After nearly 30 years, Kansas City coffee shop has closed, building for sale
Westport Coffeehouse, a midtown mainstay since 1996, has served its final cup of coffee.
Its last day in business was March 28, said Pam Ptacek, who owns both the business and the building at 4010 Pennsylvania Ave. with her husband, Tom.
“We’ve been trying to retire and sell our property for a few years now,” Ptacek said. “And recently we had somebody approach us with the idea to do another coffee house in the space. We thought, ‘You open yours, we’ll close ours — the neighborhood won’t miss a thing.’”
Paola Campos and Joseph Ryan, proprietors of the Chambre Coffee truck, are taking over the space as renters, Ptacek said. They could not be reached for comment.
The two-story, 7,000-square-foot space also includes two other Ptacek projects on the lower level. The Westport Coffeehouse Theater, which they opened shortly after the coffee shop, is a 99-person capacity venue that hosts live jazz (Tom is a jazz pianist) and improv comedy. Their son, Michael, opened Green Room Burgers & Beer in 2012.
Both businesses remain open. But the Ptaceks are looking for someone to take over one or both of those spaces as well.
“I think it could all work together if someone took over the whole lower level: one person could run the restaurant while someone else manages the theater,” Ptacek said.
The building is currently on the market for $1.25 million, down from a $1.6 million asking price a few years ago.
