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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 of Argentina Inc., an established KC wholesale empanada company) and her son Ivan Acuña (co-owner, day-to-day café operations). Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson personally urged Luna West to bring the concept to the city and attended the grand opening.

| Owner background | Claudia Luna West: Argentine immigrant; operates Argentina Inc. wholesale empanada company (KC-established). Ivan Acuña: son and co-owner; manages day-to-day café. Immigration date + KC arrival. | provisional1 | | Cuisine | Empanada café + Argentine pastry counter — empanadas, pizzas, finger sandwiches, coffee, cakes, Argentine sweets; daily tea time |1 | | Status | Active / open |1 |

Description

The founding Di Leo family traces a culinary line from Sicily through Argentina to Kansas; the company frames every empanada as a continuation of that multigenerational kitchen tradition.2

Argentina Inc. Empanadas is the first brick-and-mortar retail face for Claudia Luna West’s Argentina Inc., an established wholesale empanada business in Kansas City. Luna West opened the café at the Shops of Prairie Village in May 2026, partnering with her son Ivan Acuña on day-to-day operations. Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson personally invited Luna West to bring the concept to the Shops — and was present at the May 22 grand opening, a signal of the city’s active interest in attracting independent food operators to the district.

The café menu goes beyond the wholesale empanada line: empanadas, Argentine-style pizzas, finger sandwiches, coffee drinks, cakes, and Argentine pastries and sweets — with a daily “tea time” from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. as the anchor format.

Last verified: 2026-08-11 · Source: argentinaincempanadas.com (menu page image + Kansas BBQ product page + home) · URL(s): https://www.argentinaincempanadas.com/menu · https://www.argentinaincempanadas.com/kansas-bbq-empanadas · Confidence: Medium — full itemized prices live on a menu image only (not machine-extractable this pass); categories and signature product described first-party

Argentina Inc. Empanadas is an Argentine empanada café / wholesale-catering maker at 10919 Johnson Drive, Downtown Shawnee, KS 66203 — phone (913) 325-1915.3

Formats (first-party)

  • Empanadas — traditional Argentine hand-held turnovers (savory fillings); core product for café, wholesale, and catering.3
  • Kansas BBQ Empanadas — signature fusion created in collaboration with Jack Stack Barbecue: Argentine empanada form meets Kansas City barbecue; brand calls it “a Kansas signature.”4
  • Wholesale / B2B retail — tray and bulk programs for retail partners.3
  • Catering — events, corporate, weddings.3
  • Tea-time café service — daytime counter hours historically 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (confirm on visit; hours not re-posted as structured text on the 2026-08-11 scrape).5

Pricing

  • Full current per-item prices are published as a menu graphic on https://www.argentinaincempanadas.com/menu (image asset only). Prices “ as numeric line items until OCR/field capture. Do not take delivery-app markups.

Honest partial: first-party product categories verified; numeric menu requires image OCR or in-person capture.

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Johnson County Post — “Argentina Inc. Empanadas opens in Prairie Village” (May 22, 2026) — Confirms: Claudia Luna West + Ivan Acuña (owners); Shops of Prairie Village; May 22, 2026 grand opening; empanadas + Argentine pastries + pizzas + coffee; tea time 9am–2:30pm; Mayor Mikkelson invitation + attendance; wholesale Argentina Inc. origin. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Argentina Inc. Empanadas — Our Story — accessed 2026-08-11. Asserts: Di Leo family culinary origins in Sicily; immigration to Argentina blending Italian and Argentine traditions; later settlement in Kansas and founding of Argentina Inc. Empanadas as legacy continuation. ↩

  3. Argentina Inc. Empanadas — official site (home / contact blocks) — accessed 2026-08-11. Asserts: 10919 Johnson Drive, Downtown Shawnee KS 66203; phone (913) 325-1915; B2B wholesale, catering, Kansas BBQ empanadas product line. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. Argentina Inc. Empanadas — Kansas BBQ Empanadas product page — accessed 2026-08-11. Asserts: created in collaboration with Jack Stack Barbecue; “Two worlds. Two traditions. One unforgettable creation”; marketed as a Kansas signature product. ↩

  5. Prior Compiler capture (2026-06-30) from Johnson County Post opening coverage for tea-time hours — re-verify on site visit. ↩

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On the record — ks.city/registry/argentina-inc-empanadas · record updated 2026-09-08