The interior of this second Mixx location was designed by Kansas City's Clockwork Architecture + Design, with lots of environmentally friendly green materials -- and an emphasis on not looking like a duplicate of the Plaza space. There's no orange in this color scheme, which focuses on soft, earth-toned colors (primarily pea-soup green). The new Mixx won't be considerably larger than its sister location, but the operating hours might be: Scaglia is considering breakfast on weekday mornings (breakfast sandwiches, frittatas, fresh fruit) to encourage corporate breakfast-meeting business.
Both Mixx locations will see an expanded menu when the P&L location opens. Scaglia plans to keep most of her signature items, drop a couple of slow sellers, add a few more salads and wraps and increase the number of daily pasta offerings to five. What she isn't doing is raising prices: "Our prices have only gone up 50 cents over the last four years," she said. "We have a reputation for serving healthy, tasty food with value. In this economy, that means a lot to our loyal customers."
Scaglia is counting on the loyalty of her clientele to support her expansion and the new competition facing both of her locations. Ingredient, the similar fast-casual concept that started in Lawrence a few years ago and already has one local restaurant in Leawood, is preparing to open new Plaza and downtown venues this year.
The downtown Ingredient is scheduled to open soon in the former Mango Room space at 1111 Main Street; the Plaza Ingredient will open in the long-shuttered Meiners Plaza Market at 4807 Jefferson.
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Scaglia's Plaza store does a solid dinner business, but will the P&L location? "Dinners could be a challenge at first," Scaglia said. "But our location is great for patrons of the downtown Kansas City Repertory Theatre and events at the Midland or the Sprint Center. Customers can get a tasty, modestly-priced and fairly speedy meal before going to the theater or a concert or the symphony."
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