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1587 Prime is a contemporary steakhouse on the first floor of Loews Kansas City Hotel at 1500 Baltimore Ave / 1515 Wyandotte complex, downtown.…

Restaurant · Smithville

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…

Coffee · Hyde Park

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…

Pizza · Westwood

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…

Restaurant · KCK

1930 Classic Kitchen is a chef-run soul-food and American-comfort counter at 1930 North 77th Street in western Kansas City, Kansas — the address is the…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Troost

1VP Restaurant is a Jamaican restaurant at 6024 Troost Avenue, opened in the summer of 2020 by chef Patrick Bogle and his wife and business partner…

BBQ · Liberty

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…

Restaurant · Independence

A homebrew club turned corner taproom on Independence Square, named for the three overland trails — Santa Fe, Oregon, and California — that once departed…

30hop is a multi-state American bar-and-kitchen brand (Iowa roots, founded 2014 Coralville) with a Kansas City–metro dining room at 1020 NW Pryor Rd…

Restaurant · Liberty

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…

Restaurant · Midtown

39th Street Brewery is an independent neighborhood craft brewery and taproom on West 39th Street in Kansas City's Volker neighborhood, pouring…

Vintage · West Bottoms

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…

Restaurant

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

69 Sushi is a 168-seat all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in the Stanley Square shopping center at 151st Street and U.S. 69 in south Overland Park — the…

Specialty Grocery · Overland Park

888 International Market is the largest Asian and international grocery in the Kansas City metro area, a locally owned independent supermarket in…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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"…

Mexican · KCK

A & J Molcajete is a family-run taquería in a strip on State Avenue at 26th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, in the storefront that was Los Amigos Mexican…

Restaurant · Independence

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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,…

Barber · Northland

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 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…

Restaurant · Parkville

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…

German · Crossroads

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…

Afghan International Market — trading in English as both Afghan International Market and Afghan Market, and in Dari on its own signage and Facebook posts…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Afi is Howard Hanna's natural wine bar and contemporary restaurant in the Crossroads — 1989 Main Street, opened early 2023. Open-fire hearth cooking,…

Africa 2000 is an independent African and Afrocentric goods retailer at 19 E. 3rd Street in Kansas City's River Market, operating as a merchant of the…

Restaurant · Lenexa

a Cameroonian / West African restaurant inside the Lenexa Public Market, owned by Cameroon-born high-school sweethearts Neba Ngwa & Stella Musongong, who…

Restaurant · Hyde Park

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…

Mexican · Olathe

Agaves Mexican Grill is Gerardo Jaime's seafood-forward Mexican restaurant in Olathe — opened April 2026 in the former Salty Iguana space at Ridgeview…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

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…

Restaurant · Brookside

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…

Japanese · Downtown KC

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 and Tim's Bar & Grill is a family-owned neighborhood bar at 10911 Missouri 45 (NW Hwy 45), Parkville, MO 64152, in Platte County. It was opened in…

Restaurant · Northeast

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…

Specialty Grocery · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Northeast

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…

Restaurant · West 39th Street

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. (Aládùn Afro-Latin Dance School) is a Kansas City Afro-Latin dance school built around salsa On2, bachata, and Afro-Cuban movement —…

Lebanese · South KC

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…

Albers Medical Pharmacy is an independent, family-owned pharmacy founded in 1976 in the Broadway Medical Building just north of the Country Club Plaza,…

Restaurant · Gladstone

Aldeera Mediterranean Grill is a family-owned Iraqi and Mediterranean restaurant at 6433 N Prospect Ave in Gladstone, Missouri — previously operating as…

Restaurant · Southwest Boulevard

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…

America Bowman Restaurant is the street-level dining room of the Weston Brewing Company / O'Malley hospitality cluster at 500 Welt St, Weston, Missouri —…

BBQ · Independence

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…

Winery · West Bottoms

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…

Mexican · Turner KCK

Amigos Grill & Cantina is a large, family-friendly Mexican-American sports bar at South 47th Street and Shawnee Drive in the Turner area of Kansas City,…

Amino Brothers Co., Inc. is a heavy and highway construction contractor on Kaw Drive in western Kansas City, Kansas, founded by John Amino in the early…

Restaurant · Olathe

Amruta's Vilas on Wheels is a South Indian tiffin-and-Indo-Chinese food van that lives in the parking lot of the Flash Petro gas station on West 135th…

Coffee Shop · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

Swiss-immigrant family confectionery + pâtisserie + tea room operating in Kansas City since October 1955; the Bollier family across three generations;…

Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Doonesbury, Garfield, Cathy, FoxTrot and Peanuts are all syndicated out of a building on Walnut Street in downtown…

Añejo Modern Mexican Cuisine is a family-run modern Mexican group started in Olathe in late 2021 by Jaquelinne Ortiz and her father Angel Ortiz.…

Japanese · Crossroads

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…

Laotian · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Downtown KC

Anthony's Restaurant & Lounge is a three-generation Italian family restaurant at 701 Grand Blvd in Downtown Kansas City — open since 1978, with the…

Restaurant · Lenexa

Antojitos del Peru is Norma Palomino's Peruvian restaurant at 7809 Quivira Rd in Lenexa — the only Peruvian spot consistently surfacing in KC-area…

Restaurant · Crossroads Art District

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…

Restaurant · Olathe

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…

Coffee · Olathe

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…

Coffee · Waldo

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…

American · Overland Park

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…

Breakfast · Overland Park

AR's Breakfast & Brunch is an independent, locally owned Mexican-American breakfast and brunch restaurant in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, opened in…

The Arabia Steamboat Museum holds the largest collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world, and it is a family business. The steamboat Arabia hit a…

Ceramics · Midtown

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…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

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…

Armourdale Furniture & Appliance Company has sold furniture at 633 Kansas Avenue in Armourdale since the late 1930s, which by its own reckoning makes it…

American · Smithville

Aroma Bistro is an upscale American bistro in Smithville, Missouri, that opened around 2019. Located in an unassuming strip mall setting off Highway 169,…

Restaurant · Liberty

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…

Pizza · Midtown

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…

BBQ · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Garment District

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,…

Coffee Shop · South KC

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,…

Restaurant · Olathe

Asian Pearl is a family-run pan-Asian restaurant at the northeast corner of 119th Street and Ridgeview Road in Olathe, open since the spring of 2010. In…

Restaurant · Excelsior Springs

Atlas Saloon is a historic bar and brewery at 100 West Broadway in downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, operating continuously in the same location…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

Pizza · Olathe

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…

Avenue Pawn & Fine Jewelry is an independent pawnbroker and jewelry counter at Independence Avenue and Chestnut Trafficway in Kansas City's Historic…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

A taqueria on the Central Avenue taco trail in Kansas City, Kansas, serving Jalisco-style tacos, tortas, and fried potato tacos to the neighborhood.

Comics · Overland Park

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…

B's Bagels & Bialys is a weekend-only, family-run bagel and bialy bakery with a walk-up storefront at 100 Main St., Suite C, Belton, MO 64012, in…

Restaurant · 63rd Street Corridor

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…

Middle Eastern · Prairie Village

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,…

Italian · Brookside

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…

Pottery · Kansas City

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…

Back Roads Art is a folk-art gallery at 416 Main Street in Weston, Platte County, Missouri, stocking metalwork, chainsaw carvings and Native American art…

Bad to the Bones is a smash-burger, smoked-wings and live-music bar at 308 S Hudson Street in downtown Buckner, Missouri — eastern Jackson County, not…

Ball's Food Stores is a Kansas City, Kansas grocery company that has been owned and run by the same family since 1923, when Sidney and Mollie Ball bought…

Restaurant · Leawood

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.…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Bánh Mì KC is a Vietnamese sandwich counter that opened in October 2025 inside 888 International Market, the big Asian supermarket on West 119th Street…

a rooftop bar and restaurant at 708 E. 18th St. in the East Crossroads, opened June 2026 atop the Holtman building. Developed by Zach Molzer of Molzer…

Restaurant · Northeast

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,…

Barakah Halal Market is a family-owned halal grocer and butcher in Gladstone stocking Mediterranean and international specialty groceries, with fresh…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Baramee Thai Bistro is Chef Nutnisa Hoffman's Northeastern Thai restaurant in the Crossroads, opened January 2019. Nutnisa grew up near Bangkok (family…

Mexican · Troost

Barbacoa is a 40-seat, dinner-only Mexican restaurant at 55th & Troost that cooks with Kansas City barbecue technique — hickory offset smoke and live…

Barbacoa de Pecoso is a Kansas City, Kansas food truck and market vendor selling barbacoa, carnitas, al pastor, chicken fajita and vegetable tacos on…

Mexican · Brookside

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…

Battle Axes on Main is a family-owned axe-throwing venue on Main Street in downtown Belton, Missouri, with six lanes, Shakespeare's Pizza on site, and no…

Baxter's Coffee + Donuts is a Lee's Summit–based donut and coffee brand from Temp-Stop, LLC, the convenience-store company run by Terry S. Green (born…

Sandwiches · West Plaza

Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches is a locally owned Kansas City sandwich shop founded by Bay Area transplant Julian Garcia and his longtime friend Jake…

Outdoor · Raytown

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…

Vietnamese · Northland

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

BBQ · South KC

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…

Home Decor · Independence Square

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 &…

Coffee Shop · Blue Springs

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…

Beaver Drill & Tool Company is a family-owned industrial distributor on Mission Road in the Rosedale end of Kansas City, Kansas, founded in 1954. It…

Instrument Maker · Crossroads

Beckmann Violin Shop is a family-run violin maker and repair atelier in Kansas City's Crossroads district, where Ken Beckmann — a nationally recognized…

Bee Creek Bistro is a bakery and breakfast-and-lunch cafe at 242 Main Street in downtown Platte City, Missouri, reopened in December 2025 under new local…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Mexican · West 39th Street

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…

Florist · Lee's Summit

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,…

Coffee · Overland Park

Bel-Air Coffee & Cafe is a small, music-themed coffee shop on the ground floor of the Bel-Air office building at 95th Street and Nall Avenue in Overland…

Woodworking · Lenexa

Belak Woodworking is an owner-operated, locally owned custom woodworking shop in the Kansas City metro, founded more than 30 years ago by…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

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…

Italian · Brookside

Bella Napoli is a family-owned Italian grocery, deli, pizzeria and full-service restaurant in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, opened by Jake…

Antiques · West Bottoms

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…

Restaurant · Olathe

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…

Apparel · Westwood

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…

Belvoir Winery & Inn is a family-owned winery, tasting room, inn, and historic event venue at 1325 Odd Fellows Rd, Liberty, MO, on the former Odd Fellows…

Bentley Guitar Studios sits on Main Street in downtown Parkville and does the three things a real guitar shop has to do at once: sell instruments, teach…

Mexican · Downtown KC

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Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

American · Shawnee

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…

Dessert · Prairie Village

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…

Restaurant · Strawberry Hill

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…

Restaurant · KCK

KCK butcher institution operating since 1946; Bichelmeyer family meat-cutting in KC for five generations going back to 1880; survived the 1951 Kansas…

Bicycle Depot KC opened in Waldo on 15 March 2022 — the Ides of March, as owner Dave Reinert put it — filling the hole left when the neighborhood's…

Restaurant · East Side

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 Daddy's Donuts is a Cass County donut shop opened 2012 by Bill Boos. Current counters: 1280 W Foxwood Drive, Raymore (Willowwind) and 801 E North…

Prairie Village, the Iowa brewery's first Kansas City metro location, opened May 2026 at 7060 Mission Rd on the upper level of The Shops of Prairie…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Outdoor · West Bottoms

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…

BBQ · East Side

Big T's Bar-B-Q is a no-frills, wood-only barbecue counter with a drive-thru at 62nd & Blue Parkway on Kansas City's east side. Owner and pitmaster…

Bike America is a family-owned bike shop that has been part of the Kansas City metro's cycling trade for decades, trading online as bikekc.com and…

Restaurant · Leawood

Billie's Grocery is a health-forward, mostly-organic scratch café, bakery and grab-and-go market founded by nutritional therapist and serial KC…

American · Smithville

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…

Boutique · Crossroads

Birdies is an independent, artist-owned lingerie boutique in Kansas City's West Crossroads, founded in 2003 by contemporary artist Peregrine Honig (with…

Coffee Shop · Westside

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…

Restaurant · Brookside

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…

Bakery Cafe · Mission

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…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

Ethiopian · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Troost Corridor

French pastry shop and specialty bakery at 5531 Troost Ave, opened 2020 by Jason Provo (JCCC pastry program graduate; five years at Dean & DeLuca,…

Restaurant · Midtown

Blanc Champagne Bar opened October 2024 in Midtown's historic Netherland Building (3835 Main St), bringing European everyday-champagne culture to KC.…

Bleu House Bistro is a French-leaning brunch and weekend-dinner restaurant in a two-story blue house at 15800 E US Highway 24, Independence. First-party…

BBQ · Shawnee

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.…

Roaster Cafe · West Bottoms

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…

Bliss Books & Wine is an independent bookstore and wine bar at 3502 Gillham Rd in Midtown Kansas City, MO — the ground floor of the International…

Books · Midtown

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…

Bloom Baking Company is a scratch bakery and lunch counter in the City Market, at 15 E 3rd St, Kansas City, MO 64106, trading since March 2010. It was…

American · Westside

Blue Bird Bistro is an owner-operated organic, scratch-made farm-to-table restaurant in Kansas City's Westside neighborhood, serving locally and…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

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 —…

Restaurant · Leawood

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;…

Restaurant · River Market

the Ethiopian restaurant in the historic City Market, owner-operated by Ethiopian immigrants Daniel and Selam Fikru since 1995 and a City Market fixture…

Blue Parkway Sun Fresh is the full-service grocery store anchoring the Shops on Blue Parkway on Kansas City's East Side, owned and operated since 2020 by…

Restaurant · Westport

Colby + Megan Garrelts chef-owner fine-dining operation in Westport; opened March 15, 2004; closed December 19, 2020 after 17 years. Helped redevelop…

Bluto's Fish & Chicken is a halal fried-fish, wings and burger counter at 9260 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64138, in south Kansas City near the…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

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…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

Mexican · KCK

Family-owned Michoacán-style Mexican market and eatery in downtown Kansas City, Kansas — combining a carnicería, grocery, bakery, and taquería at 1150…

Boomerang is a Westport vintage clothing store, open since 1989, that racks its inventory by decade from the 1940s through the 1980s and has become the…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

Booth Creek Wagyu is a Kansas-raised wagyu beef retail butcher/market founded by Dave Dreiling — rancher and entrepreneur who launched the Booth Creek…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Botánica Guadalupe is a religious-goods shop and spiritual-consultation counter at 4005 Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, run by…

Antiques · West Bottoms

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…

Brewery · Southwest Boulevard

Kansas City-founded brewery (John McDonald, 1989) acquired by Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat in October 2013 for an estimated $110 million. The Tier 3…

In Theatre** — a family-operated outdoor movie theatre on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas, and one of the last operating drive-ins in the metro.…

Bramble & Stem is an independent florist at 410 East Gregory in the Waldo Design District of Kansas City, Missouri, led by Katherine Taylor (maiden name…

Breit's Stein and Deli is a neighborhood pub and sandwich counter at 412 N 5th Street, at Elizabeth, in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas — best known…

Restaurant · Midtown

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,…

Restaurant · Union Hill

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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,…

Nightclub · Westport

In memoriam — Bridgers KC. A hip-hop-themed Westport nightclub at 504 Westport Road, opened by Brett Allred around 2016 (under earlier names) and…

Bristol Seafood Grill is a multi-location upscale seafood brand with Kansas City–metro dining rooms at downtown Power & Light (51 E 14th St, rebranded…

Mexican · Westport

Brix Cantina (formerly Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine) is a family-owned Mexican cantina and cocktail lounge in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City,…

Restaurant · Excelsior Springs

Broadway Bar & Grill is a family-owned establishment in historic downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, offering a great atmosphere for dining and…

Broadway Butcher Shop is a Midtown Kansas City butcher counter and small specialty grocer on Broadway Boulevard at 38th, open since 2012. Alongside…

Roaster Cafe · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Gladstone

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…

Jewelry · Corinth Square

Independent fine jewelry store at Corinth Square (83rd & Mission Rd, Prairie Village / Mission Hills area), opened August 2024 by Doug and Adriani…

Brookside 66 Service is a working service station at 63rd and Main that has pumped fuel and repaired cars on the same corner since the 1930s — one of the…

Brookside Animal Clinic is a veterinarian-owned small-animal general practice at 210 West 85th Street in Waldo, operating from the same building for more…

Barbershop · Brookside

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…

Pet Supplies · Brookside

Kansas City's original all-natural pet food and grooming shop, founded in Brookside in 2003 and now operating eight metro-area locations under…

Toys · Brookside

Brookside Toy & Science is a beloved independent toy and science store in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, in continuous operation…

American · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Leawood

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…

Browne's Irish Marketplace at 33rd and Pennsylvania is the oldest continuously operated Irish business outside Ireland — a distinction verified by…

Toys · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Blue Springs

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" —…

Argentine · Shawnee

Buenos Aires Restaurante is an Argentine-European restaurant, café and bakery in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, owned by chef Claudia Luna West, who was born…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Buffalo State Pizza Co. is a Kansas City-local, owner-operated New York-style pizza company with two locations — downtown Overland Park and the…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Burg & Barrel is a JoCo multi-location burger-and-craft-beer brand founded ~2013 by Jake and Amanda (Mandy) Chappelow. Four dining rooms (Overland Park,…

Burge Bird Services is a bird-only veterinary hospital on 71 Highway in Grandview, founded in 1990 and run ever since by Julie Burge, DVM as a solo…

BBQ · Lee's Summit

Creative barbecue and fire kitchen operating as a permanent food trailer residency at Diametric Brewing Co. (949 NE Columbus St, Lee's Summit, MO) —…

BBQ · Crown Center

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…

Burrito Bros is a build-your-own Mexican counter at 407 Main Street inside the City Market, in the River Market — open since 2008, advertising more than…

Burritos al Estilo Durango is a Historic Northeast Mexican counter-service restaurant specializing in Durango-style burritos and Mexican breakfast at…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

A second-generation, from-scratch Mexican spot on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, built on Juárez- and home-style burritos.

Restaurant · Blue Springs

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…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

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…

Bar · Westport

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,…

Restaurant · KCK

Byrd's Hot Chicken is a halal Nashville-style hot-chicken counter in Unit B of the small strip at 3801 Leavenworth Road in Kansas City, Kansas, directly…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant

Cacao Restaurante was a locally owned modern-Mexican restaurant, a partnership of Kansas City restaurateurs Ivan Marquez and Victor Esqueda (the owner of…

Cactus Grill is a locally-owned Tex-Mex restaurant chain founded in Leawood in 1993, expanded to Overland Park's Bluhawk in 2020 and to Lenexa City…

Café 333 is a sober jazz bar and small-plates restaurant at 333 Southwest Blvd. in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, opened around November 2025 in…

Coffee Shop · Downtown KC

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…

Coffee Shop · Crossroads

Café Corazón is Kansas City's first Latin American and Indigenous coffeehouse and roastery — a family business founded in 2019 by Miel Castagna-Herrera,…

Restaurant · Parkville

Café des Amis is a romantic, long-standing French bistro located upstairs in a historic building in downtown Parkville, Missouri. Owned by Champagne…

Coffee Shop · Shawnee

Café Equinox is a "caffeine and chlorophyll" coffee concept embedded inside Family Tree Nursery's garden centers — a fraternal collaboration of the…

Café Europa Gourmet Market & Bakery no longer operates under that name. The European-style market, café, and bakery began in 2001 as Europa! See the…

Coffee Shop · Crossroads

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…

Cafe Provecho is a Latino-owned specialty coffee shop at 1523 Main St., Grandview, MO 64030, just west of Interstate 49 in downtown Grandview. Married…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

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…

Restaurant · Independence Square

Café Verona is an Italian restaurant at 206 W Lexington Ave on Independence Square in Independence, MO, operated by McClain Restaurant Group (Ken & Cindy…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Cafe Vie is a counter-service Korean-and-Vietnamese café at 10330 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park — pho, bún bowls and spring rolls on one side of the menu,…

Caffetteria Modern Cafe + Marketplace is an Italian-heritage cafe and grab-and-go marketplace at 25 On The Mall in the Shops of Prairie Village. Founded…

Mexican · KCK

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…

Callie Mae's Barkery & Bath is an independent dog bakery, pet-supply shop and self-service dog wash at 7140 Wornall Rd, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64114,…

Restaurant · North Kansas City

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,…

Mexican · Westport

family-owned Westport (KCMO) Mexican restaurant of ~two decades, widely credited as one of KC's earliest quesabirria operators and a recurring editorial…

Mexican · Rosedale KCK

Caporales Mexican Food is a small, family-run Mexican restaurant in a strip building on Merriam Lane in the Rosedale district of Kansas City, Kansas, a…

American · Smithville

Captain's Corner is a family-owned multi-purpose establishment in the unincorporated village of Paradise, Missouri, right next to Smithville Lake. Owned…

Captain's Sports Lounge is a locally owned sports bar and scratch-leaning kitchen at 301 SW Eagles Pkwy, Grain Valley, MO 64029. The company was founded…

Car No. 551 is a grab-and-go deli, bar and micro event venue built inside "Trolley Tom" — a 1947 PCC streetcar permanently parked at 426 Delaware St in…

Carbal is a bilingual work-boot, tool, and roofing-supply store at 4616 Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, founded by Manuel Botas…

Restaurant · Lenexa

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…

Cargo Cantina is the Mexican street-food counter at the Iron District container park, 1599 Iron St, North Kansas City — tacos, burritos and quesadillas,…

Caribe Blue Restaurant was a Latin-Caribbean restaurant at 402 N 5th St on Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas, beside the Strawberry Hill Museum. It…

Mexican · Raytown

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.

Mexican · Olathe

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…

Carne Diem — Fine Meats & Pantry is a whole-animal and seafood butchery at 4179 N Mulberry Dr in the Village at Briarcliff, Kansas City's Northland. It…

Mexican · Armourdale

Hybrid butcher shop, fresh tortilleria, taqueria, and Latin grocery at 830 Kansas Ave in KCK's Armourdale neighborhood — operated by Victor Contreras and…

Italian · River Market

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)…

Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch — for most of its life known as Carolyn's Country Cousins — is an 80-acre working farm northeast of Liberty that Carolyn and…

Carter Broadcast Group is the Kansas City family radio company behind Hot 103 Jamz (KPRS-FM), Gospel 1590/106.1 (KPRT) and RNB 106.9 — founded in 1950…

Mexican · Prairie Village

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…

Mexican · Olathe

Casa Amigos is a family-owned Mexican restaurant and margarita bar at 159th Terrace and Mur-Len in southeast Olathe — the same dining room that operated…

Restaurant

Casa Mexico is a Kansas City-metro group of authentic, full-service Mexican restaurants built by Guadalajara-born restaurateur Jose Gutierrez, who came…

Restaurant · Northland

Cascone's Italian Restaurant is a four-generation Sicilian family dynasty in Kansas City's Northland — open since May 1954, currently run by Jimmy,…

Restaurant · Southwest Blvd

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…

Bar · Crossroads

Casual Animal Brewing Company is an independent, locally owned craft brewery and taproom in the Crossroads Arts District, founded by husband-and-wife…

Barbershop · Gladstone

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…

Restaurant · Blue Hills

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,…

Catfish Charlie's at the Sni Landing is a creekside fried-seafood restaurant and lounge on Route 224 outside Wellington, Missouri, with a patio over the…

Catrina's Tacos & Tequilas is a modern Mexican restaurant and tequila bar at 19801 E Valley View Parkway, Independence (Eastland / Valley View). Own…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

Cerbera Gallery, at 2011 Baltimore Ave in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, is a salon-style contemporary gallery known for its ceramics program…

Cernech Machine Works is a job machine shop at 1033 Argentine Boulevard in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, operated by David Darling…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Chai Cafe is a Pakistani chai house and halal kitchen in the Stanley Square shopping center at 151st Street and U.S. 69 in south Overland Park, opened in…

Coffee · Westport

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…

Champ Fit KC — formally Championship Greatness Fitness Collective — is a boxing and fitness gym at 2695 Troost Avenue founded by Marcellus and Stephanie…

Mexican · North Kansas City

Champion Burritos (North Kansas City) is the original location — founder Ernesto Aguirre launched the concept here in 2011, out of a North Kansas City…

Mexican · Shawnee

Champion Burritos is an independent Mexican fast-casual restaurant with an unusual origin story: founder Ernesto Aguirre launched the concept in 2011 out…

American · North Kansas City

North Kansas City American restaurant and sports bar housing one of the nation's largest privately-assembled sports-memorabilia collections (10,000+…

BBQ · Westport

a Southern-inspired Kansas City smokehouse and beer-garden in historic Westport. Opened November 2014 by veteran KC restaurateurs James Westphal and Mark…

Restaurant · East Side

Charlie D's Chicken and Seafood East is the eastern unit of Gary Hill's Kansas City fish-and-chicken family, in a stand-alone building on Ararat Drive…

Restaurant · South KC

Charlie D's Seafood and Chicken on East 99th Street is the flagship of Gary Hill's Kansas City fish-and-chicken family — the store the company itself…

Restaurant · Brookside

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…

Charlie Hustle made the KC Heart, which is now the region's official symbol — a fair claim to the most successful piece of graphic design a Kansas City…

Charlotte Street Foundation is a Kansas City nonprofit founded in 1997 by David Hughes, Jr. to put money, space, and visibility directly into the hands…

Home Decor · West Bottoms

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…

Mexican · Northeast

Charritos Plaza Taqueria is a longtime Mexican taqueria at 3831 Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, serving carne asada tacos, burritos,…

Chartreuse Saloon is Jill Cockson's 21-and-over cocktail bar and billiards room at 1627 Oak Street in the East Crossroads, open since 2021. Three…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

signature restaurant of the historic Raphael Hotel on the Country Club Plaza; opened 1976 as the Raphael's signature restaurant; transformed into "Chaz…

BBQ · West Bottoms

chef/pitmaster-owned, fine-dining-trained craft barbecue operating out of a former haunted-house concession stand in the West Bottoms. Owned and operated…

Restaurant · North Kansas City

Chef Tito's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina is a chef-driven Mexican restaurant and cantina at 1621 Swift Ave in North Kansas City, the latest brand under…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Coffee · Westside

Chez Elle Crêperie and Coffeehouse is a daytime crêperie and espresso bar on the ground floor of the 1913 Summit Theater building at 1713 Summit Street…

Chicago's — trading socially as Chicago's Neighborhood Bar and Chicago's on the Hill — is a corner bar at 534 Central Ave at N 6th St, on the Strawberry…

Chick Bo Bao is a Korean-style fried chicken, Korean corn dog, mochi doughnut and boba tea counter at 10143 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64114, on an…

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…

Chicken N Pickle is a North Kansas City–founded pickleball-and-rotisserie-chicken complex. Founder Dave Johnson brought the idea back from Phoenix in…

Restaurant · Midtown

China Feast at 200 Linwood Boulevard is a Chinese-American carryout with a drive-thru at the corner of Linwood and Main in Midtown, open 10 a.m. to 10…

Chinatown Food Market is a family-run international grocery in Kansas City's River Market, in operation since the mid-1990s and known for live and fresh…

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…

Chip's Chocolate Factory is a hand-made chocolate and fudge shop in Crown Center Shops, Level 2, known as the origin of Kansas City Fudge® (developed…

Restaurant · Troost

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

BBQ · Smithville

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Chosun Korean BBQ is a family-owned, tabletop Korean barbecue restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, serving galbi, bulgogi, and traditional banchan…

Restaurant · Crossroads

KC-metro-native artisan chocolatier; founded 2003 by Christopher Elbow from Liberty, MO; one of KC's most-recognized craft-chocolate operations;…

Restaurant · Turner KCK

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…

Bicycles · North Kansas City

Chumba USA (Chumba Bicycles) is a rider-owned framebuilder making handmade titanium and steel adventure, gravel, and mountain bike frames. After eleven…

Cider Hill Family Orchard is a u-pick apple orchard on the far western edge of Kansas City, Kansas, in the Piper area of Wyandotte County. Jeff and Joan…

Restaurant · North Kansas City

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…

Bar · Crossroads

City Barrel Brewing + Kitchen is an independent, locally owned brewery and full restaurant in Kansas City's East Crossroads, founded in 2018. Known for…

American · River Market

Classic counter-service breakfast-and-lunch diner in the River Market, operating since 1937 and among the oldest continuously running restaurants in…

Coffee Shop · River Market

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 is a Near Eastern / wood-fired restaurant at 815 W 17th St on Kansas City’s West Side — mezze, pide, grandma pizza, kebabs, and wood-oven…

Mediterranean · Westside

Clay & Fire is a Near-Eastern restaurant in Kansas City's Westside neighborhood, opened in September 2020, known for Turkish and Middle Eastern fare…

Dessert · Prairie Village

Clementine's Creamery in Prairie Village is the Kansas City-area outpost of Clementine's Naughty & Nice Creamery, a St. Louis-based artisan microcreamery…

Cleo Club is a dim, plush, cat-themed cocktail bar in the Crossroads that leans on classic, approachable drinks rather than esoteric mixology.

Restaurant · Hyde Park

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…

Comics · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Bar · Liberty

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

CM Chicken (operating locally as BogoDak & 92 Chicken) is the Overland Park location of the bicoastal Korean fried-chicken chain, known for…

Coach Lite Club is a cash-only neighborhood dive bar at 2103 S 34th St in Argentine, the Kansas City, Kansas neighborhood south of the Kansas River.…

Cockrell Mercantile is a five-building country-store retail village on Old 50 Highway in the Cockrell community of eastern Jackson County, selling…

Restaurant · Independence

A quirky community coffee shop and bakery on the Independence Square, run by an owner who had long wanted to open his own café.

Collector's Cache is a trading-card and collectibles retailer at 13354 College Blvd, Lenexa, trading as Collector's Cache LLC and established in 1988 —…

American · Blue Springs

Long-running Blue Springs, Missouri garden center, working farm, farm-to-table dining venue, and event space — operating since 1969 and, as of February…

Mexican · Westport

Conchita Tacos is a Mexican street-taco counter in the Crossroads Arts District, sharing a building with the Polynesian-themed Kon Tiki cocktail lounge.…

Connect Cafe is a scratch-kitchen coffee shop and lunch counter at 756 Armstrong Ave in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, operating out of the street-level…

Restaurant · Liberty

Conrad's (Conrad's Restaurant & Alehouse) is a locally owned and operated eating and drinking establishment that has been serving the Northland since…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Ceramics · West Bottoms

Convivial (also styled Convivial Production) is a handmade-ceramics design-and-manufacturing studio in the Historic West Bottoms of Kansas City, founded…

Core Coffee & Eatery is a neighborhood coffee shop and café at 546 Olive Street in Pendleton Heights, in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, run by Eric…

Corner Cafe is a three-location Northland/eastern-Jackson comfort diner founded May 15, 1983 by Ed and Kathi Rule in Riverside — a 40-seat…

Coffee · Smithville

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…

Bakery · Leawood

Cornflower Baked Goods is Megan and Colby Garrelts' dedicated bakery at Mission Farms in Leawood — opened June 2026, next door to their Rye Leawood…

Restaurant · KCK

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…

Cosentino's Food Stores is a Kansas City grocery company built by the sons of an Italian fresco painter. Dante Cosentino Sr. came to Kansas City from…

Restaurant · East Crossroads

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…

American · Independence

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…

Craft Putt was a locally owned indoor mini-golf taphouse concept with Kansas City–metro locations (Lee's Summit and Overland Park). Custom indoor…

BBQ · Olathe

Crazy Good Barbeque – Bar & Eats is the Lemay family's counter-service barbecue restaurant at the corner of 151st Street and Mur-Len Road in Olathe. It…

Florist · Crestwood Shops

Kansas City's oldest continuously operating flower shop, anchoring the Crestwood Shops on East 55th Street since 1932 — a mom-and-daughter operation now…

Tattoo · Westport

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…

Cristina's Produce is a family-owned open-air produce stand in the City Market, Kansas City's River Market. Founder Ben Wisdom began selling at the City…

Mexican · Crossroads

Crossroads Cantina is a Mexican-inspired restaurant and margarita bar at 1925 Baltimore Avenue, opened in late November 2025 by Rockhill Restaurant Group…

Crossroads Golf KC is a five-bay indoor golf simulator lounge and bar at 1656 Washington St, Suite 100, opened 24 July 2026 in the 1913 building the…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Coffee Shop · Waldo

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…

American · Brookside

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…

Italian · Westport

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,…

Roaster Cafe · Shawnee

Current State Coffee Roasting is a specialty coffee roastery and European-style café in downtown Shawnee, founded by three experienced Kansas City–area…

Bikes · Parkville

Cycle City is Parkville's independent bike shop, family-owned since 2004 by lifelong Northland resident Joe Fox, carrying a curated lineup of premium…

Restaurant

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,…

Coffee · Midtown

Dad's Bakeshop, Coffee & Goods is Shea Coffman's nostalgia-inspired bakery — 104 E. 43rd St., Southmoreland, Kansas City (former Yum Bakery space),…

Restaurant · Rosedale KCK

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…

Vintage · Crossroads

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…

Mexican · Armourdale KCK

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…

Dalia's Silver Lining is an independent handmade-sterling-silver jewelry boutique with a stall in the City Market at 400 Grand Blvd in Kansas City's…

Restaurant · Northland

Danny's Burger Shack is a counter-service burger joint at 8002 N. Oak Trafficway in the Northland that started as a food truck in 2021 and moved into…

Restaurant · Shawnee

Danny's Burger Shack – Shawnee is the second location of the Northland burger joint, opened without announcement on August 13, 2026 in the former Bar…

Coffee · Blue Springs

Dark Horse Coffee is a specialty coffee shop and espresso bar on State Route 7 in Blue Springs, opened April 11, 2026 by sisters Abbey Hansen and Holly…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

American · Downtown KC

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…

Dear You Tattoo is an artist-owned tattoo studio on Rainbow Boulevard in KCK's Rosedale neighborhood, founded by Amber Lea in 2017 and positioned as an…

Jewelry · Crestwood Shops

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…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

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.

Restaurant · KCK

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…

Dereninger Camera Repair is a one-bench camera repair shop at 616 E 63rd Street in East Brookside, founded in 1946 by Cecil Dereninger and bought in 2000…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Desi Bites is a self-service Indian fast-food counter — order at the register or a kiosk, collect a lidded oval container — tucked into the KC India Mart…

Desi Chowrastha is a multi-state Indian street-food / chaat / biryani / dosa chain (Texas-origin, national footprint) whose Kansas City–area location is…

Restaurant · Midtown

Desi Dhaba is a counter-service South Indian and Hyderabadi kitchen operating inside Midtown Market, the Indian grocery at 3967 Main Street just south of…

Bar · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Diamond Cuts Barbershop is a walk-in barbershop at 34th and Troost in Kansas City, Missouri, opened in 2012 by Phil Diamond Jr. in the storefront where…

Restaurant · Blue Springs

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 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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Discourse Brewing is an independent craft brewery and taphouse in Overland Park, KS, opened October 2023 by Matt Britton in Windmill Square Shopping…

Display Studios is a display, exhibit and dimensional-signage fabricator at 5420 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, in business since 1937 and…

Restaurant · Westside

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…

Restaurant · East Side

District Biskuits – E 63rd Street is the second location of Guroux Khalifah's biscuit-sandwich restaurant, opened in June 2026 at 1664 E. 63rd Street —…

Breakfast · North Kansas City

District Biskuits is a fast-casual breakfast-and-brunch restaurant at 504 Armour Road in North Kansas City built around one thing: a tall, buttery,…

Restaurant · Northland

District Fish & Pasta House is Kiraameen Khalifah's fried-fish-and-Cajun-pasta restaurant, now operating from a single location at 305A NE Englewood Road…

Restaurant · Shawnee

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…

American · Independence

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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…

Doc's Caboose is a model train shop in the West Bottoms, specializing in HO and N scale, and it has the best address of any hobby store in the city: the…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

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…

Coffee · Olathe

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…

Mexican · KCK

Family-owned Kansas City, Kansas carnicería and taquería combining a meat market, in-house tortilla production, and a made-to-order taco counter under…

Mexican · Mission

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 —…

Mexican · Overland Park

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.…

Florist · KCK

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…

Restaurant · Platte City

Doni's Italian Restaurant is a full-service, red-sauce Italian restaurant with a full bar at 339 Main Street in downtown Platte City, directly across…

Apparel · Midtown

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…

Donut King is a Northland donut shop at 2320 Armour Road in North Kansas City, open since 1969. Current operators are John and Lauren Cone (bought…

Mexican · South KC

Dos de Oros is a 200-seat, full-service Mexican restaurant on Holmes Road just north of Blue Ridge Boulevard in south Kansas City, opened in 2005 by…

Mexican · Westport

Dos Lokos Sports Cantina is Alejandra Aguirre, Raul Aguirre, and Alex Flores's Mexican parrillada and sports bar — 401 Westport Rd, Kansas City (former…

Bar · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Raytown

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Dragon Inn is Overland Park's oldest continuously operating restaurant — a family-run Chinese institution founded in 1975 by To-Ping Tsui that has…

Dragonfly Tea Zone is Doug Phung's bubble tea, smoothie, crepe and loose-leaf tea shop at 409 Main St inside the City Market, River Market — the original…

Restaurant · Shawnee

Drastic Measures is a small, speakeasy-style craft cocktail bar in downtown Shawnee, Kansas, opened in June 2020 by veteran bartenders Jay Sanders and…

Ceramics · North Kansas City

Driftwood Ceramics is a teaching pottery studio founded in 2018 by husband-and-wife Ken and McKenzie Stanley, who came home to Kansas City from a…

BBQ · Grandview

Weekend barbecue joint in downtown Grandview run by jazz saxophonist and American Jazz Museum entertainment director Gerald Dunn, blending East Texas and…

Dutch Flowers is an independent florist and garden shop inside the City Market at 400 Grand Blvd, Suite A14, in Kansas City's River Market. It was…

Restaurant · Brookside

Earl's Premier is a Maine-inspired oyster bar and neighborhood seafood restaurant in Brookside, opened in May 2022 by veteran KC restaurateur Todd…

Earl's Provisions is a French-market-style prepared-foods shop next door to Earl's Premier in the Brookside–Waldo edge of Kansas City, opened in June…

Restaurant · Blue Springs

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…

Eastside Lumber is a lumber and building-materials yard at 3232 E 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, operating on a site that has sold lumber since…

Ebenezer Shop is an independent general-merchandise and apparel store on Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, owned by Marie…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

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…

Mexican · Grandview

A family-owned Mexican grill on Main Street in downtown Grandview, where the owner cooks the line himself — authentic Mexican plates served open to…

Coffee · Downtown KC

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…

Mexican · South KC

El Cali Mexican Food is a family-run traditional Mexican restaurant in the Sutters Landing center at 9530 James A Reed Road, just south of Bannister, in…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

El Camaroncito is a Mexican marisquería on Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, serving Acapulco-port-style seafood — shrimp cocktails, ceviches, and…

Mexican · KCK

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 Indio, Pollos Asados Al Carbon is a charcoal-grilled chicken business on the Independence Avenue corridor in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, started…

El Jefe Taqueria & Beer is a taqueria-and-bar at 1264 Central Ave, Kansas City, Kansas, on the Central Avenue corridor. It appears on the Flavors of…

Mexican · Gardner

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…

Mexican · Armourdale

El Machetazo Mexican Food is a family-owned taqueria at the corner of 11th and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas, named for its signature…

Restaurant · Independence

El Maguey is a sit-down Mexican restaurant on S Noland Road in Independence, established in 2002, known for generous portions, an extensive margarita…

Mexican · KCK

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…

Mexican · Northeast

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 Paso Del Norte is a family-run Mexican restaurant and panadería operating as one business under one roof at 3430 Independence Ave, Kansas City, MO…

Mexican · Westside

Arturo Cabral + Estela mother-and-son team; Southwest Boulevard Mexican operation since 2007; passed-down family recipes; rooftop deck signature feature.…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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 Pirata — signed and listed in places as Mariscos El Pirata — is a small Mexican seafood restaurant at 1031 Central Ave on the Central Avenue corridor…

Mexican · Lee's Summit

El Plato Mexican Grill & Cantina is the Rivera family's Mexican restaurant in downtown Lee's Summit — 22 SW 3rd St, across from the Amtrak depot in the…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

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…

Mexican · KCK

No-frills, family-owned grilled-chicken institution in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas — a focused, wood-fired pollo asado counter at…

El Potro Mexican Cafe is a multi-location Mexican restaurant group with metro-relevant rooms in Bonner Springs and Lee's Summit (plus Paola, Louisburg,…

Mexican · Westside

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.…

Restaurant · Merriam

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,…

Mexican · Blue Springs

El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant is a family-owned, full-service Mexican restaurant with a bar and a bank of televisions at 1867 SW State Route 7 in Blue…

Mexican · East Side

El Rey del Taco is a casual taqueria on East Truman Road just north of Blue Valley Park, open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, that Kansas City…

Restaurant · Lenexa

El Rinconcito Salvadoreño ("The Little Corner") is a family-run Salvadoran restaurant founded by Rosa Cardoza, serving handmade pupusas, tamales, and…

El Rio Bravo Supermarket is a Mexican grocery at 11 S 10th St, Kansas City, KS 66102 — just south of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, a…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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 is a Guatemalan restaurant at 402 N 5th St in Kansas City, KS — opened approximately 2024, serving traditional Guatemalan steaks,…

Mexican · KCK

Independent, locally owned Mexican restaurant and market on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas — a homegrown KCK business and not affiliated with…

Element Ten is a neon studio at 1809 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri — a second-generation shop founded in 2019 by Dylan Steinmetz in the…

Coffee Shop · Northeast

Eleos Coffee House is a faith-based nonprofit coffee shop and roasting company at 3401 Independence Avenue in the Historic Northeast of Kansas City,…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Comics · Overland Park

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 Cycling is the Johnson County shop for people who race, or who at least buy as though they might. It sits at 4563 Indian Creek Parkway in the Fox…

Outdoor · Overland Park

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…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

A bright Central Avenue window serving elotes, chamoy-and-Tajín-dressed homemade ice cream, and aguas frescas next door to a taqueria — Mexican street…

Mexican · Hnekc

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…

Brazilian · Northland

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 —…

EMCO Specialty Products is a manufacturer in Armourdale, on Miami Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, that has designed and built coat racks, hooks, hangers…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

Restaurant · Crown Center

Empanada Madness is Andrea Penaloza's Venezuelan-Colombian restaurant — started with her mother Patricia Fernandez in 2013 at 906 SW Boulevard and now…

Restaurant · Englewood

Englewood Cafe is a family-owned American diner on E Winner Road in the Englewood neighborhood of Independence, serving the community since 1956 — a…

Coffee · Rockhill

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 is a locally-owned neighborhood bar and grill on Route 291 in Independence, combining a sports-bar atmosphere — with multiple TVs, pool…

Estética Ilussion is a Spanish-language full-service beauty centre and barbershop at 1201 Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, with a second location…

Ethio Mart is an Ethiopian grocery on the Shawnee Mission Parkway retail strip in Shawnee, Kansas, listed at 10919 Shawnee Mission Pkwy and carrying the…

Restaurant · Overland Park

European Market Cafe is Volodymyr and Iuliia Polishchuk's Ukrainian-owned deli-café in Overland Park — 11170 Antioch Rd, opened October 2023, with a…

Euston's Waldo Hardware is the neighborhood hardware store at 126 W 75th Street in Waldo, Kansas City, Missouri, trading out of a former A&P market…

Restaurant · Watts Mill

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Extra Virgin is chef Michael Smith's Spanish-Mediterranean tapas restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District — open since December 2008, 17…

BBQ · North Kansas City

F325 BBQ is a full-service barbecue restaurant and whiskey bar on Buchanan Street in North Kansas City, opened in late 2022 by James and Lisa Huey in the…

Faded Pages Bookstore is an independent bookstore at 319 Main Street in downtown Belton, Cass County, Missouri, owned by Mary Martin. Belton is Missouri…

Restaurant · Fairway

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…

Family Tree Nursery is a third-generation, family-owned garden center founded in Overland Park in 1964 by Ron Nelson, who left dentistry studies at…

Restaurant · Troost

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…

Farewell is a DIY live-music room, bar, and coffee counter at 6515 Stadium Drive in the Leeds industrial district on Kansas City's east side, opened in…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Farina is a modern Italian fine-dining restaurant in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, opened in February 2019 by two-time James Beard…

Fast Fred's Market is a Black-owned neighborhood market at 1806 N 18th St in Kansas City, Kansas — part grocery and convenience store, part kitchen, with…

Restaurant · Kearney

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…

Fat Matt's Vortex is a cash-only dive bar at 411 N 6th St in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas, occupying a building that was previously a funeral…

Faultless Brands is a Kansas City household-products manufacturer that has been owned by the same family since 1887 — one of the longest continuous…

Fawzi Eatz is an owner-operated kitchen counter run by A.J. Jabr inside the Rocket Stop convenience store and filling station at 12128 Blue Ridge Ext,…

Fénix ("Tacos Reborn") is the Latin American taco kitchen inside Strang Hall, the food hall at 7313 W 80th St in downtown Overland Park, Kansas. It…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

Coffee · Parkville

Fetterman's at Creekside is the second and larger location of Scott and Kassie Fetterman's Platte County deli — 3,200 square feet with a drive-thru at…

Coffee · Platte City

Fetterman's in Platte City is the original of Scott and Kassie Fetterman's two-store deli — an 1,800-square-foot shop on NW Prairie View Road that opened…

Fiddly Fig is an independent florist and gift shop at 9716 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131, owned by Sheryl White. The White/Shannahan family…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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…

Coffee Shop · Westport

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…

BBQ · Martin City

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is a Kansas City barbecue institution, founded when Jack Fiorella opened his Martin City restaurant in 1974 as an…

Bookstore · Strawberry Hill KCK

Flagship Books is an independent bookstore at 510 N. 6th Street in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, selling used and new books.…

Restaurant · Northland

Flame Grill & Mediterranean Bakery is Kholoud and Muhamed Bataineh's Jordanian Mediterranean restaurant — 8154 NW Prairie View Rd, Kansas City, MO…

Restaurant · Raytown

Flavor of Himalaya is an independent Nepali, Himalayan, and North Indian restaurant on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raytown, MO, serving momos, biryani, goat…

Flower Child is an Arizona-based fast-casual healthy restaurant (Fox Restaurant Concepts) that opened its first Kansas location on August 11, 2026 at…

Fluffy Fresh Donuts at 5729 Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas, is a yeast-donut counter that reopened March 19, 2026 under Eric and Christina Benson. It…

Records · North Kansas City

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…

The Folly Theater is a 1,078-seat historic theater at 300 W 12th Street in downtown Kansas City, operated by an independent local 501(c)(3) nonprofit. It…

Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard has stood on Brookside Plaza since 1988, when Joe "Foo" Bremser — between jobs, and turned down when he asked Ted Drewes…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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 Guitarworks is a stringed-instrument repair shop run by twin brothers Mark and Shaun Penechar out of a house on a quiet residential street…

Fountain City Scoops & Floats is Lucas Thompson's ice cream and soda-float counter at 419 Main St inside the City Market, in the River Market — next door…

Winery · West Bottoms

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…

American · Westside

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…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

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…

Italian · Blue Springs

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…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

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…

Restaurant · Westport

Fric & Frac is a family-owned neighborhood bar and grill on Kansas City's 39th Street corridor near Westport, slinging burgers, curly fries, and…

Restaurant · Shawnee

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…

Roaster Cafe · Northland

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…

Bar · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · KCK

KCK family-owned diner since 1954; founder Fritz Kropf invented + installed the "Skat Kat" overhead-train food-delivery system early 1970s; third…

Restaurant · Waldo

Front Range Cafe (Front Range Coffeehouse & Provisions) is a locally owned coffeehouse at 400 E Gregory Blvd on the Waldo–Brookside line, pairing a…

Fronteras Super Market Carniceria y Restaurant is a Mexican grocery, butcher counter (carnicería) and taqueria under one roof at 761 Central Ave, Kansas…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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…

Mexican · Hnekc

Frutopia KC is an independent Mexican paletería and grill at 3737 Independence Ave in HNEKC (largest of three metro locations), founded in 2019 by…

Pizza · Raytown

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,…

Restaurant · Westport

Gaia Masala & Burger is an Indian-American-Mediterranean fusion restaurant at 425 Westport Rd in Kansas City's Westport district, known for tikka masala…

Coffee Shop · KCK

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…

Italian · Downtown KC

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…

BBQ · East Side

B-Q — Gates family multi-generation operation since 1946; Perry lineage through Arthur Pinkard (former Perry apprentice who served as the original Gates…

Boutique · Crestwood Shops

Cross-category lifestyle boutique at the Crestwood Shops in Kansas City's Mission Hills corridor, owned by KC interior designer George Terbovich — a…

George's Imports Ltd is a second-generation Schaffner family European-car garage, opened by George B. Schaffner Sr. in 1956 and now run from Martin City…

Mexican · KCK

Family-owned Mexican café on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, serving Tabasco-style birria and barbacoa — a Mexican-and-KC-barbecue cafe…

Gieringer's Family Orchard & Berry Farm sits in the far southwest corner of Johnson County, at Edgerton, and runs one of the longest u-pick calendars in…

Grocery · Independence Square

Gilbert, Whitney & Co. is a gourmet specialty-grocery and kitchenware "corner grocery" at 104 N Liberty St on Independence Square, operated by McClain…

Bar · Shawnee

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.…

Bar · 39th Street

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…

Breakfast · Liberty

Ginger Sue's is a locally founded Kansas City-metro breakfast and brunch restaurant; the original location opened on Liberty's historic downtown square…

Restaurant · Raytown

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…

Restaurant · Gladstone

Giovanni's Italian Deli & Pasta is a family-run, counter-service Italian deli at 6100 NE Antioch Rd in Gladstone — hot and cold sandwiches, spaghetti and…

American · Smithville

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 &…

Gladstone Auto Trim & Upholstery is a custom upholstery shop on North Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, Missouri, covering automotive, marine, motorcycle,…

Gladstone Bowl opened on 15 April 1958, when Everett Smith threw the first ball down sixteen brand-new lanes and then went and served tacos at the snack…

The Glenwood Arts is the metro's art house — a five-screen independent cinema on the second floor of Ranch Mart South in Overland Park, run by the…

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…

Restaurant · KCK

Go Chicken Go's 7th Street store at 59 N. 7th Street in downtown Kansas City, Kansas is the company's original location — the successor to the Go Gas…

Restaurant · Troost

Go Chicken Go at 51st & Troost is the first Missouri location (1986) of the Hendrix family's Kansas City, Kansas fried-chicken chain, which began in 1969…

Bar · 39th Street

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…

Coffee Shop · Westside

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…

Restaurant · Raytown

GOCHEW Burger & Sandwich calls itself "Kansas City's beloved Korean American fast food": a third-pound smash burger with a gochujang-based signature…

Home Goods · Prairie Village

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 Gate Funeral & Cremation Services, LLC is an independent, Black-owned funeral home at 2800 East 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, a member of…

Jewelry · West Bottoms

Golden Hours is a Kansas City handcrafted-jewelry brand owned and made by Julianne Vickery, a metalsmith and instructor based at the Livestock Exchange…

Restaurant · West Bottoms

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…

GolfTRK is a Kansas City-founded indoor golf training company launched in August 2023 and now the fastest-growing golf franchise brand to come out of the…

Antiques · West Bottoms

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…

Coffee Shop · Westport

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…

Good Vibes Vinyl opened on Main Street in Midtown in the summer of 2025, a buy-sell-trade record shop dealing in used and vintage stock — classic rock,…

Records · South KC

GotWhatULike Records is a Black-owned, independent record store at 11539 Hickman Mills Drive in south Kansas City, Missouri, founded by Mark Harper in…

Restaurant · Waldo

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.…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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,…

American · Country Club Plaza

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 &…

Coffee · Crown Center

Grand Coffee Co. (operating as Grand Coffee + Smoothies, formerly Grand Coffee Company) is a craft coffee shop near Crown Center and Union Station at…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

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…

Restaurant · Smithville

Grassroots Garden Lounge is an upscale cocktail bar and lounge in historic downtown Smithville, Missouri, opened in summer 2024 by Brian and Jacquie Hove…

Graze & Gather KC is a charcuterie and grazing-table business started by Lena Jones in 2020, working from 7650 N Oak Tfwy in Gladstone. It is…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Greek Cuisine is a family-owned Greek restaurant at 11811 College Blvd, Overland Park — operating since at least 1999 (25+ years), described in customer…

American · Crossroads

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…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

Pizza · Crossroads

Grinders is a Crossroads Arts District pizza-and-sandwich institution founded in 2004 by Kansas City artist and sculptor Jeff "Stretch" Rumaner,…

Knives · Westside

Kansas City–based custom knife maker — Sam Jones's Grindhouse Knives produces handmade, high-end tactical and practical knives from a downtown Kansas…

Gringo Loco is a family-owned neighborhood grocery at 3825 Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, combining a full-service carniceria,…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Grounded Sole Coffeehouse is a nonprofit coffee shop at 3417 Strong Ave in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, run as a ministry of…

Groundhouse Coffee & Bakery is an independent coffeehouse and scratch bakery at 103 S. Elm St., Gardner, KS 66030, in the city's downtown district. It…

Austrian · Crossroads

Grünauer is a Viennese-style Austrian gasthaus in the historic Freight House near Union Station, opened in May 2010 by siblings Nicholas and Elisabeth…

Guido's Pizza Place is a family-owned pizzeria on Highway 7 in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, founded by Guido and Phyllis Vescovi in 1971 and run today by…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Restaurant · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Downtown KC

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,…

Restaurant · Independence

Hacienda Vieja Mexican Grill is a Latinx-owned, full-service Mexican restaurant on S Noland Road in Independence, celebrated for its birriaquesos,…

Restaurant · Northeast

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…

Mexican · Downtown KCK

Hamburguesas Los Compas is a family-run Chihuahua-style burger house at 305 N. 7th Street Trafficway in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, in business since…

Coffee Shop · Liberty

Hammerhand Coffee is a resilient, locally owned coffee roaster and café in Liberty, Missouri, born from a dream to bring exceptional coffee, atmosphere,…

Letterpress · West Bottoms

Hammerpress is a Kansas City letterpress print shop, design studio, and retail store founded in 1994 by Kansas City Art Institute graduate Brady Vest.…

Hana's Donuts is an owner-named donut shop at 2131 S 34th Street in Argentine, Kansas City, Kansas, open since 2012. Owner Hana Simcak runs a…

Coffee Shop · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · Shawnee

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…

Harold's Drive-In is a walk-up drive-in restaurant at 1337 Admiral Blvd, north of downtown Kansas City on the edge of Columbus Park, trading since 1958 —…

BBQ · Overland Park

Pitmaster Tyler Harp's owner-operated, Texas-influenced craft barbecue operation that grew from a Raytown brewery pop-up into a brick-and-mortar…

Harper's Fabric & Quilt Co. is a fifty-six-year-old quilting cotton and sewing shop on Santa Fe Drive in downtown Overland Park, running more than a…

Bar · Westport

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,…

Bar · Westport

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…

Bar · River Market

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…

Harvey Brothers Trucking & Wrecking is a family-owned demolition and dump-truck hauling contractor on Walker Avenue in north Kansas City, Kansas. Harley…

Hashtag India is a multi-location Indian restaurant brand with an Overland Park unit at 10150 W 119th St — biryanis, mandis, Indo-Chinese, tandoori,…

Restaurant · 18th And Vine

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…

Art Gallery · West Bottoms

Haw Contemporary, at 1600 Liberty Street in Kansas City's West Bottoms Stockyards District, is a photography-forward contemporary gallery founded in 2013…

BBQ · North Kansas City

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…

Burgers · Northland

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…

BBQ · Shawnee

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…

Coffee · Gladstone

Headrush Roasters Coffee & Tea is a family-owned specialty coffee and tea house in Gladstone, Missouri, operating since 2012. It roasts its own beans…

Heartland Imaging KC exists because its founder bought one of the last Ritz Camera locations in 2012 rather than let the trade disappear from south…

Restaurant · Brookside

Scott + Kate Meinke chef-owner Brookside operation in a former gas station; house-made sourdough bread + signature scones + biscuits in distinctive…

Restaurant · North Kansas City

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…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

American · Downtown KC

Hemma Hemma Dinette is Ashley Bare's diner-inspired breakfast and brunch concept — 1100 Main St (Lightwell Building), downtown Kansas City, opened March…

Steakhouse · Independence

Hereford House is a traditional Midwestern steakhouse founded in Kansas City in 1957, today a women-owned multi-location institution best known for…

Heritage Music Repair is a band-instrument repair shop on Gillham Road that has been putting horns back together since 1988. It works the full range —…

Coffee · Olathe

Hermetheus Coffee is an artisan specialty-coffee roaster and café in downtown Olathe, founded by Olathe residents Jason and Faith Scott. What began in…

Candy Shop · Strawberry Hill KCK

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…

Bar · East Bottoms

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…

Coffee Shop · Prairie Village

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…

Bar · 39th Street

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…

Restaurant · Independence

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…

Restaurant · Troost Corridor

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…

Restaurant · Northeast

Hilaal Halal Market is a Somali-run halal grocery at 2807 Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast, valued for a consistent stock of everyday…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

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 —…

Hillsiders — trading first-party as Hillsiders Neighborhood Bar — is a bar at 403 N 5th St in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas. It reopened in…

Himalayan Grocery is a family-owned Nepali store at 1406 Minnesota Ave in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, stocking South Asian groceries alongside clothing…

Restaurant · Olathe

Hira's Steak & Sushi is an independent hibachi-and-sushi house at 15202 W 119th St in Olathe, west of Black Bob Road. It opened under the name Haru's and…

Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard is a 50-acre orchard in the Missouri River bluffs at Weston, in Platte County, running what it describes as one of the…

Coffee Shop · Crossroads

a tiki-themed, Hawaiian-/Polynesian-inflected coffee shop anchoring the corner of 18th & Cherry in the East Crossroads, opened January 2021 by…

Art Gallery · West Bottoms

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.…

Restaurant · Grandview

An early-morning, hand-crafted donut shop on Grandview's Main Street, owner-operated by Bryan Holts and treated locally as a neighborhood staple.

Coffee · Liberty

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…

Restaurant · Lenexa

Holy Land Cafe is a family-owned, halal Mediterranean and Middle Eastern restaurant in a 87th Street Parkway strip center in Lenexa, Kansas, serving…

Restaurant · Kansas City

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 —…

Breakfast · Mission

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…

Coffee Shop · Overland Park

Beloved independent, nonprofit neighborhood coffee house and free live-music venue in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, operating since 2001 and…

Home Goods · Brookside

Homesong Market is a curated home-goods and lifestyle shop in the Crestwood Shops on the Brookside edge of Kansas City, Missouri, owned by…

Restaurant · Lenexa

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…

Custom Framing · Crossroads

Honey Framing is an independently owned custom frame shop in Kansas City's East Crossroads Arts District, run by sculptor-trained fabricator Becky…

Horsefeather Social is the seasonal outdoor rooftop bar and terrace at Loews Kansas City Hotel, 7th floor, 1515 Wyandotte St, with views toward the…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Jewelry · Overland Park

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…

House of Rocks is a natural-stone and landscape-materials yard on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas. It opened in the late 1970s as a small fossil shop…

Restaurant · Grandview

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.…

Restaurant · Northeast

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…

Coffee · Liberty

Huey's on the Square is a small, counter-service breakfast-and-lunch café with a full coffee bar at 18 N. Main Street on the northwest corner of the…

Vintage · Southmoreland

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…

Coffee · Northland

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Gladstone

Hunan Garden is a family-run Chinese takeout and delivery restaurant at 6409 N Prospect Ave in Gladstone, serving American-Chinese standards to the…

Specialty Grocery · River Market

Hung Vuong Market is an independent Vietnamese and pan-Asian specialty grocery in Kansas City's River Market district, one of the metro's…

Hyper Energy Bar is an Iowa-based multi-state drive-thru brand of customizable energy drinks, Italian sodas, coffee, and snacks. In the Kansas City metro…

Bakery · Crossroads

Ibis Bakery is an owner-operated Kansas City artisan bakery — long-fermented naturally-leavened sourdough and French-inspired pastries made with…

Pizza · River Market

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…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Independent Electric Machinery Company is an electric-motor repair and industrial-services house headquartered on Oliver Street in Kansas City, Kansas,…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Soap · Midtown

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…

Tattoo · Overland Park

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…

InterUrban ArtHouse is an artist-run 501(c)(3) arts facility at 8001 Newton Street in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, founded in 2011 by artist Nicole…

ION Gallery is a photography-forward contemporary art gallery in the West Bottoms' Holsum Building, co-founded in November 2024 by photographer-curator…

Ceramics · Kansas City

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…

Iron Gates Gym is an independent 24/7 bodybuilding and powerlifting gym at 134 E North Avenue in Belton, Cass County, Missouri, owned by Morgan Driskell…

Iron Grill is the smash-burger counter at the Iron District container park, 1599 Iron Street, Unit H, North Kansas City. It is not an independent tenant:…

Restaurant · Midtown

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 · KCK

Italian Delight is a family-owned New York– and Sicilian-style pizzeria and Italian restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas, founded in 1977 by Italian…

Ivoire African Market is a West African grocery at 8325 Wornall Rd in Waldo, opened in spring 2024 and run by a family of siblings from Côte d'Ivoire —…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Brewery · West Bottoms

Kansas City's distillery since 1887; founded by Jacob Rieger (Austrian immigrant from Goritz, 1877); pre-Prohibition largest mail-order whiskey house in…

J's BBQ (J's BBQ Smokehouse & Catering) is a family-owned Olathe pit room at 1375 W Old 56 Hwy, opened 2025 by Josh Deal and his father Jason in the…

Restaurant · East Side

J's Fish & Chicken at 28th & Prospect is the "main" store of a four-unit East Side fish-and-chicken chain: a takeout counter selling whiting, catfish,…

Restaurant · East Side

J's Fish & Chicken at 54th & Prospect is the second Prospect Avenue store of the East Side fish-and-chicken chain whose "main" unit sits twenty-six…

Restaurant · Independence

J's Fish & Chicken in Independence is the eastern outpost of the Prospect Avenue fish-and-chicken chain — a small takeout counter on West 23rd Street…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

BBQ · Crossroads

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is a third-generation, Fiorella-family-owned Kansas City barbecue institution dating to 1957; the Freight House location…

Restaurant · Waldo

Jade & Ember Munchery is a counter-service pan-Asian restaurant at 8431 Wornall Road in Waldo, opened in mid-August 2026 in the storefront that was Waldo…

Jade Jaguar is a Mexico City-inspired cocktail bar ("cocteleria") on the ground floor of the REVERB building at 1800 Walnut St, Suite 100, in the…

Mexican · Brookside

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…

Mexican · KCK

Hernandez family, KCK, 1965-2026. Closing May 30, 2026 (this Saturday). Per Business-Wiki-Page-Schema-And-IA, closed-business pages persist permanently…

Jama Imports is a Somali-owned import shop on the corner of Prospect Avenue in Kansas City's Independence Plaza neighborhood, selling women's clothing,…

Coffee · Westport

Westport specialty café opened October 2025 by KC native Brett Janssen + fiancée Genisis Mejia, sourcing beans from their own family farm in Huila,…

Mexican · KCK

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Jasmine Garden is a family-owned Chinese-American restaurant in the Cherokee Hills shopping center at 95th Street and Antioch Road in Overland Park,…

Restaurant · South KC

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,…

Bakery Cafe · West Bottoms

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 is a Kansas City–based bookbinder and book conservator operating under the name Jay Tanner, bookbinder — offering hand bookbinding,…

Jay's Grocery and Restaurant is an African and international grocery with a restaurant side at 2605 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic Northeast,…

BBQ · Independence

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…

Restaurant · Westport

Jerusalem Cafe is a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant anchored at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Westport Road in Westport, serving…

Restaurant · Martin City

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…

Jessie Hopeless Tattoo is a solo tattoo studio on the Southwest Blvd edge of the Crossroads, run by artist Jessie Hopeless in an illustrative, painterly…

Jim's Lock & Safe is a family-owned locksmith and safe shop in western Kansas City, Kansas, which dates its founding to 1930 — making it, on its own…

Pizza · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Coffee Shop · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · West Plaza

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…

JLM Construction, LLC is a small remodeling and roofing contractor at 1909 Quindaro Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, owned by John McPherson. It does…

BBQ · Prairie Village

B-Que — Jeff + Joy Stehney, founder-led modern-era anchor. Started as competition team Slaughterhouse Five (1990); first KC brick-and-mortar in a…

BBQ · Westwood

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…

Barbershop · 18th And Vine

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…

John Rohrer Contracting Co., Inc. is a structural-concrete restoration contractor headquartered on Roe Lane in Rosedale, Kansas City, Kansas, founded in…

John's Java and Jazz is a Black-owned coffee bar, cocktail bar and live-jazz room at 2003 N 5th St in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. It keeps evening…

Restaurant · Power & Light District

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…

Johnnie's on Seventh is a dive bar at 55 S 7th St in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas. It opened in 1934 and is named for its founder, Johnnie Baska.…

Johnnie's on Seventh — also traded as Johnnie's Sports Bar and historically Johnnie's Club — is a 1934-founded dive and sports bar at 55 S 7th St in…

Italian · Independence

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…

Pizza · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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…

BBQ · KCK

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.…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

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…

Josey Records is a Dallas-founded record-store chain whose Kansas City room sits at 1815 McGee St in the Crossroads Arts District — reported at roughly…

Italian · Waldo

Waldo Italian café and deli known for meatball grinders, house pasta, and Italian comfort food; founded 2002 by the Scaglia family (Mario's lineage),…

JS Taj Grocers (also Taj Indo Pack Grocers and Juice / JS Taj Grocers & Sweet Shop) is a South Asian grocery, sweets, and juice shop at 11830 Quivira Rd,…

Judy's Q is a small woman-owned barbecue and breakfast cafe on State Route 291 north of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, opened in 2024 by pitmaster Judy Wendel…

Restaurant · Olathe

Jumpin' Catfish is a locally owned catfish-and-Southern-seafood restaurant in Olathe, Kansas, serving farm-raised, grain-fed catfish and award-winning…

Restaurant · Prairie Village

Jun's Japanese Restaurant is, by IN Kansas City's reckoning, "may just be the oldest sushi restaurant in Kansas City": it opened in 1978 "out south,"…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Justrite Rubber Stamp & Seal has made marking devices in the Kansas City area since 1959 — rubber stamps, self-inking and pre-inked stamps, daters,…

Restaurant · Wyandotte County

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…

Restaurant · Lenexa

CLOSED 2024-11-26. Kimchi and Bap closed its Lenexa Public Market stall on November 26, 2024, about sixteen months after opening; owner Lisa Hamblen said…

K-Macho's Mexican Grill & Cantina is a family-owned Mexican restaurant and bar with two Johnson County locations: 1229 E. Santa Fe St, Olathe, KS 66062…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Mexican · Parkville

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Kababesh Grill is a long-running Pakistani-and-Indian restaurant at 10142 W 119th St in Overland Park — a "homey cafe" in its own words, fully…

Restaurant · Brookside

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 Avenue Barber Shop is an Armourdale barbershop on the Kansas Ave taco corridor in KCK, sitting on the same block ecology as san-antonio-bakery and…

Art Gallery · Longfellow

Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC) is a Kansas City nonprofit that promotes visual-arts awareness across the metro and supports artists' professional…

Restaurant · Waldo

Kansas City Bier Company (KC Bier Co.) is an independent, locally owned brewery in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in…

Restaurant · 18th And Vine

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 is a Lindy Hop and swing-dance community-collective that runs no-partner-needed beginner lessons and social dance parties across…

Mexican · River Market

Independent, owner-operated urban taquería and cantina in the River Market, serving made-from-scratch, globally-inspired tacos and a full bar of…

Restaurant · Midtown

a family-run Mediterranean / Middle Eastern (Levantine) restaurant on West 39th Street in Midtown KCMO, owned by married couple Kari (a lifelong…

Japanese · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Kate Smith Soirée is a women-owned boutique bakery in downtown Overland Park specializing in handcrafted French macarons — over 130 rotating flavors —…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Restaurant · East KC

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 Cat Clinic is a feline-only veterinary hospital at 7107 Main Street in the Brookside–Waldo corridor, established in 1973 and one of the…

Food Goods · Weston

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 & Co. is the hotel restaurant and bar inside Holiday Inn & Suites Overland Park West at 8787 Reeder St, branded as featuring Bennigan's On The…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Upholstery · Overland Park

One of the longest-running custom upholstery operations in the KC metro, KC Custom Upholstery has served Overland Park and the surrounding area since…

Restaurant · Lenexa

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 Donut Co. is an Olathe-born donut shop run by Chrissy and Shawn Hatton, who took over an existing Olathe doughnut counter in the early 2000s and…

KC Fret Shop is an acoustic- and folk-instrument shop and repair bench in downtown Merriam, opened in 2024 by the family behind K.C. Strings in the…

Restaurant · Troost

KC Fry Bros Chicken and Seafood is a takeout-only fried chicken and fish counter at 1419 E 55th St, near Rockhurst University, opened in October 2025 by…

Restaurant · Lenexa

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 is a Kansas City West Coast Swing dance community whose flagship "Modern Swing Mondays" — a leveled-class-plus-social night — runs weekly…

Restaurant · West Bottoms

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…

Cobbler · Northland

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 Soda Co. is Lucas Thompson's craft-soda bottle shop at 421 Main St inside the City Market, between Minsky's and Pigwich. Founded in early 2015; the…

KC Tacos and Wings is a taquería at 5200 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, created in February 2024 when Juan Bautista — a Historic…

KC Tango is the community hub of Kansas City's Argentine-tango scene — a volunteer-run information network (website + Facebook group) that gathers the…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Plants · West Bottoms

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…

Watch Repair · Overland Park

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…

KC.Seamstress is a one-woman alterations and tailoring shop at 11812 Quivira Road in southern Overland Park, opened in 2023 by Sofiya Borovytska, who was…

Mexican · KCK

Kculichi Sushi is a Sinaloan-style Mexican sushi restaurant on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas — billed as the metro's first dedicated…

Bookstore · Lee's Summit

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…

Bar · Westport

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…

KEMA Sweets Bakery is a small independent bakery at 615 N Sterling Ave, Sugar Creek, MO 64054, open Tuesday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. It is one of only…

Kenukan Academy is a multi-discipline martial arts school at 220 W. Cedar Street in downtown Olathe, founded in 1968 by Bob Boggs (1949–2022) and owned…

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Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

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…

Restaurant · East Crossroads

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 is Sunny Singh and Rabi Singh's Punjabi Indian restaurant near Liberty, Missouri — opened June 2026. The brothers originally…

Coffee Shop · Independence

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…

Art Gallery · West Bottoms

Kiosk Gallery is an artist-run contemporary-art gallery in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms, inside the Livestock Exchange (Stockyards) Building at…

Kit's Diner is an elevated American diner from chef-entrepreneur Tim Tuohy (founder of the closed Kansas City Canning Co.) at 2801 Nicholson Ave in the…

Kitchen 'n Witchin is a retail shop in the City Market, in the River Market, selling kitchen supplies, home goods, gift items and women's fashion and…

Restaurant · Midtown

Kitty's Café is a cash-only lunch counter at 810½ E. 31st Street that has served the same tempura-battered, triple-stacked pork tenderloin sandwich since…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Kiwami Ramen & Sushi is a locally owned Japanese ramen and sushi restaurant that opened in Overland Park in October 2025, serving scratch-made ramen…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

American · Shawnee

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…

Bar · East Side KC

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Kobi's Bar & Grill is a long-running hometown bar and grill at 113 Oak St, Bonner Springs, KS 66012 — live music, pool tables, American bar food.…

Kohinoor is a Latin-inspired cocktail lounge in the Downtown Loop opened by KC-native bartender Jasmine Rios, pairing agave-forward cocktails with small…

Restaurant · Waldo

Kokoro Maki House is a casual, family-run Japanese and Korean restaurant in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, known for fresh, reasonably…

American · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · Lenexa

Korma Sutra is a full-service North Indian restaurant in the Quivira Crossing shops at 87th Street Parkway and Quivira in Lenexa, the surviving location…

American · Smithville

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…

a fourth-generation Croatian-American sausage maker and retail meat counter at 424 N 6th St in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.…

Jewelry · Overland Park

Kroman Custom Jewelry is a custom jeweler and goldsmith studio in Overland Park, Kansas, founded in 2023 by designer-craftsman Josh Kroman. Working…

Instrument Maker · Merriam

KRUTZ Strings is a Kansas City–raised luthier's manufacturing operation in Merriam, Kansas, building violins, violas, cellos, basses, and five-strings…

Kukiss Bakery is a Venezuelan-born, Overland Park cottage bakery specializing in artisan pastry — long-fermented croissants and Latin-inflected sweets —…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Kurry Leaves Indian Cuisine is a family-run, 100% halal Pakistani and Indian restaurant at 12607 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park, Kansas, known for…

Kansas City husband-and-wife leather goods studio — Kevin and Diane Kurzava produce handcrafted leather purses, handbags, totes, and wallets from their…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Kushi Indian Restaurant opened in spring 2024 in the Heatherwood Village center at 14856 Metcalf Ave, southern Overland Park, in a space that had been a…

L.A. True Value Hardware is a family-owned neighborhood hardware store at 631 Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas — one of the few full-line…

La Bella Vineyards & Winery is a Lafayette County tasting room and vineyard on Flournoy School Road in Wellington, Missouri — not Wellington, Kansas, and…

La Bodega is a long-running Spanish tapas restaurant at 703 Southwest Blvd on Kansas City's West Side, opened December 7, 1998 by founder James Taylor.…

Mexican · Platte City

La Cabaña is the family-owned Mexican restaurant on Platte City's Main Street — 325 Main, a few doors from the county courthouse and from Doni's, the…

Restaurant · Northeast

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…

Mexican · Grandview

La Dos Tres is a no-frills taqueria, tienda and panadería in one storefront at 12518 Blue Ridge Blvd Ext in Grandview — a made-to-order counter known for…

Italian · Overland Park

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…

Mexican · KCK

Medina family, Westside KCMO, 1978–2026. Closed January 31, 2026. Per Business-Wiki-Page-Schema-And-IA, closed-business pages persist permanently as…

Mexican · Olathe

an Olathe family food truck whose entire menu is built on a family beef birria recipe: quesabirria, birria tortas, burritos, loaded fries, pizza, and…

Coffee · Riverside

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,…

Lady Lou's Bakehouse is a licensed bakery at 323 S Hudson Street in downtown Buckner, Missouri — eastern Jackson County, not Kansas. The state's active…

Watch Repair · Overland Park

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 is a Kansas City original. Ray Lamar opened the first shop in a converted Linwood Boulevard gas station in 1960, and the oversized,…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Mexican · Leawood

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…

Larks is a shuffleboard-led entertainment venue, bar and full-service restaurant at 1527 W 9th St in the West Bottoms Flats, Kansas City MO. It runs 10…

Larry's Nursery is a family-owned plant nursery on NW Platte Road in Riverside, Missouri, growing houseplants, succulents, annuals, perennials,…

Mexican · Hnekc

Las Marias Tortilleria is a traditional artisan nixtamal corn tortilla shop at 4010 E. Truman Rd in HNEKC (adjacent to the Independence Ave corridor),…

Las Palmas Restaurante is a family-run Minnesota Avenue sit-down that has served a rare multi-country Central American and Mexican menu — pupusas,…

Last Call is a small cocktail lounge behind an unmarked door at 12687 Metcalf Avenue in the Metcalf 127 center, south Overland Park. It trades under two…

Lawrence A. Jones & Sons Funeral Chapels is a Black-owned, family-owned funeral home founded in 1950 by Lawrence A. Jones Sr. and his wife Nettie in a…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Lazia is the dinner restaurant of the Crossroads Hotel at 2101 Central St — a 78-seat, candelabra-lit modern-Italian room that opened in November 2018,…

BBQ · South KC

B-Q — a no-frills east-Kansas-City barbecue institution founded in 1986 by LC Richardson (a Mississippi native and former Farmland Industries executive…

Restaurant · Westport

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 Donuts & Coffee is a two-shop classic donut and boba counter: 8017 State Line Road in Waldo (opened May 2025, ex–Rainbow China) and 9430 E State Route…

Restaurant · River Market

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…

Art Gallery · Crossroads

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center is a founding institution of Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, at 2012 Baltimore Avenue. Established in 1985 by ceramicist…

Lees Printing is an independent commercial printer founded in 1973, for most of its life at 804 Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, and now operating…

Restaurant · Blue Springs

Legend of Asia is the 300-seat Chinese buffet on Missouri 7 in Blue Springs — a 9,240-square-foot dining room that bills itself as the biggest Asian…

Lemonality is Tawni Jedwski's home-paper-gift shop and fresh-squeezed juice and lemonade bar. It began as an Etsy shop in 2017 selling children's growth…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Pizza · Northland

a longtime Northland (Englewood) family pizzeria specializing in St. Louis-style thin/cracker crust with Provel cheese, cut into squares. Founded in 1974…

Let's Go BBQ is an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ restaurant at 18801 E 39th St S, Independence, MO 64057. Tabletop grilling; AYCE advertised at $29.99 per…

Level One Game Shop is an independent tabletop game store at 400 Grand Blvd, Suite 420, inside the City Market — board games, trading card games, RPGs,…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

Lidia's Kansas City is the Lidia Bastianich Italian restaurant in the historic Freight House at 101 W 22nd St, just north of Union Station in the…

Bar · Crossroads

Lifted Spirits Distillery is a locally and independently owned craft distillery, cocktail bar, and tasting room in Kansas City's East Crossroads, founded…

Mediterranean · Crossroads

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…

Mexican · Westside

Lilly's Cantina is a small, family-run Mexican-American restaurant and full bar at 900 Southwest Boulevard on Kansas City's Westside, in the corner…

Lily Floral Collective is an independent florist at 922 E. 5th Street in Columbus Park, Kansas City, Missouri, co-owned by Betsy Ford and Lily Williams…

Restaurant · Lenexa

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…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

an early-morning Mexican bakery and tortilla maker on Central Avenue in KCK, turning out fresh tortillas, pan dulce, churros, tamales, and breakfast…

Maker Goods · Lee's Summit

Local Foundery is a downtown Lee's Summit shop for locally made and vintage goods, opened in 2019 by Dave Eames and Ben Wine, with many pieces…

Local Liquid is an online curated marketplace and delivery service for Kansas City-made beverages — craft beer, coffee, kombucha, spirits, wine, sodas,…

Butcher · River Market

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…

Locks and Pulls is a family-owned decorative-hardware house serving the Kansas City homebuilding and design trade, established in 1985 and operating two…

Lone Jack Acres is a family-run agritourism farm on Outer Belt Road in Lone Jack, Missouri, opening its first public Fall Fun Fest on 26 September 2026…

Pizza · Lee's Summit

Long-Bell Pizza Co. is a chef-owned pizzeria and craft-beer bar in the New Longview district of Lee's Summit, opened in November 2015 by Jayson Eggers…

Hawaiian · Overland Park

Longboards Wraps & Bowls is a Kansas City-born, family-owned fast-casual chain serving Pacific- and Hawaiian-inspired wraps, rice and noodle bowls, and…

Mexican · Westside

Westside KC family-owned Mexican operation since 2002; 24 years of taco-craft + Sonora-tradition cuisine on Summit Street. Best Mexican in KC, Spring…

Mexican · Hnekc

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…

Mexican · Raytown

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.

Mexican · Mission

Los Gallitos Fresh Mexican Grill is an owner-operated Mexican restaurant in Mission, Kansas, opened in November 2023 by Nereyda Torres in the longtime…

Restaurant · Northland

Los Hornos Argentinian Flavors is a small Argentine restaurant in the Tiffany Springs office park off I-29, seven minutes from the airport, run by…

Mexican · Argentine KCK

Los Machetes Taqueria is a Mexican taqueria at 3009 Strong Ave in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named for the machete — a…

Los Morales Bakery is a family-owned Mexican and Central American panadería on the State Avenue corridor in western Kansas City, Kansas, specializing in…

Lotawana Brewing is an independent microbrewery and taproom at 9420 S. Shrout Rd., Grain Valley, MO 64029, on the eastern Jackson County rural edge of…

Restaurant · Gladstone

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…

Restaurant · South Plaza

Louie's Reserve is the new name, as of late August 2026, for the restaurant at 4558 Main Street — the hilltop room east of the Country Club Plaza, with a…

Louie's Wine Dive (brand; KC flagship often Louie's Wine Dive & Kitchen 119) is a wine-forward American restaurant and bar from W. VinZant Restaurants,…

Louisburg Cider Mill is a family-owned cider mill, bakery, craft-soda bottler and country store on 80 acres at 14730 K-68 Highway, Louisburg, KS 66053,…

Love Counts Hobby Shop is an independent hobby and trading-card store in Suite 112 of the Shoppes at Barry Plaza, 8560 N Green Hills Rd in the Kansas…

Coffee Shop · Lee's Summit

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…

Lovett Coffee House & Eatery is a Lone Jack coffeehouse on Bynum Road that serves espresso drinks alongside a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu — the…

Restaurant · Brookside

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…

Pizza · West Bottoms

Lucky Boys was a West Bottoms dive lounge with a chef-driven kitchen — smashburgers, "Lou-vohl" hot chicken, poutine, and Tuesday/Thursday pizza — that…

Restaurant · Liberty Square

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Chef-owner Bradley Gilmore (North Carolina native) + Brittany Socha Gilmore + Chef Brandon West; named for Bradley's grandmother Lula from Pittsboro, NC.…

Thai · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · East Side

M&M Bakery & Deli is a weekday-morning bakery and sandwich counter at the corner of 31st Street and Woodland Avenue, opened in 1962 by Holocaust survivor…

Mack True Value Hardware is the independently owned neighborhood hardware store on Johnson Drive in Mission — a full-line paint, garden, and fix-it…

Marketplace · Country Club Plaza

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…

Coffee Shop · Crossroads

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…

Apparel · Crossroads

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…

Furniture · Crossroads

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,…

Leather Goods · Crossroads

Madison Stitch is a Crossroads leather-goods maker founded by KC native John Pryor in spring 2020, hand-stitching bags, belts, wallets, and accessories…

Mexican · Crossroads

Madrina Vegana Taqueria is a plant-based Mexican taco stand in the Crossroads, operating out of the 120-square-foot courtyard kiosk at 1881-B Main Street…

Pizza · Lee's Summit

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…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Main Street Inn is a small bed-and-breakfast at 504 Main Street in downtown Parkville, Missouri, run since 2013 by Jason and Kathy Ayers in a Queen Anne…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Manhattan Cleaners & Hat Works is a full-plant dry cleaner and hat-blocking shop on Swope Parkway, opened in 1935 by James and Martha King at 22nd and…

Restaurant · Grandview

Manila Bay Express is a family-owned, owner-operated Filipino restaurant in Grandview, Missouri, where chef Norma Thayer serves her family's from-scratch…

Mexican · Westside

Coffee · Lenexa

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…

Restaurant · South KC

Marco Polo's Italian Market & Deli is the counter-service half of Jasper's at Watts Mill, 103rd & State Line — an Italian grocery, deli case and…

Mexican · Southwest Boulevard

Dave Quirarte + Ron Abarca + Larry Gromer; founded 1985 on Southwest Boulevard after the founders cooked burritos for General Motors co-workers; 5…

Mexican · Overland Park

Mariscos KC is a locally-owned Mexican-seafood (mariscos) restaurant founded by Juan Valles Alferez, who established Mariscos KC LLC in March 2021 and…

Mexican · Southwest Boulevard

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 is a Kansas City, Kansas mariscos restaurant run by a couple from Michoacán, Mexico — one of Mexico's great seafood and culinary…

Marquez Boots is a western-wear store on Strong Avenue in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, selling boots, hats, jeans and shirts, and…

Restaurant · Martin City

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…

American · Martin City

Martin City Tavern is the casual American tavern / pizza concept of Martin City Brewing Company (MCBC) — founded 2011 by Matt Moore and Chance Adams. The…

Martin Cleaners is a family-run dry cleaner, laundry and alterations shop on South Noland Road in Independence, owned by David and Joylynne Martin. They…

Antiques · West Bottoms

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…

Restaurant · KCK

Mason Jar Brews & Burgers is a 5,000-square-foot, family-friendly bar and grill at 74th Drive and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, across from the…

Restaurant · Waldo

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…

Stationery · Westport

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…

Restaurant · Ward Parkway

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

McGregor's Butcher & Bistro is a dual-concept establishment in Overland Park combining a full-service butcher shop with a French-influenced fine dining…

Restaurant · Waldo

a Kansas City heritage bakery operating in Waldo since October 1945, now in its third ownership era under the locally-rooted Hirleman family (acquired…

Bakery Cafe · Waldo

the in-house coffee program (Sway Coffee Roasters) of the Hirleman-Lothman family's McLain's Bakery + Markets. Siblings Jeff Hirleman and Mollie Lothman…

Furniture · Overland Park

McNary's Furniture & Restoration is a custom furniture maker and antique-restoration shop in Historic Downtown Overland Park, KS, founded in 1985 by Dave…

Bar · Crossroads

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…

BBQ · Leawood

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…

BBQ · Northland

Lee's Summit competition-BBQ team and caterer (Joel & Katie Fleetwood, Eric Alfrey, Josh Wunner); Made for KC BBQ Championship Grand Champion; now…

Restaurant · Westport

Mediterranean Market is a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern specialty grocery and halal kitchen in Westport at 1404 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111 —…

Jewelry · North Kansas City

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…

Melt Box Ice Cream (styled MeltBox on the Iron District's vendor roster) is a Kansas City ice cream operation built around the Melt Monster — a scoop of…

MeMa's Old-Fashioned Bakery is a family-owned scratch bakery at 7634 Leavenworth Road in west Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas. Founded by Loraine…

Mercy Seat Tattoo has worked out of the Crossroads since 2005, which makes it one of the longer-running tattoo studios in downtown Kansas City. It keeps…

Jewelry · West Bottoms

MeritMade is a Kansas City handmade-jewelry and metalsmithing studio founded in 2014 by Kelly Conner, a University of Kansas-trained metalsmith. Working…

Merriam Feed + Seed is a neighborhood feed and lawn-and-garden store that has traded on Johnson Drive in Merriam since 1952 — wild bird seed, chicken and…

Merriam Hardware is a family hardware store and small-engine repair shop on Merriam Drive, opened by two brothers in 1978 — the place people in northeast…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Restaurant · Northland

Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar is an Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion restaurant and rum bar at 5225 NW 64th Street in Kansas City's Northland (Zona Rosa),…

Roaster Cafe · Country Club Plaza

Ron Matsch co-founder; KC specialty-coffee operation; Tier 1 with a local-PE disclosure overlay (FairWave Holdings, majority-owned by KC-based Great…

Food Goods · Lee's Summit

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. is a small-batch, organic single-origin coffee roaster founded in 2015 by Zach Tarhini, operating a retail counter on Southwest…

Restaurant · Watts Mill

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…

Meyer Music is a family-owned band-and-orchestra instrument house founded in Blue Springs in 1966 by Ted and Betty Meyer, two school teachers who opened…

Mexican · Shawnee

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…

Mi Pueblito Meat Market is a Mexican grocery, carnicería, in-store bakery and fast-casual counter on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas —…

Mi Ranchito is a family-owned Mexican restaurant group founded 2004 in Olathe by Rulber De la Torre. Multiple Johnson County dining rooms (Olathe,…

Restaurant · West 39th Street

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+…

Florist · KCK

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 Cast Stone of Kansas, Inc. manufactures custom architectural cast stone at 1610 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas — the moulded, vapour-cured…

Bicycles · Midtown

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…

Midwest Vacuums, trading in Olathe as Erv's Vacuum, is an independent vacuum sales-and-repair shop operating in the Kansas City metro since 1958 — one of…

Coffee Shop · Country Club Plaza

Mildred's (formerly Mildred's Coffeehouse) is a family-owned and -operated Kansas City café group serving from-scratch breakfast, brunch, lunch, coffee,…

Restaurant · Strawberry Hill KCK

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…

Records · Westport

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…

Pizza · Downtown KC

Milwaukee Delicatessen Company is a deli, pizza counter and whiskey bar on the ground floor of the 1881 Cosby Hotel building at 9th & Baltimore in…

Mindgames and Magic is an independent comic, game, and collectible store at 206 SE 2nd St, Suite B, in downtown Lee's Summit — Magic: The Gathering…

Restaurant · Westside

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…

Outdoor · Riverview KCK

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…

Pizza · Country Club Plaza

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…

Bar · Westport

Long-running Midtown/Westport LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub on West 39th Street, founded in 1994 by owner Michael "Missie" Burnes, known for nightly drag…

Mission: Board Games is an independent tabletop game store opened in early December 2016 by Mason Hans, then 22, in a Johnson Drive storefront in…

Missouri Sewing Machine Company is a family-owned sewing machine dealer and repair house founded on Truman Road in 1932 by Walter and Anne Catenhauser,…

Restaurant · Grain Valley

MO Country is a large country-western dancehall in Grain Valley, Missouri — billed as the largest line-dancing floor in the Midwest — offering free…

Coffee · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Northeast

Mogodishu Market (spelled Mogadisho Market in some listings) is a Somali-owned halal grocery at 2319 Independence Ave in Kansas City's Historic…

Coffee · Kearney

Mojo's Coffeehouse is a long-standing, community-oriented coffee shop in Kearney, Missouri, serving the eastern Northland with friendly service, quality…

Restaurant · Blue Springs

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…

Art Gallery · West Bottoms

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 Books & Gifts is Overland Park's first independent bookstore and gift shop, opened by Christin Young in 2019 — first under the name Green Door…

Coffee Shop · Westport

Monarch Coffee was an acclaimed independent Kansas City roaster-café in the historic Valentine neighborhood, founded in 2017 by Tyler and Jaime…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Columbus Park

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…

Toys · Bonner Springs

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…

Pizza · Columbus Park

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…

Restaurant · Raytown

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Crossroads

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…

Restaurant · Northland

Moti Mahal — "Moti Mahal I" on its own website — is a family-style North Indian restaurant on NW Barry Road in the Northland, the original of two Kansas…

Restaurant · Westport

Moti Mahal II is the Westport room of Jorabar "Jay" Shokar's two-location Indian restaurant, at 4113 Pennsylvania Ave a half-block off Westport Road. The…

Mr. D's Donuts is a vintage, family-owned donut shop founded 1975 in Johnson County, with flagship at 11222 W 75th St, Shawnee. Current owners Johnny…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Quindaro

Ms. R's Cafe is a soul-food diner at 720 Quindaro Blvd in Kansas City, Kansas, opened in 1985 by Ruth Etta Scover — "Ms. R" — who ran it for 37 years…

Restaurant · Mission

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…

Restaurant · Northland

Mudbug Cajun Po' Boys is a lunch-hours po' boy shop at 3524 NE Vivion Road in Kansas City North, opened in 2016 by Shreveport-born chef Chris Jones after…

American · Independence

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…

Restaurant · River Market

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…

Restaurant · East Side

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…

Murmuration Eatery & Cocktail Bar is Nikole Ammer's sister concept to City Market Coffee Roasters, at 307 Main St in the City Market. Ammer bought the…

Bar · 18th & Vine Jazz District

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…

Mexican · Brookside

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…

Restaurant · Gladstone

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…

Nana's Kitchen is a Black-owned soul-food kitchen at 7355 Leavenworth Rd in western Kansas City, Kansas — a drive-thru with no dining room, a menu that…

Restaurant · KCK

Naree Kitchen Thai & Sushi is a strip-mall restaurant on State Avenue near 80th Terrace in western Kansas City, Kansas, that does three things under one…

Restaurant · Crossroads

Nashville Hot Chicken (NHC) at 1600 Campbell St in Kansas City's Crossroads-edge area serves Nashville-style fried chicken — sandos, tenders, fries —…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Nashville Hot Chicken Shack is an independent Nashville-hot-chicken spot at 10428 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park's Indian Creek Shopping Center, serving…

Neat (neat.bar) is a craft cocktail bar at 16953 City Center Drive in Lenexa City Center (former Savoy Tea Co. space). Opened July 2026 by Samir Shura,…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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.…

Neighbors Coffee + Hospitality is a nonprofit neighborhood cafe at 8135 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131 (Marlborough Heights). Justin and Samantha "Sam"…

Nell Hill's is a home décor store in the Village at Briarcliff that began somewhere else entirely — an old bank building in Atchison, Kansas, where Mary…

Restaurant · Downtown KC

Neo Deli (Neo Delicatessen) is a small Korean-owned breakfast-and-lunch deli tucked inside the historic Commerce Bank building in downtown Kansas City,…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

A Mexican paletería and neveria off Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, serving paletas, nieves, and Mexican snacks in a childhood-themed parlor.

Restaurant · River Market

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…

Pizza · Downtown KCK

Nick's Italian Pizza is a weekday-lunch pizzeria on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kansas — open 10:30 to 4, Monday through Friday, and closed…

Accessories · Liberty

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…

Restaurant · Overland Park

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…

Restaurant · Troost

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…

Nigro's Western Store No. 1 is a western-wear house on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas, founded in 1956 by Tony Nigro Sr. and run by the Nigro family…

Leather Goods · Independence

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…

Mexican · KCK

Ninfa's Tortillas & Taqueria has been making fresh tortillas and tamales in Kansas City, Kansas since 1988 — 37+ years on Kansas Avenue. A family…

Bar · Power & Light District

Sporting Kansas City + Cordish Companies partnership bar in the Power & Light District; Sporting KC players + ownership are partners; Tier 2 with…

Antiques · West Bottoms

Noir Arts & Oddities is a curated oddities-and-antiques boutique in Kansas City's historic West Bottoms at 1101 Mulberry Street (Unit 1C), stocking…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Apparel · Crossroads

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…

Pizza · Pendleton Heights

Northeast Pizza opened January 2025 in Pendleton Heights, bringing New York-style 16-inch pies to a Historic Northeast KC neighborhood. Noah Quillec —…

Northland Artists' Gallery is an artist-owned cooperative fine-art gallery at 519 Main Street in Weston, run and staffed by its own member artists and…

Northland Feed is an independent feed, pet-supply and small-engine sales and service store on North Brighton Avenue in Kansas City's Northland, in…

Northland Rolladium is a roller rink in Liberty, owned and run by Ed and Mary Ellen Hughes, and the Hughes family has been in the Kansas City…

Lebanese · Westside

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…

American · Crossroads

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…

Coffee · Northland

a specialty coffee shop founded by Joshua Bella, with a Northland location inside the Mid-Continent Public Library's Green Hills branch (opened ~January…

Nunez Foods is a Kansas City, Kansas birria kitchen that Brenda Nunez started in 2020 from home recipes, then a takeout counter at 2110 N. 18th St., then…

an Irish pub built into the limestone lagering cellars of the historic Weston Brewing Company at 500 Welt St in Weston, Missouri (Platte County), roughly…

Roaster Cafe · Westport

Acclaimed independent Kansas City coffee roaster and cafe founded in 2008 by Gregory Kolsto, now operating from a single Troost Avenue location and known…

Odessa Country Winery is a Saturday-hours country tasting room on McNeel Road in Odessa, Missouri — Lafayette County, not Odessa, Texas — pouring…

Burgers · Overland Park

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…

BBQ · Northland

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…

Bar · Westport

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"…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Restaurant · Shawnee

Oishi Japanese Cuisine & Bar — "Oishi Sushi" on its own website — is a full-service sushi and hibachi restaurant with a full bar in the 12200 block of…

Old 56 Family Restaurant is an all-day-breakfast diner at 912 S Chestnut St, Olathe, KS 66061, at the corner of Old 56 Highway and Chestnut, next to…

Old School Horns is a brass and woodwind repair bench and instrument shop in Overland Park, run by three career technicians who between them have…

Italian · Shawnee

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.…

Restaurant · South KC

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…

Restaurant · Independence Square

On the Square Convenience is a locally owned, fuel-free convenience store on Independence Square at 104 E Lexington Ave — snacks, quick lunch, groceries,…

Restaurant · Independence Square

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…

Opera House "Coffee&Food Emporium" is an all-day café, bakery, restaurant and bar at 500 Walnut St on the corner of the historic River Market / City…

American · Independence

Ophelia's Restaurant & Inn is an Independence Square fine-dining restaurant and boutique inn founded by Ken and Cindy McClain, widely credited as the…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Coffee · Northland

Origin Coi Nguon Coffeehouse (Cội Nguồn: Origin) is a traditional Vietnamese coffeehouse on North Oak Trafficway at NE 77th Street in the Northland —…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Restaurant · Country Club Plaza

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.…

Mexican · Central Ave KCK

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…

Otto Service is a family-owned Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus specialist on Blue Ridge Boulevard, near the Kansas City–Raytown line. The business dates…

Bar · 39th Street

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…

Outdoor Equipment Solutions is a Merriam small-engine repair shop and outdoor power equipment dealer that grew out of a backyard workshop in 2011 and now…

Coffee Shop · Leawood

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…

Coffee · Liberty

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,…

Coffee Shop · Lee's Summit

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…

Owl Creek Market is a Dutch-style country store and I-70 RV park at 7089 Outer Road in Odessa, Missouri — Lafayette County, not Odessa, Texas — selling…

Pachudas African Hair Braiding is an owner-operated African hair-braiding salon on Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, run by a…

Paisa MX is a Colombian–Mexican restaurant and bar at 1621 Swift Ave, North Kansas City, MO, that opened earlier in 2026 in the former Chef Tito's space.…

Coffee · Kearney

a two-story downtown Kearney coffee shop opened May 27, 2020 by Dr. Brian Hamm, serving specialty drinks made with locally roasted Hammerhand Coffee…

Pak Halal International Foods is a family-owned South Asian and halal grocery in Lenexa's 87th Street Parkway retail corridor, run by founder Munir…

Mexican · KCK

Palacana at 151 S. 18th St is the older of the chain's two Kansas City, Kansas stores — the KCK outpost of the Valdez family's Paleterías Tropicana,…

Mexican · KCK

Palacana on State Avenue is the newest Kansas City, Kansas store of the metro's largest local paletería chain — the family company José Luis Valdez and…

Mexican · Independence

Paleteria El Chavo is a Mexican paletería and antojitos counter on East 23rd Street in Independence, open since May 2015 and running 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.…

Mexican · Grandview

Paleteria El Chavo's Grandview store opened March 7, 2024 on Blue Ridge Extension, the second location of the Independence paletería that has run since…

Paleteria La Chilindrina is a Mexican paletería and antojitos counter in Kansas City, Kansas — paletas, nieves, elotes, mangoneadas, botanas and…

Mexican · Gladstone

Paleteria La Monarca is a locally owned Mexican paletería and ice cream shop at 6928 N Oak Trafficway in Gladstone, Missouri, serving paletas, aguas…

Pan Caliente is the KC metro's only Argentine bakery — a wholesale operation out of Independence's Ennovation Center that distributes alfajores,…

Mexican · KCK

Family-run, independent Mexican restaurant in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, serving handmade-tortilla breakfast and dinner fare at a fixed storefront at…

Mexican · Midtown

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…

Restaurant · West 39th Street

Panino Divino is a Florence-inspired sandwich shop and spritz bar at 1721 W. 39th Street, in the storefront that was Gilhouly's, the 39th Street tavern…

Pizza

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…

Restaurant · Waldo

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 Baguette is a South Korea–origin French-inspired bakery café chain with multiple Kansas City–metro franchise locations. Operating Overland Park…

Restaurant · Westport

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…

Coffee Shop · Country Club Plaza

Parisi Artisan Coffee is a Kansas City family-owned specialty coffee roaster, founded by the Paris family and built on their Sicilian grandmother's…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Park's Kitchen is a Korean-family-owned spot in Overland Park specializing in Korean fried chicken and street food — wings, Korean corndogs, tteokbokki,…

Coffee · Parkville

Parkville Coffee is a full-service café and small-batch coffee roaster located in the heart of Historic Downtown Parkville, Missouri. It serves…

Restaurant · Parkville

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…

Restaurant · Leawood

Paros Estiatorio is an upscale, modern Greek restaurant in the Mission Farms development in Leawood, Kansas, opened in 2019 by Klajdi Kreka and his…

Passantino Bros. Funeral Home is an independent, family-owned funeral home in Kansas City's Historic Northeast, founded in January 1930 by brothers…

Patrick's Bar and No Grill is a Waldo neighborhood dive bar known for wall-to-wall televisions, karaoke, and an annual hospice fundraiser run in memory…

Restaurant · South KC

Paul's Drive In is a south Kansas City burger institution on Blue Ridge Boulevard in the Ruskin/Hickman Mills area, in business since the early 1960s —…

Restaurant · Armourdale KCK

Paul's Jr. Drive-In is the revival of Paul's Drive-In, the 1960s-era burger drive-in at 10th & Osage in Kansas City, Kansas's Armourdale neighborhood,…

Italian · KCK

Paulo's Italian Kitchen — formerly Paulo & Bill — is an independently owned American-Italian restaurant in Shawnee, Kansas, open at 16501 Midland Dr…

Restaurant · North Loop

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…

Payne Jailhouse Bed and Breakfast is an owner-run inn at 426 Concourse Avenue in downtown Excelsior Springs, Missouri, opened in 2016 by Mark and Anna…

Restaurant · East Side

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

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 Service is a mobile knife- and blade-sharpening trade serving the south Kansas City metro, owned and operated by Cliff Kelley…

Restaurant · Shawnee

Pegah's Family Restaurant is a Persian-American family diner that has anchored Shawnee's Johnson Drive corridor since 1987 — nearly four decades of…

Thai · Overland Park

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…

Mexican · Argentine

Michoacán-style carnitas specialist in KCK's Argentine neighborhood — operated by Maria Herrera at 3208 Strong Ave since approximately 2003–2004 (20+…

Percheron is the rooftop bar and restaurant at Crossroads Hotel (2101 Central St, Crossroads Arts District). Named for the draft horses of the building's…

Peter May's House of Kielbasa is a Polish sausage house and deli-counter grocery at 1654 Bristol Ave on Kansas City's east side, trading from the same…

Salon · Midtown

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…

Coffee · Northeast

PH Coffee is the neighborhood coffeehouse of Pendleton Heights in Historic Northeast Kansas City, open since November 2019 at the corner of Lexington and…

Restaurant · Independence Square

Pharaoh 4 Cinema is a four-auditorium independent movie theater on the Independence Square at 114 W Maple Avenue in Independence, Missouri. The building…

Phillips Family Pharmacy is an independent, woman-owned community pharmacy at 2101 NW Platte Road in Riverside, Missouri, opened in 2013 by pharmacist…

Restaurant · Northeast

Pho Bowl is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant on Independence Avenue in Kansas City's Historic Northeast — the heart of the city's Vietnamese…

Restaurant · Shawnee

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

Pho La La is a small, casual Vietnamese-and-pan-Asian restaurant at 44A NE Sycamore Street in downtown Lee's Summit — ten phở bowls, bánh mì, vermicelli…

Vietnamese · River Market

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…

Restaurant · Lee's Summit

Pho Noodle Go is an independent Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Lee's Summit, Missouri, serving made-to-order pho, banh mi, and other Vietnamese…

Restaurant · Overland Park

Pho Sai Gon is a Tran-family, order-at-the-counter Vietnamese restaurant in a big shopping-center storefront at 14861 Metcalf Ave in deep south Overland…

Pho Solar Vietnamese Cuisine is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant at 9066 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park (near Glenwood Antique Mall). Opened June 2026.…

Restaurant · Midtown

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…

Restaurant · Northland

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…

Restaurant · Independence

A sister-run sweets business that grew from a 2016 startup into a first storefront on the Independence Square.

Restaurant · Liberty

Pie Time is a small pie shop at 111 N. Water Street, a half block off the Liberty square, opened in December 2018 by Christine Crouch, a former…

Restaurant · Union Station

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…