Tag: Made in Kansas City

Outta The Blue, Park Place

Made in KC opens beachy JoCo café Outta The Blue — complete with indoor palm trees and tropical drinks

By Tommy Felts / June 10, 2021

In an era of online ordering, curbside delivery and quick departures, Made in KC’s latest concept — a breezy beach café in Leawood — envisions an oasis where Kansas Citians swing by, but stay, for local coffee, natural wines, hard-to-find tropical cocktails, and vegan sandwiches from Mattie’s. “We’re not quite a full-on restaurant experience with this…

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Penn 1 at The District in Lenexa City Center

Made in KC goes West: Why the local-first retailer is opening a marketplace (with shuffleboard) in Lenexa

By Tommy Felts / May 1, 2021

A newly announced Made in KC Marketplace at Lenexa City Center will make local goods — and the makers behind them — more accessible to a fast-developing piece of Kansas City, said Keith Bradley. “Part of our mission as a company is to make shopping local a habit,” said Bradley, co-owner of Made in KC, a…

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The “If he’s not marrying you” (He’s Just Not That Into You) at Love Hate; photo by Aaron Leimkuehler

Love Hate actually: Valentine’s pop-up bar stirs emotions for romantics (and those who see the humor in them)

By Tommy Felts / February 1, 2021

They’re just a couple of bar owners and friends, standing in front of a thirsty (and isolated) community, asking them to support local businesses — and have a little fun in the process, explained Erica Schulte, one of the minds behind a new Lee’s Summit pop-up bar that promises to put a creative spin on Valentine’s…

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Made in KC's Lee's Summit Marketplace

Made in KC replicating its Plaza marketplace in Lee’s Summit; opening set for September

By Tommy Felts / August 14, 2020

A popular retail marketplace concept made in Kansas City is headed east — to the sixth-largest city in Missouri and a customer base eager to support local makers, said Thomas McIntyre. “We want to keep growing our footprint, but only where it makes sense,” said McIntyre, co-founder of Made in KC, detailing the decision to replicate…

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Keith Bradley, Made in KC

Made in KC moving Crossroads HQ, flagship retail store to revitalized Martini Corner

By Tommy Felts / July 28, 2020

A new spin on Made in KC’s local-first, retail-cafe concept — complete with a drive-thru window and shuffleboard bar — will provide a vibrant and dynamic new experience for the Tower East neighborhood in Midtown, said Keith Bradley.   “It will be a very unique space, with nothing in the city that can be easily…

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