Hand-brewed coffee drinks and pastries: Take a look inside this new Kansas City cafe
The Slow Bar, a hand-brew and espresso cafe, is now open in the Crossroads.
It took a space on the first floor of the Jones Gallery, at 1717 Walnut St., and will offer hand-brewed coffee drinks and pastries by Kansas City’s Blackhole Bakery.
Owner Josh Bella said the setup is designed to “provoke conversation with our coffee professionals behind the bar.”
“Customers will be able to watch the process from grind to cup,” he said.
It softly opened for April’s First Friday art gallery event and then planned to officially open Monday. The remodeled space used to be the gallery’s lobby.
Hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays for now as Bella gauges foot traffic and demand. It also will be open First Friday evenings and may later offer a weekend brunch.
Bella had been a partner in an Independence co-working space that offered coffee, The Common House. But he relocated to concentrate on the coffee portion of the business.
This story was originally published April 1, 2022 at 5:30 PM.