cafe opens downtown with experimental blend of coffee, retail” (Dec 2017). https://www.startlandnews.com/2017/12/made-in-kc-cafe-experimental-blend/ (opened Dec 15, 2017; 1114 Baltimore; ~2,300 sq ft; founders; works with ~10 roasters). ↩ ↩2

  3. Feast Magazine, “Made in Kansas City Cafe Adds Coffee to the Retail Favorite.” https://www.feastmagazine.com/shop/shop_kansas_city/article_d56ed846-4cc0-11e8-970f-7fa1aac5a0fa.html ↩

  4. Lenexa Chamber of Commerce — Made in KC member profile (founded May 2015 by Keith Bradley, Tyler Enders, Thomas McIntyre; original Prairiefire/Overland Park mission). https://cca.lenexa.org/made-in-kc-__1_358_313903_memberprofile2.aspx ↩

  5. Made in KC — Locations. https://madeinkc.co/pages/locations (Prairiefire “the store that started it all”; multi-location network: Marketplaces, Neighborhood Shops, Cafés + Bars). ↩ ↩2

  6. Feast Magazine, “The Made in KC Trolley Café…” (2021). https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/the-made-in-kc-trolley-caf-is-serving-drinks-and-selling-local-goods-inside-a/article_e7298f72-ef1f-11eb-8e0f-6796b604e29b.html ↩

  7. Startland News, “Made in KC opens beachy JoCo café Outta The Blue” (Jun 2021). https://www.startlandnews.com/2021/06/outta-the-blue/ (Outta the Blue, Leawood Park Place, by Bradley, McIntyre, Enders). ↩ ↩2

  8. Johnson County Post, “Made in KC bringing new coffee shop and bar to Leawood’s Park Place” (Mar 2021). https://johnsoncountypost.com/2021/03/11/made-in-kc-coffee-shop-outta-the-blue-leawood-115976/ ↩

  9. Startland News, “KCultivator Q&A: Tyler Enders…” (Feb 2018). https://www.startlandnews.com/2018/02/kcultivator-qa-tyler-enders/ (Enders profile; KU finance/economics; Made in KC = platform for 300+ local makers). ↩

  10. Made in KC — Café + Bar | Downtown. https://madeinkc.co/pages/made-in-kc-cafe-bar-downtown (address 1114 Baltimore Ave KC MO 64105; phone 816.585.2459; hours). ↩

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Categories
  • Kansas City–owned
  • Coffee
  • Downtown