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🤩 Event of the Week: Big Slick 2025
☕️ Authentic Vietnamese coffee shop opens in the Northland
🏗️ A redevelopment of a vacant building in downtown Mission
🤔 Tuesday Trivia: KC crackers
Event of the Week 🎟️
Food & Drink
Authentic Vietnamese Coffee Shop Opens in the Northland
Côi Nguôn: Origin
Côi Nguôn: Origin softly opened its doors on Saturday, bringing authentic Vietnamese coffee to Kansas City’s Northland.
Softly Sipping: Owner Nhung Hoang is filling a need for beloved Vietnamese coffee north of the river and providing a space for the Vietnamese community to gather. Côi Nguôn: Origin is celebrating its soft opening through May 29th, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for Sunday, June 1st.
Taste of Vietnam: Hoang says each barista will speak Vietnamese as well as English. In addition to coffee, the full menu will feature Vietnamese pastries like egg tarts and custard buns.
Côi Nguôn: Origin is located at 7711 N Oak Trafficway, Suite A and is open 9am-2pm this week.
Development
$12M Retail Development Coming to Downtown Mission
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A $12M retail development is coming to the vacant Wild Oats building at 5101 Johnson Drive in downtown Mission.
New Life: Last week, the Mission City Council approved a financing plan to redevelop the Wild Oats grocery store which closed in 2007. The new development will feature two tenants split between the 22,000-square-foot building.
Mission to Brew: Although tenants have not been announced, renderings from Slaggie Architects show a brewery and taproom occupying the larger portion of the building. A reminder that Iowa-based Big Grove Brewery announced it will open a new location on the “suburban Kansas side of the metro”. Could it be here?
Construction is expected to begin in May 2026 with completion May 2027.
Tuesday Trivia 🤔
Jacob Loose (namesake of Loose Park) founded Sunshine Biscuit Company, which was the original brand name of what famous cracker? |
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In Other News…
🏨 Jazzy Hotel: Construction will soon begin on a 131-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio Hotel in the 18th and Vine District near the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. it will include an upscale restaurant, rooftop bar, and partnership with the NLBM.
👋 See Ya, South of Summit: South of Summit Taqueria & Tequila in Waldo will close its doors on Saturday, May 31st. The silver lining? Ownership group Summit Hospitality Group will introduce a new concept in the space.
🍓 Red Fruit, Red Bridge: Frutopia is now open within the Red Bridge Farm Fresh Market grocery store. The bar features ice cream, smoothies, fruit snacks, corn in a cup, and Dubai chocolate cups and treats.
🏥 Advancing Healthcare: Last Friday, officials celebrated the official groundbreaking of a new $450M University of Kansas Cancer Center near 39th and Rainbow.
🍖 ‘Que in Cali: Did you know you can get authentic Kansas City BBQ in Napa, California? Kansas City native and James Beard-nominated chef Darryl Bell is a co-owner of Stateline Road Smokehouse in the Rail-Arts District of Napa.
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