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Murmuration Eatery & Cocktail Bar is Nikole Ammer’s sister concept to City Market Coffee Roasters, at 307 Main St in the City Market. Ammer bought the coffee shop in 2006 after four years roasting behind its counter, then acquired the neighboring former Daily Kitchen space and removed the 14-foot wall between them. Soft-opened March 27, 2025; grand opening April 16, 2025. Elevated breakfast, lunch sandwiches, tornado fries, and a full cocktail/mocktail list; shared register and seating with the coffee shop.

Description

Murmuration Eatery & Cocktail Bar is an owner-operated eatery and bar at 307 Main Street in Kansas City’s City Market, in the River Market. It is the sister concept to City Market Coffee Roasters, which owner Nikole Ammer bought in 2006 after spending four years roasting beans behind its counter. Nearly two decades later, Ammer acquired the adjoining space — most recently occupied by Daily Kitchen — and removed the 14-foot wall that had separated the two storefronts, joining coffee shop and eatery into one room.

The concept is named for the murmuration of birds in flight, and local artist Emily Alvarez painted a floor-to-ceiling mural of native Missouri birds across the room; Ammer completed much of the interior finish work herself, including copper ceiling detail, tilework, and patina accents. The two businesses share a register, a pickup window, and seating, so a customer can order coffee and food in a single transaction, with a text-notification system that lets them walk the market while the order is made.

The menu runs elevated breakfast (breakfast burritos, soft-scramble sandwiches, omelets, biscuits and gravy, “The Pile”), lunch sandwiches, paninis and salads, and snack-format “walking food” such as tornado fries and mini waffles. Evenings shift the room to cocktail service, with mocktails offered alongside. Murmuration soft-opened with limited hours on March 27, 2025, and held its grand opening on April 16, 2025.

Last verified: 2026-08-13 · Source: official food menu + official Cocktails page (/menu-1, not /drinks)12 · menu_status: verified · Confidence: High. Earlier same-day pass recorded names and prices only; operator builds were on the page and not transcribed. Cocktail list was marked missing because /drinks 404s — the live list is at /menu-1. Descriptions below are the operator’s own copy (spellings left as published).

Breakfast

  • Fruit Cup — selection of seasonal fruits — $51
  • 3 Mini Waffles — with peanut butter, banana pudding, strawberry compote or real maple syrup; extra sauce or additional waffles $2 each — $51
  • Avocado Toast — avocado smashed on wheat toast and topped with tomatoes, basil oil and a balsamic glaze; add egg $3 — $111
  • Original Breakfast Burrito — hash browns, scrambled eggs, and cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla; add bacon, sausage, turkey sausage, ham steak, or chorizo $2 — $51
  • Vegan Breakfast Burrito — soyrizo, chickpea scramble, breakfast potatoes, fresh spinach, and vegan Cholula aioli in a flour tortilla — $61
  • Breakfast Sandwich — soft scramble egg, cheddar cheese, chives and Cholula aioli on a brioche bun; add bacon, sausage, turkey sausage, ham steak, or chorizo $3 — $71
  • Breakfast Club — soft scrambled egg, chives, thick cut bacon, roasted turkey, cheddar cheese and horseradish mayo on a croissant — $111
  • James’ B.L.T. — bacon, lettuce, and tomato with mayo on toasted sourdough; add avocado $2; add egg $3 — $101
  • Veggie Omelet — bell pepper, onion, and mushrooms, topped with avocado and cheddar cheese, served with a side of breakfast potatoes — $121
  • Southwest Omelet — chorizo, tomato, onion, and bell pepper, topped with avocado, salsa, sour cream and cheddar, served with a side of breakfast potatoes — $121
  • Country Omelet — chopped bacon, onion, and cheddar, topped with sausage gravy, served with a side of breakfast potatoes — $121
  • Veggie Pile — wheat bread, hash browns, bell peppers, onions, mushroom, avocado, vegan cholula aioli, and an over medium egg — $101
  • Southwest Pile — wheat bread, hash browns, chorizo, tomato, onion, peppers, avocado, salsa, sour cream and Cholula aioli — $101
  • Country Pile — wheat bread, hash browns, chopped bacon, onions, cheddar, and an over medium egg, topped with sausage gravy — $101
  • Biscuits and Sausage Gravy — full $9 / half $51
  • Biscuits and Mushroom Gravy — full $9 / half $51

Breakfast Sides

  • One egg your way — $31
  • Bacon, sausage, turkey sausage, ham or chorizo — $41
  • Breakfast potatoes, hash browns, or hash brown patty — $31

Sandwiches

Served with house made chips. Sub fries $2.50, onion rings $3, dill pickle pasta salad $3.1

  • Chicken Salad — with sliced almonds, grapes, and lettuce on croissant — $91
  • Turkey Avocado — thin sliced roasted turkey, tarragon aioli, pickled red onions, and swiss on wheat bread — $101
  • Grilled Chicken — with honey mustard, bacon, cheddar, tomato, lettuce and pickled red onion on brioche bun — $111
  • Grilled Chicken Caesar Sandwich — with Caesar dressing, romaine on toasted croissant with a side of croutons — $111
  • Deli Ruben — thin sliced corned beef, pickled cabbage, horseradish mayo, spicy mustard and swiss on rye — $101
  • French Dip Sliders — shaved prime beef, horseradish aioli and provolone on 3 mini ciabatta rolls with house made au jus; comes with fries — $101
  • Grilled Cheese — cheddar, swiss, provolone, tomato, chives, dijon mustard on sour dough — $71
  • Club Panini — turkey, ham, swiss, cheddar and bacon with horseradish mayo and spicy mustard on rosemary focaccia — $91
  • Italian Panini — shaved ham, salami, muffuletta, provolone, spicy mustard on rosemary focaccia — $91
  • Veggie Panini — artichoke hearts, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, red onion, cream cheese and provolone on rosemary focaccia — $91
  • Grilled PB&J — peanut butter and strawberry jam on white bread — $61

Salads

  • Kale Salad — with brussel sprouts, sliced almonds, shallots and maple tahini dressing — full $9 / half $61
  • Caesar Salad — romaine, parmigian, croutons, and house caesar dressing; add grilled chicken $4 — full $9 / half $61
  • Vegan Caesar — romaine, croutons, and house vegan caesar dressing — full $9 / half $61

Sides & Snacks

  • Tornado Fries — Salt & Vinegar $6.50; Elote $9; BBQ Bacon $91
  • Loaded Fries — shaved prime rib, provolone, sautéed peppers, shallots, mushrooms with horseradish aioli and au jus over a plate of fries — $101
  • House Made Chips with Onion Dip — $71
  • Dill Pickle Pasta Salad — $51
  • French Fries — $51
  • Onion Rings — $61
  • Fried Pickles — with housemade ranch — $71
  • Pretzel Sticks — with beer cheese or grain mustard; extra sauce $1.50 — $71

Cocktails

First-party list at murmurationeatery.com/menu-1 (the site’s Cocktails nav; /drinks still 404s).2

  • Market Bloody Mary — Grey Goose vodka and house Bloody Mary mix; garnished with meat, cheese, and olive skewers from neighbors at Corollo’s and veggies from the market, with an Old Bay rim — $132
  • Basic Bloody — Tito’s Vodka and house Bloody Mary mix — $102
  • Mimosa — champagne and choice of orange, strawberry, apple, or cranberry juice — $92
  • Mur-Mosa — champagne and Cointreau, with house blueberry puree, orange and pineapple juices — $102
  • Main Street Margarita — Epsilon Tequila, Cointreau, and fresh pressed sour mix on the rocks; frozen strawberry margarita still $12 — $122
  • Fuzzy Screwdriver — Tito’s Vodka, Peach Schnapps, and orange juice — $92
  • Create Your Own Mule — vodka, bourbon, gin, or tequila with Fever Tree Ginger Beer, lime, and choice of syrups — $102
  • Brown Sugar Old Fashioned — Bulleit Bourbon, Angostura Bitters, brown sugar, orange and cherry — $132
  • Dirty Bird Martini — Grey Goose Vodka or Tanqueray Gin, shaken with vermouth and Filthy olive juice — $132
  • Shake Your Gin Feather — Tanqueray Gin, house ginger syrup, lime and club soda — $102
  • Cran-Apple Cosmo — Tito’s Vodka, Cointreau, apple juice, cranberry juice, lime and club soda — $102
  • Blueberry Pineapple Tequila Sour — Espolon Tequila, house blueberry puree, fresh sour mix and pineapple juice — $122
  • When Two Worlds Collide — $102
  • Iced Bourbon Vanilla Latte — Bulleit Bourbon, cold press coffee and vanilla, topped with foamed milk and cinnamon — $102
  • Spiked Hippie — house Hippie Latte with Rumchata and cinnamon — $132
  • Espresso Martini — Tito’s Vodka, Kahlúa, Baileys Irish Cream, fresh espresso shots, and vanilla — $132
  • Espresso Martini Flight — pick three from Original, S’Mores, PB&J, or Tequila — $182
  • Captain’s Chai-Thai — Captain Morgan, Cointreau, and chai, with pineapple, orange and cranberry juices — $102
  • Frozen Vanilla-Caramel “Macchiato” — Tito’s Vodka, Baileys Irish Cream, cold press coffee, ice cream, caramel and vanilla, blended and piled high with whipped cream — $102
  • Irish Coffee — Jameson Whiskey, Baileys Irish Cream, Irish Cream syrup and drip coffee, topped with whipped cream — $92
  • Blue Hummingbird — Butterscotch Schnapps, Rumchata, white hot chocolate, butterfly pea flower, whipped cream and cherry — $92

Mocktails

  • Lavender-Strawberry Lemonade — lemonade with house made strawberry puree and house lavender syrup — $62
  • Cucumber-Basil Refresher — fresh basil, cucumber, lime, club soda and house honey simple syrup — $62
  • Mock’n Mule — house made ginger syrup, soda and lime — $62
  • Tiramisu Blue Russian — cold press coffee, tiramisu syrup, half and half, and butterfly pea flower — $62

Beer

Name and pour price only on the official list — correctly undescribed.2

  • Modelo — $62
  • Fat Tire — $52
  • Bud Light — $52
  • Michelob Ultra — $52

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Murmuration Eatery & Cocktail Bar — official food menu — asserts: every breakfast, sandwich, salad, and snack item, build, and price in the Menu section above. First-party; not an aggregator. (Accessed 2026-08-13; descriptions transcribed same day from a second scrape of the same URL.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32 ↩33 ↩34 ↩35 ↩36 ↩37 ↩38 ↩39 ↩40 ↩41 ↩42 ↩43

  2. Murmuration Eatery & Cocktail Bar — official Cocktails page — asserts: every cocktail, mocktail, and beer name, build, and price in those sections. First-party Squarespace page linked from the site nav as “Cocktails.” (Accessed 2026-08-13.) The /drinks URL still 404s; that is not where the list lives. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32

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On the record — ks.city/registry/murmuration-eatery · record updated 2026-08-13