Left: Vintage tables at Happy Gillis. Center: A Happy Gillis gentle reminder. Right: Mugs by potter Paul Mallory.
hood proud of its heritage. A sense of yesteryear permeates Happy Gillis like the quiet of morning fog that sometimes rises from the Missouri River to the south. The only thing missing in this cozy café is a screen door where intimate conversations can filter out into the sur- rounding environs from kitchen sitters gathered around its tables. ^ Rhiannon Ross “kitchen sits” at a vintage drop- leaf table where she sips Constant Comment Tea and eats buttered toast slathered in marmalade.
Owners are chef Josh Eans and his wife, Abbey-Jo, who live with their three children in the upstairs quarters above the café, located just east of the City Market. (The couple also run the Ramen Shop in the former garage attached to the café.) This historic northeast neighborhood is home to Kansas City’s first Italian immigrants, and now also home to Vietnamese, Bhutanese, Burmese and Somalis. It features tradi- tional Italianate homes with wrought iron balconies intermixed with newer split-level homes and apartments. This is a neighbor-
date melt and other tasty accoutrements on farm bread, and the “Line Cook’s Lunch” of pork terrine, chicken liver mousse, frisee, mustard and cornichons on ciabatta. And coffee, from the Broadway Roast- ing Co., is available all day. For $2.50 plus tax, you can drink as much as your bladder will hold and, upon request, you can grab a complimentary to-go cup. Local potter Paul Mallory designed the stack of mugs that bear the café’s name. Libations include beer from Boulevard Brewing Company, Mimosas, and Bloody Marys.
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