The Registry
Kansas City's businesses, on the record.
Encyclopedic, sourced profiles of 1023 Kansas City businesses — each placed in a transparency tier, not given a star rating.
Tier 1 deeply local Tier 2 local, with a qualifier Tier 3 on the record
- 169 Café Tier 1
169 Café is an independent, family-owned breakfast-and-lunch comfort-food café at 203 S US Highway 169 in Smithville, MO (Clay County, Kansas City…
- 1888 Coffee House Tier 1
a family-owned neighborhood coffee shop in Hyde Park, opened late May 2025 by Christine ("Chrissy") and Robert Kehoe in the former Mother Earth Coffee…
- 1889 Pizza Napoletana Tier 1
1889 Pizza Napoletana is an owner-operated, wood-fired Neapolitan pizzeria on the Westwood/Rosedale edge of Kansas City, Kansas, run by husband-and-wife…
- 1981 K-Chicken Tier 2
1981 K-Chicken is an independent Korean fried-chicken sports pub in Overland Park, opened in spring 2024 by three friends all born in 1981 — the source…
- 3 Halves Brewing Co. Tier 2
3 Halves Brewing Co. is a brewpub and BBQ joint in Liberty, Missouri, offering craft beer and smoked meats in a casual setting. It represents the growing…
- 3 Trails Brewing Tier 1
A homebrew club turned corner taproom on Independence Square, named for the three overland trails — Santa Fe, Oregon, and California — that once departed…
- 34 South Main Cocktail Lounge (Liberty) Tier 1
34 South Main Cocktail Lounge is Liberty, Missouri’s first dedicated craft cocktail lounge, located at 34 South Main Street in the heart of historic…
- 39th Street Brewery Tier 2
39th Street Brewery is an independent neighborhood craft brewery and taproom on West 39th Street in Kansas City's Volker neighborhood, pouring…
- 6 Foot Closet Tier 2
6 Foot Closet is an independent vintage clothing shop in Kansas City's West Bottoms, opened in February 2025 by co-owners Grant Gardner and Todd…
- 627 Stomp Tier 1
627 Stomp is a Kansas City swing-dance nonprofit — operating since 2013, a 501(c)(3) since 2018 — that teaches Lindy Hop, Charleston, and solo vernacular…
- 888 International Market Tier 2
888 International Market is the largest Asian and international grocery in the Kansas City metro area, a locally owned independent supermarket in…
- 92 Chicken (Overland Park) Tier 2
92 Chicken is a Korean-style fried-chicken restaurant in Overland Park's Indian Creek Shopping Center, open since 2022. It's known for its "snow onion"…
- A Little BBQ Joint Tier 1
A Little BBQ Joint is a family-owned, father-and-son barbecue restaurant in Independence, Missouri, opened in 2013 by Don Bauer and his son Fabian out of…
- Aahaa Modern Indian Tier 2
Aahaa Modern Indian Cuisine is an independent Indian restaurant at 7328 W 119th St in Overland Park, Kansas. Opened in 2017 as Godavari and rebranded…
- ABC Cafe Tier 1
ABC Cafe (釗記餐廳) is an owner-operated Cantonese restaurant and all-day dim sum house in a strip-mall storefront at 10001 W. 87th St. in Overland Park,…
- Ace Barbershop Tier 1
Ace Barbershop is a family-owned, independent full-service barbershop in Kansas City's Northland, at 222 NE Barry Road (just east of N Oak Trafficway).…
- Acre Tier 1
Acre is a farm-to-table fine-dining restaurant in Parkville, Missouri, opened in August 2022 by Liberty, MO-born chef Andrew Longres — a French Laundry…
- Acre
Acre is Chef Andrew Longres's farm-to-table American restaurant in Parkville, MO — named as a tribute to Rolling Acres farm in Liberty, Missouri. Longres…
- Affäre Tier 1
Affäre is a chef-owned modern German farm-to-table restaurant in the Crossroads Arts District, opened in 2012 by German-born chef Martin Heuser and…
- Afi Tier 1
Afi is Howard Hanna's natural wine bar and contemporary restaurant in the Crossroads — 1989 Main Street, opened early 2023. Open-fire hearth cooking,…
- African Dream Cuisine Tier 1
a Cameroonian / West African restaurant inside the Lenexa Public Market, owned by Cameroon-born high-school sweethearts Neba Ngwa & Stella Musongong, who…
- Afterword Tavern & Shelves Tier 1
Kansas City's literary cocktail bar and bookshop — seven years at 1834 Grand Blvd. in the Crossroads (opened 2018), forced out when the building sold to…
- Agaves Mexican Grill Tier 2
Agaves Mexican Grill is Gerardo Jaime's seafood-forward Mexican restaurant in Olathe — opened April 2026 in the former Salty Iguana space at Ridgeview…
- Aguas Frescas Arandas Tier 1
A Central Avenue aguas frescas stand pouring fruit waters and fresh-fruit cups a few doors down from the taquerias and bakeries that anchor the…
- Aixois Tier 1
a classic French bistro in Brookside's Crestwood Shops, opened in 2001 by Aix-en-Provence-born chef Emmanuel Langlade and his wife Megan; Tier 1 as a…
- Akoya Omakase Tier 1
Akoya Omakase is an intimate chef-driven Japanese omakase counter inside downtown Kansas City's historic Hotel Phillips, opened in 2025 by chef-owner…
- Al Rahaman Mediterranean Market Tier 1
Al Rahaman Mediterranean Market is a family-owned halal market at 2536 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, in the Prospect Center, run…
- Al-Habashi Mart Tier 1
Al-Habashi Mart is a Yemeni-family-owned halal Middle Eastern grocery at Kansas City's Historic City Market, founded in April 1992 — one of the…
- Al-Hallal Grocery Tier 1
Al-Hallal Grocery (Al-Halal Grocery Store, LLC) is a family-owned halal grocery at 3009½ Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, open about ten…
- Aladdin Cafe Tier 2
Aladdin Cafe is a family-run Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant on the West 39th Street corridor in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri, serving Greek…
- Aládùn Dance Co. Tier 3
Aládùn Dance Co. (Aládùn Afro-Latin Dance School) is a Kansas City Afro-Latin dance school built around salsa On2, bachata, and Afro-Cuban movement —…
- AlBeik Tier 1
AlBeik is a family-owned Lebanese restaurant on the State Line border in south Kansas City, opened in 2025 by a Lebanese family — married co-owners Diana…
- Aldeera Mediterranean Grill Tier 2
Aldeera Mediterranean Grill is a family-owned Iraqi and Mediterranean restaurant at 6433 N Prospect Ave in Gladstone, Missouri — previously operating as…
- Alma Mader Brewing Tier 1
Alma Mader Brewing is an independent, owner-operated craft brewery and taproom at 2635 Southwest Blvd in Kansas City, MO, founded by Kansas City native…
- American Way Smokehouse (Kansas City) Tier 3
a satellite of an Arizona-origin BBQ brand (founded Chandler, AZ; rebranded a smokehouse in 2014) that expanded to the KC metro paired with its Merchant…
- Amigoni Urban Winery Tier 1
Amigoni Urban Winery is a family-owned winery and tasting room in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms Stockyards District, at 1505 Genessee Street in the…
- Anchor Island Coffee Tier 2
Anchor Island Coffee is a tropical-themed independent coffee shop at 41st and Troost in Midtown Kansas City, billing itself as "Kansas City's 1st…
- André's Confiserie Suisse Tier 1
Swiss-immigrant family confectionery + pâtisserie + tea room operating in Kansas City since October 1955; the Bollier family across three generations;…
- Anjin Tier 1
Anjin is an intimate, 20-seat Japanese izakaya at 1708 Oak St in Kansas City's East Crossroads, opened in 2025 as the second restaurant from the team…
- Anousone Tier 1
Anousone is a Lao-American comfort-food restaurant founded by chef Anourom Thomson, a Laotian refugee who arrived in the Kansas City area as a boy in…
- Anthony's Restaurant & Lounge Tier 1
Anthony's Restaurant & Lounge is a three-generation Italian family restaurant at 701 Grand Blvd in Downtown Kansas City — open since 1978, with the…
- Antojitos del Peru Tier 2
Antojitos del Peru is Norma Palomino's Peruvian restaurant at 7809 Quivira Rd in Lenexa — the only Peruvian spot consistently surfacing in KC-area…
- Anton's Taproom Tier 1
Anton's Taproom is a Crossroads steakhouse and bar opened in October 2012 by owner-operator Anton Kotar, built around in-house dry-aged, grass-fed beef…
- Aoyama Ramen Tier 2
Aoyama Ramen is a family-run Japanese ramen shop in the Blackbob Corners shopping center at 14960 W. 119th St. in Olathe, Kansas, widely cited as one of…
- Apogee Coffee & Draft Tier 1
Apogee Coffee & Draft is an Olathe all-day coffeehouse, craft-beer-and-cocktail bar, and pizza spot, tucked into a corner of the RoKC climbing gym at 670…
- Apparition Coffee Tier 2
Heavy metal-inspired neighborhood coffee shop in Waldo, opened June 26, 2026 by Brian Denman — former co-owner of Westside bar Waterbird and a longtime…
- Aqua Penny's Tier 2
Aqua Penny's is an upscale coastal seafood restaurant and raw oyster bar in Leawood's Park Place development, opened April 16, 2024 by local…
- AR's Breakfast & Brunch Tier 1
AR's Breakfast & Brunch is an independent, locally owned Mexican-American breakfast and brunch restaurant in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, opened in…
- Archival Designs Tier 1
Archival Designs is a husband-and-wife handmade ceramics studio in Midtown Kansas City, run by Jake and Julie Bond since 2001. Operating as a working…
- Argentina Inc. Empanadas Tier 2
Argentina Inc. Empanadas is an empanada café and Argentine pastry counter opened May 2026 in the Shops of Prairie Village by Claudia Luna West (founder…
- Aroma Bistro Tier 1
Aroma Bistro is an upscale American bistro in Smithville, Missouri, that opened around 2019. Located in an unassuming strip mall setting off Highway 169,…
- Aromatic Nepal Tier 2
Aromatic Nepal is Atul Karki's Nepali restaurant in Liberty, MO — opened October 15, 2025, making it the only dedicated Nepali restaurant in the KC…
- Artego Pizza Tier 1
Artego Pizza is a wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza restaurant on 39th Street — 900 W 39th St, opened late 2014. Co-founded by Joe Perez, a former Kansas…
- Arthur Bryant's Barbeque Tier 1
Arthur Bryant's Barbeque is a Kansas City, Missouri barbecue restaurant at 1727 Brooklyn Avenue, near the 18th and Vine District, and the most direct…
- Artifact Coffee & Goods Tier 1
All plant-milk coffee shop and local-goods boutique in Kansas City's Garment District, opened June 6, 2026 by Marlee Ogden and Zack Scott — both 23,…
- ASE Coffee Tier 2
ASE Coffee is a locally owned specialty coffee shop and cocktail bar at 1800 Highgrove Road in Grandview, Missouri (south KC metro), opened January 4,…
- Atlas Saloon (Excelsior Springs) Tier 1
Atlas Saloon is a historic bar and brewery at 100 West Broadway in downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, operating continuously in the same location…
- Audrey's Wine + Bourbon Tier 2
Audrey's Wine + Bourbon is an intimate cocktail lounge focused on wine and bourbon pairing flights, opened February 12, 2026 at 404 W 75th St in Waldo by…
- Ava Rae's Pizzeria & Pub Tier 1
Ava Rae's Pizzeria & Pub is a locally owned pizzeria and pub at 11168 S. Lone Elm Road in Olathe, Kansas, opened in 2025 by first-time restaurateur…
- Ay! Jalisco Taqueria Tier 1
A taqueria on the Central Avenue taco trail in Kansas City, Kansas, serving Jalisco-style tacos, tortas, and fried potato tacos to the neighborhood.
- B-Bop Comics Tier 1
B-Bop Comics is a long-running, independently owned comic book store on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas, founded around 1997 by veteran comics…
- Baba's Bakery Tier 1
Baba's Bakery is a Palestinian-American bakery at 1019 E 63rd St in Kansas City, Missouri — the "sweet little extension" of the acclaimed Baba's Pantry…
- Baba's Pantry Tier 1
Baba's Pantry is a Palestinian-American delicatessen and market in Kansas City, Missouri, opened in 2021 by chef Yahia "Baba" Kamal and his family,…
- Bacaro Primo Tier 2
Bacaro Primo is a locally owned Italian restaurant in the Crestwood Shops on the edge of Brookside, opened in 2023 by Kansas City restaurateurs Todd…
- Back Door Pottery Tier 1
Back Door Pottery is a working pottery studio and handmade-ware shop in the Historic Northeast of Kansas City, Missouri, run by potter Rebecca A. Koop…
- Bamboo Penny's Tier 2
Bamboo Penny's is a chef-driven Thai restaurant in Leawood's Park Place development, opened in spring 2021 by local restaurateurs Penny and Doug Mufaka.…
- Baraka Market Tier 1
Baraka Market is a Somali-owned halal grocery at 1447 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, open since 2009 and run by Hayle Abdulahi,…
- Baramee Thai Bistro Tier 2
Baramee Thai Bistro is Chef Nutnisa Hoffman's Northeastern Thai restaurant in the Crossroads, opened January 2019. Nutnisa grew up near Bangkok (family…
- Barrio Mexican Kitchen & Bar Tier 1
a locally owned, "Cali-Mex"/fresh-Mex taqueria-and-bar concept founded in Brookside in 2018 by KC restaurateur Chris Ridler with operating partner Luke…
- Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches Tier 2
Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches is a locally owned Kansas City sandwich shop founded by Bay Area transplant Julian Garcia and his longtime friend Jake…
- BB Archery Sales & Services Tier 2
KC's premier independent archery pro shop since 1983 — a family business started in a basement, now a full-service bow sales, repair, and tuning shop in…
- BB Bánh Mì Tier 1
BB Bánh Mì is a family-owned Vietnamese drive-thru restaurant in Kansas City's Northland, opened in 2025 by Saigon-born husband-and-wife owners John…
- bb.q Chicken (Overland Park) Tier 3
bb.q Chicken is the Overland Park outpost of the global Korean fried-chicken franchise (bb.q = "best of the best quality"), serving twice-fried Korean…
- BB's Lawnside Blues & BBQ Tier 1
BB's Lawnside Blues & BBQ is a working roadhouse at 1205 E 85th St in south Kansas City where live blues and slow-smoked barbecue have shared one room…
- Be Here Now Tier 2
Be Here Now (stylized BHN) is a home décor, garden, and gift store at 205 W Lexington Ave on Independence Square, operated by McClain Enterprises (Ken &…
- Bean Counter Cafe Tier 1
Bean Counter Cafe is a family-owned coffee shop and café in downtown Blue Springs, Missouri, run by Sara and Tony O'Bryan since 2011, known for…
- Beckmann Violin Shop Tier 2
Beckmann Violin Shop is a family-run violin maker and repair atelier in Kansas City's Crossroads district, where Ken Beckmann — a nationally recognized…
- Beer Kitchen Tier 1
Beer Kitchen is a Westport gastropub billed as "Kansas City's original gastropub," pairing a deep craft-beer list with made-from-scratch food and one of…
- Beirut Taco Tier 1
Beirut Taco is Maher Chebaro's Lebanese-Mexican fusion taqueria at 3904 Bell St in the West 39th Street District — opened April 2026 in the former…
- Bel Fiore Co. Flower Bar + Boutique Tier 1
Bel Fiore Co. is a family-run flower farm and downtown Lee's Summit flower bar + boutique where owners Angela and Carl Turner sell farm-fresh,…
- Belak Woodworking Tier 2
Belak Woodworking is an owner-operated, locally owned custom woodworking shop in the Kansas City metro, founded more than 30 years ago by…
- Belger Arts (Belger Arts Center / Crane Yard Studios) Tier 1
Belger Arts is a Kansas City arts organization in the Crossroads Arts District, built around the Belger family's collection and grown from the family's…
- Bella Napoli Tier 1
Bella Napoli is a family-owned Italian grocery, deli, pizzeria and full-service restaurant in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, opened by Jake…
- Bella Patina Tier 1
Bella Patina is a three-floor vintage-and-antiques warehouse in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1320 W. 12th Street, stocking furniture and décor…
- Bella's Italian Restaurant Tier 2
Bella's Italian Restaurant is a family-owned Italian restaurant at 16110 W. 135th St. in Olathe, Kansas, run by the Veliu family. It serves from-scratch…
- Bellboy Apparel Tier 1
Bellboy Apparel is a Kansas City heritage-tee brand established in 2014 by the owners of the Westside Storey shop, with a flagship storefront in Woodside…
- Besos y Abrazos Tier 3
of-town district operator. Tier 3 (disclosure overlay).
- Best Regards Bakery & Cafe Tier 1
Best Regards Bakery & Cafe is a from-scratch European-style bakery and lunch cafe at 6759 W 119th St in Overland Park, owned and operated by…
- Betty C's Bar and Grill Tier 2
Betty C's Bar and Grill is a family-owned neighborhood bar and grill on Johnson Drive in Old Shawnee, known for its fire-pit patio, pool tables, arcade…
- Betty Rae's Ice Cream Tier 2
Betty Rae's Ice Cream is a Kansas City-born craft ice cream company famous for its bold, frequently rotating small-batch flavors. Founded in the Waldo…
- Beverly's Tier 1
Craft cocktail bar and made-from-scratch pizza at 401 N 6th St in KCK's Strawberry Hill neighborhood, opened 2025 by Andi Ryan — a Strawberry Hill native…
- Bichelmeyer Meats Tier 1
KCK butcher institution operating since 1946; Bichelmeyer family meat-cutting in KC for five generations going back to 1880; survived the 1951 Kansas…
- Big Back Eatery KC Tier 1
Big Back Eatery KC is a Black-owned soul food spot on the Prospect corridor of Kansas City's East Side, known for oxtail dinners, fried catfish, wings,…
- Big John's Corner Bar Tier 1
Big John's Corner Bar is a long-running neighborhood tavern a block off Independence Square at 213 W Maple Ave, founded by the late "Big John" (John…
- Big Muddy Gear Exchange Tier 2
Kansas City's only dedicated used-outdoor-gear consignment and repair shop, opened in November 2021 by two KC-based founders on a mission to lower the…
- Billie's Grocery Tier 2
Billie's Grocery is a health-forward, mostly-organic scratch café, bakery and grab-and-go market founded by nutritional therapist and serial KC…
- Billy T's Americana Cafe Tier 1
Billy T's Americana Cafe is a family-owned American café in Trimble, Missouri, near Smithville Lake, built by founder Billy Trabue from a converted…
- Birdies Tier 1
Birdies is an independent, artist-owned lingerie boutique in Kansas City's West Crossroads, founded in 2003 by contemporary artist Peregrine Honig (with…
- Bisou Tier 1
Bisou is a European-inspired (French-leaning) coffee shop and café on Kansas City's Westside, opened in February 2024 by artist and entrepreneur Cait…
- BKS Artisan Ales Tier 1
BKS Artisan Ales is an independent, family-run craft brewery founded in Brookside in December 2017 by born-and-raised Kansas Citians Brian and Mary…
- Black Dog Coffee House Tier 1
Black Dog Coffeehouse is an independent, family-owned coffeehouse and café at 12815 W 87th St Pkwy in Lenexa, Kansas — open continuously since 2003, now…
- Black Dolphin Tier 1
The Black Dolphin is a live-jazz cocktail lounge at 1813 Grand Blvd in the Crossroads Arts District, owned by Kansas City entrepreneur John Scott as a…
- Black Garlic Restaurant Tier 1
Black Garlic Restaurant and Rum Bar is a Black-owned Ethiopian-and-Caribbean fusion restaurant in Kansas City's Midtown, opened in 2025 by classically…
- Blackhole Bakery Tier 2
French pastry shop and specialty bakery at 5531 Troost Ave, opened 2020 by Jason Provo (JCCC pastry program graduate; five years at Dean & DeLuca,…
- Blanc Champagne Bar Tier 1
Blanc Champagne Bar opened October 2024 in Midtown's historic Netherland Building (3835 Main St), bringing European everyday-champagne culture to KC.…
- Blind Box BBQ Tier 1
a chef/pitmaster-owned, "modern take on classic Kansas City barbecue" restaurant in Shawnee, KS, opened in 2015 by Kansas City-area native Joe Tulipana.…
- Blip Roasters Tier 1
a West Bottoms coffee roaster and café founded by Ian Davis in December 2014, known for on-site roasting and a strong motorcycle-community identity. The…
- BLK + BRWN Tier 1
BLK + BRWN is a Black woman-owned independent bookstore at 104 1/2 W 39th St in Kansas City's Midtown, founded by Cori Smith — a Wyandotte County, Kansas…
- Blue Bird Bistro Tier 1
Blue Bird Bistro is an owner-operated organic, scratch-made farm-to-table restaurant in Kansas City's Westside neighborhood, serving locally and…
- Blue Gallery Tier 2
Blue Gallery, at 118 Southwest Blvd in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, is one of the metro's most award-laden contemporary art galleries —…
- Blue Koi Tier 2
Blue Koi is the Chang family's Chinese-American noodle and dumpling restaurant — open in the KC metro since 2002. The Midtown KC original closed in 2026;…
- Blue Nile Cafe Tier 1
the Ethiopian restaurant in the historic City Market, owner-operated by Ethiopian immigrants Daniel and Selam Fikru since 1995 and a City Market fixture…
- Bluestem In Memoriam
Colby + Megan Garrelts chef-owner fine-dining operation in Westport; opened March 15, 2004; closed December 19, 2020 after 17 years. Helped redevelop…
- Bo Lings Tier 1
Bo Lings is a Kansas City Chinese and dim-sum institution founded in 1981 by Richard ("Bo") and Theresa ("Ling") Ng — a multi-generation, KC-resident…
- Bobby Baker's Lounge Tier 1
Bobby Baker's Lounge is a 30+ year Waldo neighborhood bar at 7418 Wornall Rd, opened February 14, 1994 by Bobby Baker and acquired in 2013 by his…
- Bonito Michoacan Tier 1
Family-owned Michoacán-style Mexican market and eatery in downtown Kansas City, Kansas — combining a carnicería, grocery, bakery, and taquería at 1150…
- Booth Creek Wagyu Tier 2
Booth Creek Wagyu is a Kansas-raised wagyu beef retail butcher/market founded by Dave Dreiling — rancher and entrepreneur who launched the Booth Creek…
- Border Brewing Company Tier 1
the first brewery and taproom in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, founded by owner-operator Eric Martens, a former chemical engineer who turned a…
- Bosslady's Famous Shrimp Tier 1
Bosslady's Famous Shrimp is Nashaunda Law's KC seafood restaurant — started in 2014 as a catering business to fund nursing school, grown into a Northland…
- Bottoms Up Antique Market Tier 1
Bottoms Up Antique Market is a four-floor, multi-vendor antique market in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1300 W. 13th Street, in the 1903 Stowe…
- Boulevard Brewing Tier 3
Kansas City-founded brewery (John McDonald, 1989) acquired by Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat in October 2013 for an estimated $110 million. The Tier 3…
- Brew Lab Tier 2
Brew Lab is a taproom and kitchen in downtown Overland Park that operated as the city's longest-running brewery from 2013 until March 2026, when owners…
- Brewer's Kitchen In Memoriam
Brewer's Kitchen was a beer-forward scratch kitchen in Midtown Kansas City, opened in 2019 by hospitality operator Chris Riggins at 3107 Gillham Road,…
- Brick House KC Tier 1
Brick House is Union Hill's neighborhood sports bar at 400 E 31st St, opened in February 2017 by longtime KC bar manager Tyler Humar in the exposed-brick…
- Brick's Pub and Grub Tier 1
A downtown Lee's Summit pub in the Strother District pouring 30-plus draft beers and hand-crafted cocktails, with above-average bar food, a small patio,…
- Bridgers KC (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Bridgers KC. A hip-hop-themed Westport nightclub at 504 Westport Road, opened by Brett Allred around 2016 (under earlier names) and…
- Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine Tier 2
Brix Cantina (formerly Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine) is a family-owned Mexican cantina and cocktail lounge in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City,…
- Broadway Bar & Grill In Memoriam
Broadway Bar & Grill is a family-owned establishment in historic downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, offering a great atmosphere for dining and…
- Broadway Cafe & Roasting Company Tier 1
Independent Westport coffee roaster-cafe operating at 4106 Broadway Blvd since fall 1992, run by co-founders Jon Cates and Sara Honan, with an in-house…
- Broken Rice & Pho (Com Tam Viet) Tier 1
Broken Rice & Pho (Com Tam Viet) is a Vietnamese restaurant at 6597 N Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, specializing in com tam (broken-rice plates), pho, and…
- Brooks Fine Jewelers Tier 2
Independent fine jewelry store at Corinth Square (83rd & Mission Rd, Prairie Village / Mission Hills area), opened August 2024 by Doug and Adriani…
- Brookside Barber Shop Tier 1
Brookside Barber Shop is a family-owned, old-fashioned barbershop on 63rd Street in Brookside, Kansas City, established in 1919 and owned since 1989 by…
- Brookside Barkery & Bath Tier 2
Kansas City's original all-natural pet food and grooming shop, founded in Brookside in 2003 and now operating eight metro-area locations under…
- Brookside Toy & Science Tier 1
Brookside Toy & Science is a beloved independent toy and science store in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, in continuous operation…
- Brown & Loe Tier 1
Brown & Loe is a locally owned New American bistro and bar in Kansas City's River Market / City Market, opened in 2016 by the father-daughter team of…
- Brown Suga Tier 1
Brown Suga is a Black-owned, women-owned, family-run specialty cookie shop founded by Ebony Paul (born and raised in Olathe, KS; Olathe North High School…
- Bubble Wrapp Toys Tier 2
Bubble Wrapp Toys is Kansas City's premier destination for blind box collectibles, designer vinyl figures, and indie art toys — an enthusiast-run shop in…
- Buck Tui BBQ Tier 1
Buck Tui BBQ is a Thai-KC BBQ fusion restaurant in Overland Park run by Kansas City native Ted Liberda and his wife Pam — the same team behind Waldo Thai…
- Buckets Bar and Grill Tier 1
Buckets Bar and Grill is an independent neighborhood bar and grill on US-40 in Blue Springs, Missouri, that bills itself as "the Cheers of our town" —…
- Buenos Aires Restaurante Tier 1
Buenos Aires Restaurante is an Argentine-European restaurant, café and bakery in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, owned by chef Claudia Luna West, who was born…
- Buffalo State Pizza Co. Tier 2
Buffalo State Pizza Co. is a Kansas City-local, owner-operated New York-style pizza company with two locations — downtown Overland Park and the…
- Burek and Cake Tier 2
Burek and Cake is a Bosnian bakery in the Northland opened by Fatima Hodzic in November 2022 — a cottage-sized A-frame at 3605 NE Antioch Rd where…
- Burn Theory Fire Kitchen Tier 2
Creative barbecue and fire kitchen operating as a permanent food trailer residency at Diametric Brewing Co. (949 NE Columbus St, Lee's Summit, MO) —…
- Burnt End BBQ Tier 2
Burnt End BBQ is an award-winning Kansas City-style barbecue concept built around the city's signature burnt ends, created in 2010 by PB&J Restaurants…
- Burritos Chiquita Tier 1
A second-generation, from-scratch Mexican spot on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, built on Juárez- and home-style burritos.
- Butter Whipped Bakery Tier 2
Butter Whipped Bakery is a home-based custom bakery at 1704 NW 11th St in Blue Springs, specializing in gourmet cookies, cupcakes, and custom baked…
- Buttonwood Art Space Tier 1
Buttonwood Art Space is a Kansas City art gallery at 3013 Main Street, at the south edge of the Crossroads Arts District atop historic Union Hill. A…
- Buzzard Beach Tier 1
Buzzard Beach is a longtime Westport dive bar at 4110 Pennsylvania Ave, open since 1984. Self-billed as "KC's only Five Star Dive," it is a dark,…
- C.A.S.T. KC / Social Cabaret Tier 2
C.A.S.T. KC (Cabaret Arts and Social Theatre) — operating publicly as Social Cabaret — is an Overland Park performing-arts venue and multi-night…
- Cacao Restaurante In Memoriam
Cacao Restaurante was a locally owned modern-Mexican restaurant, a partnership of Kansas City restaurateurs Ivan Marquez and Victor Esqueda (the owner of…
- Cafe Cà Phê Tier 1
Cafe Cà Phê is Kansas City's first Vietnamese-owned coffee shop — founded by Jackie Nguyen as a single-table pop-up in October 2020, grown into a…
- Café Corazón Tier 1
Café Corazón is Kansas City's first Latin American and Indigenous coffeehouse and roastery — a family business founded in 2019 by Miel Castagna-Herrera,…
- Café des Amis Tier 1
Café des Amis is a romantic, long-standing French bistro located upstairs in a historic building in downtown Parkville, Missouri. Owned by Champagne…
- Café Equinox Tier 2
Café Equinox is a "caffeine and chlorophyll" coffee concept embedded inside Family Tree Nursery's garden centers — a fraternal collaboration of the…
- Café Ollama Tier 1
Café Ollama is a family-run, Mexican-owned coffee shop at 523 Southwest Blvd on the western edge of the Crossroads, where Lesley Reyes and Francisco…
- Café Provence Tier 1
the flagship French fine-dining restaurant of the Quillec family in the Shops of Prairie Village, owner-operated for more than two decades and a…
- Café Verona Tier 2
Café Verona is an Italian restaurant at 206 W Lexington Ave on Independence Square in Independence, MO, operated by McClain Restaurant Group (Ken & Cindy…
- California Taco Shop Tier 1
California Taco Shop is a family-owned Cali-Mex taqueria on Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale district of Kansas City, Kansas, known for San Diego–style…
- Callsign Brewing Tier 1
Callsign Brewing is a veteran-owned craft brewery in North Kansas City where every beer is named after the call sign of a fallen military servicemember,…
- Cancun Fiesta Fresh Tier 1
family-owned Westport (KCMO) Mexican restaurant of ~two decades, widely credited as one of KC's earliest quesabirria operators and a recurring editorial…
- Captain's Corner Tier 1
Captain's Corner is a family-owned multi-purpose establishment in the unincorporated village of Paradise, Missouri, right next to Smithville Lake. Owned…
- Cardboard Corner Cafe Tier 2
Cardboard Corner Cafe is a board-game café founded in Overland Park in 2021 by Madeline and Chase Davis; its second location is a stall in the northwest…
- Carlitos Mexican Restaurant Tier 1
A small, family-run Mexican kitchen at 63rd and Woodson in Raytown, serving home-style Americana-Mexican plates from the same corner storefront since 1987.
- Carmen's Cocina II Tier 1
Carmen's Cocina II is the Araujo family's Mexican restaurant at 15926 Mur-len Rd in Olathe — founded March 2012 by Luis and Judy Araujo, now run by…
- Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio Tier 2
Hybrid butcher shop, fresh tortilleria, taqueria, and Latin grocery at 830 Kansas Ave in KCK's Armourdale neighborhood — operated by Victor Contreras and…
- Carollo's Italian Gourmet Grocery & Deli Tier 1
Carollo's Italian Gourmet Grocery & Deli is a family-owned Italian grocery, deli and grill that has operated in Kansas City's River Market (City Market)…
- Casa Ama Tier 1
Casa Ama is Robin Krause's Mexican-inspired restaurant at Corinth Square in Prairie Village — opened June 2026 in the former Salty Iguana space. Krause…
- Casa Mexico Tier 1
Casa Mexico is a Kansas City-metro group of authentic, full-service Mexican restaurants built by Guadalajara-born restaurateur Jose Gutierrez, who came…
- Cascone's Italian Restaurant Tier 1
Cascone's Italian Restaurant is a four-generation Sicilian family dynasty in Kansas City's Northland — open since May 1954, currently run by Jimmy,…
- Casita de lil Chingu Tier 2
Casita de lil Chingu is a Korean-Mexican fusion restaurant on Southwest Boulevard in KCK — a pop-up turned residency, opened April 2026 by KeeYoung Kim…
- Casual Animal Brewing Company Tier 1
Casual Animal Brewing Company is an independent, locally owned craft brewery and taproom in the Crossroads Arts District, founded by husband-and-wife…
- Catalyst Barber Co. Tier 1
Catalyst Barber Co. is a KC-born-and-raised–owned multi-location barbershop founded in 2019 by Les Washington Jr. — a Kansas City native who took six…
- Catch and Release Soulfood Tier 1
Catch and Release Soulfood is a Black-owned soul food kitchen at 6801 Prospect Ave on Kansas City's East Side — fried fish, BBQ chicken wings, rib tips,…
- Cerbera Gallery Tier 2
Cerbera Gallery, at 2011 Baltimore Ave in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, is a salon-style contemporary gallery known for its ceramics program…
- Chambre Coffee Tier 1
Chambre Coffee is a Westport specialty coffee shop opened in May 2025 by Joseph Ryan and Paola Campos — Campos a proud native of Puebla, Mexico. The duo…
- Champion Burritos (North Kansas City) Tier 2
Champion Burritos (North Kansas City) is the original location — founder Ernesto Aguirre launched the concept here in 2011, out of a North Kansas City…
- Champion Burritos (Shawnee) Tier 2
Champion Burritos is an independent Mexican fast-casual restaurant with an unusual origin story: founder Ernesto Aguirre launched the concept in 2011 out…
- Chappell's Restaurant & Sports Museum Tier 2
North Kansas City American restaurant and sports bar housing one of the nation's largest privately-assembled sports-memorabilia collections (10,000+…
- Char Bar Tier 2
a Southern-inspired Kansas City smokehouse and beer-garden in historic Westport. Opened November 2014 by veteran KC restaurateurs James Westphal and Mark…
- Charlie Hooper's Bar & Grille Tier 1
Charlie Hooper's Bar & Grille is a long-running Brookside neighborhood bar and grille at 12 W 63rd St — Kansas City's self-described original craft beer…
- Charmed House Interiors Tier 1
Charmed House Interiors is an owner-operated furniture, home-décor, and gift store in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1331 Union Avenue — three…
- Charritos Plaza Taqueria Tier 1
Charritos Plaza Taqueria is a longtime Mexican taqueria at 3831 Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, serving carne asada tacos, burritos,…
- Chaz on the Plaza Tier 2
signature restaurant of the historic Raphael Hotel on the Country Club Plaza; opened 1976 as the Raphael's signature restaurant; transformed into "Chaz…
- Chef J BBQ Tier 1
chef/pitmaster-owned, fine-dining-trained craft barbecue operating out of a former haunted-house concession stand in the West Bottoms. Owned and operated…
- Chef Tito's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina In Memoriam
[!warning] OPERATING STATUS — CLOSED / REPLACED (Compiler, 2026-07-24). Every first-party Chef Tito's channel is dead (cheftito.net down; SpotOn ordering…
- Chewology Tier 1
Chewology is a chef-owned contemporary Taiwanese gyoza bar in Kansas City's Westport neighborhood, founded by Katie Liu-Sung, who grew the concept from a…
- Chick-In Waffle Tier 1
Chick-In Waffle is Dennis Alazzeh's Kansas City chicken-and-waffle concept — the Westport launch in January 2020 of a second-generation KC restaurant…
- Chingu In Memoriam
Chingu was a full-service Korean restaurant and bar at 4117 Pennsylvania Ave. in Westport, opened November 2022 by chef-owner Keeyoung Kim and long-term…
- Chixen Tier 1
a ground-chicken "smash" burger concept on the Troost corridor in KCMO, founded in 2020 as a pandemic-era ghost kitchen by Kansas City native and…
- Choga Korean Restaurant Tier 1
Choga Korean Restaurant is a long-running, family-run Korean restaurant in Overland Park's 105th Street corridor, widely cited as the Kansas City metro's…
- Chop's BBQ & Catering Tier 1
Chop's BBQ & Catering is a family-owned barbecue restaurant in downtown Smithville, Missouri, opened in 2016 by Dan Ulledahl, a former Kansas City police…
- Chosun Korean BBQ Tier 2
Chosun Korean BBQ is a family-owned, tabletop Korean barbecue restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, serving galbi, bulgogi, and traditional banchan…
- Christopher Elbow Chocolates Tier 1
KC-metro-native artisan chocolatier; founded 2003 by Christopher Elbow from Liberty, MO; one of KC's most-recognized craft-chocolate operations;…
- Christy's Tasty Queen Tier 1
Longtime walk-up drive-in and ice cream stand at 1405 S 55th St in the Turner neighborhood of KCK (66106), famous for homemade pork tenderloin…
- Chumba USA Tier 2
Chumba USA (Chumba Bicycles) is a rider-owned framebuilder making handmade titanium and steel adventure, gravel, and mountain bike frames. After eleven…
- Cinder Block Brewery Tier 1
Cinder Block Brewery is an independent, owner-founded craft brewery and cidery at 110 E 18th Ave. in North Kansas City, born in 2013 out of owner Bryce…
- City Barrel Brewing + Kitchen Tier 1
City Barrel Brewing + Kitchen is an independent, locally owned brewery and full restaurant in Kansas City's East Crossroads, founded in 2018. Known for…
- City Diner Tier 1
Classic counter-service breakfast-and-lunch diner in the River Market, operating since 1937 and among the oldest continuously running restaurants in…
- City Market Coffee Tier 1
a small-batch coffee roastery and café operating in Kansas City's River Market since 1996, billed as Kansas City's oldest local coffee roaster.…
- Clay & Fire Tier 2
Clay & Fire is a Near-Eastern restaurant in Kansas City's Westside neighborhood, opened in September 2020, known for Turkish and Middle Eastern fare…
- Clementine's Creamery Tier 2
Clementine's Creamery in Prairie Village is the Kansas City-area outpost of Clementine's Naughty & Nice Creamery, a St. Louis-based artisan microcreamery…
- Cliff's Taphouse Tier 2
Cliff's Taphouse is a neighborhood American restaurant and bar in the Martini Corner / Hyde Park area of Kansas City, Missouri, opened in March 2021 by…
- Clint's Comics Tier 1
Clint's Comics — founded in 1967 by Clint Murray in Westport/Midtown, Kansas City; believed to be one of the oldest continuously operated comic book…
- Clinton's Soda Fountain Tier 2
Clinton's Soda Fountain is a historic soda fountain and ice cream counter at 100 W Maple Ave on Independence Square, operating since 1988 in the same…
- Club 906 Tier 3
an independent dance club / live-music venue in Liberty, MO (Northland / Clay County, in-scope). Verified OPEN / active as of June 2026 (the Yellow Pages…
- CM Chicken (Overland Park) Tier 3
CM Chicken (operating locally as BogoDak & 92 Chicken) is the Overland Park location of the bicoastal Korean fried-chicken chain, known for…
- Coffee Elsewhere Tier 1
A quirky community coffee shop and bakery on the Independence Square, run by an owner who had long wanted to open his own café.
- Colonial Gardens Tier 2
Long-running Blue Springs, Missouri garden center, working farm, farm-to-table dining venue, and event space — operating since 1969 and, as of February…
- Conchita Tacos Tier 2
Conchita Tacos is a Mexican street-taco counter in the Crossroads Arts District, sharing a building with the Polynesian-themed Kon Tiki cocktail lounge.…
- Conrad's (Liberty) Tier 1
Conrad's (Conrad's Restaurant & Alehouse) is a locally owned and operated eating and drinking establishment that has been serving the Northland since…
- Conroy's Public House Tier 1
Conroy's Public House is an Irish pub and restaurant founded in 2011 by Ray Dunlea — a native of Cork, Ireland — whose name honors his late mother's…
- Convivial Tier 2
Convivial (also styled Convivial Production) is a handmade-ceramics design-and-manufacturing studio in the Historic West Bottoms of Kansas City, founded…
- Cornerstone Coffee Tier 1
an independent coffee shop in downtown Smithville, MO, opened September 11, 2020 by Leeah Shipley at the corner of Bridge and Main near Heritage Park. It…
- Cornflower Baked Goods Tier 1
Cornflower Baked Goods is Megan and Colby Garrelts' dedicated bakery at Mission Farms in Leawood — opened June 2026, next door to their Rye Leawood…
- Cortadito Cuban Cafe Tier 2
Cortadito Cuban Cafe opened November 2024 at 400 N. 18th St in KCK's Kensington neighborhood — a Cuban immigrant-owned cafe named after the signature…
- Cosmo Burger XR Tier 2
Cosmo Burger XR is a smash burger, tater tot, and boozy milkshake restaurant in the East Crossroads (1815 Locust St), opened July 2025 as a standalone…
- Courthouse Exchange Tier 1
Courthouse Exchange is a below-street-level burger-and-beer tavern at 113 W Lexington Ave on the Independence Square, open since 1899 and billed as the…
- Crestwood Flowers Tier 1
Kansas City's oldest continuously operating flower shop, anchoring the Crestwood Shops on East 55th Street since 1932 — a mom-and-daughter operation now…
- Crimson Tattoo Tier 2
Crimson Tattoo is a walk-in-friendly custom tattoo studio on Westport Road in Kansas City, Missouri, owned by tattoo artist Matthew Crim with his wife…
- Crossroads Hotel Tier 3
The Crossroads Hotel is a 131-room boutique hotel at 2101 Central St, built into two Pendergast-era buildings — a 1911 Pabst Brewing bottling depot and…
- Crows Coffee Tier 1
a locally owned neighborhood coffee company founded in 2014 by Kansas City native Zach Moores, who left a career as a catastrophe insurance adjuster and…
- Cru Bistro & Bottles Tier 1
Cru Bistro & Bottles is a family-owned neighborhood bistro and retail wine/bottle shop in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, opened in early 2025 by…
- Cupini's Tier 1
Cupini's is a family-owned Italian deli, pasta shop, and restaurant in Westport, Kansas City, founded in 2003 by Eddie Cupini and his father,…
- Current State Coffee Tier 1
Current State Coffee Roasting is a specialty coffee roastery and European-style café in downtown Shawnee, founded by three experienced Kansas City–area…
- Cycle City Tier 2
Cycle City is Parkville's independent bike shop, family-owned since 2004 by lifelong Northland resident Joe Fox, carrying a curated lineup of premium…
- d'Bronx In Memoriam
d'Bronx was a Kansas City New York-style deli-and-pizzeria institution, founded in July 1990 by Robert and Janet Bloom and later owned by Don Foringer,…
- Dad's Bakeshop, Coffee & Goods Tier 1
Dad's Bakeshop, Coffee & Goods is Shea Coffman's nostalgia-inspired bakery — 104 E. 43rd St., Southmoreland, Kansas City (former Yum Bakery space),…
- Dagwood's Cafe Tier 1
Rosedale breakfast-and-lunch landmark diner at 1117 Southwest Blvd in KCK (66103), a Southwest Boulevard fixture since 1938 when it opened as a Dagwood's…
- Daisy Lee Vintage Tier 2
Daisy Lee Vintage is a curated vintage clothing boutique in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Missouri, at 122 W 18th St. Founded by…
- Daisy's Mexican Food Tier 1
Daisy's Mexican Food (also listed as Daisy's Mexican Burritos #1) is a family Mexican restaurant on Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale neighborhood of…
- Dave's Bakery and Deli Tier 2
Dave's Bakery and Deli is a neighborhood bakery and sandwich shop at 214 W Maple Ave on Independence Square, in continuous operation since 2002 and known…
- Dave's Hot Chicken Tier 3
Dave's Hot Chicken is a national Nashville-hot-chicken chain — fried-to-order tenders and sliders served across seven heat levels from "No Spice" to the…
- Dear Donna Tier 1
Dear Donna is a chef-owned daytime corner restaurant in Columbus Park, opened in March 2026 by husband-and-wife chefs Johnny and Helen Jo Leach — the…
- DelBrenna Jewelry Tier 2
US flagship of a three-generation Italian family jewelry brand, opened in 2018 at the Crestwood Shops by Megan (KC-native) and Sebastian, whose family…
- Delicias Bakery Tier 1
Pastry Chef Jesus Magana's family-owned scratch bakery on Central Avenue in KCK, open since 2009 and known for custom cakes and tres leches.
- Delicias de Honduras
Delicias de Honduras is KCK's anchor Honduran restaurant — two locations (265 N 7th St and 1035 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS), 609 Yelp reviews, 4.3…
- Diametric Brewing Company Tier 1
Diametric Brewing Company is an independent, brewer-owned craft brewery and taproom at 949 NE Columbus St in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Founded by friends…
- Diamond Bowl & Billiards Tier 2
Diamond Bowl & Billiards is a bowling and billiards entertainment venue with a full kitchen and bar at 218 N Osage St on Independence Square, operated by…
- Dirty Harry's Bar and Grill Tier 1
Dirty Harry's Bar and Grill is an independent bar and grill on Highway 7 in Blue Springs, Missouri, known as a lively local tavern with live music from…
- Disco Burger (Brookside) Tier 1
Disco Burger opened its first standalone brick-and-mortar at 600 E. 63rd St in Brookside in July 2026 — a soft opening from the walk-up window, with…
- Discourse Brewing Tier 2
Discourse Brewing is an independent craft brewery and taphouse in Overland Park, KS, opened October 2023 by Matt Britton in Windmill Square Shopping…
- District 800 Tier 2
District 800 is an upscale American restaurant at 800 Southwest Blvd in Kansas City's Westside, slated to open June 2026 in the space that was La Fonda…
- District Pour House + Kitchen Tier 2
District Pour House + Kitchen is a modern American gastropub that made an unusual cross-state-line move in 2023 — shutting its beloved decade-old Waldo…
- Dixon's Famous Chili Tier 1
Dixon's Famous Chili is a century-old, family-owned chili parlor in Independence, Missouri, serving Vergne Dixon's distinctive dry, bean-and-beef Kansas…
- Do Drop Inn Tier 1
A revived downtown Lee's Summit neighborhood bar at 319 SE Main St, named in tribute to the original Do Drop Inn that served the district for 58 years…
- Dolce Bakery Tier 1
Dolce Bakery is an owner-operated, scratch-made retail bakery and pastry shop at 3930 W. 69th Terrace in the Shops of Prairie Village, run by founder…
- Dolce Caffe Tier 1
Dolce Caffè is a European-style coffee shop in Olathe, KS, opened in August 2025 by Michaela Krueger and Luka Pivk inside a renovated 1960s drive-in…
- Don Antonio's Meat and Tortillas Tier 1
Family-owned Kansas City, Kansas carnicería and taquería combining a meat market, in-house tortilla production, and a made-to-order taco counter under…
- Don Chilito's Mexican Restaurant In Memoriam
Don Chilito's was a long-running, family-owned cafeteria-style Tex-Mex institution at 7017 Johnson Drive on the Johnson County, Kansas, dining strip —…
- Don Chuy's Fresh Mex & Cantina Tier 2
Don Chuy's Fresh Mex & Cantina is Jesus "Chuy" Leon's Mexican restaurant — started in Lee's Summit, expanded to Overland Park in June 2025.…
- Don Evans Florist & Zucy's Flower Boutique Tier 2
An independent Kansas City, Kansas florist operating since 1959 — 65+ years of continuous local service in KCK's central core, now branded as Don Evans…
- Donna's Dress Shop Tier 1
Donna's Dress Shop is a long-running curated vintage clothing boutique on West 39th Street in Midtown Kansas City, owned by namesake Donna Foulk. Open…
- Dos Lokos Sports Cantina Tier 2
Dos Lokos Sports Cantina is Alejandra Aguirre, Raul Aguirre, and Alex Flores's Mexican parrillada and sports bar — 401 Westport Rd, Kansas City (former…
- DoubleTap KC Tier 1
DoubleTap KC is an independent, locally owned virtual-reality arcade and pub in Kansas City's River Market, at 310 Oak Street. Founded by KC-native…
- Doughboys Donuts Tier 1
Family-run, mom-and-pop Raytown donut shop that still mixes its dough, hand-cuts every donut, and fries and finishes them by hand — no conveyor belt, no…
- Dragon Inn Tier 1
Dragon Inn is Overland Park's oldest continuously operating restaurant — a family-run Chinese institution founded in 1975 by To-Ping Tsui that has…
- Drastic Measures Tier 1
Drastic Measures is a small, speakeasy-style craft cocktail bar in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, opened in June 2020 by veteran bartenders Jay Sanders and…
- Dunn Deal BBQ Tier 1
Weekend barbecue joint in downtown Grandview run by jazz saxophonist and American Jazz Museum entertainment director Gerald Dunn, blending East Texas and…
- Earl's Premier Tier 1
Earl's Premier is a Maine-inspired oyster bar and neighborhood seafood restaurant in Brookside, opened in May 2022 by veteran KC restaurateur Todd…
- East Forty Brewing Tier 1
East Forty Brewing is a craft brewery and taproom anchoring downtown Blue Springs, opened in June 2018 by founder and brewer David Mann and co-owner Matt…
- eggtc. (Plaza) Tier 1
the gourmet breakfast/brunch/lunch restaurant at 5107 Main Street just south of the Country Club Plaza, opened in 2006 by the locally founded Minsky's…
- El Alteño Mexican Grill Tier 1
A family-owned Mexican grill on Main Street in downtown Grandview, where the owner cooks the line himself — authentic Mexican plates served open to…
- El Café Cubano Tier 1
El Café Cubano is a Kansas City Cuban coffee shop founded by Racquel Rodriguez to preserve the authentic espumita technique — whipping the first drops of…
- El Camaroncito Tier 1
El Camaroncito is a Mexican marisquería on Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, serving Acapulco-port-style seafood — shrimp cocktails, ceviches, and…
- El Camino Real Tier 1
El Camino Real is a long-running, family-style Mexican taqueria in Kansas City, Kansas, known for open-kitchen street tacos and house-made corn…
- El Luchador Tier 1
El Luchador is Manuel Oregel's Mexican restaurant at 219 E Main St in downtown Gardner, Kansas — opened May 5, 2024 (Cinco de Mayo). Oregel grew up…
- El Maguey Tier 2
El Maguey is a sit-down Mexican restaurant on S Noland Road in Independence, established in 2002, known for generous portions, an extensive margarita…
- El Menudazo In Memoriam
Lionel Lucero's KCK family café built on his father Chico's Sunday menudo-and-birria recipes; the area's go-to for soupy lamb birria and the rare lamb…
- El Mercado Fresco Tier 1
El Mercado Fresco is a Hispanic grocery at 5117 Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, open since 2016 with an on-site butcher and scratch bakery.…
- El Patron Cocina & Bar Tier 1
Arturo Cabral + Estela mother-and-son team; Southwest Boulevard Mexican operation since 2007; passed-down family recipes; rooftop deck signature feature.…
- El Pico Tier 2
El Pico is a Mexican restaurant at 106 W Maple Ave on Independence Square in Independence, MO, operated by McClain Restaurant Group (Ken & Cindy…
- El Pollo Guasave Tier 1
El Pollo Guasave is a family-run, charcoal-grilled chicken to-go spot on Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, built around a Sinaloa-style whole or…
- El Pollo Rey Tier 1
No-frills, family-owned grilled-chicken institution in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas — a focused, wood-fired pollo asado counter at…
- El Pueblito Tier 2
El Pueblito is a family-owned Mexican restaurant on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City's West Side — and one of the city's enduring late-night holdouts.…
- El Pulgarcito Salvadorean Restaurant Tier 2
El Pulgarcito is a Salvadoran family restaurant that Carlos Ruano Cruz has been running at 5921 Merriam Drive since 2003 — 22+ years of pupusas, caldos,…
- El Rinconcito Salvadoreño Tier 2
El Rinconcito Salvadoreño ("The Little Corner") is a family-run Salvadoran restaurant founded by Rosa Cardoza, serving handmade pupusas, tamales, and…
- El Salvadoreño Tier 1
El Salvadoreño is Benjamin Sol and Blanca Alvarenga Sol's Salvadoran restaurant in Overland Park — open since October 2011, now at 9860 W 87th St near…
- El Típico Guate Mix
El Típico Guate Mix is a Guatemalan restaurant at 402 N 5th St in Kansas City, KS — opened approximately 2024, serving traditional Guatemalan steaks,…
- El Torito In Memoriam
Independent, locally owned Mexican restaurant and market on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas — a homegrown KCK business and not affiliated with…
- Eleos Coffee Tier 1
Eleos Coffee House is a faith-based nonprofit coffee shop and roasting company at 3401 Independence Avenue in the Historic Northeast of Kansas City,…
- Elephant Wings Tier 2
Elephant Wings is Chef Ameet Malhotra's Indian fusion kitchen at Parlor KC in the Crossroads — officially opened January 2024 after eight years as a…
- Elite Comics Tier 1
Elite Comics is an independently owned comic book shop in Overland Park, Kansas, run by William Binderup and serving the area since 1993. Located at…
- Elite Feet Tier 2
Overland Park's family-owned run-and-walk specialty shop since 1997 — the Nottberg family has been fitting KC feet since 1980, making them the…
- Elotes Grano de Oro Tier 1
A bright Central Avenue window serving elotes, chamoy-and-Tajín-dressed homemade ice cream, and aguas frescas next door to a taqueria — Mexican street…
- Elvira's Cakes (Independence Ave) Tier 1
Elvira's Cakes (Elvira's Pastelería y Panadería) is a Mexican bakery and lunch counter at 3838 Independence Ave in Historic Northeast KC — one of the…
- Em Chamas Brazilian Grill Tier 2
Em Chamas Brazilian Grill is a family-owned churrascaria in Kansas City's Northland, opened in 2007 by Sam and Jana Silvio with brother Nick Silvio —…
- Emilie's French Teas Tier 1
Emilie's French Teas is an owner-run French tea room at 8131 Wornall Rd in Waldo, opened in 2017 by Emilie Jackson (with her husband Alex) to recreate…
- Empanada Madness Tier 2
Empanada Madness is Andrea Penaloza's Venezuelan-Colombian restaurant — started with her mother Patricia Fernandez in 2013 at 906 SW Boulevard and now…
- Englewood Cafe Tier 1
Englewood Cafe is a family-owned American diner on E Winner Road in the Englewood neighborhood of Independence, serving the community since 1956 — a…
- Equal Minded Cafe Tier 1
a Black-owned community-hub coffeehouse and event space at 4327 Troost Ave, KCMO, founded in 2018 by Dontavious Young; Tier 1 for its owner-operated,…
- Erin's Pub Tier 2
Erin's Pub is a locally-owned neighborhood bar and grill on Route 291 in Independence, combining a sports-bar atmosphere — with multiple TVs, pool…
- European Market Cafe Tier 2
European Market Cafe is Volodymyr and Iuliia Polishchuk's Ukrainian-owned deli-café in Overland Park — 11170 Antioch Rd, opened October 2023, with a…
- Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill Tier 2
Exclusive Jerk Bar & Grill is Jermar Elliott's authentic Jamaican restaurant in South KC's Watts Mill Plaza — opened September 2024. Elliott was born and…
- Extra Virgin Tier 2
Extra Virgin is chef Michael Smith's Spanish-Mediterranean tapas restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District — open since December 2008, 17…
- Fairway Creamery Tier 1
Fairway Creamery is a scratch ice cream and donut shop in Fairway, KS, opened in 2019 by Christopher Elbow and purchased in January 2022 by Ali Shirazi…
- Fannie's West African Cuisine Tier 1
a scratch-cooked West African restaurant at 4105 Troost Ave. in KCMO's Troost corridor, owned and operated by Liberian-born refugee Fannie Gibson; Tier 1…
- Farina Tier 1
Farina is a modern Italian fine-dining restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, opened in February 2019 by two-time James Beard…
- Fat Boyz Grill & Bar (Kearney) Tier 1
downtown Kearney's live-music bar and grill ("Kearney's HOT SPOT"), in a 100-year-old brick building on Washington Street. A locally owned nightlife…
- Fern Bar Tier 1
Fern Bar is a locally owned, agave- and sugarcane-forward craft cocktail bar in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, opened by veteran bartender Bryan…
- Filling Station BBQ Tier 1
Filling Station BBQ has smoked KC-style barbecue inside a 1930s Texaco station on Lee's Summit's Historic Register since 1999 — a quarter century of…
- Filling Station Coffee Tier 3
a Kansas City coffee shop founded in the mid-2000s inside a converted Midtown gas station. Founder Robin Krause sold her majority interest to Messenger…
- Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue Tier 2
Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is a Kansas City barbecue institution, founded when Jack Fiorella opened his Martin City restaurant in 1974 as an…
- Flagship Books Tier 1
Flagship Books is an independent bookstore at 600 Ohio Avenue in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, selling used and new books.…
- Flame Grill & Mediterranean Bakery Tier 2
Flame Grill & Mediterranean Bakery is Kholoud and Muhamed Bataineh's Jordanian Mediterranean restaurant — 8154 NW Prairie View Rd, Kansas City, MO…
- Flavor of Himalaya Tier 1
Flavor of Himalaya is an independent Nepali, Himalayan, and North Indian restaurant on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raytown, MO, serving momos, biryani, goat…
- FM Music Vintage Sounds Tier 2
North Kansas City's first record store, FM Music Vintage Sounds is a 600-square-foot mom-and-pop shop run by Faron and Holly Meek — a community anchor…
- Food Pedaler Tier 1
Food Pedaler is Todd Barlow's American comfort food stall at Parlor KC — 1707 Locust St, Crossroads, opened February 2024. Bison meatballs, roasted…
- Fountain City Winery Tier 1
Fountain City Winery is an owner-operated winery and tasting room in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1409 W. 11th Street, run by Jay and Melissa…
- Fox and Pearl Tier 1
Fox and Pearl is a chef-owned, live-fire Midwestern bistro in Kansas City's historic Westside, opened in 2019 by chef Vaughn Good and his wife and…
- Frankie Pickles Tier 2
Frankie Pickle's Tackle Box Tavern & Fish House is an upscale seafood pop-up by chef Brandon West and Sheena Nicholls, opened May 2026 at 3939 W 69th…
- Frankie's Italian Bistro Tier 2
Frankie's Italian Bistro is an independently owned Italian restaurant on Route 7 in Blue Springs, Missouri, opened in late 2025 / early 2026. Its menu…
- French Market Tier 1
the Quillec family's French café-and-épicerie in the Shops of Prairie Village, founded in 2013 by Patrick and Joanne Quillec as a sibling to their…
- Fric & Frac Tier 1
Fric & Frac is a family-owned neighborhood bar and grill on Kansas City's 39th Street corridor near Westport, slinging burgers, curly fries, and…
- Friction Beer Co. Tier 2
Friction Beer Co. is a music-forward craft brewery and taproom occupying a century-old hardware store in the heart of downtown Shawnee, opened in June…
- Friendly Bean Coffee Tier 1
a Northland coffee shop and on-site roaster founded by John Neudorf around 2004, anchoring the North Oak + Barry Road corner for 20+ years. A second café…
- Fringe Beerworks Tier 1
Fringe Beerworks is an independent, owner-operated craft brewery and taproom in historic downtown Lee's Summit, founded by Mike Myers and Eddie Pease and…
- Fritz's Railroad Restaurant Tier 1
KCK family-owned diner since 1954; founder Fritz Kropf invented + installed the "Skat Kat" overhead-train food-delivery system early 1970s; third…
- Front Range Cafe Tier 1
Front Range Cafe (Front Range Coffeehouse & Provisions) is a locally owned coffeehouse at 400 E Gregory Blvd on the Waldo–Brookside line, pairing a…
- Frost Coffee and Tea Tier 1
A downtown Lee's Summit coffee shop built inside the red-brick corner that once housed Jack Frost Donuts, reviving a beloved local name and still baking…
- Frutopia KC Tier 2
Frutopia KC is an independent Mexican paletería and grill at 3737 Independence Ave in HNEKC (largest of three metro locations), founded in 2019 by…
- Fun House Pizza & Pub Tier 1
a Kansas City-original pizza chain founded in 1964 in Raytown, MO by Marty and Helen Graham. Known for hand-tossed, crunchy-and-crisp KC-style pizza,…
- Gaia Masala & Burger Tier 3
Gaia Masala & Burger is an Indian-American-Mediterranean fusion restaurant at 425 Westport Rd in Kansas City's Westport district, known for tikka masala…
- Garden House Coffee Tier 1
Garden House (Garden House Café) is a locally owned botanical café, plant shop, and creative space on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, run by…
- Garozzo's Ristorante Tier 1
Garozzo's Ristorante is a family-owned Italian restaurant founded by Michael Garozzo in Kansas City's historic Columbus Park in 1989, widely credited as…
- Gates Bar-B-Q Tier 1
B-Q — Gates family multi-generation operation since 1946; Perry lineage through Arthur Pinkard (former Perry apprentice who served as the original Gates…
- GEORGE a lifestyle store Tier 1
Cross-category lifestyle boutique at the Crestwood Shops in Kansas City's Mission Hills corridor, owned by KC interior designer George Terbovich — a…
- GG's Barbacoa Café Tier 1
Family-owned Mexican café on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, serving Tabasco-style birria and barbacoa — a Mexican-and-KC-barbecue cafe…
- Gilbert, Whitney & Co. Tier 2
Gilbert, Whitney & Co. is a gourmet specialty-grocery and kitchenware "corner grocery" at 104 N Liberty St on Independence Square, operated by McClain…
- Gilda's Bar de Tapas Tier 1
Gilda's Bar de Tapas is an independent, owner-operated Spanish tapas bar and full-kitchen restaurant in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, at 5815 Nieman Road.…
- Gilhouly's Irish Pub (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
Gilhouly's (often styled Gilhouly's Irish Pub) was a small, no-frills dive bar at 1721 W. 39th Street in Kansas City, Missouri — a fixture of the 39th…
- Ginger Sue's (Liberty) Tier 1
Ginger Sue's is a locally founded Kansas City-metro breakfast and brunch restaurant; the original location opened on Liberty's historic downtown square…
- Ginger's Restaurant Tier 1
Independent, breakfast-and-lunch family diner on Raytown's 63rd Street, serving generous plates of American and Mexican comfort food from open at 6am to…
- Gizmo's Tavern Tier 1
Gastropub at 111 N. Bridge St. in downtown Smithville, MO — opened in a soft launch in October 2024 by owner Dustin Racen in the former Humphrey's Bar &…
- Glover Leather Tier 2
Glover Leather is a one-person Kansas City, MO leather workshop where owner Chad Glover hand-makes wallets, belts, bags, and custom leather goods from…
- Goat & Rabbit Cocktail Bar Tier 1
Goat & Rabbit is a craft cocktail bar on 39th Street West in Midtown Kansas City, opened in November 2020 by cousins Jugal and Atit Patel. Its name nods…
- Goat Hill Coffee & Soda Tier 2
Goat Hill Coffee & Soda is a Westside café at 811 W 17th St serving Post Coffee Co. roasts alongside rotating Little Freshie-recipe sodas. Opened…
- Golden & Pine In Memoriam
Golden & Pine was an ethically minded home decor, furniture, and gift boutique founded by Kansas City native Stephanie Agne in 2016. It started in…
- Golden Hours Tier 2
Golden Hours is a Kansas City handcrafted-jewelry brand owned and made by Julianne Vickery, a metalsmith and instructor based at the Livestock Exchange…
- Golden Ox Tier 1
Golden Ox is Kansas City's most historically significant steakhouse — founded in 1949 inside the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, it claims to be the…
- Good Ju Ju Tier 1
Good Ju Ju is a multi-vendor antique-and-vintage warehouse in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms, housed in the old John Deere building at 1420 W. 13th…
- Good Karma Coffee Tier 1
Good Karma Coffee is a Black-owned independent coffee shop and curated retail space in Kansas City's Midtown, opened February 1, 2025, by Kansas City…
- GotWhatULike Records Tier 1
GotWhatULike Records is a Black-owned, independent record store at 11539 Hickman Mills Drive in south Kansas City, Missouri, founded by Mark Harper in…
- Governor Stumpy's Grill House Tier 1
Governor Stumpy's Grill House is a neighborhood American bar and grill at 321 E Gregory Blvd on the Waldo–Brookside edge, a community fixture since 1997.…
- Grains & Taps Brewery Tier 2
Grains & Taps Brewery is a Lee's Summit-based brewery, taproom, and homebrew supply store founded in June 2013 by homebrewers Brad Boehm and Brian Bixby,…
- Gram & Dun Tier 2
Gram & Dun is a New-American restaurant and bar on the Country Club Plaza, opened in 2012 as a Kansas City restaurant-group concept (originally Bread &…
- Grand Coffee Co. Tier 1
Grand Coffee Co. (operating as Grand Coffee + Smoothies, formerly Grand Coffee Company) is a craft coffee shop near Crown Center and Union Station at…
- Grand Street Tier 2
Grand Street (Grand Street Cafe) is a modern-American restaurant on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, open since 1991 and family-owned and…
- Grassroots Garden Lounge Tier 1
Grassroots Garden Lounge is an upscale cocktail bar and lounge in historic downtown Smithville, Missouri, opened in summer 2024 by Brian and Jacquie Hove…
- Greek Cuisine Tier 1
Greek Cuisine is a family-owned Greek restaurant at 11811 College Blvd, Overland Park — operating since at least 1999 (25+ years), described in customer…
- Green Dirt on Oak Tier 1
Green Dirt on Oak is the Kansas City restaurant, urban cheese kitchen, and market arm of Green Dirt Farm — the Animal Welfare Approved sheep dairy and…
- Green Lady Lounge Tier 1
The Green Lady Lounge is a red-velvet, speakeasy-style jazz lounge at 1809 Grand Blvd in the Crossroads Arts District, owned by Kansas City entrepreneur…
- Grinders Tier 1
Grinders is a Crossroads Arts District pizza-and-sandwich institution founded in 2004 by Kansas City artist and sculptor Jeff "Stretch" Rumaner,…
- Grindhouse Knives Tier 2
Kansas City–based custom knife maker — Sam Jones's Grindhouse Knives produces handmade, high-end tactical and practical knives from a downtown Kansas…
- Ground Control Tier 1
Ground Control is a 20-seat speakeasy-style tasting room in the lower level of The Belfry Collective at 1532 Grand Blvd, founded by James Beard…
- Grünauer Tier 2
Grünauer is a Viennese-style Austrian gasthaus in the historic Freight House near Union Station, opened in May 2010 by siblings Nicholas and Elisabeth…
- Guitars & Cadillacs (Overland Park) Tier 1
a ~10,000-sq-ft live-country-music venue and dance hall at 7312 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS. A revival of the original Kansas City country-bar brand…
- Guy's Deli & Pizza Tier 1
Andy Miller / Guy's Snacks parent-brand operation; opened January 2022 in Westport replacing Joe's Pizza By The Slice; tied to Guy's Snacks heritage (Guy…
- Habashi House Tier 1
Habashi House is a family-owned Middle Eastern restaurant in Kansas City's Historic City Market (River Market), opened in May 2000 by the Al Habashi…
- Habibi Kebab
Habibi Kebab is a Somali and Middle Eastern restaurant in downtown Kansas City — 615 E 6th Street, open daily 8am to near-11pm. Chicken shawarma, kebabs,…
- Hacienda Vieja Mexican Grill Tier 2
Hacienda Vieja Mexican Grill is a Latinx-owned, full-service Mexican restaurant on S Noland Road in Independence, celebrated for its birriaquesos,…
- Hamar Weyne Tier 1
Hamar Weyne (also styled Hamar Weyne Coffee Shop / Café) is a Somali restaurant and coffee shop inside the Somali Mall (Soma Retail Center) at the…
- Hammerhand Coffee (Liberty) Tier 1
Hammerhand Coffee is a resilient, locally owned coffee roaster and café in Liberty, Missouri, born from a dream to bring exceptional coffee, atmosphere,…
- Hammerpress Tier 1
Hammerpress is a Kansas City letterpress print shop, design studio, and retail store founded in 1994 by Kansas City Art Institute graduate Brady Vest.…
- Hand in Glove Tier 1
Hand in Glove is an independent coffee-by-day, cocktails-by-night bar in a historic 1887 brick building at 6 SW 3rd St in downtown Lee's Summit's…
- Hank's Garage and Grill Tier 2
Hank's Garage and Grill is a casual, chef-driven neighborhood bar and restaurant opened in March 2025 inside the converted bones of a former Shawnee auto…
- Harp Barbecue In Memoriam
Pitmaster Tyler Harp's owner-operated, Texas-influenced craft barbecue operation that grew from a Raytown brewery pop-up into a brick-and-mortar…
- Harpo's Bar & Grill Tier 2
Harpo's Bar & Grill is a Westport sports bar and burger spot, open in Kansas City since 1991 as an offshoot of the original Harpo's founded in Columbia,…
- Harry's Bar & Tables Tier 2
Harry's Bar & Tables is a long-running Westport cocktail bar and patio at 501 Westport Road, opened in 1994 in a building that earlier housed Doershuk's…
- Harry's Country Club Tier 1
Harry's Country Club is a bar and restaurant in Kansas City's River Market at 112 E Missouri Ave, open since 2003. Founded and owned by Harry Murphy, it…
- Haus 1512 Tier 1
Haus 1512 is an entertainment-forward cocktail lounge and loaded hot dog/fries concept opened June 2026 at 1512 E. 18th St. in Kansas City's Historic…
- Haw Contemporary Tier 1
Haw Contemporary, at 1600 Liberty Street in Kansas City's West Bottoms Stockyards District, is a photography-forward contemporary gallery founded in 2013…
- Hawg Jaw Que & Brew Tier 1
Silvio brothers (Sam + Nick) BBQ operation; acquired the longtime "Hawg Jaw Fritz" KC BBQ joint when its owner sought to sell; moved from Riverside to…
- Hayes Hamburger & Chili Tier 1
Cash-only Northland hamburger-and-chili counter open since 1955, run as a family business, serving White Castle–style griddle burgers and a chili recipe…
- Hayward's Pit Bar-B-Que Tier 1
Hayward's Pit Bar-B-Que is Johnson County's oldest family-owned BBQ restaurant — founded in 1972 by Hayward Spears Sr. and now run by Eric Sweeney, who…
- Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea Tier 1
Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea is a family-owned specialty coffee and tea house in Gladstone, Missouri, operating since 2012. It roasts its own beans…
- Heirloom Bakery & Hearth Tier 1
Scott + Kate Meinke chef-owner Brookside operation in a former gas station; house-made sourdough bread + signature scones + biscuits in distinctive…
- Helen's JAD Bar & Grill Tier 2
Helen's JAD Bar & Grill is an owner-operated neighborhood dive bar and grill at 2002 Armour Rd in North Kansas City, where "JAD" stands for "Just Another…
- Hemma Hemma Tier 1
Hemma Hemma is Ashley Bare's health-forward comfort food restaurant at 7122 Wornall Rd in Waldo — a "grandma chic" room where everything is made from…
- Hemma Hemma Dinette Tier 1
Hemma Hemma Dinette is Ashley Bare's diner-inspired breakfast and brunch concept — 1100 Main St (Lightwell Building), downtown Kansas City, opened March…
- Hereford House Tier 2
Hereford House is a traditional Midwestern steakhouse founded in Kansas City in 1957, today a women-owned multi-location institution best known for…
- Hermetheus Coffee Tier 1
Hermetheus Coffee is an artisan specialty-coffee roaster and café in downtown Olathe, founded by Olathe residents Jason and Faith Scott. What began in…
- Hey Sugar on Strawberry Hill Tier 1
Hey Sugar on Strawberry Hill is a locally owned candy and ice cream shop at 426 N. Sixth Street, on the corner of Sixth and Sandusky in the Strawberry…
- Hey! Hey! Club (J. Rieger & Co.) Tier 1
a Prohibition-era-style basement cocktail and live-jazz room inside the J. Rieger & Co. distillery in Kansas City's East Bottoms. Named for the original…
- Hi Hat Coffee Tier 1
Hi Hat Coffee is a fiercely independent KC-metro coffee shop operating since the late 1990s out of a tiny converted 1930s Phillips 66 gas station at 5012…
- Hi-Dive Lounge Tier 1
Hi-Dive Lounge is an independent, locally owned neighborhood bar at 1411 W 39th St in Kansas City's 39th Street West district (Midtown). Opened in late…
- HiBoy Drive-In Tier 1
HiBoy Drive-In is a 65+ year Independence institution — an old-school drive-in burger joint operating since 1957, family-owned since 1991 when Larry…
- High Hopes Ice Cream Tier 2
Small-batch walk-up ice cream scoop shop at 5536 Troost Ave in KCMO's Troost Corridor, opened in 2020 by Jamie Howard — a former kitchen manager at Betty…
- Hilaal Halal Market Tier 1
Hilaal Halal Market is a Somali-run halal grocery at 2807 Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, valued for a consistent stock of everyday…
- Hilliard Gallery Tier 1
Hilliard Gallery, at 1820 McGee Street in the Crossroads Arts District, is one of the oldest and most decorated fine art galleries in Kansas City —…
- HITIDES Coffee Tier 1
a tiki-themed, Hawaiian-/Polynesian-inflected coffee shop anchoring the corner of 18th & Cherry in the East Crossroads, opened January 2021 by…
- Holsum Studios & Gallery Tier 1
Holsum Studios & Gallery is an artist-run studio building and gallery in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms, in the old Holsum bread building at 1200 W.…
- Holt's Donuts Tier 1
An early-morning, hand-crafted donut shop on Grandview's Main Street, owner-operated by Bryan Holts and treated locally as a neighborhood staple.
- Holy Grounds Coffee & Book Shoppe Tier 1
a faith-based, cause-driven coffee and bookshop in Liberty, MO, established 2023 and operated by St. James Anglican Cathedral on the first floor of its…
- Holy Land Cafe Tier 2
Holy Land Cafe is a family-owned, halal Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant in a 87th Street Parkway strip center in Lenexa, Kansas, serving…
- Holy Smoke BBQ (KCK) Tier 2
Holy Smoke BBQ is a family-owned Kansas City BBQ operation in Kansas City, Kansas, launched as a food truck in May 2021 by Jerone and Nykita Slater —…
- HomeGrown Tier 3
HomeGrown is a fast-growing breakfast, brunch, and lunch "daytime eatery" concept founded in Wichita, Kansas in 2017 by Jon and Lauren Rolph and owned by…
- Homer's Coffee House Tier 1
Beloved independent, nonprofit neighborhood coffee house and free live-music venue in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, operating since 2001 and…
- Homesong Market Tier 2
Homesong Market is a curated home-goods and lifestyle shop in the Crestwood Shops on the Brookside edge of Kansas City, Missouri, owned by…
- Homestead Kitchen & Bakery Tier 1
Homestead Kitchen & Bakery is a from-scratch café and bakery founded in Baldwin City, Kansas, by Kelly and Lori Gardner; its second location is a stall…
- Honey Framing Tier 2
Honey Framing is an independently owned custom frame shop in Kansas City's East Crossroads Arts District, run by sculptor-trained fabricator Becky…
- Hot Chicks Tier 1
Hot Chicks is Obida "Oz" Abu-Zareefeh's halal fried chicken concept at the Iron District container park — 1599 Iron St, North Kansas City, opened spring…
- House of Diamonds Tier 1
House of Diamonds is a family-owned custom jewelry studio in Overland Park, Kansas, founded by Gene Cullinane in 1995 and run with his wife Karen…
- Housewife Tier 1
Housewife is Anna Sorge's scratch-made breakfast and lunch café in old downtown Grandview, open since December 2021 in a historic Main Street building.…
- Huda Food Tier 1
Huda Food is a Middle Eastern halal grocery at 3239 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, run by an owner known locally as Jamal…
- Hula Hoop Tier 1
Hula Hoop KC is a vintage-inspired "sip & shop" boutique in Southmoreland — Kansas City's only shop where curated vintage and modern fashion is served…
- HullHouse Coffee Tier 1
a family-owned Northland coffee shop and on-site roaster in Kansas City's Metro North Crossing (Twin Creeks area), opened November 2023 by John and Kim…
- Hummus & Pita Tier 1
Hummus and Pita is a Palestinian-owned, scratch-made Middle Eastern restaurant in downtown Overland Park, opened in 2022 by chef-owner Dhiaa Eid, who…
- Hunan Garden Tier 1
Hunan Garden is a family-run Chinese takeout and delivery restaurant at 6409 N Prospect Ave in Gladstone, serving American-Chinese standards to the…
- Hung Vuong Market Tier 2
Hung Vuong Market is an independent Vietnamese and pan-Asian specialty grocery in Kansas City's River Market district, one of the metro's…
- Ibis Bakery Tier 1
Ibis Bakery is an owner-operated Kansas City artisan bakery — long-fermented naturally-leavened sourdough and French-inspired pastries made with…
- Il Lazzarone Tier 1
a family-owned, AVPN-certified authentic Neapolitan pizzeria in Kansas City's River Market. Chef/owner Erik Borger (a New York City native) opened the…
- In Good Company Tier 1
In Good Company is a members-style craft cocktail lounge in the East Crossroads, opened in early 2025 by Kansas City native Cedric Ransburg with college…
- In-A-Tub Tier 1
In-A-Tub is a Kansas City Northland institution dating to 1951 — one of the city's oldest surviving independent food concepts. The signature product: a…
- India Palace Tier 1
India Palace is a family-owned North Indian restaurant at 9918 W. 87th St. in Overland Park, Kansas, founded by the Choong family in 1995 and widely…
- Indigo Wild (Zum) Tier 2
Kansas City's best-known soap maker: Indigo Wild has manufactured its Zum line of goat's milk soaps, body care, and home goods entirely in Kansas City…
- Inkslinger's Tattoo Tier 1
Inkslinger's Tattoo Studio is a father-daughter tattoo shop in Overland Park, Kansas, founded in 1980 — by its own account the first tattoo studio in…
- Irma Starr Tier 1
Irma Starr is a Kansas City ceramic artist and one of the world's foremost practitioners of 17th-century English slipware, a near-extinct decorative…
- Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant
Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant is an established Caribbean and Jamaican restaurant on W 39th Street in Midtown KC — operating for years with 98+ Yelp…
- Italian Delight Tier 1
Italian Delight is a family-owned New York– and Sicilian-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas, founded in 1977 by Italian…
- Ixtapa Fine Mexican Cuisine Tier 1
Ixtapa Fine Mexican Cuisine is a long-running, locally owned regional-Mexican restaurant in the Kansas City Northland at 7103 NW Barry Rd (across from…
- J. Rieger & Co. Tier 1
Kansas City's distillery since 1887; founded by Jacob Rieger (Austrian immigrant from Goritz, 1877); pre-Prohibition largest mail-order whiskey house in…
- J&K Ethiopian Restaurant Tier 2
J&K Ethiopian Restaurant opened November 2024 in Kansas City's Northland — a self-funded, two-woman partnership by Obse Lamesa and Lalise Terefe, former…
- Jack Stack Barbecue (Freight House) Tier 2
Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is a third-generation, Fiorella-family-owned Kansas City barbecue institution dating to 1957; the Freight House location…
- Jalapeños Tier 1
a family-owned Mexican restaurant on Brookside Plaza in Kansas City, MO, owned by the Hernandez family since 1995 and now run by second-generation…
- Jalisco Restaurant In Memoriam
Hernandez family, KCK, 1965-2026. Closing May 30, 2026 (this Saturday). Per Business-Wiki-Page-Schema-And-IA, closed-business pages persist permanently…
- Janssen's House Coffee Tier 1
Westport specialty café opened October 2025 by KC native Brett Janssen + fiancée Genisis Mejia, sourcing beans from their own family farm in Huila,…
- Jarocho KC Tier 1
Chef Carlos Falcon's Veracruz-tradition Mexican seafood operation; founded 2014 on Kansas Avenue in KCK; expanded to a second metro location. The only KC…
- Jasper's Restaurant Tier 1
Jasper's is Kansas City's oldest Italian family restaurant — founded in 1954 by Sicilian immigrant Leonardo Mirabile and his Kansas City–born son Jasper,…
- Java Garage Tier 2
Java Garage is a locally owned coffee house, café, and bakery on the ground floor of a historic warehouse in Kansas City's West Bottoms, doubling as a…
- Jay Tanner Bookbinding Tier 1
Jay Tanner is a Kansas City–based bookbinder and book conservator operating under the name Jay Tanner, bookbinder — offering hand bookbinding,…
- Jazzy B's BBQ Tier 1
a Black-owned, family-operated Kansas City barbecue business in Lee's Summit, MO, founded as a food truck by Kansas City native Brandon "Jazzy" Simpson…
- Jerusalem Cafe Tier 1
Jerusalem Cafe is a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant anchored at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Westport Road in Westport, serving…
- Jess & Jim's Steakhouse Tier 1
Jess & Jim's Steakhouse is Kansas City's oldest surviving independent steakhouse — open since April 1938 in Martin City — and the birthplace of the 25-oz…
- Jimmy B's Pizza & Wings Tier 1
Jimmy B's Pizza & Wings is James Beard's Detroit-style pizza concept — operating inside River Bluff Brewing at 201 Main Street, River Market. Opened June…
- Jimmy's Jigger Tier 1
Jimmy's Jigger is a historic neighborhood dive bar at 1823 W 39th Street in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri, across from the University of Kansas Medical…
- Jinkies! Coffee and Hangout Tier 2
Jinkies! Coffee and Hangout is a 1970s-themed independent coffee shop at 8350 W. 151st Street in south Overland Park, Kansas, opened in January 2021 by…
- JJ's Restaurant Tier 1
JJ's Restaurant is a fine-dining institution on Kansas City's West Plaza, operating since 1985 under the Frantzé family — survived a catastrophic gas…
- Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que Tier 1
B-Que — Jeff + Joy Stehney, founder-led modern-era anchor. Started as competition team Slaughterhouse Five (1990); first KC brick-and-mortar in a…
- Joe's Next Door Tier 1
Joe's Next Door is a BBQ-anchored neighborhood hangout opened May 21, 2026 by Jeff and Joy Stehney — founders of joes-kansas-city-bar-b-que — along with…
- JoeyCuts 180V Tier 1
JoeyCuts 180V is a Black-owned barbershop at 18th and Vine in Kansas City's historic jazz district, founded and operated by KC-native Joey Thomas — a…
- Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille (Power & Light) Tier 1
Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille at the Power & Light District (1400 Main St, KCMO) is a live-jazz bar and grille inside B&B Theatres' downtown cinema — and a…
- Johnny C's Deli & Pasta Tier 1
Johnny C's Deli & Pasta is a family-owned Italian deli and pasta house in Kansas City's East Bottoms (Northeast Industrial District), opened in 1992 by…
- Johnny Jo's Pizzeria Tier 1
A locally owned pizzeria on the downtown Lee's Summit square, serving generous slices in a neighborhood-casual room, with a second location in the West…
- Johnny Ray's Drive-In Tier 1
Johnny Ray's Drive-In is a Korean War veteran's family diner that has anchored Lee's Summit since 1956 — seven decades of horseshoe counter, carhop…
- Jones Bar-B-Q Tier 1
Jones Bar-B-Q is a Kansas City, Kansas institution — a Black-owned BBQ restaurant that has operated on Kaw Drive since the 1970s, founded by Leavy B.…
- Jones Gallery Tier 2
Jones Gallery, at 1717 Walnut Street in the Crossroads Arts District, is one of the metro's largest fine art exhibition spaces — a 9,000-square-foot…
- Jovito's Italian Café & Deli Tier 1
Waldo Italian café and deli known for meatball grinders, house pasta, and Italian comfort food; founded 2002 by the Scaglia family (Mario's lineage),…
- Jumpin' Catfish Tier 1
Jumpin' Catfish is a locally owned catfish-and-Southern-seafood restaurant in Olathe, Kansas, serving farm-raised, grain-fed catfish and award-winning…
- Jungalow Tier 2
Jungalow is a tropical tiki bar at 4117 Mill Street in southwest Westport, opened in 2024 as part of the multi-venue "Horseshoe" entertainment district…
- Jyoti Kitchen Tier 2
Jyoti Kitchen is Jyoti Mukharji's Indian-Nepali restaurant at 6607 Parallel Pkwy in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte County) — described on its own site as the…
- K-Bites Kimchi and Bap Tier 1
K-Bites Kimchi and Bap is a Korean home-cooking vendor at the Lenexa Public Market (8750 Penrose Lane, Lenexa KS), launched by Lisa Hamblen, a…
- K-Street Hotdog Tier 2
K-Street Hotdog is a counter-service Korean street-food spot at 10308 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park, Kansas, specializing in made-to-order Korean corn…
- K-Tacos & More (Parkville) Tier 1
K-Tacos & More is a family-owned Mexican restaurant at 10 Main Street in historic downtown Parkville, Missouri. It serves fresh Mexican dishes — $3.50…
- Kabuki Sushi Tier 1
Kabuki Sushi is Ted Hamada's Japanese sushi restaurant at 333 W Meyer Blvd, Brookside — established 1985 at Crown Center (28 years), closed 2014,…
- Kansas City Artists Coalition Tier 1
Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC) is a Kansas City nonprofit that promotes visual-arts awareness across the metro and supports artists' professional…
- Kansas City Bier Company Tier 1
Kansas City Bier Company (KC Bier Co.) is an independent, locally owned brewery in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in…
- Kansas City Juke House Tier 1
a Black-owned soul-food bar-and-grill and live blues/jazz venue at 1700 E 18th St in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, founded by KC entrepreneurs…
- Kansas City Swingout Tier 2
Kansas City Swingout is a Lindy Hop and swing-dance community-collective that runs no-partner-needed beginner lessons and social dance parties across…
- Kansas City Taco Company Tier 1
Independent, owner-operated urban taquería and cantina in the River Market, serving made-from-scratch, globally-inspired tacos and a full bar of…
- Kari's on 39th Tier 1
a family-run Mediterranean / Middle Eastern (Levantine) restaurant on West 39th Street in Midtown KCMO, owned by married couple Kari (a lifelong…
- Kata Nori Tier 1
Kata Nori Hand Roll Bar is Kansas City's first temaki-focused sushi bar, at 404 E 18th St in the East Crossroads of Kansas City, Missouri. Opened in…
- Kate Smith Soirée Tier 2
Kate Smith Soirée is a women-owned boutique bakery in downtown Overland Park specializing in handcrafted French macarons — over 130 rotating flavors —…
- Kate's Kitchen Tier 2
Kate's Kitchen is a family-owned, scratch-cooking breakfast-and-lunch diner on North Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, in Kansas City's Northland — open since…
- KC Burgers Tier 2
KC Burgers at 2300 E 12th St is Kansas City's Somali community anchor restaurant — a family business founded in 2019 by Bahasan Said (a "big icon" in…
- KC Cattle Company Tier 1
KC Cattle Company is a veteran-owned American Wagyu beef producer headquartered on a family farm in Weston, Missouri, founded by former Army Ranger…
- KC Craft Ramen Tier 1
KC Craft Ramen is a from-scratch Japanese ramen shop near 119th & Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in June 2023 by Kenichi and Akiko Ota with…
- KC Custom Upholstery Tier 2
One of the longest-running custom upholstery operations in the KC metro, KC Custom Upholstery has served Overland Park and the surrounding area since…
- KC Döner Tier 1
KC Döner is a Turkish stall inside the Lenexa Public Market, run by the Jenedi family — Sami Jenedi and his mother, Nesrin Jenedi — who serve the…
- KC Grill N Kabob Tier 1
KC Grill 'N Kabob is a family-owned Persian (Iranian) restaurant at 12126 W 87th St Pkwy in Lenexa, Kansas, serving charbroiled Halal kabobs and…
- KC Modern Swing Tier 2
KC Modern Swing is a Kansas City West Coast Swing dance community whose flagship "Modern Swing Mondays" — a leveled-class-plus-social night — runs weekly…
- KC Pinoy Tier 1
KC Pinoy is a Kansas City Filipino food operation founded by Chrissy Nucum, a Manila-born, Kapampangan-rooted cook who immigrated to the U.S. in 2000. It…
- KC Shoe & Boot Repair Tier 1
KC Shoe & Boot Repair (also operating as KC Shoe Repair) is a third-generation cobbler and shoe/boot repair shop in the Northland of Kansas City,…
- KC Tango (Kansas City Argentine Tango community) Tier 2
KC Tango is the community hub of Kansas City's Argentine-tango scene — a volunteer-run information network (website + Facebook group) that gathers the…
- KC Thai Tier 1
KC Thai is an Overland Park Thai restaurant founded in late 2020 by Penny Mufuka, a native of Phichit, Thailand with nearly 25 years of food industry…
- KC Tiny Greenhouse In Memoriam
KC Tiny Greenhouse was an independent, owner-operated plant shop in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri, run by KC-native partners Austin Mosier…
- KC Watch Tier 1
KC Watch is a three-generation, family-owned watch and clock repair shop in Overland Park — founded in 1978 and one of the longest-running specialty…
- Kculichi Sushi Tier 2
Kculichi Sushi is a Sinaloan-style Mexican sushi restaurant on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas — billed as the metro's first dedicated…
- KD's Books Tier 1
KD's Books has anchored downtown Lee's Summit as an independent bookstore since 1990, evolving from a children's shop into a general-interest bookseller…
- Kelly's Westport Inn Tier 1
Westport Irish bar operating since 1947 inside what is widely regarded as the oldest building in Kansas City (built c. 1850–1851 by the Ewing brothers…
- Khop Jai Der Tier 1
Khop Jai Der Lao & Vietnam is a tiny, family-owned-and-operated Laotian and Vietnamese restaurant on West 119th Street in Overland Park, run entirely by…
- Kin Lin Tier 1
Kin Lin is a small, family-run Chinese restaurant near the UMKC campus, just east of the Country Club Plaza, known for serving dim sum and small plates…
- King G Tier 2
King G is the East Crossroads' clearest example of a dual-nature venue: a classic-style delicatessen by day — deli sandwiches, paninis, subs, charcuterie…
- King's Indian Kitchen Tier 1
King's Indian Kitchen is Sunny Singh and Rabi Singh's Punjabi Indian restaurant near Liberty, Missouri — opened June 2026. The brothers originally…
- Kinship Cafe Tier 1
a Black-owned, mission-driven coffee company founded by TJ Roberts. It began in Strawberry Hill, KCK in June 2021, started roasting its own coffee in…
- Kiosk Gallery Tier 1
Kiosk Gallery is an artist-run contemporary-art gallery in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms, inside the Livestock Exchange (Stockyards) Building at…
- Kiwami Ramen & Sushi Tier 2
Kiwami Ramen & Sushi is a locally owned Japanese ramen and sushi restaurant that opened in Overland Park in October 2025, serving scratch-made ramen…
- Kiyoshi Omakase Tier 2
Kiyoshi Omakase is an intimate 8-seat omakase counter in downtown Overland Park, opened April 2026 by chef-owner Jerry Cao, bringing Edomae-style sushi…
- Knub's Pub Tier 1
Knub's Pub is a family-owned neighborhood pub in western Shawnee, Kansas, opened in 2015 by brothers Cory and Dave Knubley — the same family behind the…
- Knuckleheads Saloon Tier 1
Independently owned East Bottoms live-music venue and biker bar, opened as a music club in 2001 by Frank and Mary Hicks on the site of their former…
- KOBI-Q Tier 1
KOBI-Q is a woman- and immigrant-owned Korean barbecue and Asian-fusion restaurant in the Crossroads Arts District, founded in 2018 by Seoul-born Sooki…
- Kokoro Maki House Tier 2
Kokoro Maki House is a casual, family-run Japanese and Korean restaurant in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, known for fresh, reasonably…
- Konrad's Kitchen and Tap House Tier 2
Konrad's Kitchen and Tap House is a family-owned scratch kitchen and tap house in downtown Lee's Summit, Missouri. Opened by Joe and Julie Kemna in the…
- KoZak's Laketown Grill Tier 1
KoZak's Laketown Grill is a made-from-scratch American restaurant in Smithville, Missouri, opened in 2013 by Brian and Jacquie Hove. Named after their…
- Kroman Custom Jewelry Tier 2
Kroman Custom Jewelry is a custom jeweler and goldsmith studio in Overland Park, Kansas, founded in 2023 by designer-craftsman Josh Kroman. Working…
- KRUTZ Strings Tier 1
KRUTZ Strings is a Kansas City–raised luthier's manufacturing operation in Merriam, Kansas, building violins, violas, cellos, basses, and five-strings…
- Kurry Leaves Tier 2
Kurry Leaves Indian Cuisine is a family-run, 100% halal Pakistani and Indian restaurant at 12607 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park, Kansas, known for…
- Kurzava Leatherworks Tier 2
Kansas City husband-and-wife leather goods studio — Kevin and Diane Kurzava produce handcrafted leather purses, handbags, totes, and wallets from their…
- La Cubana Cuban Restaurant Tier 1
La Cubana is Mireya and Lester Ruiz's Cuban restaurant at 5402 Winner Rd in the Historic Northeast — one of the first dedicated Cuban restaurants in…
- La Fetta Delicatessen Tier 2
La Fetta Delicatessen is a locally owned Italian deli and sandwich shop in southern Overland Park, opened in October 2025 by Overland Park residents Adam…
- La Fonda El Taquito In Memoriam
Medina family, Westside KCMO, 1978–2026. Closed January 31, 2026. Per Business-Wiki-Page-Schema-And-IA, closed-business pages persist permanently as…
- La Pasadita (Olathe) Tier 2
an Olathe family food truck whose entire menu is built on a family beef birria recipe: quesabirria, birria tortas, burritos, loaded fries, pizza, and…
- La Tacita de Café (Riverside) Tier 1
La Tacita de Café is a family-owned coffee shop and café at 2304 NW Vivion Road in Riverside, Missouri. It serves excellent coffee, tea, fresh bites,…
- Lam's Watch & Jewelry Tier 2
Lam's Watch & Jewelry Repair is a long-running, owner-operated watch, clock, and jewelry repair shop near 95th & Nall in Overland Park, Kansas, in…
- LaMar's Donuts Tier 3
LaMar's Donuts is a Kansas City original. Ray Lamar opened the first shop in a converted Linwood Boulevard gas station in 1960, and the oversized,…
- Laney's Get Down (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Laney's Get Down. A short-lived, 1970s-themed Southern-comfort chicken restaurant, bar, and live-country-music venue on the corner of…
- LaPez Mod Mex (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam. LaPez Mod Mex was a short-lived upscale modern-Mexican restaurant in Leawood's Park Place dining district, opened September 2025 and closed…
- Las Marias Tortilleria Tier 1
Las Marias Tortilleria is a traditional artisan nixtamal corn tortilla shop at 4010 E. Truman Rd in HNEKC (adjacent to the Independence Ave corridor),…
- LC's Bar-B-Q Tier 1
B-Q — a no-frills east-Kansas-City barbecue institution founded in 1986 by LC Richardson (a Mississippi native and former Farmland Industries executive…
- Le Champion Tier 2
Le Champion is a dual-format café and champagne lounge opened September 2024 at 4149 Pennsylvania Ave in Westport (the former Ça Va champagne bar space).…
- Le Fou Frog Tier 1
Le Fou Frog is a French bistro and fine-dining institution at the corner of 5th and Oak in Kansas City's River Market, owned and operated by…
- Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Tier 1
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center is a founding institution of Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, at 2012 Baltimore Avenue. Established in 1985 by ceramicist…
- Lemongrass Thai Cuisine Tier 2
Lemongrass Thai Cuisine is a family-owned Thai restaurant in downtown Overland Park, open since 2017, tucked next to the Overland Park Farmers Market on…
- Leo's Pizza Tier 1
a longtime Northland (Englewood) family pizzeria specializing in St. Louis-style thin/cracker crust with Provel cheese, cut into squares. Founded in 1974…
- Lew's Grill & Bar Tier 2
Lew's Grill & Bar is Waldo's flagship sports tavern, a neighborhood anchor on Wornall Road serving a full American grill menu until 2 a.m. daily — one of…
- Lifted Spirits Distillery Tier 1
Lifted Spirits Distillery is a locally and independently owned craft distillery, cocktail bar, and tasting room in Kansas City's East Crossroads, founded…
- Lilico's Taverna Tier 1
Lilico's Taverna is a Spanish-style tinned-fish taverna in the Crossroads Arts District, opened in late 2025 by longtime Kansas City restaurateur Shawn…
- Limitless Brewing Tier 1
Limitless Brewing is Lenexa's first brewery — a community-focused, family-owned craft beer maker founded in 2018 by the Mobley family, now operating from…
- Lluvia Panaderia & Tortilleria Tier 1
an early-morning Mexican bakery and tortilla maker on Central Avenue in KCK, turning out fresh tortillas, pan dulce, churros, tamales, and breakfast…
- Local Foundery Tier 1
Local Foundery is a downtown Lee's Summit shop for locally made and vintage goods, run by Dave Eames and Ben Wine, with many pieces handcrafted by…
- Local Liquid Tier 1
Local Liquid is an online curated marketplace and delivery service for Kansas City-made beverages — craft beer, coffee, kombucha, spirits, wine, sodas,…
- Local Pig Tier 2
Local Pig is Kansas City's premier whole-animal artisan butcher shop, founded in 2012 by chef-turned-butcher Alex Pope in the East Bottoms and now…
- Longboards Wraps & Bowls Tier 2
Longboards Wraps & Bowls is a Kansas City-born, family-owned fast-casual chain serving Pacific- and Hawaiian-inspired wraps, rice and noodle bowls, and…
- Los Alamos Market y Cocina Tier 1
Westside KC family-owned Mexican operation since 2002; 24 years of taco-craft + Sonora-tradition cuisine on Summit Street. Best Mexican in KC, Spring…
- Los Comales de Rebeca Tier 2
Los Comales de Rebeca is an independent Mexican restaurant at 2657 Independence Ave (primary) + 3205 E 12th St, HNEKC, opened in 2021 by Araceli Arevalo…
- Los Compas Mexican Restaurant Tier 1
A family-run, full-service Mexican restaurant on State Route 350 in Raytown, open more than a decade and known for quesabirria and street-style tacos.
- Los Gallitos Fresh Mexican Grill Tier 2
Los Gallitos Fresh Mexican Grill is an owner-operated Mexican restaurant in Mission, Kansas, opened in November 2023 by Nereyda Torres in the longtime…
- Los Machetes Taqueria Tier 1
Los Machetes Taqueria is a Mexican taqueria at 3009 Strong Ave in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named for the machete — a…
- Lotus Hot Pot & Grill Tier 1
Lotus Hot Pot & Grill is an interactive hot pot and Asian barbecue restaurant in Little Saigon Plaza at 6591a N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, opened by…
- Love, Coffee Tier 2
Love, Coffee is a locally owned specialty coffee shop with a drive-through at 813 SW Lemans Lane on the south side of Lee's Summit, Missouri (eastern KC…
- Luca Bagel Tier 2
Luca Bagel is a Jersey-style hand-rolled bagel shop opened summer 2025 at 633 E 63rd St in Brookside (the former Mattie's Vegan space) by Luke Salvatore…
- Lucky Boys In Memoriam
Lucky Boys was a West Bottoms dive lounge with a chef-driven kitchen — smashburgers, "Lou-vohl" hot chicken, poutine, and Tuesday/Thursday pizza — that…
- Luigi's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar Tier 2
Luigi's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar is a Sicilian-Albanian–owned trattoria on Liberty's historic square — house-made pasta, pizza, and an Italian wine…
- Lula Southern Cookhouse Tier 1
Chef-owner Bradley Gilmore (North Carolina native) + Brittany Socha Gilmore + Chef Brandon West; named for Bradley's grandmother Lula from Pittsboro, NC.…
- Lulu's Thai Noodle Shop (Crossroads) Tier 1
Lulu's Thai Noodle Shop is a longtime, family-owned Kansas City Thai institution founded in 1997 by owner Malisa Monyakula, serving Bangkok-style street…
- Made in KC Tier 1
Made in KC is a Kansas City-based retail marketplace that curates and sells products from 300+ local makers, artists, and designers across a metro-wide…
- Made in KC Cafe Tier 2
the downtown coffee bar and craft-cocktail extension of Made in KC, the Kansas City maker-retail brand championing 300+ local makers and artists. Founded…
- MADE MOBB Tier 1
MADE MOBB is a Kansas City-rooted, minority-owned streetwear brand and Crossroads retail store, founded in 2013 by Mark Launiu, Vu Radley, and Jesse…
- Madison Flitch Tier 1
Madison Flitch is a Crossroads "tree-to-table" furniture and wood-art studio founded by KC native John Pryor in 2016, crafting heirloom-quality tables,…
- Madison Stitch Tier 1
Madison Stitch is a Crossroads leather-goods maker founded by KC native John Pryor in spring 2020, hand-stitching bags, belts, wallets, and accessories…
- Main Slice Pies & Pints Tier 1
Main Slice Pies & Pints slings pizza by the slice and the whole pie from a storefront on SE Main in historic downtown Lee's Summit, pairing a…
- Main Street Coffee House Tier 2
Main Street Coffee House is a specialty coffee shop at 107 S Main St on Independence Square in Independence, MO, operated by McClain Restaurant Group…
- Maloney's Sports Bar & Grill Tier 2
Maloney's Sports Bar & Grill is a locally owned neighborhood sports bar in old Overland Park that has operated since 2003, anchoring the corner of 79th…
- Mama Ramen Tier 2
Mama Ramen is Jack Zheng and Rick Zheng's ramen shop at 1513 Grand Blvd in the Crossroads — opened January 9, 2020. The Zhengs also operate Pokesan Sake…
- Manila Bay Express Tier 2
Manila Bay Express is a family-owned, owner-operated Filipino restaurant in Grandview, Missouri, where chef Norma Thayer serves her family's from-scratch…
- Manny's Mexican Restaurant Tier 1
- MAPS Coffee & Chocolate Tier 1
MAPS Coffee & Chocolate is a specialty coffee roaster and bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Old Town Lenexa, Kansas, founded by Vincent Rodriguez — a former…
- Margarita's Amigos Tier 1
Dave Quirarte + Ron Abarca + Larry Gromer; founded 1985 on Southwest Boulevard after the founders cooked burritos for General Motors co-workers; 5…
- Mariscos KC Tier 1
Mariscos KC is a locally-owned Mexican-seafood (mariscos) restaurant founded by Juan Valles Alferez, who established Mariscos KC LLC in March 2021 and…
- Mariscos Mr. Culichi Tier 1
Mariscos Mr. Culichi is Noelia Olivares's Sinaloa-style Mexican seafood restaurant at 910 Southwest Blvd — grand opened January 18, 2025. Olivares…
- Mariscos Playa & Mezcal Tier 2
Mariscos Playa & Mezcal is a Kansas City, Kansas mariscos restaurant run by a couple from Michoacán, Mexico — one of Mexico's great seafood and culinary…
- Martin City Brewing Company Tier 1
Martin City Brewing Company (MCBC) is a homegrown Kansas City craft brewery and pizza-and-taproom group founded in 2011 by Matt Moore and his sailing…
- Martin City Tavern Tier 2
Martin City Tavern is a casual American tavern and pizzeria at 4950 Main Street on the South Plaza, opened in 2024 as a concept of Martin City Brewing…
- Martin's Memories Tier 1
Martin's Memories is a four-floor antique-and-vintage emporium in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1400 W. 12th Street (12th & Hickory), billed as…
- Max's Burgers and Gyros Tier 1
Max's Burgers and Gyros is a locally owned, decades-old counter at 8240 Wornall Rd in south Waldo, serving charbroiled burgers on Kaiser buns alongside…
- May Day Paper & Post Tier 2
May Day Paper & Post is an independent stationery, paper-goods, and gift shop founded by Ally May, which opened on May Day — May 1, 2023 — at 1715…
- McGonigle's Market In Memoriam
McGonigle's Market was a beloved, family-run Kansas City meat market and grocery at 79th Street and Ward Parkway, founded in 1951 by WWII bomber pilot…
- McGregor's Butcher & Bistro Tier 1
McGregor's Butcher & Bistro is a dual-concept establishment in Overland Park combining a full-service butcher shop with a French-influenced fine dining…
- McLain's Bakery Tier 1
a Kansas City heritage bakery operating in Waldo since October 1945, now in its third ownership era under the locally-rooted Hirleman family (acquired…
- McLain's Sway (Sway Coffee Roasters) Tier 1
the in-house coffee program (Sway Coffee Roasters) of the Hirleman-Lothman family's McLain's Bakery + Markets. Siblings Jeff Hirleman and Mollie Lothman…
- McNary's Furniture & Restoration Tier 1
McNary's Furniture & Restoration is a custom furniture maker and antique-restoration shop in Historic Downtown Overland Park, KS, founded in 1985 by Dave…
- Mean Mule Distilling Co. Tier 1
Mean Mule Distilling Co. is a locally owned, family-founded craft distillery and tasting room in Kansas City's East Crossroads, billed as America's first…
- Meat Mitch Tier 1
Meat Mitch Barbecue is the flagship restaurant of competition-BBQ champion and pitmaster Mitch Benjamin, whose Meat Mitch sauce-and-rub brand is used on…
- Meat Rushmore BBQ Tier 1
Lee's Summit competition-BBQ team and caterer (Joel & Katie Fleetwood, Eric Alfrey, Josh Wunner); Made for KC BBQ Championship Grand Champion; now…
- Mediterranean Market Tier 2
Mediterranean Market is a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern specialty grocery and halal kitchen in Westport at 1404 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111 —…
- Meierotto Jewelers Tier 1
Meierotto Jewelers is a family-owned, full-service fine jeweler in North Kansas City, founded in 1979 by Dennis and Carol Meierotto and now run alongside…
- MeritMade Tier 1
MeritMade is a Kansas City handmade-jewelry and metalsmithing studio founded in 2014 by Kelly Conner, a University of Kansas-trained metalsmith. Working…
- Meshuggah Bagels Tier 1
Meshuggah Bagels is Pete and Janna Linde's kosher New York-style bagel shop in Kansas City — open since 2016 at 1208 W 39th St in Midtown. Fourteen bagel…
- Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar (Northland) In Memoriam
[!warning] OPERATING STATUS — CLOSED (Compiler, 2026-07-24). Both Mesob locations (this Northland/Zona Rosa page AND the 3601 Broadway original) are…
- Messenger Coffee Co. Tier 2
Ron Matsch co-founder; KC specialty-coffee operation; Tier 1 with a local-PE disclosure overlay (FairWave Holdings, majority-owned by KC-based Great…
- Messner Bee Farm Tier 1
A local beekeeping business run by a Raytown-and-Lee's-Summit couple that grew from a single backyard hive into an award-winning downtown Lee's Summit…
- Meta Coffee Roasting Co. Tier 1
Meta Coffee Roasting Co. is a small-batch, organic single-origin coffee roaster founded in 2015 by Zach Tarhini, operating a retail counter on Southwest…
- Mexico Lindo KC Tier 1
Mexico Lindo KC is a family-owned Mexican restaurant and bar at 1046 W 103rd St in the Watts Mill Plaza, south Kansas City, opened in March 2024 by…
- Mi Pueblito Tier 2
Mi Pueblito (operating as Mi Pueblito Meat Market) is a family-owned Mexican grocery, meat market, bakery, and restaurant in the Kansas City metro, known…
- Miami Ice Tier 1
Multi-generational family shaved ice and frozen custard shop at 1624 W 39th St — the family has operated on the same block of West 39th Street for 40+…
- Michael's Heritage Florist Tier 1
Michael's Heritage Florist is a family-owned florist on Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, operating since 1952 — a multi-generation flower shop…
- Midwest Cyclery Tier 1
Midwest Cyclery is a Dutch-rooted, family-owned independent bicycle shop on Kansas City's Main Street corridor, founded in 1972 and operating under the…
- Mildred's Coffeehouse Tier 1
Mildred's (formerly Mildred's Coffeehouse) is a family-owned and -operated Kansas City café group serving from-scratch breakfast, brunch, lunch, coffee,…
- Millie's Cafe Tier 1
Millie's Cafe is Stephanie Springer's KCK diner at 553 Central Ave in Strawberry Hill — named for her late grandmother Millie Favac Springer, a native…
- Mills Record Company Tier 1
Mills Record Company is a woman-owned, independent record store at 4045 Broadway Blvd in Kansas City's Westport neighborhood, founded by Judy Mills in…
- miniBar Tier 2
miniBar is a long-running Broadway-corridor cocktail lounge and small music venue in midtown Kansas City, open seven nights a week until 3am with an…
- Minnesota Bait & Fly Co. Tier 1
One of KC's oldest continually operating tackle shops — founded by Rudy Zurbuchen in Kansas City, Kansas in the early 1960s and now run by his daughter's…
- Minsky's Pizza Tier 1
Kansas City's longtime home of generously-topped, thin-and-crispy KC-style pizza with 100% Wisconsin mozzarella. Founded in 1976 by Gregg Johnson, it has…
- Missie B's Tier 1
Long-running Midtown/Westport LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub on West 39th Street, founded in 1994 by owner Michael "Missie" Burnes, known for nightly drag…
- MO Country Tier 2
MO Country is a large country-western dancehall in Grain Valley, Missouri — billed as the largest line-dancing floor in the Midwest — offering free…
- Mocha Point Coffee Co. Tier 1
Mocha Point Coffee Co. is Omar Abdelmoity's Yemeni-style coffeehouse — 8641 W. 135th St., Overland Park, KS, opened early 2026. KC's first Yemeni…
- Mogodishu Market Tier 1
Mogodishu Market (spelled Mogadisho Market in some listings) is a Somali-owned halal grocery at 2319 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic…
- Mojo's Coffeehouse (Kearney) Tier 1
Mojo's Coffeehouse is a long-standing, community-oriented coffee shop in Kearney, Missouri, serving the eastern Northland with friendly service, quality…
- Momma Ann'z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken Tier 1
Momma Ann'z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken is a family-owned soul-food and seafood restaurant on US-40 in Blue Springs, Missouri, built on recipes the…
- Monarca Art Space (MÁS) Tier 1
Monarca Art Space (MÁS) is an art gallery, boutique, artist-studio, and café in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1225 Union Avenue, founded and…
- Monarch Coffee In Memoriam
Monarch Coffee was an acclaimed independent Kansas City roaster-café in the historic Valentine neighborhood, founded in 2017 by Tyler and Jaime…
- Monstera's Books (Overland Park) Tier 2
Monstera's Books is an independent bookstore + plant shop at 7930 Floyd St in downtown Overland Park, opened March 2024 by Kate Wieners — who left 15…
- Moon Bar Tier 2
Moon Bar opened permanently May 27, 2026 at 911 E. 5th St in Columbus Park — a 30-seat Japanese-inspired cocktail bar built on two years of monthly…
- Moon Marble Company Tier 1
Moon Marble Company is a marble, toy, and game store in Bonner Springs, Kansas, founded in 1997 by artisan Bruce Breslow. It is a regional Kansas…
- Moretina's Caddy Shack Tier 1
Moretina's Caddy Shack is a family-owned Columbus Park dive bar and pizzeria, open since 1993, famous for the late founder Joe Moretina's Sicilian-style…
- Morgana's Gluten Free Bakery Tier 1
A dedicated gluten-free bakery on Raytown's 63rd Street, where owner Morgana Burke bakes breads, pastries, and sweets in a fully gluten-free kitchen for…
- Morning Rounds Bakery Tier 1
Morning Rounds Bakery is Andrea Rainey's artisan bakery at 217 W 19th Terrace in the Crossroads — opened October 2025, opens daily at 5:30am to serve…
- Mother Clucker Tier 1
Mother Clucker is a Kansas City-grown Nashville-hot-chicken concept founded in 2018 by chef couple Derrick and Kylie Foster, who fell for hot chicken on…
- Mr. Gyros Tier 1
Mr. Gyro's Greek Food & Pastry is a family-owned, four-location Johnson County institution founded roughly four decades ago by Greek immigrants Ted and…
- Mud Pie Vegan Bakery & Coffeehouse Tier 1
Mud Pie Vegan Bakery & Coffeehouse is a family-owned, 100% plant-based bakery and coffee shop on Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas — founded in Kansas…
- Mug's Up Root Beer Drive-In Tier 1
Mug's Up Root Beer Drive-In is a 1950s-style carhop drive-in in Independence, Missouri — open since 1956 and the last surviving stand of the Mugs Up…
- Muni Tier 2
Muni is a late-night neighborhood bar and eatery in the River Market serving a nontraditional Mexican–Thai mash-up — birria dumplings, Thai tacos, a…
- Murdock's Fresh Fish and Seafood Tier 1
Murdock's Fresh Fish and Seafood is a long-running retail seafood market at 4610 Prospect Ave in the Ivanhoe Southeast neighborhood on Kansas City's East…
- Mutual Musicians Foundation Tier 1
the deepest-rooted jazz institution in Kansas City and the direct descendant of Musicians' Local 627, the city's Black musicians' union. Housed at 1823…
- Muy Caliente Grill & Cantina Tier 1
a family-recipe Mexican grill and cantina at 751 E. 63rd St. in East Brookside, KCMO, opened August 2025 by two longtime KC-area restaurant families (the…
- My Other Place Tier 1
My Other Place is a locally owned neighborhood bar in a converted house at 5700 NE Antioch Rd in Gladstone, Missouri, run by the operators of the former…
- Nashville Hot Chicken (Kansas City) Tier 3
Nashville Hot Chicken (NHC) at 1600 Campbell St in Kansas City's Crossroads-edge area serves Nashville-style fried chicken — sandos, tenders, fries —…
- Nashville Hot Chicken Shack Tier 2
Nashville Hot Chicken Shack is an independent Nashville-hot-chicken spot at 10428 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park's Indian Creek Shopping Center, serving…
- Neighborhood Café Tier 2
Neighborhood Café is a historic breakfast-and-lunch diner in downtown Lee's Summit, MO, on a site with more than 150 years of commercial history.…
- Neo Deli Tier 2
Neo Deli (Neo Delicatessen) is a small Korean-owned breakfast-and-lunch deli tucked inside the historic Commerce Bank building in downtown Kansas City,…
- Nevelandia Ice Cream Parlor Tier 1
A Mexican paletería and neveria off Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, serving paletas, nieves, and Mexican snacks in a childhood-themed parlor.
- Nguyen Pho & Grill Tier 2
Nguyen Pho & Grill is a small, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Kansas City's River Market, serving made-to-order pho, banh mi, rice dishes, and…
- Nickel & Suede Tier 2
Nickel & Suede is a Kansas City-area accessories brand and boutique founded in 2014 by husband-and-wife Soren and Kilee Nickels, best known for…
- Nico & Ana's (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Nico & Ana's Italian Street Food (Overland Park, KS, 2023–2026). A piada-forward Italian street-food spot in The Fountains shopping center…
- Niecie's Restaurant Tier 1
a Black-owned soul-food and all-day breakfast mainstay at 6441 Troost Ave in Kansas City's Troost corridor, opened in 1985 by owner Denise Ward and…
- NINE Leather & Watch Tier 2
NINE Leather & Watch is a family-owned maker of hand-stitched full-grain leather goods and a watch shop, founded in 2015 and operating from Independence…
- Ninfa's Tortillas & Taqueria Tier 2
Ninfa's Tortillas & Taqueria has been making fresh tortillas and tamales in Kansas City, Kansas since 1988 — 37+ years on Kansas Avenue. A family…
- No Other Pub Tier 2
Sporting Kansas City + Cordish Companies partnership bar in the Power & Light District; Sporting KC players + ownership are partners; Tier 2 with…
- Noir Arts & Oddities Tier 1
Noir Arts & Oddities is a curated oddities-and-antiques boutique in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1101 Mulberry Street (Unit 1C), stocking…
- Noka Tier 1
Noka is Amante Domingo's Japanese farmhouse fine dining restaurant at 334 E. 31st Street — opened April 2023 in Midtown's Martini Corner. Small plates…
- Normal Human Tier 1
Normal Human is a Kansas City design and screen-printing maker and retail shop in the East Crossroads, hand-printing original "common goods for uncommon…
- Northeast Pizza Tier 1
Northeast Pizza opened January 2025 in Pendleton Heights, bringing New York-style 16-inch pies to a Historic Northeast KC neighborhood. Noah Quillec —…
- Nour's Tier 1
Nour's is a Lebanese restaurant and community gathering space in Midtown Kansas City's Park 39 development, opened in June 2025 by veteran KC…
- Novel Tier 1
Novel is a chef-driven contemporary American restaurant in Kansas City's East Crossroads, opened on the Westside in 2013 by KC-native chef Ryan Brazeal…
- Novella Cafe Tier 1
a specialty coffee shop founded by Joshua Bella, with a Northland location inside the Mid-Continent Public Library's Green Hills branch (opened ~January…
- Oddly Correct Tier 1
Acclaimed independent Kansas City coffee roaster and cafe founded in 2008 by Gregory Kolsto, now operating from a single Troost Avenue location and known…
- Of Course Kitchen and Company Tier 2
Of Course Kitchen and Company is a chef-owned, fine-dining New American restaurant in the Bluhawk district of southern Overland Park, Kansas, opened in…
- Off The Hook BBQ Tier 1
Off The Hook BBQ is a family-owned barbecue restaurant in Gladstone, Missouri, that opened its brick-and-mortar location in 2025 after more than a decade…
- OffKey Tier 2
OffKey is a private-suite karaoke bar in Westport, at 510 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO. It self-bills as "Kansas City's first Private Suite Karaoke Bar"…
- Oil on Linen Tier 1
Oil on Linen is Chef Ted Habiger's restaurant inside Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art — opened November 2024 in the space that was Café Sebastienne for…
- Old Shawnee Pizza Tier 1
Old Shawnee Pizza is a family-owned cracker-crust pizzeria founded in downtown Shawnee in 1969 by Navy veteran and rural-Kansas native Joe Walker.…
- Olive Cafe Tier 1
Olive Cafe is a family-owned Levantine restaurant, bakery, and market at 9530 James A Reed Road in south Kansas City, founded around 2004 by…
- On the Square Convenience Tier 1
On the Square Convenience is a locally owned, fuel-free convenience store on Independence Square at 104 E Lexington Ave — snacks, quick lunch, groceries,…
- On the Square Nutrition Tier 1
On the Square Nutrition is a locally owned nutrition club on Independence Square at 101 N Main St, serving energy teas, protein shakes, and vitamins in a…
- Ophelia's Restaurant & Inn Tier 1
Ophelia's Restaurant & Inn is an Independence Square fine-dining restaurant and boutique inn founded by Ken and Cindy McClain, widely credited as the…
- Orange By: Devoured Tier 2
Neo-Neapolitan pizza and wine bar at 325 E. 31st St. (Martini Corner) in Kansas City's Midtown, opened August 15, 2024 by Jhy Coulter — a UMKC B.A. '17…
- Osteria Bianchi Tier 1
Osteria Bianchi is Josh and Kelly Bianchi's modern Sicilian restaurant in Kansas City's Northland — opened March 2024 at 9261 NE 83rd Terrace. The…
- Osteria Il Centro Tier 1
Osteria Il Centro is a locally owned neighborhood Italian bistro on the south edge of the Country Club Plaza, open at 5101 Main Street since St.…
- Osuna Bakery Tier 1
Osuna Bakery is a Mexican panadería on Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, turning out pan dulce, custom cakes, and party desserts for the surrounding…
- OurHouseKC Tier 1
OurHouseKC is a family-owned restaurant, full bar, café, and bakery at 1815 W 39th St in Kansas City's 39th Street West "restaurant row," owned and…
- Outta the Blue Cafe Tier 2
a beach-themed coffee shop and bar in Leawood's Park Place, opened June 2021 as the latest café/bar concept from Made in KC, the locally owned Kansas…
- Over Flow Coffee House (Liberty) Tier 1
Over Flow Coffee House is a locally owned coffee roaster and café with its original "heartbeat" location in Liberty, Missouri. It roasts its own beans,…
- OverBoard Coffee Tier 1
OverBoard Coffee is a locally owned and operated coffee shop in the Lakewood area of northeast Lee's Summit, Missouri, opened in 2023 by lifelong Kansas…
- Paisley Perk (Kearney) Tier 1
a two-story downtown Kearney coffee shop opened May 27, 2020 by Dr. Brian Hamm, serving specialty drinks made with locally roasted Hammerhand Coffee…
- Paleteria La Monarca Tier 1
Paleteria La Monarca is a locally owned Mexican paletería and ice cream shop at 6928 N Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, Missouri, serving paletas, aguas…
- Panchitas Mexican Food Tier 1
Family-run, independent Mexican restaurant in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, serving handmade-tortilla breakfast and dinner fare at a fixed storefront at…
- Pancho's Mexican Food Tier 1
Pancho's Mexican Food is a Kansas City late-night institution — a 24-hour drive-thru Mexican joint whose Midtown flagship at 3540 Main has built a cult…
- PaPPo's Pizzeria & Pub Tier 2
PaPPo's Pizzeria & Pub is the Kansas City-metro presence of a Missouri-founded, hand-tossed-pizza-and-pub chain started in 2012 at the Lake of the Ozarks…
- Papu's Cafe Tier 1
Owner-operated Mediterranean/Middle Eastern counter run out of a working Shell gas station at 75th & Wornall in Waldo — one of Kansas City's most-loved…
- Paris Banh Mi Tier 2
Paris Banh Mi is a Vietnamese café and French-style bakery in Westport, opened in late 2023 as the Kansas City franchise location of a multi-city…
- Parisi Artisan Coffee Tier 1
Parisi Artisan Coffee is a Kansas City family-owned specialty coffee roaster, founded by the Paris family and built on their Sicilian grandmother's…
- Park's Kitchen Tier 2
Park's Kitchen is a Korean-family-owned spot in Overland Park specializing in Korean fried chicken and street food — wings, Korean corndogs, tteokbokki,…
- Parkville Coffee Tier 1
Parkville Coffee is a full-service café and small-batch coffee roaster located in the heart of Historic Downtown Parkville, Missouri. It serves…
- Parkville Wine House Tier 1
Parkville Wine House is a wine bar in a renovated century-old house at 305 Main Street in historic downtown Parkville, Missouri. It combines a love of…
- Paros Estiatorio Tier 2
Paros Estiatorio is an upscale, modern Greek restaurant in the Mission Farms development in Leawood, Kansas, opened in 2019 by Klajdi Kreka and his…
- Paulo's Italian Kitchen Tier 1
Paulo's Italian Kitchen — formerly Paulo & Bill — is an independently owned American-Italian restaurant in Shawnee, Kansas, open at 16501 Midland Dr…
- Pawn & Pint Tier 1
Pawn & Pint is Kansas City's first board-game tavern — a bar built around a 1,000+ game open library at 613 Walnut St near the River Market. Kickstarted…
- Peachtree Restaurant Tier 1
a family-owned soul-food cafeteria/buffet on Kansas City's East Side (Eastwood Trafficway and the Gates Plaza near 18th & Vine), founded by Vera (and…
- Pearl Tavern Tier 2
Pearl Tavern is a seafood-forward tavern and oyster bar in Lee's Summit, MO, operated by the locally owned Summit Hospitality Group (co-founders Andy…
- Peculiar Knife Sharpening Tier 1
Peculiar Knife Sharpening Service is a mobile knife- and blade-sharpening trade serving the south Kansas City metro, owned and operated by Cliff Kelley…
- Pegah's Family Restaurant Tier 1
Pegah's Family Restaurant is a Persian-American family diner that has anchored Shawnee's Johnson Drive corridor since 1987 — nearly four decades of…
- Penny's In the Village Tier 1
Penny's In the Village is a chef-driven Thai street-food restaurant in The Shops of Prairie Village, opened in January 2025 by Wan Phen "Penny" Mufuka…
- Pepe's Carnitas Tier 2
Michoacán-style carnitas specialist in KCK's Argentine neighborhood — operated by Maria Herrera at 3208 Strong Ave since approximately 2003–2004 (20+…
- Petra de Salon & Spa Tier 2
Petra de Salon & Spa is a Black-owned full-service salon, spa, and beauty destination at 3401 Main Street in midtown Kansas City, founded in 2015 by…
- Pharaoh 4 Cinema Tier 2
Pharaoh 4 Cinema is a four-auditorium independent movie theater on the Independence Square at 114 W Maple Avenue in Independence, Missouri. The building…
- Pho Bowl Tier 1
Pho Bowl is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant on Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast — the heart of the city's Vietnamese…
- Pho Good Tier 2
Pho Good is Peter Nguyen's Vietnamese restaurant at 10952 W 74th Terrace in Shawnee — Nguyen took over the restaurant in 2012. A native of Vietnam who…
- Pho Lan KC Tier 1
Pho Lan is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant near Kansas City's River Market and Columbus Park, opened in 2021 by Aiden Truong and named for his…
- Pho Noodle Go Tier 2
Pho Noodle Go is an independent Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Lee's Summit, Missouri, serving made-to-order pho, banh mi, and other Vietnamese…
- Pho Tower Tier 1
Pho Tower (also styled iPho Tower) is an owner-operated Vietnamese–French bistro at 3623 Broadway Blvd in Midtown KCMO, opened in 2014 by Kansas City…
- Pho Tuoi
Pho Tuoi is a Vietnamese family restaurant at 6559 N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone — one of the few Vietnamese spots in the northland KC market. "Recipes…
- Pickens Sweet Treats Tier 1
A sister-run sweets business that grew from a 2016 startup into a first storefront on the Independence Square.
- Pierpont's at Union Station Tier 2
Pierpont's at Union Station is a women-owned fine-dining steakhouse housed in the historic women's and children's waiting rooms of Kansas City's landmark…
- Pigwich Tier 2
Pigwich is a locally owned sandwich and BBQ-forward shop in Kansas City's River Market / City Market, founded as a food truck by chef Alex Pope and…
- Pilgrim Coffee Company Tier 2
Family-owned specialty coffee shop and espresso bar in Overland Park, opened by the Tollie and Stevens families at the turn of 2018. A…
- Piropos Tier 2
Piropos is Kansas City's original Argentine steakhouse, founded in 2001 by Buenos Aires native Cristina Worden and her husband Gary, and anchored at…
- Pitchside Tier 1
Pitchside Coffee is a soccer-themed specialty café in the Crossroads Arts District, opened August 31, 2025, and owned by six current and former Kansas…
- Pizza 51 Tier 1
22-year neighborhood pizzeria at 51st and Oak in a converted gas station; opened 2004 by a family-tier operator; expanded to Olathe 2025.
- Pizza Tascio Tier 1
Pizza Tascio is the New York-style slice shop that Erik Borger — founder of Kansas City's first Italian-government-certified Neapolitan pizzeria, Il…
- Planet Queen Records & Vintage Tier 1
Planet Queen Records & Vintage is an independent record store and vintage boutique on Independence Square, opened February 2, 2024 by owner Kimmie Queen…
- Plaza Provisions Tier 3
a multi-vendor food hall inside the Cascade Hotel (a Marriott Tribute Portfolio property) on the Country Club Plaza, relaunched August 2025 after the…
- PLUG (Plug Projects) Tier 1
PLUG (formerly Plug Projects) is an artist-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit gallery in Kansas City, now at 1328 Agnes Avenue in the Agnes Arts Building on the…
- Pollos El Junior Tier 1
A family-run wood-fired chicken shop off Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, selling whole and half charcoal-grilled chickens with house salsas.
- Polly's Pop Tier 2
Polly's Pop is a cane-sugar craft soda brand bottled at 306 W Maple Ave in Independence, MO — a revival of a Kansas City / Independence soda originally…
- Ponak's Mexican Kitchen Tier 1
51 years of Ponak-family ownership (1975-2026); transitioned February 2026 to longtime General Manager Spencer Shaw. The ownership-transition…
- Poppy's Ice Cream & Coffee House Tier 1
Poppy's Ice Cream & Coffee House is a hand-crafted ice cream and specialty coffee shop at 307 SE Douglas St in downtown Lee's Summit, operated by owner…
- Post Coffee Company Tier 1
Post Coffee Company is a locally owned specialty coffee roaster and café founded in Lee's Summit, Missouri on January 1, 2015 by Tanner Stevens and Levi…
- Pour Coffeehouse Tier 2
Pour Coffeehouse is a family-run, locally owned coffeehouse in northwest Olathe, Kansas, established in 2014. It serves house-roasted coffee, tea,…
- Press'd Cafe and Lounge Tier 1
Press'd Cafe and Lounge (styled Press'd) is a tropical-themed cafe and lounge opened June 12, 2026 at 509 Delaware St in Kansas City's River Market, by…
- Prima Facie Bistro and Market Tier 1
Prima Facie Bistro and Market is a new independent restaurant and casual market that opened in 2024 in a beautifully renovated former bank building in…
- Prime Social Rooftop Tier 3
out-of-town corporate operator (disclosure overlay).
- Primos Tier 2
Primos is Jorge Ivan Rivera Santiago's Puerto Rican restaurant — inside the Crossroads Food Stop at 1600 Campbell Street, opened May 5, 2024. Billed as…
- Princess Garden Tier 1
Princess Garden is a family-owned Chinese restaurant in the Waldo area of Kansas City, Missouri, serving Hunan and Sichuan specialties from the same…
- Prospero's Books Tier 1
Prospero's Books is an independent used- and rare-book store on Kansas City's 39th Street, occupying three floors of an 1890 building and serving for…
- Providence Pizza Tier 2
Providence Pizza is a brothers-founded independent pizzeria serving multiple regional styles — New York, Detroit, Sicilian, and Grandma — under one roof,…
- Pryde's Old Westport Tier 1
Pryde's Old Westport (operating as Pryde's Kitchen & Necessities) is a family-owned gourmet kitchen-and-housewares store at 115 Westport Road in the…
- PT's Coffee (KC operations) Tier 2
Topeka, KS-headquartered specialty coffee operation; founded 1993 by Jeff Taylor + Fred Polzin; KC operational presence via the Crossroads location in…
- PT's Coffee (Power & Light) Tier 2
Power & Light café in downtown Kansas City, an outpost of PT's Coffee Roasting Co., the award-winning independent specialty roaster founded in 1993 and…
- Purple Label Luxury Barbershop Tier 1
Purple Label Luxury Barbershop is a KC-metro native–owned premium barbershop in Overland Park, Kansas, founded by DeJuan Bonds — a Ruskin High School…
- Q Kansas City Tier 2
Q Kansas City is KC's only permanent LGBTQ+ nightclub and community venue, opened February 14, 2025 at 504 Westport Rd (the former Bridger's / Johnny…
- Q39 Tier 1
a chef-driven Kansas City barbecue restaurant founded in 2014 by Culinary Institute of America-trained competition pitmaster Chef Rob Magee (team…
- Queen Sweets & Bakery Tier 1
Queen Sweets & Bakery is a family-run Lebanese and Jordanian bakery and restaurant in the Northland, owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Mohamed…
- Quentin's BBQ & Sides
Quentin's BBQ & Sides is the brick-and-mortar evolution of Scout's BBQ food truck, opened by Adam Nehring in December 2022 at 611 W 2nd St in Bonner…
- Ragazza Food & Wine Tier 1
Ragazza Food & Wine is a chef-owned Italian restaurant and wine bar at 4301 Main St on the Midtown/Volker border of Kansas City, MO, serving fresh,…
- Rainy Day Books Tier 1
Rainy Day Books is a 50-year-old independent bookstore in Fairway, Kansas, founded in 1975 by Vivien Jennings and nationally regarded as the "gold…
- Raj Mahal Tier 1
Rajmahal Indian Cuisine and Bar is a family-owned North Indian restaurant at Prairiefire in Overland Park, founded by chef Raj Rana in 2015 as a…
- Rajadhani Indian Tier 2
Rajadhani Indian Cuisine is an independently owned Indian restaurant at 12030 Blue Valley Parkway in Overland Park, Kansas, serving a broad, pan-regional…
- Ray's Lunch Tier 1
Ray's Lunch is a classic American diner in downtown Excelsior Springs that has been serving traditional breakfast and lunch since the 1940s. It continues…
- recordBar Tier 1
recordBar is Kansas City's artist-run independent live-music venue and bar/restaurant in the Crossroads Arts District. Founded in 2005 by working…
- Red Crow Brewing Company Tier 1
Red Crow Brewing Company is a family-owned, independent craft brewery and taproom at 1062 W Santa Fe St in downtown Olathe, Kansas. Grown from a 2008…
- Red Door Woodfired Grill Tier 2
Red Door Woodfired Grill is a Leawood-founded American wood-fired grill mini-chain, launched in 2013 by the late Gary Zancanelli Jr. and operated by…
- Red Hare Leather Tier 1
Red Hare Leather is a queer-owned, one-person Kansas City leather-goods maker founded in 2015 by artist Faye Steiner-Woods, hand-cutting and…
- Red Kitchen KC Tier 1
Red Kitchen KC — full name Red Kitchen: Cien Por Ciento Mexicana ("100% Mexican") — is an owner-operated Mexican restaurant at 7926 Santa Fe Drive in…
- Reggae Kitchen Tier 1
a Black-owned Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant at 5535 Troost Ave on Kansas City's emerging Troost restaurant row, Tier 1 as an independent, owner-operated…
- Relikcs Furniture Tier 2
Relikcs Furniture is a Kansas City maker of heirloom-grade stereo consoles and handcrafted furniture, founded in 2023 in the West Bottoms by Dan Posch,…
- Renegade Coffee Tier 1
a family-owned Northland coffee shop, on-site roaster, and small bookstore on North Oak Trafficway, set inside a restored ~100-year-old house. Opened in…
- Renner's Fine Boots & Shoes Tier 1
Renner's Fine Boots & Shoes is a near-century-old cobbler and fine-footwear retailer on the Country Club Plaza, founded in 1927 as a shoe-and-boot repair…
- Revive Designer Resale & Boutique Tier 1
A locally owned designer resale and boutique in Lee's Summit at 613 NW Murray Rd, buying and selling pre-owned luxury (Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada,…
- RevoCup Coffee Tier 1
an Ethiopian-founded specialty coffee roaster and small chain of Kansas City-area coffeehouses, founded 2008 in Overland Park by Ethiopian immigrants…
- Rico's Tacos Tier 1
A low-frills, cash-friendly taquería on the historic Southwest Boulevard Mexican corridor, where street-style tacos are built on a cart set into the…
- Rincón Tarasco Mexican Restaurant Tier 1
A family-run Mexican restaurant on Raytown Road serving authentic Michoacán-style cooking and seafood — carne asada, camarones a la diabla, ceviche, and…
- River Bluff Brewing (River Market) Tier 2
River Bluff Brewing at River Market is the Kansas City taproom of an award-heavy independent brewery founded in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 2018 — where its…
- Rize 'n Shine Tier 1
Rize N Shine is a family-owned breakfast, brunch, and lunch restaurant at 7182 Renner Road in Shawnee, Kansas, opened in June 2024 by longtime Shawnee…
- Rochester Brewing & Roasting Co. Tier 1
Rochester Brewing & Roasting Co. is a Crossroads brewery and coffee roaster that brews craft beer and roasts specialty coffee under one roof — billed as…
- Rogers Sporting Goods Tier 2
The largest independent hunting and fishing retailer in the KC metro — a family-owned Liberty, Missouri institution since 1980, now the nation's largest…
- Room 39 Tier 1
Room 39 is a chef-owned, farm-to-table American restaurant on 39th Street in midtown Kansas City, opened in the early 2000s by three-time James Beard…
- Roots Seasonal Cuisine Tier 1
Roots Seasonal Cuisine is an independent, locally owned farm-to-table restaurant in Lee's Summit, Missouri, opened in 2022 by husband-and-wife team…
- Rosedale Bar-B-Q Tier 1
Kansas City's oldest continuously operating barbecue restaurant. Opened July 4, 1934 by Anthony and Alda Rieke at 600 Southwest Blvd in KCK's Rosedale…
- Roxanne's Cafe Tier 1
Roxanne's Cafe is a family-owned and operated family-style restaurant in Parkville, Missouri (Northland / Platte County), known for its fresh homemade…
- Ruby Jean's Juicery Tier 1
a Black-owned juice bar and healthy cafe at 3000 Troost Ave in KCMO, founded in 2015 by born-and-raised Kansas Citian Chris Goode in memory of his…
- Rustic Vintage Rose Tier 2
Rustic Vintage Rose is an independent vintage-and-antiques shop in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1405 W. 13th Street, open only on the monthly…
- Rye Tier 1
Colby + Megan Garrelts modern-Midwest comfort-food operation; continues the Garreltses' KC restaurant operation after Bluestem's December 2020 closure.…
- Saap Saap Noodles Tier 1
Saap Saap Noodles is a Laotian and Thai noodle stall inside the Lenexa Public Market, founded by chef-owner Adison Sichampanakhone, who built the menu…
- Safi Fresh Tier 1
Safi Fresh is a health-forward café opened at 1512 E. 18th St. in Kansas City's Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in June 2026 — the third location for…
- Safron Burger (Pleasant Valley) Tier 1
Safron Burger is an independent operation in Pleasant Valley, Missouri, serving a unique mix of American burgers and cheesesteaks alongside Afghani…
- Sail Away Wine Tier 1
Sail Away Wine is Russ Johnson and Heather Brown's self-pour wine bar at 309 Armour Rd in North Kansas City — opened June 2021, Kansas City's only…
- Sakae Sushi Tier 1
Sakae Sushi is a family-run Japanese restaurant and sushi bar in downtown Parkville, Missouri, opened in January 2014 by veteran sushi chef Sam Hoang and…
- Salvatore's Restaurant Tier 1
Salvatore's Restaurant is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Independence, MO operating since 1991, born from the same Garozzo family lineage…
- Sama Zama Tier 2
Sama Zama is a Japanese izakaya — long billed as Kansas City's original and, for years, its lone izakaya — founded by Yokohama-born owner Erika Koike.…
- San's Sandwiches Tier 1
San's Sandwiches is a Vietnamese banh mi shop at 6579 N Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, serving Vietnamese sandwiches, pho, spring rolls, and vermicelli…
- Sandlot Goods Tier 1
Sandlot Goods is a Kansas City maker of handcrafted leather goods and USA-made hats, founded in 2014 by Chad Hickman. Born from a baseball-nostalgia…
- Sandy's Restaurant Tier 1
Sandy's Restaurant is a scratch-cooking American diner founded in Independence, MO in 1998 by Sandy Lucas, then relocated to Blue Springs. After Sandy's…
- Sankofa Cafe & Bar
Sankofa Cafe & Bar is an established Jamaican restaurant in KC's Ivanhoe neighborhood — jerk chicken, stewed oxtails, curry dishes, steamed fish, with a…
- Sannin
Sannin is the poke, sushi, and ramen concept that trio Chenni "C.J." Juanda, Ket Kiun Lo, and Christian Sen opened on May 7, 2025 at 2820 W. 47th Ave. in…
- Sara McGinty's Tier 1
Sara McGinty's is a locally owned "neighborhood dive" bar at 7822 Quivira Road in Lenexa, Kansas, opened in August 2025 by Sean Meyer — owner of the…
- Schmidt & Klaus Tier 1
Schmidt & Klaus, Inc. is a woman-owned wholesale floral distributor in Kansas City's Crossroads district, family-operated since 1966. Billing itself as…
- Scimeca's Retail Market & Deli Tier 1
Scimeca's Retail Market & Deli is a fourth-generation, family-owned Italian grocery and deli in North Kansas City, reviving a Kansas City Italian-sausage…
- Scott's Custom Knives Tier 1
Scott's Custom Knives is a family bladesmithing operation in Bonner Springs, Kansas, making handmade knives from high-carbon and high-carbon Damascus…
- Scott's Kitchen at Hangar 29 Tier 1
Scott's Kitchen and Catering at Hangar 29 is an award-winning, locally owned barbecue restaurant and caterer near Kansas City International Airport,…
- Scout Coffee Tier 1
Scout Coffee is a community-forward coffee shop in downtown Blue Springs, founded in May 2019 by Jared Montgomery — a Blue Springs native who returned to…
- Scratch Gourmet Kitchen Tier 1
Scratch Gourmet Kitchen is an owner-operated, scratch-made American (with Italian leanings) restaurant and wine bar in Prairie Village, Kansas, built by…
- Sea Capitán Cocina Costera Tier 2
Sea Capitán Cocina Costera is a locally owned coastal-Mexican seafood restaurant in Kansas City's South Plaza, opened in 2025 by KC restaurateurs Todd…
- Second Best Coffee (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Second Best Coffee was a beloved independent café in Waldo (328 W 85th St), opened January 31, 2014 by Nathan and Leia Anderson and…
- Serendipity KC Tier 2
Serendipity KC is an independent antiques-and-local-makers shop in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1300 W. 13th Street, known for its striking…
- Servaes Brewing Company Tier 2
Servaes Brewing Company is the first brewery in Kansas owned and operated by a female head brewer — Courtney Servaes opened the downtown Shawnee taproom…
- Session Taco Tier 3
the East Crossroads outpost of a St. Louis-based, multi-location Cali-Mex taco-and-margarita group founded by brothers Adam and Jason Tilford. The KC…
- Seva Cuisine of India Tier 1
Seva Cuisine of India is a family-run, scratch-cooking North Indian restaurant in the Flintlock area on the Liberty edge of Kansas City's Northland, open…
- Seven Stories (Shawnee) Tier 1
Seven Stories is an independent bookstore at 12115 Johnson Dr in Shawnee — opened in November 2023 by Halley Vincent, who was 14 years old at the time,…
- Seven Swans Crêperie Tier 2
Seven Swans Crêperie is a French-Russian crêperie at 1746 Washington St in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, housed in the 117-year-old…
- Shagan's Chicken & Parathas Tier 1
Shagan's Chicken & Parathas is an owner-operated North Indian (Punjabi) restaurant on Metcalf Avenue in south Overland Park, built by Shagan Bajwa from a…
- Sharks Restaurant & Billiards Tier 2
Sharks Restaurant & Billiards is a locally owned 14,000-square-foot sports bar and billiards entertainment venue in Shawnee, Kansas, operating since 2006.
- Sherri's Executive Lounge Tier 2
Sherri's Executive Lounge is a veteran- and woman-owned premium indoor cigar lounge and jazz bar at 3834 Genessee St in Kansas City's West 39th Street…
- Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Tier 1
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, located at 2004 Baltimore Ave in the Crossroads Arts District, is the longest-running contemporary gallery in the…
- Shoe Express Repair & Shine Tier 2
Shoe Express Repair & Shine is an independent cobbler and shoe-repair shop on Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas, owned and operated by a craftsman…
- Shopgirls Tier 2
Shopgirls is an independent women's clothing, jewelry, accessories, and gift boutique in the Brookside East shopping district of Kansas City, Missouri,…
- Sichuan Dynasty Tier 2
Sichuan Dynasty (also styled Szechuan Dynasty) is an owner-operated restaurant at 7206 W 119th St in Overland Park, Kansas, serving Sichuan-style Chinese…
- Sido's Mediterranean Tier 1
Sido's (stylized SIDO'S, also branded Sido's Cuisine / Sido's Mediterranean Cuisine) is an owner-operated Mediterranean and Middle Eastern kitchen run by…
- Sierra BBQ Tier 1
Sierra BBQ is Ryan Edwards's casual Kansas City-style BBQ restaurant at Lenexa City Center — opened October 22, 2024 as the sister concept to his upscale…
- Silo Modern Farmhouse Tier 2
a scratch-American, farm-to-table restaurant and bar built inside the clubhouse of Canyon Farms Golf Club. The restaurant is operated by KC Hopps, Ltd.,…
- Simply Grand Kitchen and Creamery Tier 1
Simply Grand Kitchen and Creamery is a family-run farm-to-table restaurant and ice cream shop at 504 Main St in downtown Grandview, MO — opened fall 2022…
- Simply Threads Boutique Tier 1
A women's fashion boutique in the heart of downtown Lee's Summit, born from one owner's passion for affordable, trendy clothing after she spotted a gap…
- Sinbad's Grill Tier 2
Sinbad's Grill is a small, family-owned Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant on the corner of Metcalf and 83rd in Overland Park, Kansas, serving…
- Sinclair's Restaurant Tier 1
Sinclair's Restaurant is an independent, veteran-owned American restaurant at 1402 NW State Route 7 in Blue Springs, Missouri. Opened in 2014 by Blue…
- Sister Anne's Records & Coffee Tier 1
Sister Anne's Records & Coffee is an independent vinyl record store and coffee shop in Midtown Kansas City, opened in 2018 by Frank Alvarez and Jim Oshel…
- Slabotsky's Fine Menswear & Tailoring Tier 1
a family-owned Kansas City menswear retailer and in-house tailoring shop founded in 1908 by Abe Slabotsky, now run by Michael Jerwick (third ownership…
- Slap's BBQ Tier 1
Award-winning, brothers-owned Kansas City, Kansas barbecue restaurant founded by Mike and Joe Pearce, grown out of their competition team Squeal Like a…
- Slow Rise Doughnuts Tier 1
Sourdough Doughnuts; sometimes written Slowrise; social handle @slowrisekc) — a KC-metro maker of small-batch sourdough doughnuts that ferment for up to…
- Smaxx Tier 1
a Black-owned, owner-operated comfort-food restaurant at 1827 Vine St in the historic 18th & Vine District, known for burgers, cheesesteaks, and its…
- Smith Hat Company Tier 1
A woman-owned custom hat bar and millinery workshop in downtown Lee's Summit, where customers build one-of-a-kind cowboy hats from the felt up — shaped,…
- Smoke Brewing Company Tier 1
Smoke Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery and barbecue restaurant on Main Street in downtown Lee's Summit, founded by the father-and-son Edwards…
- Snack Bar Tier 2
Snack Bar is a Mexican street-food and cocktails spot in Lenexa, Kansas, opened at the end of December 2024 by veteran KC-area restaurateurs Oscar Romero…
- Snead's Bar-B-Q Tier 1
B-Q — a long-tenure Belton (Cass County) barbecue institution founded by Bill Snead on November 1, 1956, run by the Snead family for roughly seven…
- Society (Crossroads) Tier 1
a restaurant / bar / nightclub at 2050 Central St in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District. Beyond its lounge-and-club concept, Society is one of the…
- Sohaila's Kitchen Tier 1
Sohaila's Kitchen is a Pakistani food stall inside the Lenexa Public Market, run by chef-owner Sohaila Humayon and her daughters. Widely billed as the…
- Soil Service Garden Center Tier 1
Soil Service Garden Center (Soil Service Nursery) is a fourth-generation, family-owned garden center and nursery on Troost Avenue in South Kansas City,…
- Soli Deo Coffee & Bakery Tier 2
Midtown Kansas City coffee shop and bakery at 3934 Main Street, opened April 2025 by Austin Morris and his wife in the former Enchanté space. The name…
- Soma Cafe Tier 1
Soma Cafe is a Somali cafe tucked inside the Soma Retail Center (the "Somali Mall") off Independence Avenue in the Historic Northeast, known for jabati…
- Sour Rabbit Bakery Tier 2
Sour Rabbit Bakery is Atsuko Hammann's (Japan) and Rolf Hammann's (Germany) sourdough bakery in Kansas City's Northland — opened March 4, 2025. Japanese…
- Spicin Foods Tier 2
Spicin Foods is a Kansas City, Kansas specialty-sauce manufacturer operating a 60,000-square-foot plant on the historic Southwest Boulevard. Formerly…
- Splitlog Coffee Co. Tier 2
an independent, owner-operated coffee shop, drive-thru, and roaster on Central Avenue in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Founded…
- Square Pizza Tier 2
Square Pizza is a Detroit-style pizza restaurant at 208 W Maple Ave on Independence Square in Independence, MO, operated by McClain Restaurant Group (Ken…
- Steppers of KC Tier 1
Steppers of KC (SOKC) is a Kansas City dance organization founded in 2011 with a single mission: to keep the art of KC-style 2-Step — a distinct…
- Steve's Floral Shop Tier 2
A family-owned Kansas City florist founded in 1985 by Steve Fortner — 40+ years in the craft, operating from the Northland with metro-wide reach and a…
- Stock Hill Tier 2
Stock Hill is an upscale modern steakhouse on the South Plaza in Kansas City, MO, opened in 2016 by locally founded restaurant group Bread & Butter…
- Stone Canyon Pizza Tier 1
Stone Canyon Pizza is Kevin Heaton's Northland pizza institution — founded October 1995 in a converted drugstore/soda fountain at 15 Main St, Parkville.…
- Strang Hall Tier 2
Strang Hall is a chef-driven food hall in the Edison District of downtown Overland Park, Kansas, housing a collection of independent restaurant stalls, a…
- Strange Days Brewing Co. Tier 1
Strange Days Brewing Co. is a River Market brewery in the historic former Muehlebach Brewing warehouse at 3rd & Oak, opened in January 2018 — known for…
- Strawberry Hill Brewing Co. Tier 1
Strawberry Hill Brewing Co. is a craft microbrewery at 601 Central Avenue in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, brewing its own…
- Streats Tier 1
`menu_status: unverified` — Dish lineup is corroborated across the official Toast ordering page, DoorDash, and KC press; individual prices could not be…
- Strip's Chicken Tier 1
Strip's Chicken is a locally owned, made-from-scratch chicken-strip concept founded by Todd Johnson in Olathe, Kansas in 2016, built around…
- Stroud's Restaurant Tier 1
93 years of pan-fried chicken across multiple operators (Guy + Helen Stroud 1933-1977; Donegan family + partners 1983-present). The multi-decade…
- Studio on Main Tier 2
The Studio On Main is a Pilates and yoga studio at 123 S Main St on Independence Square, Independence, MO, operated as part of the McClain Enterprises…
- Studios Inc Tier 1
Studios Inc is a Kansas City nonprofit arts organization in the Crossroads Arts District at 1708 Campbell Street, offering competitive three-year…
- Stuey McBrew's Tier 1
A neighborhood sports tavern and gastropub at 321 SE Main St in downtown Lee's Summit, open since 2010. Owner Justin Bliefnik runs 20-plus beers on tap,…
- Succotash Tier 1
Succotash is a long-running breakfast-and-brunch cafe in the Longfellow neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, owned by chef Beth Barden. Open since…
- Summit Grill (Gladstone) Tier 1
Summit Grill in Gladstone is part of Summit Hospitality Group, a respected local restaurant group founded by Andy Lock and Domhnall Molloy. The Gladstone…
- Summit Pizza Tier 1
a locally owned, family-operated pizzeria serving the Kansas City metro since 2004, with locations in Lee's Summit and Independence, MO. Owner Susan Sims…
- Sunrise on 39th Tier 1
Sunrise on 39th is Gerardo Castaneda's American/Mexican brunch restaurant at 809 W 39th St #110, Midtown Kansas City — open since fall 2023, daily…
- Sunset Grill Tier 1
Sunset Grill is an independent, owner-operated American restaurant at 146th and Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in 2004 by Rod Lampe and Dan…
- Sushi Kodawari Tier 1
Sushi Kodawari is an eight-seat, edomae-style omakase counter in Kansas City's Crossroads, opened by chef-owner Karson Thompson — a Kansas native who…
- Sushi Nami (City Market) Tier 1
Sushi Nami is Stanley Ting's Japanese sushi restaurant — a Northland native expanding his brand into City Market in fall 2025, taking the former Bo's…
- Swagat Fine Indian Cuisine Tier 1
Swagat Fine Indian Cuisine is a Choong-family Indian restaurant in the Zona Rosa shopping center at 7407 NW 87th St. in the Northland of Kansas City,…
- Sway Coffee Roasters Tier 2
Sway Coffee Roasters is the in-house roasting arm and flagship café of McLain's Bakery + Markets, owned by the Hirleman family. Founded in 2019 to roast…
- Swift's Cajun Cuisine Tier 1
Swift's Cajun Cuisine is a Kansas City Cajun and Southern restaurant opened in August 2024 by Richard and Sheila Swift at 3415 Main St in Midtown. Sheila…
- Swoon (Cookie Crafters) Tier 1
Swoon is a custom-cookie bakery at 924 E 5th St in Columbus Park, where owner Sofia Hudson hand-decorates made-to-order sugar cookies from a family…
- Swordfish Tom's Tier 2
Swordfish Tom's is a hidden, speakeasy-style craft-cocktail bar in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, opened in 2017 by James Beard–nominated…
- T.C.'s Fully Loaded Tier 2
T.C.'s Fully Loaded is Thomas "TC" Clark's loaded baked potato shop at 1407 Southwest Blvd in KCK — brick-and-mortar opened October 20, 2024 (curbside…
- Taco Cacao Tier 1
Taco Cacao is a locally owned Mexican taco-and-burrito operation in Waldo, launched in early 2021 by restaurateur Victor Esqueda (owner of Ixtapa,…
- Taco Holics Club Tier 1
A taco house on the downtown Lee's Summit square turning out Jalisco-style street tacos, birria, and margaritas — casual, family-friendly, and built…
- Taco Naco KC Tier 1
Mexican-heritage couple Fernanda Reyes + Brian Goldman Ruiz; pop-up 2019 → Overland Park brick-and-mortar 2021; chef-driven regional Mexican; Best…
- Taco Republic (Prairie Village) Tier 2
Taco Republic is a Kansas City-born street-style taqueria at Corinth Square in Prairie Village, Kansas — slow-cooked, smoked, and braised "street-style"…
- Taco Rico Tier 1
Taco Rico is a family-owned Mexican taqueria in Kansas City's Northland, serving street tacos and traditional Mexican fare from a converted fast-food…
- Taco Zone Tier 1
A no-frills Gladstone taco counter that carries the old In-A-Tub Antioch recipe forward — crispy tacos, tostadas, tots, and thick shakes at counter…
- Tacos Borrachos Tier 2
Tacos Borrachos is a counter-service Mexican taquería at 10049 W. 87th Street in Overland Park, Kansas. Opened in late 2024 by longtime Overland Park…
- Tacos El Gallo Tier 2
Tacos El Gallo is a family-operated Mexican taqueria known for street tacos and house-made tortillas from an in-house tortilla factory, with its…
- Tacos El Tio Tier 1
Small, cash-only neighborhood taquería in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, near the Central Avenue Latino corridor — known for street-style tacos, weekend…
- Tacos Valentina Tier 1
Tacos Valentina is an acclaimed, independently owned "molino y taquería" in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, built on a heirloom-corn masa program…
- Tagine House Tier 1
Tagine House is a women-owned Moroccan catering business serving the Kansas City metro, founded in 2019 by Rabat-born chef Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia,…
- Tailleur Tier 2
Tailleur is a French-style brasserie opened in 2021 at 3933 Main St in Midtown Kansas City, on the KC Streetcar corridor. Founded by Heather White —…
- Taj Mahal Authentic Cuisine of India Tier 1
Taj Mahal Authentic Cuisine of India is a long-standing independent Indian restaurant at 7521 Wornall Rd on the Waldo corridor, serving North Indian…
- Talk of the Town Grill & Bar Tier 2
Talk of the Town Grill & Bar is a Johnson County neighborhood sports bar and American grill with two locations — Leawood (5201 W 135th St) and Overland…
- Tandoori Grill Tier 1
Tandoori Grill is Siddiq Ashraf's Pakistani halal restaurant at 12247 W 87th St Pkwy in Lenexa — opened mid-October 2025, the first restaurant of its…
- Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen Tier 2
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen is a Crossroads wine bar and contemporary American restaurant that has poured artisanal, by-the-glass wines and served…
- Tao Tao Tier 1
Tao Tao is a family-owned Chinese restaurant at the corner of 13th and Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, run by chef-owner Annie Der…
- Taqueria 7 Leguas Tier 1
a Jalisco-style taqueria on Central Avenue in KCK, part of the KCK Taco Trail, praised for tacos al pastor, cabeza, and tripa.
- Taqueria El Jalisciense Tier 2
Taqueria El Jalisciense is a Mexican taqueria on the US-40 corridor in Independence, Missouri, named for the state of Jalisco — a strong marker of owner…
- Taqueria El Poblano y Mini Market Tier 1
Taqueria El Poblano y Mini Market is a corner-store taqueria and grocery at 1001 Osage Ave in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, serving…
- Taqueria Gordita In Memoriam
chef-owner Sarah Nelson's hyper-local-sourcing taqueria in North Kansas City's Iron District; lamb birria from Green Dirt Farm on Yoli tortillas, a…
- Taqueria Ignacio Tier 2
Taqueria Ignacio is Chef Ruben Leal's Sonoran-style taco pop-up operating out of Garden House Cafe (1639 SW Blvd, KCK's Rosedale). Leal is the founder of…
- Taqueria Jalisco Tier 1
A street-style taqueria at 1259 Central Ave in Kansas City, Kansas, known for homemade tortillas, quesabirria, and tacos de asada.
- Taqueria La Nueva Tier 1
Juan Lozano + Julia Rohrer's Jalisco-rooted taqueria, founded 2019 as a food truck and grown to three KC-area locations; an editorial pick for KC's best…
- Taqueria Mexico KC Tier 1
multi-location family-owned KC-area Mexican operation; described in KC food coverage as "one of the oldest" Mexican operations in the area; multiple #2…
- Taqueria San Antonio Tier 1
A family-owned Mexican carnicería, tortillería, and taquería on the Kansas Avenue corridor in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas —…
- Tarahumaras Mexican Restaurant Tier 1
a second-generation, Chihuahua-rooted family restaurant in KCK's Strawberry Hill (est. 1999), now run by Perla Garcia across two locations and acclaimed…
- Tasso's Greek Restaurant Tier 1
Tasso's Greek Restaurant is a family-owned Greek restaurant and grocery in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, operating since 1976 and run…
- Tasty African Food KC Tier 1
Tasty African Food KC is a family-owned West African (Liberian) restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in February 2026 by Liberian-born childhood…
- Tattooed Hog BBQ Tier 1
Tattooed Hog BBQ is Danny Hawkins's pit-smoked BBQ concept at the Iron District container park — 1599 Iron St, North Kansas City, opened mid-March 2026.…
- Tavern in the Village Tier 2
Tavern in the Village is a Prairie Village American gastropub that has anchored the Corinth Square-adjacent commercial corridor since 2011. Owner Kelly…
- Tay's Burger Shack Tier 1
Tay's Burger Shack is an owner-operated grass-fed smash-burger counter on Armour Road in North Kansas City, open since late 2014 and known for a small…
- Tay's Cheesesteaks Tier 1
Tay's Cheesesteaks is a locally owned Philly-style cheesesteak and deli counter at 315 Armour Road in North Kansas City, serving grass-fed shaved steak…
- Tea Market Tier 1
Specialty tea retail shop and Tea Bar at 329 E. 55th St. in Kansas City's Crestwood Shops, founded in 2002 by Certified Tea Specialist Stacie Robertson,…
- Teeshia's Sandwiches & Scoops
Teeshia's Sandwiches & Scoops is Teeshia Madge's scratch-made sandwich and dairy-free ice cream shop in Raytown, MO — one of three KC-area concepts Madge…
- Teetasty Foods Tier 2
Teetasty Foods is Chef Tee's Nigerian restaurant and bar in Midtown Kansas City, at 3711 SW Trafficway. Owner Oluwatobi Temitope Oni grew up in Lagos,…
- Teocali Mexican Restaurant & Cantina Tier 1
a Jalisco-family independent open since 2006 just south of downtown Kansas City, named for the founders' hometown of Teocaltiche, Jalisco. Tier 1…
- Thai Chili Cuisine Tier 2
Thai Chili Cuisine is Bunnuch Benberg's Thai restaurant at 8611 Hauser Ct in Lenexa — opened November 19, 2023. A Thai native who owned and ran three…
- Thai Orchid Tier 1
Thai Orchid is the Rojjanasrirat family's Thai restaurant dynasty — founded in Mission, KS in 1991 and now in its second generation under Jonathan…
- Thai Story (formerly Pad Thai Restaurant) Tier 1
Thai Story is Niramol "Ann" Riensin's Thai restaurant in Overland Park — a rebrand and relocation of her original Pad Thai Restaurant (opened 2013),…
- The Antler Room Tier 1
The Antler Room is an acclaimed husband-and-wife, chef-owned neighborhood restaurant at 2506 Holmes St in Kansas City's Longfellow area, just east of the…
- The Baker's Table Tier 1
The Baker's Table is a small, 100% woman- and minority-owned artisan micro-bakery in the heart of historic downtown Parkville, Missouri. It specializes…
- The Ballroom KC Tier 3
The Ballroom KC is a roving Kansas City dance-instructor collective — "a group of independent teachers" led by national competitors Carlye & Patrick…
- The Belfry Tier 2
The Belfry is chef Celina Tio's global comfort food restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads — open since 2014, with one of the Midwest's largest bourbon…
- The Big Biscuit Tier 2
Independence MO original 2000; founder Dan Gerson (died Sept 2023); sold 2010 to Chad + David Offerdahl father-son ownership; now 29 locations across KS…
- The Bird Comedy Theater Tier 1
The Bird Comedy Theater is the Crossroads' home for improv, sketch, and standup — a comedy theater with an on-site bar at 103 W 19th St in the historic…
- The Blacklist Tier 1
The Blacklist is a Victorian-style wine bar with a hidden speakeasy at 10519 Mission Road in Leawood's Mission Farms, opened January 2026 by a…
- The Blue Line Tier 1
The Blue Line is a family-owned hockey-themed bar in Kansas City's River Market, operating at 529 Walnut Street since 2011. Billed as "KC's only premier…
- The Blue Room Tier 1
the working jazz club inside the American Jazz Museum at 18th & Vine. Opened in 1997 with the museum, it functions simultaneously as a living museum…
- The Brass Monkey Tier 1
The Brass Monkey Lounge is a speakeasy-style craft cocktail bar that opened in September 2025 on Admiral Boulevard, just south of Kansas City's River…
- The Brew Top Pub & Patio Tier 2
The Brew Top Pub & Patio is a locally owned American sports-bar-and-pub concept whose Overland Park location at 6601 W 135th St in southern Johnson…
- The Brooksider Sports Bar & Grill Tier 1
a longstanding neighborhood sports bar and grill at 6330 Brookside Plaza in historic Brookside, KCMO, self-described as a "neighborhood landmark"; Tier 1…
- The Bunker KC Tier 1
The Bunker is an independently owned lifestyle, footwear, and streetwear shop at the corner of Westport Road and Broadway, open in Westport since 1997…
- The Clock Shop Tier 1
The Clock Shop is a sixth-generation family clock- and watch-repair business founded in Kansas City in 1905, now operating in Independence, Missouri…
- The Combine KC Tier 1
The Combine KC is a pizza and sandwich restaurant in a converted Wonder Bread factory building at 2999 Troost Avenue, opened in November 2020 by…
- The Comedy Club of Kansas City Tier 1
The Comedy Club of Kansas City is a comedian-owned standup club at 1130 W 103rd St in south KC (Missouri side, just east of State Line), opened in April…
- The Corner Candleshop Tier 1
The Corner Candleshop is a hand-poured, small-batch candle maker and retail shop in the heart of Brookside, KCMO, where owner Lori Block has been pouring…
- The Cove (Platte City) Tier 2
New York–style hand-tossed pizza, smash burgers, sandwiches, salads, and wings restaurant and bar at 524 Branch St., Platte City, MO — opened December 5,…
- The Craic (Parkville) Tier 1
The Craic on Main is a welcoming Irish pub and restaurant at 12 Main Street in the heart of historic downtown Parkville, Missouri. Opened August 23, 2024…
- The Farfalle Bistro Tier 1
The Farfalle Bistro is a chef-led Italian restaurant in downtown Lee's Summit where owner Carrie Arnone cooks from family recipes rooted in Kansas City's…
- The Farmhouse Tier 1
Kansas City original; chef-owner operation with deliberate KC-only positioning ("not a chain, and it's exclusive to the city"); collaborates with local…
- The Fix Tier 1
The Fix is a plant-based comfort-food restaurant near 31st and Gillham/Cherry on the edge of Union Hill in midtown Kansas City, opened in January 2020 by…
- The Fold
The Fold is the Crossroads restaurant that Amanda Accurso and Brandon Sharp — co-owners of Roots Seasonal Cuisine in Lee's Summit — opened on May 22,…
- The Glam Room KC Tier 2
The Glam Room KC is a full-service luxury salon, medical spa, and beauty bar housed in Kansas City's historic 1888 Phoenix Hotel building in the River…
- The Goat Brewing Co. Tier 1
The Goat Brewing Co. is an independent, owner-operated microbrewery and taproom in Lee's Summit, Missouri, opened in March 2021. Its name and branding…
- The Granfalloon Restaurant & Bar Tier 1
The Granfalloon is a long-running Country Club Plaza restaurant and sports bar, open since 1977, named after a Kurt Vonnegut concept and locally owned by…
- The Great American Barbershop Tier 2
The Great American Barbershop is a locally owned, classic-style barbershop in Olathe, Kansas, founded in 2002 by John Virgoni and staffed by a tight-knit…
- The Hobbs (Event Space) Tier 1
The Hobbs is an event space in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms, occupying the five-story red-brick Hobbs Building (1905, architect John McKecknie) at…
- The Italian Sausage Co. Tier 1
A third-generation Brancato-family Italian deli, market, and scratch sausage kitchen in Gladstone — born from a beloved 1989–2002 Northeast Kansas City…
- The Laos House Tier 1
The Laos House is Chef Kay Pee's modern Lao fusion concept — operating at Parlor KC (1707 Locust St, Crossroads) and Iron District (1599 Iron St Suite D,…
- The Little Store on Knox Tier 1
a neighborhood coffee café in North Kansas City, in a historic corner-store building (dating to the 1930s) at 2107 Knox St. It pours Blip Roasters coffee…
- The Lunch Box Tier 1
The Lunch Box is a no-frills deli and burger counter operating inside a working liquor store at 9th & Mulberry in Kansas City's West Bottoms, known…
- The Majestic Restaurant Tier 1
a Downtown Kansas City steakhouse and live-jazz club at 931 Broadway Blvd, housed in the 1911 Fitzpatrick Saloon Building (National Register of Historic…
- The Marinello Tier 1
The Marinello is a gift and local-goods shop on the west side of Independence Square at 208–212 W Lexington Ave, owned by Bree and Travis Gensler as part…
- The Mercury Room Tier 2
The Mercury Room is a reservation-only, 14th-floor cocktail bar with panoramic Kansas City skyline views, operated by the Exit Strategy group (owners of…
- The Mixx Tier 1
Jo Marie Scaglia chef-owner operation; multi-location KC-metro presence; salads + bowls + Mediterranean-inspired fast-casual healthy-food concept. Tier 1…
- The Monarch Cocktail Bar & Lounge Tier 1
an upscale, design-driven cocktail bar on the West Plaza at 4808 Roanoke Pkwy, opened August 21, 2017. Conceived and designed by Kansas City native and…
- The Mug Tier 1
The Mug is a friendly, locally owned coffee shop in historic downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, featuring its own roasted and brewed coffee along with…
- The Object Enthusiast Tier 2
The Object Enthusiast is the ceramics brand and studio of Kansas City artist Emily Reinhardt, founded in 2011, producing hand-built, "perfectly…
- The Paella Mix Tier 2
The Paella Mix is Carlos Saura's Spanish restaurant in Kansas City's City Market / River Market district — opened September 2025. Saura grew up in…
- The Parker Hollow Tier 1
The Parker Hollow is a sustainable seafood restaurant and raw bar in downtown Parkville, opened in October 2025 by acclaimed chef Jonathan Justus and…
- The Peanut Tier 1
The Peanut is Kansas City's oldest bar and grill — a 1933 Plaza-adjacent tavern on Main Street, locally owned by the Kenny family since 1981, famous for…
- The Phoenix Tier 1
The Phoenix is a historic jazz bar, restaurant, and live-music room at 302 W 8th St in Downtown Kansas City's Garment District, occupying the ground…
- The Piano Room Tier 1
The Piano Room is a locally owned Waldo neighborhood bar and live-music room at 332 W 75th St, where nightly programming runs from live piano and open…
- The Primrose Tier 1
The Primrose is a craft cocktail bar on Johnson Drive in downtown Mission, KS, opened September 2022 by the Hans family — Abby, Julie, and Jason Hans. It…
- The Quaff Bar & Grill Tier 1
The Quaff Bar & Grill is a no-frills neighborhood bar and grill that has anchored the western edge of Downtown Kansas City since 1946. Founded by…
- The Rino Tier 1
The Rino is North Kansas City's grassroots live-music and comedy room at 314 Armour Rd — an intimate ~100-cap venue opened in July 2017 by lifelong…
- The Roasterie Tier 2
KC-founded coffee roaster + multi-café operation, Tier 2 (private-equity owned). Founded in Kansas City by Danny O'Neill, but since September 2020…
- The Robin's Nest Tier 2
The Robin's Nest is a locally owned vintage-and-home-décor shop in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1323 W. 13th Street, carrying one-of-a-kind…
- The Royal Biscuit Tier 2
The Royal Biscuit is a breakfast and lunch diner at 1428 W 40 Hwy in Blue Springs, opened in 2019 by Jose Barrios and his wife. Built on a philosophy of…
- The Running Well Store Tier 2
KC's only locally owned run-specialty retailer — three metro locations built by Kathy Gates since 2013, self-described as "KC's only Local Run Specialty…
- The Russell Tier 2
Contemporary American restaurant at 3141 Main St in Kansas City's Midtown, opened February 2018 by chef Amante Domingo (grew up on an organic farm in St.…
- The Sentinel Room Tier 1
The Sentinel Room is a whiskey bar and craft cocktail lounge on Independence Square, opened March 9, 2024 by Bree and Travis Gensler — Bree a…
- The Ship Tier 1
The Ship is a Pendergast-era cocktail bar that was literally resurrected: opened downtown in 1935 just after Repeal, closed and demolished in 1995, its…
- The Sourdough Spot
The Sourdough Spot is Maegan Vaughan's artisan sourdough bakery and sandwich shop at the Iron District in North Kansas City — a passion project that…
- The Springs Restaurant Tier 1
The Springs Restaurant is a family-owned, home-style American restaurant in historic downtown Excelsior Springs. In 2025, Chuck and Sonja Duckworth took…
- The Thirsty Gnome (Northland) Tier 1
The Thirsty Gnome is a veteran-owned neighborhood bar and restaurant in Kansas City’s Northland, opened in October 2023 by a husband-and-wife team. It…
- The Town Company Tier 1
The Town Company is a chef-driven regional-American restaurant inside the Hotel Kansas City downtown, opened in fall 2020. Conceived by KC-native chef…
- The Upper Cut KC Tier 1
The Upper Cut KC is a family-owned farm-direct butcher shop in Liberty, Missouri, opened in 2015 by Mariah Kinkade — a sixth-generation rancher raised in…
- The Velvet Freeze Daiquiris Tier 1
The Velvet Freeze Daiquiris is a Black-owned daiquiri and cocktail bar at 1827 Vine Street in the 18th & Vine Jazz District, pouring frozen daiquiris and…
- The W Speakeasy Tier 1
The W is an intimate, reservation-driven speakeasy-style cocktail bar on the second story of a historic brick building at 6½ SW 3rd St in downtown Lee's…
- The Windmill KC Coffeehouse Tier 1
Family-owned, Latinx-owned coffeehouse at 840 S 55th St in the Turner neighborhood of KCK (66106), opened in 2020 by Leah Hermida with her mother Debra…
- The Wise Guy Tier 2
The Wise Guy is a Crossroads Italian-American tavern at 1924 Main Street, opened in April 2024 by Rockhill Restaurant Group co-owners Bret Springs and…
- Thelma's Kitchen Tier 2
Thelma's Kitchen is Kansas City's pay-it-forward community cafe on Troost Avenue — operated by Reconciliation Services, honoring the legacy of its late…
- Third Coast Pizza Tier 1
Third Coast Pizza is a locally owned Chicago-style pizzeria at 7820 Quivira Road in Lenexa, Kansas, opened in 2019 by Sean Meyer. "Chicago Inspired,…
- Third Street Social Tier 2
Third Street Social is a scratch-kitchen, chef-driven American restaurant and bar in historic downtown Lee's Summit, opened in 2016. It is a flagship…
- Thompson's Clock Manor Tier 1
Thompson's Clock Manor is a clock- and watch-repair and sales house founded in Kansas City in 1929 by Ernest "Ernie" Thompson — whose wartime service…
- Thou Mayest Tier 1
Thou Mayest is an independent Kansas City coffee roaster and café founded in 2012, whose River Market location — Thou Mayest River Quay, in the former…
- Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters Tier 1
Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters is a Kansas City-born specialty roaster, café, and coffee-by-day / cocktail-by-night brand founded in 2012 by KC native Bo…
- Three Bees Pottery & Coffee Shop Tier 1
Three Bees Pottery & Coffee Shop is an independent, locally owned café at 925 Southwest Blvd in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas,…
- Tiffany Bakery Tier 2
Tiffany Bakery is a Vietnamese-immigrant-owned independent bakery at 4111 Pennsylvania Ave, Westport — opened May 28, 2025. The owner (name) is a…
- Tiki Taco (Downtown Overland Park) Tier 2
Tiki Taco is a Kansas City-born fast-casual taco brand known for fusing bold Asian and Mexican flavors; the Downtown Overland Park location at 7514 W…
- Tikka House Tier 1
Tikka House is a family-run Indian and Middle Eastern eatery and spice market in Kansas City's River Market, founded in 2005 by Jordanian immigrant Manal…
- Ting's Filipino Bistro Tier 1
Ting's Filipino Bistro is a Filipino restaurant in Kansas City's Historic City Market (River Market), serving traditional family recipes — adobo, pancit,…
- Tivol Tier 1
Tivol is Kansas City's oldest and premier fine jeweler — a non-service-industry heritage retailer of fine jewelry, bridal, and Swiss watches, operating a…
- Toblers Flowers Tier 2
Kansas City's oldest continuously operating florist by founding date — in business since 1900 — though the Tobler family line ended in 2010 when current…
- Todd Weiner Gallery Tier 1
Todd Weiner Gallery is an owner-operated contemporary-art gallery in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District at 115 West 18th Street, showing painting,…
- Tom's Town Distilling Co. Tier 1
Tom's Town Distilling Co. is a locally owned craft distillery, cocktail lounge, and tasting room in the Crossroads Arts District, founded by Kansas City…
- Tommy's The Happy Place Tier 1
Tommy's The Happy Place is a locally owned Waldo dive bar at 8019 Wornall Rd, known for a friendly crowd, beers on tap, homemade moonshine, and a covered…
- Toni's Italian Restaurant (Shawnee) Tier 2
Toni's Italian Restaurant is an independent Italian family restaurant opened in Shawnee in December 2024 by Toni Curri and Mario Maloku — a family of…
- Touch of Asia Tier 1
Touch of Asia is a family-owned, owner-operated halal Indian and Pakistani restaurant tucked into a strip mall at 6860 W 105th St in Overland Park,…
- Tower Tavern Tier 2
Tower Tavern is a neighborhood sports bar in the Martini Corner (Tower East) district of Midtown Kansas City, Missouri, open since 2007 at the base of…
- Town Topic Tier 1
topic-hamburgers/) — Kansas City's nickel-burger griddle-slider institution since 1937. Founded by ex-White Castle men Claude Sparks and Heywood Billings…
- Town Topic Hamburgers Tier 1
KC diner institution since 1937; founded by Claude Sparks (ex-White Castle) + Heywood Billings; 89 years of operation across multiple historic locations;…
- Trago's (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Trago's (Trago Bar & Tapas). A scratch-made Latin tapas bar and cocktail spot in Kansas City's Northland, opened late October 2016 by Kandi…
- Trailhead Books (Raytown) Tier 2
Trailhead Books is an independent bookstore at 10009 E. 63rd St in Raytown, MO — the first bookstore in Raytown's history — opened April 2024 by Angie…
- Transparent Brewing Company Tier 1
Family-owned Grandview microbrewery founded by Kansas City native Nolan Brown, pairing small-batch, sessionable craft beer with a scratch-made,…
- Transport Brewery Tier 1
Transport Brewery is Shawnee's first craft brewery — a community taproom opened in 2019 by four Johnson County homebrewers in a century-old building on…
- Trapp & Company Tier 1
One of the Midwest's most respected floral and interior design firms, founded in Westport in 1969 by Bob Trapp — a Kansas institution-builder who also…
- Triune Tier 2
Triune is a locally owned American-fusion small-plates restaurant on the Crossroads–Westside edge, opened in July 2024 by Steven Blakley's UHungry…
- Truly Madly Depot Tier 2
Truly Madly Depot is an independent stationery, paper, and gift shop at 5727 Johnson Drive in downtown Mission, Kansas, opened in February 2024 by…
- Turath Coffee Tier 2
Turath Coffee is Waseem and Loai Nasser's Arabic-style café at 9916 College Blvd, Overland Park — opened March 2026, Overland Park's only Arabic coffee…
- Turnsol Books Tier 2
Turnsol Books is Kansas City's first worker-owned bookstore — a collectively run literary space, coffee shop, maker studio, and art venue tucked into the…
- Two Brothers Bistro Tier 1
Two Brothers Bistro is a small, locally owned coffee shop and breakfast-and-lunch cafe at 501 S Sterling Ave in Sugar Creek, Missouri, on the eastern…
- Ugly Glass & Co. Tier 1
Ugly Glass & Co. is a two-floor, 10,000-plus-square-foot vintage-and-handmade market in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1285 Hickory Street, in a…
- Una Mas Empanadas Tier 2
Una Mas Empanadas is an Argentine empanada stall inside Parlor KC food hall at 1809 Grand Blvd in the Crossroads, opened October 2024 by Silvia Herrera —…
- Uncle Jim's Pool Hall Tier 2
Uncle Jim's Pool Hall is an upscale pool hall and cocktail lounge at 4127 Mill Street in southwest Westport, part of the "Horseshoe" district run by…
- Underdog Wine Co. Tier 1
Curated natural and small-production wine shop at the Crestwood Shops in Kansas City's Mission Hills corridor, founded in 2014 by Ryan and Jenny Sciara.…
- Unforked Tier 2
Unforked is a Kansas City–area fast-casual "real food" restaurant founded in 2011 by Jim Sheridan — the same Sheridan family behind Sheridan's Frozen…
- Union on the Hill Tier 1
Union on the Hill is a chef-owned New American restaurant in the historic Union Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, opened in late 2022 / early…
- Unwind Fiber Arts Tier 1
A hand-dyed and luxury yarn boutique in downtown Lee's Summit, opened by a knitter who couldn't buy the yarn she wanted in her own town — now a gathering…
- Up Dog Tier 1
Up Dog is a specialty hot-dog shop on the Independence Square, opened in 2011 by Ken and Cindy McClain — the husband-and-wife team widely credited with…
- Upper Crust Pie Bakery Tier 1
Upper Crust Pie Bakery is a Kansas institution — a sisters-owned, family-recipe pie bakery in downtown Overland Park, operating since 2005, named best…
- Urban Prairie Coffee Tier 2
Urban Prairie Coffee is an independent, woman-owned coffee shop at 5606B Johnson Drive in downtown Mission, Kansas. Opened in September 2018 by Julie and…
- Urban Restaurant Tier 1
Urban Restaurant is a full-service Asian-soul food fusion restaurant opened March 2024 at 3420 Troost Ave by Justin Clark (CEO, RJ Culinary Group) and…
- V's Italiano Ristorante Tier 1
V's Italiano Ristorante is a family-owned Italian restaurant in Independence, MO founded in 1963 by Vita ("V") and Jay Totta — now in its third…
- Varsity Club (Disco Burger) Tier 1
Varsity Club is a neighborhood cocktail bar and smash burger joint in River Market — 319 Delaware Street, opened 2024. The bar concept comes from…
- Veil Cafe Tier 2
Veil Cafe is an independent, owner-operated coffee shop in downtown Kansas City's Garment District, at 800 Broadway Blvd. Opened in early 2026 by Benicio…
- Ventana Gourmet Grill Tier 1
Ventana Gourmet Grill is an upscale yet casual American restaurant and wine bar located in a historic downtown building in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.…
- Verbena Tier 1
the Quillec family's New American / New England-style restaurant at The Inn at Meadowbrook, opened in 2020 to reflect Joanne Quillec's Philadelphia/East…
- Verdant Tier 2
Verdant is a botanical gift store and florist in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, founded around 2019–2020 by Chentell Shannon as the curated…
- Verdigris Tier 1
Verdigris is an upscale cocktail bar and lounge at 5245 W 116th Pl in the Park Place development in Leawood, Kansas, opened in June 2020 by the team…
- Vetta Italian Eatery Tier 2
Vetta Italian Eatery is an Italian restaurant at 219 SE Main St in downtown Lee's Summit, opened in March 2025 by the Edwards family — Josh, Lanni, and…
- Vietnam Cafe Tier 1
Longstanding family-run Vietnamese restaurant in Kansas City's Columbus Park / River Market, renowned for its pho and regarded as a pioneer of the city's…
- Vietnam Cafe (Overland Park) Tier 1
Second location of Kansas City's 30-year Vietnamese institution, Vietnam Cafe — opened June 13, 2026 at 9500 W. 135th St. in Overland Park by the same…
- Vietnam Cafe 39 Tier 1
Family-legacy Vietnamese restaurant at 3934 Rainbow Blvd in KCK's Rosedale neighborhood, near KU Medical Center — operated by Dino Lam and his brother,…
- Vine Street Brewing Co. Tier 1
Missouri's first Black-owned brewery, opened June 30, 2023 in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. Founded by three local Black entrepreneurs — Kemet…
- Vine Street Chicken Co. Tier 1
Vine Street Chicken Co. is an "urban chicken joint" soft-launched February 2026 inside vine-street-brewing-co (Missouri's first Black-owned brewery) at…
- Vintage '78 Wine Bar Tier 1
Vintage '78 Wine Bar is a refined, 21-and-up wine destination in downtown Overland Park, operated by Kansas City–raised culinary veteran Michael…
- Vintner KC Tier 1
Vintner KC is Tony Marin's California-style wine tasting room in Westwood, Kansas — 4711 Rainbow Blvd, Woodside Village development, opened March 2025.…
- Viona's Italian Bistro Tier 2
Viona's Italian Bistro is a from-scratch southern Italian restaurant in downtown Overland Park run by Benny and Kika Morina — built on Sicilian family…
- Virgil's Plant Shop Tier 1
Virgil's Plant Shop is a houseplant retailer in Kansas City's Longfellow neighborhood (Midtown KCMO), founded by KC native Reba Hamilton in 2019. It…
- Vita's Place Tier 1
Vita's Place is Ryan and Jenny Sciara's East Coast-inspired wine bar at 5514 Oak St in the Crestwood Shops, Brookside — opened mid-December 2023. Named…
- Viva Social Dance Studio Tier 2
Viva Social Dance Studio is the Kansas City area's only dedicated Latin dance studio — a Shawnee, KS school (5722 Nieman Rd) teaching leveled Salsa,…
- Vivilore Tier 1
Vivilore is an independently owned American restaurant, art gallery, and three-floor antiques-and-home-decor shop housed in a historic brick building in…
- Vocci Italian Ravioli & Food Products Tier 1
Vocci Italian Ravioli & Food Products is a family-run Italian pasta maker and storefront at 559 Campbell St in Columbus Park (Kansas City's Little…
- Vulcan's Forge Tier 1
Vulcan's Forge is a custom goldsmith and bench-jewelry maker founded in 1986 by owner Russell Criswell, who designs, fabricates, and repairs fine jewelry…
- Vulpes Bastille Tier 1
Vulpes Bastille is an artist-run gallery and studio space in Kansas City's East Crossroads at 1737 Locust Street (18th & Locust), in a 100-year-old…
- Wah Gwan Tier 1
a Black woman-owned Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican + Nigerian) restaurant at 6228 Troost Ave founded by Jamaica-born chef Tanyech "Tan" Yarbrough, 2025 winner…
- Waldo Jewelers Tier 1
Waldo Jewelers is an owner-operated custom jewelry atelier and manufacturing studio founded in 2009 by goldsmith Michael Marentes and named for the Waldo…
- Waldo Pizza Tier 2
a Waldo-neighborhood pizzeria since the late 1980s, known for KC-style pies; its St. Louis-style thin crust was named Missouri's best slice by Food…
- Waldo Thai In Memoriam
Chef-owned Thai restaurant in Waldo led by James Beard Award semifinalist Pam Liberda, known for regional and homestyle Northern Thai (Lanna) cooking.…
- Walsh's Corner Cocktails Tier 1
Walsh's Corner Cocktails is a 45+ year Waldo neighborhood dive bar opened April 1, 1978 at 304 W 85th St by Pat Walsh, who has owned and operated it…
- Walters Dance Center Tier 1
Walters Dance Center is a 40-plus-year Kansas City, Kansas social-dance institution at 5023 Minnesota Ave — founded by and named for nationally…
- Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing & Gallery Tier 1
Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing & Gallery is a family-owned custom picture-framing workshop and fine-art gallery on East 63rd Street in the Brookside East…
- West Bottoms Plant Co. Tier 2
West Bottoms Plant Co. is a queer-owned plant store and creative community hub at 1501 W 12th St in the West Bottoms (12th Street Post building), founded…
- Westport Ale House (In Memoriam) In Memoriam
In memoriam — Westport Ale House. A decade-long Westport sports-bar staple at 4128 Broadway, on the corner of Archibald and Broadway, opened in 2014 and…
- Westport Cafe & Bar Tier 1
a French-American bistro in the heart of Westport, open since 2011 and chef-owned since 2015 by Romain Monnoyeur, Kevin Mouhot, and Nicolas Mermet;…
- Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill Tier 2
Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill is a 45-year Westport institution — founded in 1981 by Mel Kleb in the middle of an actual flea market, taken over in…
- Westside Local Tier 1
Westside-anchored neighborhood restaurant; name encodes the operation's identity ("Westside Local"); part of the broader Westside neighborhood-restaurant…
- Westside Storey Tier 1
Westside Storey is a Kansas City apparel-and-gifts shop on the Westside, founded in April 2013 by owner Chris Harrington, that champions local KC brands…
- Whistle Stop Coffee & Mercantile Tier 1
Whistle Stop Coffee & Mercantile is a locally owned, independent coffee shop in the heart of downtown Lee's Summit, operating on historic Main Street for…
- Wicked Grain Tier 2
Wicked Grain is a family-owned custom furniture maker in Overland Park, Kansas, founded by Jacob "Jake" Matz around 2012 out of a high-school art-class…
- Wild About Harry Tier 2
Wild About Harry is a men's gift-and-goods shop on the Independence Square at 104 W Maple Avenue in Independence, Missouri, stocking clothing, grooming…
- Willa's Books & Vinyl In Memoriam
Willa's Books & Vinyl was an independent, Black-owned bookstore and record shop on the Troost corridor in Kansas City, MO, founded by Willa Robinson —…
- Willow Spring Mercantile Tier 1
Willow Spring Mercantile is a long-running bistro, gift shop, and Missouri wine specialist in historic downtown Excelsior Springs. Opened in 2005 by Jim…
- Windhorse Tattooing Tier 1
Windhorse Tattooing (operating as Windhorse Tattoo / Windhorse Tattooing and Art Gallery) is a custom tattoo studio and art gallery in Kansas City's…
- Wing Lovers USA Tier 1
a Black-owned, halal chicken-wing and seafood spot at 2313 E 12th St on Kansas City's East Side that grew from a catering operation into a restaurant…
- Wolfpack BBQ Tier 1
an independent, pitmaster-owned barbecue (and burger) restaurant at 910 E 5th St in Columbus Park, downtown Kansas City. Co-founded by pitmaster Jared…
- Wonderland Tier 2
Wonderland (full trade name Wonderland Vintage, Unique & Curio) is a vintage clothing, jewelry, and oddities shop in Old Westport, Kansas City MO, run by…
- WyCo Vintage Tier 1
WyCo Vintage is a Kansas City vintage-apparel shop on Broadway Boulevard, founded by Wyandotte County native Patrick Klima, who named the business after…
- Xaboo Mephaa Tier 1
Xaboo Mephaa — "people who speak Tlapanec" in the Me'phaa language — is Lee's Summit's indigenous-Guerrero restaurant, serving pre-colonial dishes from…
- XO HiFi Tier 1
XO HiFi is Kansas City's first Japanese-inspired "listening bar" — an all-seated Westside room at 709 W 17th St where the sound system is the point:…
- Xuyen Vietnamese Cafe KC Tier 1
Xuyen Vietnamese Cafe KC (also listed as My Xuyen Vietnamese Cafe) is a family-run, veteran-owned Vietnamese restaurant at 6920 N Oak Trafficway in…
- Yafa Cafe Tier 1
Yafa Cafe is a family-owned Palestinian and Mediterranean restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in 2020 by Palestinian immigrants who bring "a…
- Yasmeen Cafe Tier 2
Yasmeen Cafe is Abdul Hatimi's Somali-East African restaurant on Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast — opened December 2018 to serve…
- Yoli Tortillería Tier 1
a Westside KC maker of stone-ground heirloom-corn and Sonoran-style flour tortillas, founded in 2017 by husband-and-wife team Marissa and Mark…
- Yummi Crab Tier 2
Yummi Crab is a Cajun-style seafood boil restaurant at 6571 N Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, serving crab, shrimp, and combo boils in garlic-butter and…
- Yuva Eats Tier 2
Yuva Eats is Hemanta Timsina's Indian-Nepalese restaurant at 14967 W 119th St in Olathe — opened 2019. Timsina was born in Nepal, trained at culinary…
- Zaina Mediterranean Cuisine & Catering Tier 2
Zaina Mediterranean Cuisine & Catering is Lebanese immigrant Joe Semaan's Crown Center restaurant, named for his daughter Zaina. Open since 2010, it's…
- Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine Tier 2
Mediterranean restaurant at 1599 Iron St. in North Kansas City's Iron District container park — announced Spring 2026 by owners Frank and Kari Cottrell;…
- Zarda Bar-B-Q Tier 1
Zarda Bar-B-Q is a multi-generational, family-owned Kansas City barbecue institution founded by the Zarda brothers in Blue Springs, Missouri in 1976,…
- Zen Donkey Tier 2
Zen Donkey is a Fairway, KS wellness café and juicery opened in August 2025 by Kate Barker Sternberg and Andy Sternberg of Greenwood, MO. The concept…
- Zero Zero Handmade Pasta Tier 2
Zero Zero Handmade Pasta is Mitch Fagan and Leah Steinberg's Westside pasta studio — born as a COVID side project in 2020, open as a brick-and-mortar…
- Zhoug Mediterranean Tier 2
Zhoug Mediterranean is an independent Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant at 16728 City Center Dr in Lenexa City Center (opened 2024/2025), founded by…
- Zócalo Mexican Cuisine & Tequileria (CLOSED) In Memoriam
CLOSED — not an active Registry record. Zócalo Mexican Cuisine & Tequileria was a Country Club Plaza Mexican restaurant and tequila bar opened ~2011/2012…
- Zoo Bar Tier 1
Zoo Bar is a cash-only downtown Kansas City dive bar at 1220 McGee Street, on the southeast corner of 12th & McGee, that has poured on the same block…
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