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Neat (neat.bar) is a craft cocktail bar at 16953 City Center Drive in Lenexa City Center (former Savoy Tea Co. space). Opened July 2026 by Samir Shura, Dipti Bhakta, and bar-program lead Benjamin Davalos. Globally inspired house cocktails, classics, bar snacks; happy hour Tue–Thu 4–6pm and reverse happy hour Sat 11pm–1am. Tier 1 independent local bar.123

Description

neat.bar markets a “vintage modern” room — black walls, gold accents, plants, leather seating — aimed at a high-end cocktail experience inside Lenexa rather than forcing JoCo drinkers north or south.13 House cocktails (examples from the first-party list: La Dolce Vita $17, Gun For Hire $17, Takeoff $16, Once Upon A Time In Mexico $17, Parrot Cay $16) sit alongside classics (Old Fashioned $14, Espresso Martini $15, French 75 $15) and zero-proof options; happy hour marks Cosmopolitan / Lemon Drop / Margarita at $10 and select beers/wines lower.4

Bar snacks are published as a separate first-party menu section.3

Ownership and history

Opening coverage names three co-owners: Dipti Bhakta (PR / community), Samir Shura (operations / inventory), and Benjamin Davalos (bar program), who shaped the menu from travel and a decade of local bartending rather than trend-chasing.1 The trio scouted for a Lenexa gap: high-end cocktails without leaving the city. The space is the former Savoy Tea Co. unit near Pure Barre and BODY20 at City Center.1

Last verified: 2026-08-12 · Source: neatbar.co house cocktails + happy hour · menu_status: partial (sample house list + happy hour; full spirits/whiskey lists not transcribed)

Happy hour (Tue–Thu 4–6pm; Sat reverse 11pm–1am)

  • Cosmopolitan / Lemon Drop / Margarita — $104
  • Michelob Ultra / Modelo Especial — $44
  • Select local-ish drafts (e.g. JoCo Juice Hazy IPA, Vine Street Jazzmzn) — $64
  • All wines / bubbles — $74

House / signature examples

  • La Dolce Vita — $174
  • Gun For Hire — $174
  • Takeoff / Parrot Cay / Chismosa — $164
  • New American Revolution / Once Upon A Time In Mexico — $174
  • Classics: Bee’s Knees $15, Dirty Martini $15, French 75 $15, Margarita $13, Mojito $14, Old Fashioned $14, Whiskey Sour $13, Black Manhattan $16, Espresso Martini $15, Mont Blanc $12, Morning Dew $12, Sanctuary $144

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Lucie Krisman, “Neat, a new ‘vintage modern’ cocktail bar, now open at Lenexa City Center,” Johnson County Post, July 29, 2026 — asserts: July open; 16953 City Center Drive; prior Savoy Tea; owners Shura / Bhakta / Davalos and roles; hours matching first-party; Lenexa cocktail-gap framing; cocktail examples Gun for Hire, Dolce Vita. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. neat.bar Visit page (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: 16953 City Center Drive, Lenexa, KS 66219; (913) 279-0370; info@neatbar.co; hours Tue–Wed 4–11, Thu–Fri 4–12, Sat 4–1, closed Sun–Mon. ↩

  3. neat.bar first-party home (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: brand positioning (globally inspired cocktail bar); happy hour windows; menu section structure. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. neat.bar House Cocktails page (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: happy-hour and house cocktail names and prices as transcribed. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

See also

  • Registry
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On the record — ks.city/registry/neat-bar · record updated 2026-08-12