AR's Breakfast & Brunch

AR’s Breakfast & Brunch is an independent, locally owned Mexican-American breakfast and brunch restaurant in downtown Overland Park, Kansas, opened in June 2023 by veteran KC-metro restaurateur Oscar Anivar Romero. Named in tribute to his father, Anivar Romero, the restaurant drew lines out the door within its first months and has since grown into a multi-location KC concept.

Description

AR’s Breakfast & Brunch serves a Mexican-American breakfast and brunch menu by day, blending classic American breakfast fare with Mexican flavors and street-food influences.¹² Signature dishes include horchata waffles, chorizo bowls, churro cinnamon pancakes, fajita omelets, and chilaquiles, alongside conventional offerings such as crepes, skillets (including a Mexican skillet with chorizo, peppers and jalapeños), omelets, country-fried steak, biscuits and gravy, avocado toast, French toast, quesadillas, and salads.²³ The restaurant also pours brunch cocktails — sangrias, bloody Marys, and mimosas — and turns into a lounge on some evenings.¹²

The Overland Park flagship sits at 8021 Metcalf Avenue in the downtown Overland Park district. Posted hours are roughly 7 a.m.–3 p.m. Monday–Friday and 6:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday–Sunday.²⁴

Locations

All three locations are listed as open on the official site (accessed 2026-07-24), with the same posted hours at each (Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–3 p.m.; Sat–Sun 6:30 a.m.–3 p.m.).³

Location	Address	Phone
Overland Park (flagship)	8021 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66204	(913) 258-5703
Leawood	11635 Ash St, Leawood, KS 66211	(913) 232-7484
Westport	4117 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111	(816) 214-6458

The Westport location opened in mid-June 2025 in the former Chingu space at 4117 Pennsylvania Ave (Chingu closed there May 24, 2025) and remains listed as open on the official site.⁵³ The Leawood location appears to be the successor to the closed Olathe satellite — the official site listed Olathe as “CLOSED — new location to be announced summer 2026” as of 2026-06-23, and as of 2026-07-24 Olathe no longer appears on the site while Leawood does.

Ownership and history

AR’s was founded by Oscar Anivar Romero, who has worked in the restaurant industry for nearly two decades, primarily in the Kansas City metro (and, by some accounts, Houston).¹ Romero is originally from Turitzio, Michoacán, Mexico; he and business partner Norberto Romero (unrelated, but from the same Mexican town) drew on family experience as street vendors in Texas before building their KC restaurants.⁶ The restaurant’s name pays homage to Oscar’s father, Anivar Romero, and his dream of restaurant ownership.³

The Overland Park location opened in June 2023 and quickly became popular, with lines reportedly out the door within weeks.¹⁶ “A month and a half into this location, we knew that we needed to have a bigger location,” Romero told The Kansas City Star.¹ A second AR’s location followed in Olathe in late 2023; that satellite has since closed (the official site listed it as “CLOSED — new location to be announced summer 2026” as of 2026-06-23), with a Leawood location at 11635 Ash St now open in its place.⁶³ Romero also launched a related “Snack Bar” Mexican street-food concept in Lenexa (announced 2024), and in mid-June 2025 opened an AR’s in Westport, in the former Chingu space at 4117 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO.⁶⁵³ The business is independently and locally owned, with no corporate parent.⁶

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: AR’s official site/menu, The Pitch, Yelp · URL(s): https://www.arsbrunchkc.com/menu · https://www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now-chilaquiles-at-ars-breakfast-and-brunch/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/ars-breakfast-and-brunch-overland-park · Confidence: Medium (the official site PDF menu would not render to text; item names and key signatures cross-confirmed across official site, KC press, and Yelp, but the full category lineup and most individual prices remain unverified)

AR’s serves a Mexican-American breakfast and brunch menu — classic American breakfast fare crossed with Mexican flavors and street-food influences — by day, plus brunch cocktails and an occasional evening lounge.⁷⁸

Signature dishes

• Chilaquiles — fried tortilla pieces smothered in red or green salsa, topped with beans, eggs, queso fresco, onion, and crema; the restaurant’s signature plate.⁸⁴ ($18.99)
• Horchata waffle — cinnamon-sugar waffle topped with honey-cream drizzle, powdered sugar, whipped cream, and horchata maple syrup.⁸⁴ ($17.99)
• Churro cinnamon pancakes — cinnamon-sugar pancakes in the dessert-leaning brunch style.¹³

Mexican breakfast plates

• Huevos divorciados — eggs with red and green salsa.⁸
• Huevos a la Mexicana — eggs scrambled with tomato, onion, and jalapeño.⁸
• Chorizo con papas — Mexican chorizo with potatoes.⁸
• Chorizo bowls — house chorizo breakfast bowls.¹³

Omelets (three-egg, with bread and breakfast potatoes or side salad)⁷

• The Mexican — chorizo, peppers, jalapeños, onions, queso fresco. ($13.99)⁷
• Fajita omelet — steak or chicken, peppers, onions, cheddar. ($14.99)⁷
• La Bandera — grilled chicken, mozzarella, topped with salsas and sour cream. ($13.99)⁷
• Cha Cha Cha — grilled chicken, avocado, jalapeños, onions, pepper jack. ($12.99)⁷
• The Vegetarian — onions, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, feta. ($13.99)⁷

Other plates & sweet items

• Crepes, skillets (including a Mexican skillet with chorizo, peppers and jalapeños), French toast, quesadillas, country-fried steak, biscuits and gravy, avocado toast, and salads.²³

Drinks

• Brunch cocktails — sangrias, bloody Marys, and mimosas.¹²

Links

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARsBreakfastandBrunch/
• Website: https://www.arsbrunchkc.com/
• Phone: (913) 258-5703 (Overland Park flagship) —via the official site’s contact/locations listing (“OP - (913) 258-5703”); supersedes seed value (913) 649-2300.²⁴³

See also

• overland-park-ks
• Registry

Sources

Footnotes

1. “New Johnson County Mexican brunch spot is so popular, it’s opening a second location,” The Kansas City Star (via Yahoo News). https://www.yahoo.com/news/johnson-county-mexican-brunch-spot-172207690.html ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. “AR’s Breakfast & Brunch,” Visit Overland Park business directory. https://www.visitoverlandpark.com/directory/ars-breakfast-brunch/ ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

3. AR’s Breakfast & Brunch official website. https://www.arsbrunchkc.com/ — Confirms: Overland Park phone (913) 258-5703 (8021 Metcalf Ave); Westport phone (816) 214-6458 (4117 Pennsylvania Ave); a Leawood location at 11635 Ash St, 913-232-7484; hours Mon–Fri 7am–3pm, Sat–Sun 6:30am–3pm (accessed 2026-07-18). Re-verified 2026-07-24: exactly three locations listed — Overland Park (8021 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66204), Leawood (11635 Ash St, Leawood, KS 66211), Westport (4117 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111) — all open, same hours; Olathe no longer listed. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

4. “AR’s Breakfast & Brunch,” Yelp (8021 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park). https://www.yelp.com/biz/ars-breakfast-and-brunch-overland-park ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

5. The Kansas City Star (via Yahoo Lifestyle syndication) — “This fusion brunch spot will replace closing Kansas City Westport restaurant” (May 2025). https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fusion-brunch-spot-replace-closing-210002761.html — Asserts: AR’s Breakfast & Brunch planned to open its first Kansas City location at 4117 Pennsylvania Ave in mid-June 2025; Chingu closed in that space May 24, 2025; Oscar Romero quoted on the Westport move. Corroborated by the Westport KCMO business directory listing for AR’s (https://westportkcmo.com/business/ars-breakfast-and-brunch/). ↩ ↩²

6. “Owner of popular Mexican eatery is opening a new snack bar,” Johnson County Post, Oct. 1, 2024. https://johnsoncountypost.com/2024/10/01/snack-bar-lenexa-243079/ ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

7. AR’s Breakfast & Brunch official online menu (omelets section, prices as listed). https://www.arsbrunchkc.com/menu (accessed 2026-06-17) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

8. “Eat This Now: Chilaquiles at AR’s Breakfast and Brunch,” The Pitch (Kansas City). https://www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now-chilaquiles-at-ars-breakfast-and-brunch/ ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶