David Manica and Christian Moscoso will welcome a new bar by the end of the year into the family that already includes some of the most luxe cocktail spots in Kansas City, including The Monarch Bar, Verdigris, and The Mercury Room. Bar Medici will be the first food-focused bar from the duo, with its own entrance and private lobby located on the ground floor of the Reverb apartment complex in the Crossroads, the same building that houses The Mercury Room on the top floor. Inspired by the opulence of 15th-century Florence, Italy, Manica spared no expense outfitting the space in subtle shades of silver, gold, and bronze. The bar and restaurant will celebrate many Italian cultural culinary traditions, including coffee service standing at the bar, aperitivo, the Italian tradition of having a drink and bites after work but before dinner, and by serving Italian gelato for dessert. The lunch, dinner, and late-night menus, created by their new culinary director Mitchell Fetterling, will feature light Mediterranean-inspired fare along with plenty of smaller plates made for sharing. A full commercial kitchen on the ground floor will also allow for a more expansive food menu to be served upstairs at The Mercury Room.