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Brewer’s Kitchen was a beer-forward scratch kitchen in Midtown Kansas City, opened in 2019 by hospitality operator Chris Riggins at 3107 Gillham Road, known for burgers ground by hand daily and marinated in local craft beer (#cookedinbeer) alongside a next-door beer hall, Brewer’s Corner. In 2025 Riggins sold the Gillham Road assets and lease and moved the Brewer’s Kitchen brand and menu into 3 Trails Brewing on Independence Square, which he purchased — so the storefront is closed while the concept continues under the same owner.

Description

Brewer’s Kitchen was a Midtown Kansas City scratch kitchen built around local craft beer, opening in 2019 in the former KimChee space near 31st and Gillham. 1 Owner Chris Riggins used beer as an ingredient across the menu: burgers were ground fresh by hand each day and marinated in local craft beer for about 24 hours (the restaurant’s #cookedinbeer hook), and condiments such as a blueberry-stout jam, raspberry-beer jam, chipotle-beer barbecue sauce, “drunken” ketchup and mustard, and a Monk & Honey mustard were made in house. 2 The eight signature burgers were joined by a build-your-own option in roughly the $12-$15 range with a choice of side. 2 In late 2023 Riggins opened Brewer’s Corner in the space next door (3105 Gillham) as a beer hall with a full bar, one of the larger local-brewery tap lists in the area, and games such as darts and board games. 13

Ownership and history

Brewer’s Kitchen was founded and operated by Chris Riggins, a career Kansas City hospitality operator. Per Kansas City Magazine, Riggins started in restaurants at age 16 at Outback Steakhouse, became a managing partner in Iowa City, and spent five years as a regional training manager before opening his own concept. 1 He opened Brewer’s Kitchen at 3107 Gillham Road in 2019 and added the adjacent Brewer’s Corner beer hall in late 2023. 13

In 2024, ahead of any sale, Riggins extended his brand into Independence by running the food program at 3 Trails Brewing on the Square — a walk-up window branded Brewer’s Wrap House serving wraps, sandwiches, and “Brew-Ritos” — an arrangement that let the brewery focus on beer while Riggins ran the kitchen. 1

In a May 2025 Kansas City Star report, Riggins said he was selling the Brewer’s Kitchen assets and the remainder of his 10-year lease at 3107 Gillham Road to new operators, while relocating the Brewer’s Kitchen brand and menu into 3 Trails Brewing at 111 N. Main St., which he was purchasing outright from co-owners Jesse Rose, Brian Clark, and Matt Medley. 3 The identity of the new operator(s) of the vacated Gillham Road storefront is.

Last verified: 2026-07-24 · Source: Official site (re-pulled; still live but stale for the closed Gillham Road storefront) + official Square ordering site (unreachable — HTTP 403) + press · URL(s): https://www.brewers-kitchen.com/ · https://brewers-kitchen.square.site/ · Confidence: Medium (historical/concept menu documented from official + press sources; itemized menu with prices was never published outside the now-blocked ordering site)

Historical menu record — the Gillham Road storefront is closed and the Brewer’s Kitchen brand + menu now operate inside 3 Trails Brewing under the same owner. Current item-level menu lives at 3 Trails.

Burgers (signature program)

  • Eight signature house burgers plus a build-your-own — roughly $12–$15 with a choice of side; beef ground by hand daily, never frozen, marinated ~24 hours in local craft beer (#cookedinbeer); official site specifies local beef marinated in IPA24
  • Vegetarian/vegan: portobello mushroom substitute available on burgers4
  • Limited gluten-free selections4

House-made beer condiments and sauces

All sauces, cocktail mixes, and syrups made in-house; “100% made from scratch food & drink — no freezers or microwaves”4

  • Blueberry-stout jam — price2
  • Raspberry-beer jam — price2
  • Chipotle-beer barbecue sauce — price2
  • “Drunken” ketchup and drunken mustard — price2
  • Monk & Honey mustard — price2

Sides and other

  • Loaded fries — price2

Beer (Brewer’s Corner beer hall)

  • Rotating local-craft-beer list — one of the larger local-brewery tap lists in the area, deepest at the adjacent 4,000 sq ft Brewer’s Corner beer hall; individual taps rotated and are not documented item-level14

Itemized menu with per-item prices was published only via the official Square online-ordering site (brewers-kitchen.square.site), which returns HTTP 403 as of 2026-07-24 and could not be captured.5

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Kansas City Magazine — “Brewer’s Kitchen & Corner partners with 3 Trails in Independence.” https://kansascitymag.com/brewers-kitchen-corner-partners-with-3-trails-in-independence/ — accessed 2026-07-18. asserts: owner Chris Riggins; address 3107 Gillham Road; Brewer’s Kitchen founded 2019 and Brewer’s Corner opened late 2023; craft-beer-in-food concept and beer-hall (full bar, large local tap list, games); Riggins background (Outback at 16, Iowa City managing partner, five years regional training manager); partnership running the food program at 3 Trails as Brewer’s Wrap House (wraps, sandwiches, Brew-Ritos). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. Feast Magazine — “The Beer Burgers at Brewer’s Kitchen Are Making a Mark on Midtown Kansas City.” https://www.feastmagazine.com/travel/kansas-city/article_326f735a-bf72-11e9-8a4c-331d50ef340e.html — surfaced via search 2026-07-18 (direct fetch returned HTTP 429; details drawn from the search-engine summary of this article). asserts: beer-infused burger concept (#cookedinbeer); beef marinated 24 hours in beer and ground by hand daily; eight signature burgers plus build-your-own ($12-$15 with a side); house-made beer condiments — blueberry-stout jam, raspberry-beer jam, chipotle-beer barbecue sauce, drunken ketchup and mustard, Monk & Honey mustard. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  3. Yahoo News / Kansas City Star syndication — “Restaurant will leave popular Kansas City spot — but it’s not ending for good” (reported May 2025). https://www.yahoo.com/news/restaurant-leave-popular-kansas-city-185733684.html — accessed 2026-07-18. asserts: Chris Riggins owns Brewer’s Kitchen at 3107 Gillham Road; founded 2019 (beer-infused burgers); selling the assets and remainder of a 10-year lease to new operators; relocating the Brewer’s Kitchen brand into 3 Trails Brewing at 111 N. Main St., Independence, which he is purchasing from co-owners Jesse Rose, Brian Clark, and Matt Medley; Gillham Road successor concept undetermined and “won’t be called Brewer’s Kitchen.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. Brewer’s Kitchen & Corner — official site. https://www.brewers-kitchen.com/ — accessed 2026-07-18. asserts: “scratch kitchen & beer hall,” fresh never-frozen burgers; address 3107-3105 Gillham Road, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64109; phone (816) 775-1274; listed hours Thu 5-10pm, Fri-Sat 12-10pm, Sun 12-8pm, Mon-Wed closed. NOTE: appears stale — still lists the Gillham Road location that 2025 press reported as vacated; not treated as proof the storefront is currently operating. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. Brewer’s Kitchen — official Square online-ordering site. https://brewers-kitchen.square.site/ — attempted 2026-07-24; HTTP 403 Forbidden (site blocked/unreachable; item-level menu with prices could not be captured). Main official site (re-accessed 2026-07-24) still resolves and still lists Gillham Road with hours incl. kitchen-close times (Thu kitchen closes 8:30pm, Sun 6pm) and email brewerskitchenkc@gmail.com — consistent with the stale-site assessment above. ↩

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