Brian Roberts has evolved his thinking about the impact his retail shop, The Black Pantry, can make in Kansas City and beyond. He recently announced plans to open another location at 31st and Troost this spring, signing a five-year lease for a newly remodeled 1,500-square-foot space that will not only serve as retail space for black-owned products but will also serve as an incubator spot for many local black-owned businesses. To help drive traffic to the space, Roberts will have a coffee shop with pastries from Shanita McAfee-Bryant’s The Prospect KC and vegan dishes from Mattie’s Foods. A built-in bar will create a hub where local black-owned booze brands, such as Vine Street Brewing Co., Rally Gin, and America’s first black-owned hard-seltzer company based here in Kansas City, Kin Seltzer, will be served and sold. With the $161.9 million-dollar Troost Village project under construction across the street, The Black Pantry will bring more shopping and socializing to the block.