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Captain’s Sports Lounge is a locally owned sports bar and scratch-leaning kitchen at 301 SW Eagles Pkwy, Grain Valley, MO 64029. The company was founded in 2013 at Lake Lotawana; the Grain Valley room opened July 2020 as the second location, built by owners Jake Dickey and Josh Walruff, both raised in eastern Jackson County. First-party now lists four rooms — Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana (Lee’s Summit address), Warrensburg, and the Northland. The kitchen headlines never-frozen wings, an 8 oz. locally sourced beef patty, and a grilled-or-fried pork tenderloin. Tier 1 — KC-metro owners, metro-grown concept, no outside parent.123

Description

Captain’s is a game-day room with a kitchen that does more than the format requires. First-party positioning is “bold flavors and big wins” — a sports lounge rather than a tavern, and explicitly a family-and-friends space rather than an adults-only bar.1

The menu is built around three proteins offered grilled or fried — pork tenderloin, an 8 oz. locally sourced beef patty, and chicken — each finished in one of six “styles” (Signature, Ridiculous, Crazy, The Anchor, Cowboy, Breakfast). Wings are the other headline, sold traditional, boneless, or pickle-brined, in flights of 6/12/18 with a long sauce board including 66x6, pineapple habanero, Nashville hot, blueberry chipotle BBQ, and honey bourbon BBQ. Beyond that: shareables (bacon torpedoes, burnt end tots, garlic pretzel bites, pig wings), flatbreads, a BBQ basket, and a seafood platter with hand-battered alligator.4

Grain Valley opened as an events room as well as a dining room — the 2020 local coverage names baby showers, live music, dart tournaments, and whiskey and wine tastings among the uses, and describes the venue as non-smoking.3

Ownership and history

Grain Valley News (July 15, 2020) reports the Grain Valley location as an expansion of the owners’ existing Lake Lotawana room, opened by Jake Dickey and Josh Walruff. Both are named as having grown up in eastern Jackson County and as having previously worked at the Stables restaurant in Grain Valley; Dickey is described as having owned restaurants since age 24. Dickey’s stated rationale: “There’s a need in Grain Valley for more restaurants and we want to help fill that void.”3

First-party carries the founding year as 2013, which matches the Lake Lotawana original rather than the Grain Valley room.1

The company has since grown to four locations. Its current first-party “Where?” page links directions for Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana (Lee’s Summit mailing address), Warrensburg, and 10221 N Oak Trafficway in the Northland — an expansion out of eastern Jackson County that postdates the 2020 coverage and is not otherwise documented by a dated source this pass. for the opening dates of the Warrensburg and Northland rooms.2

Ownership as of 2026 is **** — the 2020 article is the only source naming principals, and no first-party ownership statement is published.

menu_status: verified — transcribed from the first-party menu published at captainskc.com/menu-main, 2026-08-13. Prices are company-wide as published; per-location variation is not disclosed.4

Wings — traditional / boneless / pickle: 6 for $9, 12 for $16, 18 for $21. Cauliflower wings $10. Add fries $3. Add 4 wings to any order $4.

Burgers and “What’s your style?” (grilled or fried pork tenderloin, 8 oz. locally sourced beef patty, or chicken) — Signature (LTOP with cheese) 13.99 · Ridiculous (fried onion strings, onion bacon jam, torpedo cream sauce, pepper jack) 16.99 · Crazy (bacon, provolone, crazy sauce) 15.99 · The Anchor (double patty, triple American, bacon, fries, zadd sauce) 19.99 · Cowboy (onion ring, cheddar, honey bourbon BBQ) 15.99 · Breakfast (fried egg, bacon, provolone, bistro sauce) 16.99.

Handhelds (served with fries) — Lobster roll 24.99 · Captain’s Club 15.99 · Zadd Reuben 15.99 · Patty melt 14.99 · Philly cheesesteak 14.99.

Shareables — Bacon torpedoes 14.99 · Burnt end tots 14.99 · Nachos 15.99 (half 8.99, add steak +$2) · Garlic pretzel bites 11.99 · Pig wings 11.99 · Crab rangoon 9.99 · Candied quesadilla 13.99 · Chips & queso 9.99 · Fried mushrooms 9.99 · Pickle chips 9.99 · Fried mozzarella 9.99 · Potato skins 9.99 · Smörgåsbord platter 19.99.

Staples — Chicken fingers 13.99 · Fish & chips 15.99 · Bayou gator 15.99 · Killer Mac 14.99 (burnt ends 16.99) · BBQ basket pick 2 $20 / pick 3 $25 · Seafood platter 34.99 (serves 2–3).

Also — Sliders 2/$12, 4/$18, 6/$24 (Americana, turkey & cheese, burnt ends, ham & cheese) · Flatbreads: Twisted 20.99, The Kingdom 20.99, Cheese 16.99 · Taco platter 11.99 chicken or beef / 14.99 steak · Sides $4.99 and $6.49 · Full salad 11.99.

Menu footnotes: to-go orders carry a 50¢ surcharge.4

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Footnotes

  1. Captain’s Sports Lounge — official site home page (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: “Founded in 2013, captain’s Sports Lounge isn’t just a sports bar — it’s an experience”; tagline “bold flavors and big wins”; inclusive/family framing; social accounts (Instagram @captains_sl, Facebook CaptainsSportsLounge); site footer “©️ 2026 captain’s sports lounge.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Captain’s Sports Lounge — “Where?” locations page (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: four locations, whose first-party directions links resolve to 301 SW Eagles Pkwy, Grain Valley, MO 64029; 27909 E Colbern Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO 64086 (Lake Lotawana); 630 E Young Ave, Warrensburg, MO 64093; and 10221 N Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64155. Page publishes no per-location hours or phone numbers. ↩ ↩2

  3. “A New Captain Set To Arrive In Grain Valley,” Grain Valley News, July 15, 2020 — asserts: opening at 301 SW Eagles Parkway, Grain Valley; owners Jake Dickey and Josh Walruff; expansion from their Lake Lotawana location; both owners grew up in eastern Jackson County and previously worked at the Stables restaurant in Grain Valley; Dickey has owned restaurants since age 24; never-frozen wings and hand-formed 8 oz. Valley Oaks beef burgers; pork tenderloin sandwiches, fish and chips, customizable pizzas; non-smoking venue hosting live music, dart tournaments, and tastings; quote “There’s a need in Grain Valley for more restaurants and we want to help fill that void.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. Captain’s Sports Lounge — main menu (first-party menu images) (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: all itemized prices transcribed in the Menu section above; three-protein “What’s your style?” structure; “locally sourced 8 oz. beef patty”; wing sauce and dry-rub list; 50¢ to-go surcharge; captainskc.com printed on the menu. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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