Safi Fresh

Safi Fresh is a health-forward café opened at 1512 E. 18th St. in Kansas City’s Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in June 2026 — the third location for Black woman entrepreneur LaRonda Lanear, who operates Safi Fresh at KCI Airport and a Waldo brick-and-mortar at 8133 Wornall Rd. The 18th & Vine space (obtained through the City’s Open Doors! initiative via EDCKC) shares the former Soirée restaurant building with haus-1512 (Erica Harris’s cocktail lounge concept).

Description

Safi Fresh is a health-forward café and gathering space opened at 1512 E. 18th St. in June 2026 — the third location in LaRonda Lanear’s Safi Fresh operation, which also runs at KCI Airport and 8133 Wornall Rd (Waldo). Lanear obtained the 18th & Vine space through the City of Kansas City’s Open Doors! / City of Entrepreneurs initiative via EDCKC, which connects small businesses with available commercial space. She shares the former Soirée restaurant building with Erica Harris’s haus-1512 cocktail lounge.

The 18th & Vine location is designed as a cultural gathering point: Lanear plans to incorporate KC music and art history into the space’s design, and has programmed soul food Sunday pop-ups alongside the core café menu. The soft launch timed to Juneteenth (June 19–20, 2026) signals the intentionality of the location within one of KC’s most historically significant Black cultural districts.

Locations

Location	Address	Notes
18th & Vine	1512 E. 18th St., KCMO 64108	Newest; soft launched June 2026; co-located with haus-1512
Waldo	8133 Wornall Rd, KCMO 64114	Existing brick-and-mortar
KCI Airport	KCI terminal	Airport location

Sources

Links

• Instagram (official): https://www.instagram.com/safi.fresh/ ¹

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-31 · Source: first-party KCI terminal PDF (Jan 2026) for names and copy; Martin City Telegraph (May 2026) for Wornall-only items and the only published dollar figures · URL(s): https://flykc.cdn.prismic.io/flykc/aV6M03NYClf9o3dv_SafiFreshfullmenuJan2026.pdf · https://martincitytelegraph.com/eat-in-color-safi-fresh-on-wornall-offers-quick-healthy-fare/ · Confidence: High on item names/copy (first-party PDF); Low on live POS dollars (PDF prices are scribbled out; DoorDash / order.online dollars from the 2026-07-14 pass are removed).

No own-domain storefront. The KCI PDF is the operator’s printed card; dollar amounts on that card are marked through and are not transcribed. Wornall press (May 2026) is the only first-party-adjacent source that states a price: Get’em to the Greek Bowl $13, wraps/bowls generally $12–$16, weekly lunch special $13.²³ DoorDash/order.online is an aggregator and is not used for prices.

Breakfast (KCI PDF)

• Rooster’s Crow Wrap — scrambled eggs, crispy chicken, spinach, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, and Sriracha sauce²
• Wake Me Up Before You Go, Go Bowl — scrambled eggs, bacon, sweet potatoes, spinach, cheddar, shallots, and avocado²
• Sweet Potato Bowl — baked sweet potatoes, brown sugar, dried cranberries, granola, sweet nut clusters (glazed walnuts)²
• Croissandwich — croissant, bacon, scrambled eggs, smoked gouda, shallots²

Wraps (KCI PDF)

• Chicken Avocado Wrap — grilled chicken, romaine, shallots, avocado, cherry tomatoes, avocado lime ranch²
• Buffalo Chicken Wrap — crispy spicy chicken, romaine, blue cheese crumbles, cheddar, cherry tomatoes, house dressing (Sriracha ranch)²
• Southwest Veggie Wrap — romaine, black beans, corn, avocado, avocado lime ranch²

Salads (KCI PDF)

• Western Showdown Salad — romaine, crispy or grilled chicken, black beans, corn, avocado, bacon, cherry tomatoes, ranch²
• Eat in Color Veggie Salad — romaine, chickpeas, black beans, cherry tomatoes, shallots, feta, Italian dressing²
• Kale of the Day — chopped kale, brussels sprouts, carrots, shaved almonds, dried cranberries, feta, poppy seed dressing²
• Build Your Own Salad — protein (grilled or crispy chicken, salmon); greens (romaine, kale mix, spring mix, spinach); toppings from the bar; dressings: ranch, Caesar, Italian, French balsamic, Vidalia onion vinaigrette, blue cheese, house (Sriracha ranch), poppy seed²

Bowls (KCI PDF)

• BBQ Chicken Bowl — grilled chicken, brown rice, shallots, peppers, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, BBQ sauce²
• Eat in Color Veggie Bowl — brown rice, black beans, corn, avocado, chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, shallots, tri-color peppers²
• Get’em to the Greek Bowl — brown rice, grilled chicken, shallots, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, green olives, tzatziki — Wornall press listed $13 (May 2026)²³

Wornall-only items (press, May 2026 — not on the KCI PDF)

Names only; no first-party POS dollars.

• Jamm’n Salmon wrap · Tuna Pesto wrap · Strawberry Dreams salad · Salmon Bliss bowl · Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie · Watermelon Lemonade · rotating lunch special (wrap or bowl with chips and lemonade, press $13)³

Pop-ups

• Soul food Sunday pop-ups — programmed at the 18th & Vine location⁴

Footnotes

1. Instagram — @safi.fresh — Confirms: active social presence; Juneteenth June 19–20 soft launch activity confirmed. (Accessed 2026-06-30.) ↩

2. Safi Fresh — KCI Airport full menu PDF, January 2026, hosted on the Kansas City Aviation Department / FlyKC CDN — accessed 2026-08-31. Asserts: breakfast (Rooster’s Crow Wrap, Wake Me Up bowl, Sweet Potato Bowl, Croissandwich); three wraps; four salad formats including Build Your Own; three bowls. Printed prices are marked through and are not used. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

3. Martin City Telegraph — “‘Eat in color:’ Safi Fresh on Wornall offers quick, healthy fare” (May 14, 2026) — Asserts: Waldo to-go shop at 8133 Wornall; hours then 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; wrap/bowl range $12–$16; Get’em to the Greek $13; weekly lunch special $13; Jamm’n Salmon and Chicken Avocado as popular wraps; blueberry pomegranate smoothie and watermelon lemonade. Press, not a POS. ↩ ↩² ↩³

4. Startland News — “Safi Fresh eyes 18th & Vine expansion” (May 2026) — Confirms: 18th & Vine expansion; Haus 1512 partnership; pre-opening coverage. ↩