Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches

Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches is a locally owned Kansas City sandwich shop founded by Bay Area transplant Julian Garcia and his longtime friend Jake Wilson, specializing in San Francisco-style sandwiches on Dutch crunch bread.

Description

Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches is a Kansas City sandwich shop built around the Bay Area sandwich tradition, most distinctively the use of Dutch crunch bread — a soft roll finished with a rice-flour crust before baking that is a San Francisco staple. The shop emphasizes fresh, high-quality ingredients, house-made sauces, and smoked meats, with some signature components (such as salami) reportedly sourced directly from the Bay Area.

The concept grew out of co-founder Julian Garcia’s desire to recreate the sandwiches he grew up with in San Francisco, which he could not find in Kansas City. What began as weekly pop-ups developed into an established neighborhood sandwich operation. Bay Boy operates as a daytime/lunch-oriented business.

As of June 2026 the business operates two Kansas City-area locations — a West Plaza shop at 4706 Holly St and a North Kansas City location at 110 E 18th Ave (inside The Commons), both confirmed active and listed on the official site (verified 2026-06-23).

Ownership and history

Bay Boy was co-founded by Julian Garcia and Jake Wilson, who according to local reporting met as first graders at St. Joseph Catholic School and have been friends for over two decades. Garcia, described as a San Francisco native and filmmaker by background, is the originator of the concept; Wilson, described as a dedicated home cook, partnered with him to develop the menu and operation.

Multiple sources state the business was established in 2015, beginning as weekly pop-ups before settling into a permanent storefront.

Tier classification

Tier 2 — local with qualifier. Bay Boy is independently and locally owned and owner-operated, which supports a strong local-rootedness case. However, the defining founder, Julian Garcia, is a San Francisco native rather than born-and-raised KC, and the concept is explicitly a transplant of Bay Area sandwich culture. Under the editorial standard — Tier 1 measuring deep KC roots — this places Bay Boy in Tier 2: genuinely local and owner-operated, but without the born-and-raised / long-tenure profile that anchors Tier 1.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-24 · Source: official site (live carryout ordering menu) · URL(s): https://www.eatbayboy.com/menu.php · https://www.orderbayboy.com/ · Confidence: High (full menu — every item, description, and price — captured directly from the official ordering system, source 8)

San Francisco / Bay Area-style specialty sandwiches, all built on Dutch crunch bread (the SF-staple rice-flour-crusted roll). Daytime/lunch-oriented. West Plaza (4706 Holly St) + North Kansas City (110 E 18th Ave, The Commons). All items and prices below from the official carryout menu (source 8).

Hot sandwiches

• The Bandit — Boar’s Head London Broil roast beef sliced thin, red onions, smoked cheddar, raspberry jam, and horseradish — $15.00
• Kimchi Grilled Cheese — housemade kimchi, sauteed mushrooms, smoked gouda, provolone and swiss cheeses with housemade chipotle mayo (made with vegan fish sauce) — $14.00
• Hot Pastrami — premium NY-style pastrami sliced thin, pickles, swiss cheese, spicy brown mustard, and horseradish — $15.00
• Pastrami Nebraskan — a quarter pound of premium thin-sliced beef pastrami with 1001 island dressing, melty swiss cheese, and house Bavarian-style kraut — $16.00
• Blue Blaze — handcrafted all-natural blueberry jam, Boar’s Head smoked turkey, white cheddar, hot cherry peppers, arugula, and mayonnaise on a buttered, toasted Dutch crunch roll — $14.00
• El Jefe — mojo roasted pulled pork, sliced ham, swiss cheese, pickles, yellow mustard, and red pepper sauce; Bay Boy’s version of a Cubano — $14.00
• Goldilox — Fabulous Fish’s smoked salmon, housemade capered cream cheese, red onions, and sliced cucumbers; recommended on an Everything Dutch Crunch roll — $15.00
• Jackfruit Jefe (veggie version) — sauteed portobello mushrooms, custom jackfruit medley, pickles, swiss cheese, yellow mustard, and red pepper sauce — $14.00
• Flamin’ Chicken Bacon Ranch — the classic CBR with habanero ghost pepper jack cheese and Frank’s RedHot Buffalo sauce, served melty and toasted — $17.00
• Wagyu Nebraskan — Wagyu Reuben corned beef, housemade Bavarian sauerkraut, melty swiss, topped with house 1001 dressing — $15.00
• The Lox Delux (seasonal, Lent special edition) — cold smoked salmon, lemon caper cream cheese, red onion, cucumber, tomato, and arugula on a toasted Everything-seasoned Dutch crunch roll — $16.50

Cold sandwiches

• Bay Boy — Volpi soppressata salami, mayo, mustard, housemade garlic sauce, original red pepper sauce (made from cherry peppers and banana peppers), green leaf lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickle, and choice of cheese — $13.00
• Veggie — sauteed portobello mushrooms, sliced cucumbers, green leaf lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, housemade garlic sauce and red pepper sauce, yellow mustard, mayo, and choice of cheese — $11.00
• The Gobbler — Boar’s Head smoked turkey, swiss cheese, fire-roasted red pepper, green leaf lettuce, and housemade chipotle mayo — $12.00
• Crown Town Club — Boar’s Head smoked turkey, ham, thick-cut hickory smoked bacon, green leaf lettuce, tomato, red onion with housemade chipotle mayo — $14.00
• Build-a-Wich — build-your-own sandwich; some ingredients subject to availability — $8.00
• Chicken Bacon Ranch — Boar’s Head EverRoast chicken, thick-cut hickory smoked bacon, housemade ranch, green leaf lettuce, tomato, and red onion — $14.00

For the kids

• Peanut Butter & Jelly — classic smooth peanut butter and raspberry jelly (blueberry on request, subject to availability) — $4.00
• Ham & Cheese — a half order of meat and choice of cheese on a fresh roll — $6.00

Cookies, drinks, and extras

• Cloudy Day Cookie — Cloudy Day homemade cookie — $2.50
• Bottle Water — $1.25
• Glass Bottle Soda — $2.50
• Chips — choice of chips — $2.00
• Side of Pickles — 3 oz cup — $0.35
• Extra Cheese — $0.50
• To-Go Sauces — house sauces and condiments in a 3.25 oz side cup — $0.01

Bread

• Dutch Crunch Roll — the house SF-style rice-flour-crusted roll, available on its own — $0.50

Order online: eatbayboy.com/menu.php (carryout) or orderbayboy.com (delivery)

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Sources

1. Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches — About Us — https://eatbayboy.com/about-us — accessed 2026-05-30
2. KSHB 41 (NBC KC), “Bay Area-inspired sandwich shop is a business divided before Super Bowl” — https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/bay-area-inspired-sandwich-shop-is-a-business-divided-before-super-bowl — accessed 2026-05-30
3. Bay Boy ordering / locations page — https://www.orderbayboy.com/ — accessed 2026-05-30
4. Yelp — Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches (West Plaza) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-boy-specialty-sandwiches-kansas-city — accessed 2026-05-30; re-checked 2026-06-23 (listing updated June 2026)
5. Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches — official homepage (locations + ”© Bay Boy 2026”) — https://www.eatbayboy.com/ — accessed 2026-06-23
6. Bay Boy ordering / locations page (both West Plaza + North KC addresses + phones) — https://www.orderbayboy.com/ — accessed 2026-06-23; re-verified 2026-07-18 — Confirms: West Plaza phone (816) 673-3960 at 4706 Holly St, Kansas City, MO 64112; North KC phone (816) 265-9575 at 110 East 18th Avenue, North Kansas City, MO 64116
7. Yelp — Bay Boy (North Kansas City) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-boy-north-kansas-city-4 — accessed 2026-06-23 (listing updated June 2026)
8. Bay Boy Specialty Sandwiches — official carryout ordering menu — https://www.eatbayboy.com/menu.php — accessed 2026-07-24 — Asserts: full current menu with items, descriptions, and prices (11 hot sandwiches, 6 cold sandwiches, kids items, cookie, drinks, extras, Dutch crunch roll); menu served from the site’s own ordering system (menu data endpoint model/getCategory.php)

Verification

Drafted 2026-05-30 from web research; 4 independent sources (official About page, KSHB local press, official locations page, Yelp).

Status re-verification 2026-06-23 (PASS-4): CONFIRMED OPERATING. Official site (eatbayboy.com, © 2026) and order page list both active locations — West Plaza (4706 Holly St) and North Kansas City (110 E 18th Ave, inside The Commons); both Yelp listings updated June 2026. registry_status: active retained; status_last_verified: 2026-06-23 stamped. No closure, relocation, or rebrand detected.

Still unverified/flagged (data-quality, not status): precise brick-and-mortar opening year (2015 pop-up vs 2018 storefront), the base-data Pennsylvania Ave address (likely former/closed location), Jake Wilson’s hometown, and formal confirmation of unified ownership across both current locations.

Links

• Website: https://www.eatbayboy.com