Kansas City’s Prefix coffee has closed one cafe as it is opening another.
Its Grandview location closed Friday, but it will soon open in another downtown location on the first floor of The Grand apartment building (1125 Grand Blvd.) It will have a few seats inside, and later a drive-thru (using the drive-thru of a former bank tenant).
Prefix is owned by three couples: Joel and Lindsay Friedrich; Joel’s brother Jonathan Friedrich and his wife Sarah; and Colin and Melissa Dwyer.
Prefix roasts its own coffee beans. Drinks include espressos, lattes, Americano, cold brew, tea and chai.
There’s the 801, described as a decadent espresso hot chocolate with vanilla and hazelnut; Golden Latte, a caffeine free steamed milk with a turmeric spice blend; and Espresso & Tonic paired with its seasonal syrup (currently cranberry). All of its syrups are made in-house.
The cafes also sell a variety of pastries from Fox & Bull Baking Co. including chocolate croissants, Danishes, Pop-Tarts-like treats, cinnamon rolls and more.
“Whenever people walk through our doors we have the opportunity to change their day for the better,” Melissa says. “We want to share the food that we love, the pastries that we love, the coffee that we love.”
The other locations are in lightwell KC (1100 Main St., Suite 119), and Midtown (325 E. 31st St., Suite 101).
Starting in January 2025, Abby Van Vliet and Emily Ribeiro also will be co-owners. Abby will primarily be leading and running Prefix at The Grand for now.
Prefix closed its Grandview cafe Friday, posting a message on Instagram saying, it was “With a heavy heart, but an even clearer sense of resolve, we announce our official departure from Grandview, in alignment with our original plan to close both of our coffee shops on the IHOPKC properties in light of the events of the past year.”
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