Acre

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 and European-staged alumnus — as a tribute to his grandparents’ farm and his Midwest roots.¹

Description

Acre occupies a 75-seat dining room in the Parkville Commons Shopping Center, anchored by a custom Missouri-forged wood-burning Argentinian brasero-style hearth visible from every table. Chef Andrew Longres built the restaurant around live-fire cooking and strictly regional sourcing: the menu’s foundation is locally raised meats, dry-aged steaks, and Midwest-grown produce, supplemented by fresh pastas, seafood, a craft cocktail program, and carefully curated wines. A private dining room and a dedicated Chef Counter Hearth Experience — a tasting-menu format at the hearth — offer elevated service tiers beyond the main dining room.¹

Acre’s identity is inseparable from its origin story: the name is a direct tribute to Rolling Acres, Longres’ grandparents’ farm in Liberty, Missouri, where he learned to hunt, fish, and cook outdoors and developed the appreciation for seasonal and local ingredients that drives the restaurant’s philosophy today.² The concept is positioned as an argument that Midwestern cuisine deserves the same precision and prestige applied at the country’s top destination restaurants — an argument Longres is qualified to make having staged at some of the most decorated kitchens in the world.

Since opening in August 2022, Acre has received coverage in Kansas City Magazine (“30 Best Restaurants in Kansas City”), The Pitch, KCUR, KCTV5, IN Kansas City Magazine, and Kansas City Homes & Style, and earned a design award from design KC in 2024.³ The restaurant participates in KC Restaurant Week and is featured in Visit KC’s curated fine-dining guides.

Ownership and history

Andrew Longres was born and raised in Liberty, Missouri — a first-ring suburb north of Kansas City — where his grandparents operated Rolling Acres farm.² He grew up hunting, fishing, and cooking on the property, and that hands-on relationship with ingredients shaped his entire culinary trajectory. After high school he earned a scholarship to the Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Arizona, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Science and Restaurant Management.²

His formal training accelerated when he received the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs scholarship, a competitive award that funded a three-month European staging circuit: Le Epicure at the Bristol Hotel in Paris, Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley Hotel in London, and Mugaritz in Errenteria, Spain — three of Europe’s most technique-rigorous kitchens.² On returning to the United States, he rose to Sous Chef at The French Laundry in Yountville, California under Thomas Keller, and also staged at Alinea (Chicago), Per Se (New York), and Eleven Madison Park (New York).²

Longres then returned to Kansas City, serving as Executive Chef at the acclaimed Bluestem (now closed) and at The American Restaurant before deciding to open his own place. He settled in Parkville with his wife Megan — his high school sweetheart — and their two children. Acre opened August 2022 as the realization of a long-considered vision: a restaurant that honors his KC-area upbringing with the technical precision of the world-class kitchens he passed through.²

Links

• Official site: https://www.acrekc.com
• Reservations: https://www.exploretock.com/acrekc
• Visit KC listing: https://www.visitkc.com/business-detail/acre

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Footnotes

1. https://www.acrekc.com — Official website. Asserts: 6325 Lewis St Parkville address; Andrew Longres as Owner/Executive Chef; farm-to-table Midwestern concept; wood-burning hearth; 75-seat dining room; fresh pastas, locally sourced meats, dry-aged steaks, craft cocktails; Chef Counter Hearth Experience; private rooms. ↩ ↩²

2. https://www.acrekc.com/team-member/executive-chef/ — Acre official chef profile. Asserts: born and raised Liberty, MO; grandparents’ Rolling Acres farm; Scottsdale Culinary Institute bachelor’s degree; Chaîne des Rôtisseurs scholarship; stages at Le Epicure (Paris), Marcus Wareing (London), Mugaritz (Spain); Sous Chef at French Laundry under Thomas Keller; staged at Alinea, Per Se, Eleven Madison Park; Executive Chef at Bluestem and The American KC; opened Acre August 2022; lives in Parkville with wife Megan and two children. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. https://www.acrekc.com/press/ — Acre press page. Asserts: covered by Kansas City Magazine (“30 Best Restaurants in KC”), The Pitch, KCUR, KCTV5, IN Kansas City Magazine, Kansas City Homes & Style; design KC Design Award 2024. ↩