Westport's newest coffee shop opens inside of former cigar shop
Bad Bunny’s “KLOuFRENS” played lightly over the speakers Tuesday morning inside a husband and wife duo’s new coffee shop, Yours and Mine, inside Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood. Originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, co-owner Mireya Miller grew up in Kansas City and fell in love with the restaurant business through her extended family’s restaurant in Mexico. “I’ve always known I loved coffee since I was a kid,” Mireya Miller said. “ (and) I always knew I wanted to have a coffee shop.” Mireya Miller, 31, who until recently worked at KU’s Dermatology Department, said she and her husband and co-owner David Miller III, 29, originally planned on opening Yours and Mine as a coffee cart. But in August, they came across the space for rent at 4112 Pennsylvania Ave. and decided to take the leap and open a brick-and-mortar. The shop’s name, inspired by wanting to evoke the feeling of being inviting and encouraging connection through coffee, was so buzzing during its opening last weekend that Yours and Mine quickly sold out of a week’s worth of its pastries. “The last two days we’ve been searching local bakeries and just grabbing pastries,” Mireya said, adding that they will typically be stocked with