Agaves Mexican Grill

Agaves Mexican Grill is Gerardo Jaime’s seafood-forward Mexican restaurant in Olathe — opened April 2026 in the former Salty Iguana space at Ridgeview Marketplace. Jaime’s family has operated restaurants in the KC metro since the early 1990s; Agaves is his own concept, focused on dishes like whole fried mojarra, fried octopus, and surf-and-turf.

Description

Agaves Mexican Grill is Gerardo Jaime’s standalone Mexican restaurant — a seafood-forward concept that opened in Olathe’s Ridgeview Marketplace in April 2026, taking the space that Salty Iguana vacated roughly a year earlier. Jaime comes from a family with deep Kansas City metro restaurant roots: his family has operated multiple restaurants in the KC area since the early 1990s, including El Maguey locations, and Jaime is now putting that three-decade experience into his own concept. Agaves distinguishes itself through its seafood emphasis — whole fried mojarra, fried octopus, and surf-and-turf preparations that go well beyond the standard KC Mexican restaurant menu. The Ridgeview Marketplace location puts Agaves in one of the Johnson County corridors underserved by independent Mexican operators, filling a gap between the chain-heavy Olathe dining scene and the more locally-rooted SW Boulevard corridor in KCMO.

Tier classification

Tier 2 provisional — KC metro family 30+ years; Gerardo Jaime birthplace. Gerardo Jaime’s family has operated restaurants in the Kansas City metro area since the early 1990s — more than 30 years. Whether Gerardo himself was born in the KC metro (which would make him Tier 1) or born in Mexico and raised in KC with his family (Tier 2) is not confirmed in available press.¹ Per the Johnson County Post, this is his own venture separate from his El Maguey partnership — a locally-owned independent concept. Tier 2 provisional pending owner birthplace confirmation; revisit Tier 1 if KC-born confirmed.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-13 · Source: Johnson County Post opening coverage + DoorDash listing (no official website) · URL(s): https://johnsoncountypost.com/2026/04/09/agaves-mexican-grill-open-olathe-283713/ · https://www.doordash.com/business/agaves-mexican-grill-172581/menu · Confidence: Medium (named dishes and margarita pricing confirmed in press; full per-item DoorDash pricing not machine-accessible)

Seafood-forward Mexican menu — whole fried fish and octopus anchor a broad card of tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, fajitas, birria, and combos.²

Seafood (Signatures)

• Pulpo — fried octopus²
• Mojarra — whole fried fish, traditional preparation²
• Crab and Shrimp Chimichangas²
• Shrimp Cocktail²

House Favorites / Meats

• Steak Diablo — spicy steak²
• Grilled Beef Short Ribs²
• Grilled Chicken Burrito²

Broader menu (sections confirmed on DoorDash)

• Burritos, Tortas, Traditional Street Tacos, Quesadillas, Enchiladas, Birria Specialties, Combos, Fajitas, Soups, Salads, Sides, Kid’s Menu, Desserts, Dips and Chips, Beverages²

Margaritas & Cocktails

• House Flavored Margaritas — passion fruit, guava, prickly pear, lychee, blueberry, mango, watermelon and more (small $9.50 / large $12.50)²
• Frozen Watermelon Margarita²
• Sunset Mezcal — mezcal, lime, agave, cucumber, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, tajín²
• Mexican Candy — tamarindo vodka, lime, agave, tajín, chamoy, watermelon²

Links

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agavesolathe/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Agaves-Mexican-Grill-61575401376230/

Sources

Footnotes

1. Johnson County Post (opening article, April 9, 2026) — Confirms: Gerardo Jaime “grew up in the restaurant world, with his family operating different restaurants in the Kansas City metro area since the early 1990s”; Jaime “is a partner in a few of the El Maguey restaurants”; Agaves is a family-run operation. ↩

2. Agaves Mexican Grill — no official website; dishes and margarita pricing per Johnson County Post opening coverage (https://johnsoncountypost.com/2026/04/09/agaves-mexican-grill-open-olathe-283713/) and DoorDash menu section listing (https://www.doordash.com/business/agaves-mexican-grill-172581/menu) (accessed 2026-07-13). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³