BOOKS BEER WINE SPIRITS FOOD HIJINKS DISCOVERY

A REFUGE FOR THE THIRSTY AND INQUISITIVE OF KANSAS CITY. 

A good book has the remarkable ability to connect friends over midnight discussions, or to a garrulous passenger on the streetcar who loves the same writer. Simple paper pages can inspire a visit to a city or reconnect someone to a time and place of their past. Books can spark an idea or incite an argument and provide a tranquil escape from the chaotic.

Beer, wine, spirits, and food share this quality. Rather than leave one of 'em out we decided to combine their collective powers under a single roof.

Thus, Afterword Tavern & Shelves was born. While it may be libations and books we’re selling on paper, at a philosophical level we are peddling discovery and the city in which we live. We invite you to walk through our door, and when you depart we hope that you do so having discovered something stirringly novel.

“I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life.” 

- George Whitman, proprietor of Shakespeare & Company, Paris.

 

BOOKS

 

Shop AT&S in store.

Our small but mighty collection of in-store books are available for purchase.

If we don’t carry that elusive book you are searching for, it would be our pleasure to order it for you! Simply inform your bartender or contact us directly, and in less than a week, your book will be hanging out behind the bar patiently waiting for you. Zero shipping fees, ever.

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Any book, delivered to your door.

Want to support Afterword but prefer the convenience of having a book shipped directly to your doorstep?

Order through our online bookshop powered by our good friends Bookshop.org - they’ve been dubbed ‘The Amazon for Independent bookstores’ - and a percentage of each sale comes back to support Afterword Tavern & Shelves..

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Let your ears do the reading.

Prefer audiobooks instead? We’ve got that, too.

We’ve partnered with the good folks at Libro.fm to create a snazzy online storefront for Afterword Tavern & Shelves. Click below to check out all the audiobooks your ears can handle while support your local, independent bookshop + bar!

Afterword “Books & Booze” Memberships

Curated books combine forces with unique wines and spirits. Served up monthly for your enjoyment.

Purchase here via our online shop.

For details and FAQs, click here.

Contact Us.

Interested in hosting your book club or private event at Afterword? Click here for that!

Otherwise….do you need a book that you don’t spy on our shelves? Is there a particular beer or wine that we must simply get onto our menu? Have a genius cocktail idea that we should steal from you? Anything good or bad you want to share with us regarding your experience at Afterword today?

Or maybe you just want to say hello! No matter what the reason is, we would love to hear from you. Drop us a line and we’ll respond just as quickly as we can type.


Afterword Tavern & shelves

1834 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108

(816) 299-8360

hours

Tuesday 4pm - 11pm Wednesday 4pm - 11pm Thursday 4pm - 11pm Friday 4pm - midnight Saturday 12pm - midnight Sunday & Monday - closed