Coffee shop started at megachurch. Now it takes over a spot from Kansas City chain
Prefix Coffee has two locations in the southern part of the metro. Now it has expanded into midtown Kansas City.
Made in KC, which owns several coffee shops in addition to its local gift stores, opted not to renew its lease at 325 E. 31st St., and Grandview-based Prefix officially took over the space Aug. 1.
“We’re using Notion Coffee, which is our sister company that we roast under, and we have pastries from Fox and Bull,” said Prefix co-owner Joel Friedrich. “We just want to continue making coffee products people love.”
Prefix and Notion are owned jointly by three families: Joel and Lindsay Friedrich, Jonathan and Sarah Friedrich, and Colin and Melissa Dwyer.
It has two other metro outposts, both in buildings owned by the International House of Prayer: 3523 E. Red Bridge Road in Kansas City, and 12905 S U.S. 71 Highway in Grandview (which is also where Notion roasts its coffee).
Friedrich said the companies are not affiliated with IHOP.
“I have my own religious affiliations, of course, but we’re our own business entity,” he said.
Prefix, which is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., is serving more food than the Made in KC Cafe did, including breakfast burritos and sandwiches. Friedrich said a popular drink this summer has been the Toddy Palmer, a mix of cold brew, lemonade and specialty syrup.
Made in KC recently offloaded a cafe location in the River Market to Donutology. Tyler Enders, co-owner of Made in KC, told The Star the company may transition out of one more cafe location, but “other than that, there are no other Made in KC leases we plan not to renew.” (Though Prefix took over the midtown coffee shop, the Made in KC store in the same building remains open.)
Enders also said it was important to him that they find a quality tenant to replace their cafe.
“We office out of that building still,” he said. “I wanted to make sure I still had a good daily cup of coffee.”
