⛲️ Handbags & Hot Coffee

Handbags & Hot Coffee: The Coach Coffee Shop will open along with a Coach retail location at 4311 W. 119th St. in the former Rockhill Grille space. As of now, there are just 4 other Coach Coffee Shops in the U.S. (Austin, TX, Tinton Falls, NJ, Central Valley, NY, and Elizabeth, NJ). It will join two KC metro Coach retail locations at Oak Park Mall and the Plaza, as well as a Coach Outlet at Tanger Kansas City at Legends.

Put Me In, Coach: The trendy coffee shop will serve a full coffee bar and baked goods. The shop is perhaps best known for (and gone viral for) its Coach purse-shaped cakes and Coach latte art.

Premium Pairing: Tyler Morrison, founder of Scratch Gourmet Kitchen in Prairie Village, will open Telia, an American restaurant at 7901 Santa Fe Drive. According to the KC Star, Morrison is still playing with the menu, but it will be a “premium, quality restaurant but not high-end,”

OP, Al Fresco: The basement will feature a speakeasy called Night Owl serving premium cocktails. According to renderings from Finkle + Williams (pictured above), the building will include an open-air rooftop overlooking Santa Fe Drive and W. 79th St.

Home @ Holtman: The Holtman Building is being brought back to life by Molzer Development, a Kansas City-based real estate development firm led by 24-year-old Zach Molzer. It will feature 40,000 square feet of office + retail space, eight loft-style luxury apartments, and a rooftop bar with views of the KC skyline. The rooftop bar is expected to open in May.

Magic Carpet: Molzer Development is also transforming the 101-year-old Aladdin Hotel in downtown Kansas City into 122 modern apartment units. The 16-story high-rise will maintain its 1920s character through adaptive reuse strategies, and will also feature a rooftop bar. A June opening is expected.

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🎤 Serenity Now!: Starlight Theatre and Live Nation announced Jerry Seinfeld will perform live on Friday, September 18th. Tickets go on sale this Friday (2/25) at 10am.

🏗️ ABC, Drinks on Me: The historic ABC Storage building at 3244 Main St. in Midtown KC will be redeveloped into 52 new lofts and a rooftop bar. A summer 2027 opening is expected.

🥩 Steaks or Shoes?: 1587 Prime, Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce are being sued by a sneaker company called 1587 Sneakers for copyright infringement.

🙈 Monkey Business: Have you seen the viral story about Punch the Monkey and his stuffed orangutan from IKEA? We imagined Punch dragging his new stuffed best friend through Kansas City, check it out!

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