More than fourteen months after being closed by a fire at the Missouri Theater complex, Cafe Pony Espresso is now once again open for business at 114 South Eighth Street in downtown St Joseph.

The coffee shop was one of a half dozen businesses and arts organizations shut down by the fire in February of 2011.

 

Most of the offices reopened in the weeks that followed, but two, Cafe Pony Espresso and A-to-Z’s Fresh Air Fare, sustained extensive smoke and water damage from the fire, which occurred in a storage area above the two businesses.

A-to-Z’s is expected to open July 1.