Axios Des Moines: Coffee shop Mars Cafe is expanding into a second retail location in downtown Des Moines. The new store will soon open in the skywalk inside the Greater Des Moines Partnership building at 700 Locust Street. Kuuku Saah is opening the new spot with his business partner, Alec Davis. Saah purchased the original Mars Cafe location near Drake University at the end of 2020, as well as its downtown location in Capital Square. He ended up closing the Capital Square store as the pandemic reduced foot traffic downtown. “We are starting to see things pick up a little bit,” he said.