The Little Store on Knox

a neighborhood coffee café in North Kansas City, in a historic corner-store building (dating to the 1930s) at 2107 Knox St. It pours Blip Roasters coffee and operates as a small daytime café. Tier 1 (independent, locally owned; historic NKC corner store).

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Description

The Little Store on Knox (also “The Little Store & Cafe”) is a neighborhood coffee café at 2107 Knox St in North Kansas City, occupying a corner-store building that has stood since the 1930s (commonly cited as 1938).¹²³ It functions as a small daytime café — pouring Blip Roasters coffee (the West Bottoms roaster) rather than roasting its own — and was featured in a 2026 Pitch KC dining piece.¹⁴

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Ownership and history

Ownership

Period	Owner / Operator	Notes
current	Knight & Shaver families	Two couples — reported as Ron & Amy Knight and Phil & Holly Shaver — run the café; exact pairing (a “Ron Shaver” reference adds minor uncertainty).2

The building has been a corner store since the 1930s; the current “Little Store on Knox” café is the recent incarnation (a prior “Little Store & Deli” operation has closed).¹⁴

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Sources

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Disputes

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Footnotes

1. The Pitch — “Dish & Drink KC: The Little Store on Knox…” (2026). https://www.thepitchkc.com/dish-drink-kc-the-little-store-on-knox-and-qz-poke-ramen/ — asserts: NKC café; historic corner store; serves Blip; 2026 press. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. The Little Store & Cafe — “Our Story.” http://www.littlestorecafe.com/our-story.html — asserts: owner families (Knight & Shaver); café story. (Page 403’d to automated fetch; owner detail via search index — exact pairing.) ↩ ↩²

3. Joe Coffee — The Little Store on Knox (NKC). https://joe.coffee/locations/mo/north-kansas-city/the-little-store-on-knox-north-kansas-city/ — asserts: 2107 Knox St, North Kansas City; active mobile-ordering listing. ↩

4. Yelp — The Little Store and Cafe (North Kansas City). https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-little-store-and-cafe-north-kansas-city-2 — asserts: 2107 Knox St; open/active, updated May 2026 (4.6★, 54 reviews). (A separate “Little Store & Deli – CLOSED” listing reflects the prior deli incarnation.) ↩ ↩²