Grace Coffee and Café to Replace Zoi’s Gyros

Every ending gives rise to something new.

Zoi’s Gyros at 1865 Broadway has closed, but the facility will soon become a café, thanks to grant funding.

Monday afternoon, the men and women of Graceful Opportunities, a local not-for-profit, assembled at the closed drive-in to evaluate what would become Grace Coffee and Café.

Brother and sister Samuel Duer and Susan Stone, who run Graceful Opportunities, were awarded a $350,000 grant by the SB40 Board. The SB40 Board, named after Missouri Senate Bill 40, is a county board which oversees services for those with developmental disabilities.

Grace Coffee and Café will serve customers with coffee and snacks even as it serves the disabled community with gainful employment.

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