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Neighbors Coffee + Hospitality is a nonprofit neighborhood cafe at 8135 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131 (Marlborough Heights). Justin and Samantha “Sam” Roberts opened it August 2025 with neighbors Jordan and Samantha “Sam” Weaver, roasting in-house and hiring people aging out of foster care. Pitch marked a one-year anniversary week of August 8, 2026. Tier 1 — local founders, single room, mission baked into the operating model (not a national nonprofit chain).12345

Description

The Star described a West-Coast-feeling room (Justin Roberts is from there) serving house-roasted espresso, matcha, specialty toast, breakfast burritos, and oatmeal. KC Magazine (Dec 2024, pre-open) said two Marlborough couples — pastors Justin and Sam Roberts plus Jordan and Sam Weaver, who moved across the street in 2022 — spent a year renovating a rented building at 8135 The Paseo, including a patio. Fox4 (Nov 2025) restated the foster-care hiring mission near 82nd and Paseo.123

First-party home line: “a non-profit coffee company committed to offering affordable coffee & employing those aging out of foster care.”5

Ownership and history

Neighbors is structured as part coffee company, part nonprofit. The four founders live in the neighborhood they serve. Soft-open / quiet open mid-August 2025; Pitch (Aug 6, 2026) ran a one-year congratulations with daily specials through that Monday. A stray Instagram caption placing a “Neighbors” at 5012 State Line / Westwood Hills is not treated as this cafe without a first-party confirmation — the press record is unanimous on 8135 The Paseo.142

menu_status: pending — no priced first-party menu captured this pass. Press items: house-roasted espresso drinks, matcha, specialty toast, breakfast burritos, oatmeal.1

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Jenna Thompson, “New Kansas City coffee shop blends coastal style, purpose,” The Kansas City Star, Aug 16, 2025 — asserts: quiet Sunday open at 8135 The Paseo; Justin Roberts (West Coast origin); Justin and Sam Roberts; house-roasted espresso, matcha, toast, breakfast burritos, oatmeal; nonprofit/coffee hybrid supporting foster youth aging out. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. “A Marlborough coffee shop with a unique mission,” Kansas City Magazine, Dec 30, 2024 — asserts: Justin & Samantha Roberts (pastors) + Jordan & Samantha Weaver; neighbors since 2022; 8135 The Paseo Blvd under construction; spring 2025 target; rented building, year of renovation, patio. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Fox4 KC, “Coffee shop helps people aging out of foster care,” Nov 19, 2025 — asserts: Justin Roberts and wife; neighborhood shop near 82nd and Paseo; foster-care hiring mission. ↩ ↩2

  4. Sarah Sipple, “KC Sipps…” The Pitch, Aug 6, 2026 — asserts: Neighbors one-year congratulations; daily specials through that Monday. ↩ ↩2

  5. Neighbors Coffee + Hospitality — official home (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: nonprofit coffee company; affordable coffee; employs people aging out of foster care. ↩ ↩2

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On the record — ks.city/registry/neighbors-coffee · record updated 2026-08-12