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Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine is a family-owned modern Mexican restaurant and cocktail lounge in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, at 4112 Pennsylvania Ave.12 It pairs Latin American-inspired dishes with a craft cocktail program and houses Clandestino, a speakeasy billed as the first Mexican speakeasy in Westport.3

Description

Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine is a modern Mexican restaurant and lounge located at 4112 Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of Kansas City’s Westport neighborhood.12 The restaurant describes itself as a local, family-owned business that cooks with locally sourced produce and meats while infusing Latino flavors, and it presents its food as “Latin American inspired dishes & cocktails with a modern twist.”3

The menu spans Mexican and broader Latin American dishes, including quesa-birria tacos, fish tacos, chilaquiles, and asados (steaks) such as rib eye and tomahawk cuts.42 Alongside the kitchen, Brix operates a mixology program and is home to Clandestino, a speakeasy inside the restaurant that the business describes as the first Mexican speakeasy in Westport, with cocktails inspired by Latin spirits and house-made mixers.35

Brix is open Tuesday through Sunday and closed Mondays, with dinner-focused hours and late-night service later in the week.2 The restaurant maintains an active reservations presence and is rated 4.6 stars across 150 OpenTable diner reviews.2

Ownership and history

Brix is described by the business and by area listings as a locally, family-owned restaurant.36 The specific owner or operator name is not documented in publicly available sources reviewed for this page, and is marked pending confirmation.3

The exact founding year is likewise not publicly documented. Third-party review platforms carry diner reviews dating to 2023 and a Snapchat place record created in 2022, indicating the restaurant was operating by that period; the precise opening date is marked.67 The business operates the in-house Clandestino speakeasy as a distinguishing concept within Westport.5

Sources

Disputes

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Footnotes

  1. Brix official website — contact/hours page. https://www.brixkc.com/contact/ — asserts: address 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64111; phone (816) 832-8390; email Brixlatinamericancuisine@gmail.com; active business. ↩ ↩2

  2. OpenTable — Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine - Westport (Updated 2026). https://www.opentable.com/r/brix-modern-mexican-cuisine-westport-kansas-city — asserts: modern Mexican restaurant in Westport KCMO; hours (closed Mon; Tue–Sun dinner service with late hours Thu–Fri); menu items incl. quesa-birria tacos, fish tacos, asados; 4.6 stars across 150 reviews; currently taking reservations (open). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. Brix official website — homepage / about. https://www.brixkc.com/ — asserts: family-owned; local family cooking locally sourced produce and meats with Latino flavors; “Latin American inspired dishes & cocktails with a modern twist”; houses Clandestino speakeasy (first Mexican speakeasy in Westport). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. Brix official website — menus. https://www.brixkc.com/menus/ — asserts: menu sections incl. starters, asados/steaks (rib eye, tomahawk), tacos, lunch; modern Mexican cuisine. ↩

  5. Brix official website — Clandestino Speakeasy page. https://www.brixkc.com/clandestino/ — asserts: in-house speakeasy concept; cocktails inspired by Latin spirits and homemade mixers; billed as first Mexican speakeasy in Westport. ↩ ↩2

  6. Yelp — Brix Modern Mexican Cusine, 4112 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City (Updated May 2026, 269 photos, 76 reviews). https://www.yelp.com/biz/brix-modern-mexican-cusine-kansas-city-2 — asserts: address; Mexican category; family-owned; current operating status (listing updated May 2026); reviews dating to 2023. ↩ ↩2

  7. Snapchat place record — Brix Modern Mexican Cuisine. https://www.snapchat.com/place/brix-modern-mexican-cuisine/66a20296-012d-11ed-87f4-bb666abdce24 — asserts: place record exists with a 2022-era identifier, indicating the business was active by 2022. ↩

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Kansas City–owned
  • Mexican
  • Midtown