ABC Cafe

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, Kansas, long regarded as one of the Kansas City metro’s best-known kitchens for Hong Kong–style dim sum.¹²

Description

ABC Cafe is a compact Chinese kitchen specializing in Cantonese cooking and an extensive, made-to-order dim sum selection served all day.³ The dim sum menu alone spans three photographed pages, and the broader menu reaches into adventurous Cantonese territory.² Signature plates include salt & pepper tofu (topped with sautéed jalapeños, fried shallots, and green onion), shrimp dumplings, and seven-flavor mushroom, alongside stir-fries, noodle dishes, fried rice, and lunch specials.¹³ The dining room is outfitted with round family-style tables and lazy Susans in the manner of larger-city Chinatown restaurants, and is frequently busy at peak hours.² The restaurant was named runner-up for best dim sum in Kansas City in the 2015 Feast 50.⁴

Ownership and history

ABC Cafe opened in late 2010, originally founded by husband-and-wife team Jacky Lee and Cindy Chung (also rendered Cheung), who built the restaurant’s reputation as a Cantonese and dim sum mainstay over its first decade.⁴ When the original owners retired around their ten-year mark, husband-and-wife operators Derrick and Joanne Lam took over the business, continuing it under the ABC Cafe name; as of an October 2024 report they had owned and operated the restaurant for roughly four years (≈2020).⁵

The Lams have remained hands-on local operators. Having made several trips to Mexico over the years and grown well acquainted with Mexican cuisine, they opened a second concept, Tacos Borrachos, in fall 2024 — two doors down from ABC Cafe at 10049 W. 87th St. in the same Overland Park shopping center. Derrick Lam told the Johnson County Post: “If we were going to open something in the same shopping center, we knew we didn’t want to take anything away from ABC (Cafe), but we also wanted to bring something new.”⁵

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: ABC Cafe official site, Feast Magazine, review aggregators (Restaurantji/Yelp) · URL(s): https://www.abccafeks.com/ · https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/article_9990fac0-b952-11e4-b6c7-9f342fa7b550.html · https://www.restaurantji.com/ks/overland-park/abc-cafe-/ · Confidence: High (signature/dim-sum items multi-sourced; full menu and most prices not published online)

Signature dishes

• Salt & pepper tofu — lightly fried, crisp outside and soft inside, topped with the house signature finish of sautéed jalapeños, fried shallots, green onion, garlic and salty soy sauce⁶
• Shrimp dumplings (har gow) — a longtime signature of the dim sum service⁶
• Seven-flavor mushroom — house signature vegetable plate⁶

Dim sum (all-day, ~$4–$8 per item⁶)

The laminated, spiral-bound dim sum menu runs three photographed pages.⁶ Frequently highlighted items include:

• Curry beef puffs⁶
• Scallion pancake (葱油饼)⁶
• Seaweed chicken rolls⁶
• Shrimp wontons⁶
• BBQ pork puff (叉烧酥)⁶
• Shrimp / vegetable spring rolls (鲜虾春卷 / 素菜春卷)⁶
• Shumai (siu mai)⁶
• Steamed shrimp balls⁶
• Potstickers⁶
• Fish-stuffed bean curd skin — tofu-skin “crepe” with fish in a salty gravy⁶
• Custard bun⁶

Cantonese plates, noodles & rice

• Salt & pepper squid⁶
• Salt & pepper soft-shell crab⁶
• Salt & pepper pork⁶
• Walnut shrimp⁶
• Beef shank pancake wrap (牛肉卷饼)⁶
• Cucumber salad (黄瓜沙律)⁶
• Singapore street noodles⁶
• Beef chow fun (乾炒牛河) — wide-noodle dry stir-fry with beef⁶
• Stir-fries, fried rice, and weekday lunch specials round out the broader menu.⁶

Prices beyond the per-item dim sum range are not published online and are not listed here.

Links

• Official site / online order: https://www.abccafeks.com/
• Phone: (913) 859-0089

Sources

Disputes

Original-owner surname appears as both “Chung” and “Cheung” across sources; both refer to the same co-founder. No substantive dispute on record.

Footnotes

1. Yelp — ABC Cafe, 10001 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS (updated June 2026). https://www.yelp.com/biz/abc-cafe-overland-park — asserts: address, phone, dim sum cuisine, 688 reviews / 1,008 photos, currently open with recent activity. ↩ ↩²

2. “Is Kansas City’s Best Dim Sum at ABC Café?,” Feast Magazine. https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/article_9990fac0-b952-11e4-b6c7-9f342fa7b550.html — asserts: late-2010 opening, original owners Jacky Lee and Cindy Cheung, three-page photographed dim sum menu, family-style tables with lazy Susans, Cantonese specialties, signature dishes. ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. ABC Cafe official website. https://www.abccafeks.com/ — asserts: name (釗記餐廳), address, hours (closed Tuesdays), Chinese/dim sum cuisine, signature dishes, active online ordering. ↩ ↩²

4. “Dim Sum: ABC Café,” Feast 50 (2015). https://www.feastmagazine.com/feast-50/dim-sum-abc-caf/article_cc3a5e62-272f-11e5-8f98-5b423b5055fb.html — asserts: runner-up best dim sum in Kansas City, 2015 Feast 50 recognition. ↩ ↩²

5. “Owners of OP dim sum spot ABC Cafe launch street taco venture,” Johnson County Post (Oct. 31, 2024). https://johnsoncountypost.com/2024/10/31/overland-park-tacos-borrachos-open-246131/ — asserts: current owners Derrick and Joanne Lam, took over after original owners retired at the 10-year mark (~2020, ~4 years as of 2024), ABC Cafe still operating, second concept Tacos Borrachos two doors down at 10049 W. 87th St., owner quote. ↩ ↩²

6. ABC Cafe menu — official site (https://www.abccafeks.com/), Feast Magazine “Is Kansas City’s Best Dim Sum at ABC Café?” (https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/article_9990fac0-b952-11e4-b6c7-9f342fa7b550.html), and Restaurantji listing (https://www.restaurantji.com/ks/overland-park/abc-cafe-/), all accessed June 17, 2026 — asserts: signature dishes (salt & pepper tofu with jalapeño/shallot/green-onion topper, shrimp dumplings, seven-flavor mushroom); three-page all-day dim sum menu at ~$4–$8 per item; dim sum and Cantonese items (curry beef puffs, scallion pancake, seaweed chicken rolls, shrimp/vegetable spring rolls, BBQ pork puff, shumai, steamed shrimp balls, potstickers, fish-stuffed bean curd skin, custard bun, salt & pepper squid / soft-shell crab / pork, walnut shrimp, beef shank pancake wrap, cucumber salad); noodles/rice (Singapore street noodles, beef chow fun, fried rice, lunch specials). Full per-item pricing not published online. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵