Kansas City's Neighborhood Bakery

Who Needs
Another
Grocery Store?

Because what your kitchen really needs is fresh-baked sourdough, a shelf full of pantry staples, and a coffee that actually wakes you up.

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Fresh
Baked Daily
Local
Kansas City
Real
Good Food
Our Story

More Than Just
Good Coffee

Wakeup and Smell The Coffee started with a simple idea: your corner store should feel like your corner friend. Not a chain, not a commodity — just real food, real people, and a neighborhood that shows up every day.

We bake our breads from scratch, stock our shelves with quality groceries you'll actually recognize, and pour every cup of coffee like it's the first one of your day — because for half our customers, it is.

Fresh Baked Daily

Every morning, our ovens fire up before the neighborhood does.

Quality Groceries

Pantry staples, snacks, and everyday essentials you can trust.

Fresh baked goods on display at Wakeup and Smell The Coffee
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Sourdough
Baked every morning
What We Offer

From Our Oven
to Your Table

Whether you need breakfast, lunch, or just something nice for the pantry — we've got you covered.

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Fresh Pastries

Croissants, danishes, cinnamon rolls — made from scratch every morning with real butter and zero shortcuts.

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Artisan Breads

Sourdough, whole wheat, focaccia — slow-fermented, wood-fired, and still warm when you walk in.

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Great Coffee

Not the kind that tastes like burnt water. Real coffee, properly pulled, with milk that's actually steamed.

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Pantry Staples

Olive oil, pasta, spices, canned goods — the stuff you actually need, not the stuff that just fills a shelf.

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Fresh Produce

Seasonal fruits and vegetables, hand-selected and rotating with what's actually good right now.

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Special Orders

Birthday cakes, holiday treats, or that recipe your grandmother swore by — we'll make it for you.

Fresh bread display at our Kansas City bakery
Coffee being poured at Wakeup and Smell The Coffee
Our Community

Your Neighborhood
Corner Store

We're not a franchise. We're not a corporation. We're the folks who know your name, remember your usual order, and will absolutely ask about your kid's soccer game.

That's the whole point of a real corner store — it's where the community shows up. For breakfast before work. For bread on Sunday. For that one ingredient you forgot right before the dinner party. We're here for all of it.

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Proudly Local
Kansas City, Missouri — right here on North College Avenue
Come Say Hello

We're Right Here
in Kansas City

Pop in anytime. Coffee's always fresh, the bread's always warm, and the door is always open.

Our Address

4719 N College Ave
Kansas City, MO 64117

Call Us

(181) 645-0286

Hours

Monday – Saturday: 7am – 6pm

Sunday: 8am – 4pm

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