Westport’s David
Most anybody who follows KC coffee at all has probably already heard that the Starbucks in Westport is closing. No, this isn’t a part of the national initiative to close Starbucks branches. This is pure competition. Somehow our little David, Broadway Cafe, beat down the Goliath enough to get them to leave. Hooray for local coffee shops!
And not just that! Broadway Cafe’s sister, Broadway Roasting Company, is moving down to the old fire station behind the BP right there on Broadway in Westport. They’re going to have a small coffee shop / roastary area on the first floor with lots of offices and warehousing throughout the rest of the cavernous building. Personally, I’d be really happy to see them open another branch somewhere else in the city, and it looks like they might be positioning themselves for something like that.
Now if I could just figure out what all the graffiti in their bathroom says…
//update: The NYTimes agrees this evet is newsworthy, read their article here, or read BlogKC’s bit here
