District Pour House + Kitchen

District Pour House + Kitchen is a modern American gastropub that made an unusual cross-state-line move in 2023 — shutting its beloved decade-old Waldo location and reopening in the restored historic Shawnee State Bank building on Johnson Drive, bringing craft cocktails, comfort food, and a decade of neighborhood-bar credibility with it.¹

Description

District Pour House + Kitchen opened its Shawnee location over Memorial Day weekend 2023 inside the restored historic Shawnee State Bank building at 11101 Johnson Dr — a landmark address that matches the restaurant’s preference for buildings with character.¹² The room seats roughly 100. Weekend brunch runs Saturday and Sunday; the full kitchen operates weekdays as well.²

The menu centers on modern American comfort food with a craft bar program that sets it apart from standard neighborhood fare. Signature items include fried risotto balls with roasted red pepper sauce, gumbo, fried chicken sandwich, and a cocktail menu built around house-infused liquors — strawberry rhubarb vodka, pickle vodka, brown sugar bourbon — alongside the well-known bourbon slushes.² The bar program reflects McCall’s conviction that a gastropub should be a genuine destination for drinks, not an afterthought.

Interior design at the Shawnee location was handled by co-owner Dan McCall’s wife, Jenny Meyer-McCall, a Shawnee-area artist whose aesthetic threads through the room.³

Ownership and history

Dan McCall opened the original District Pour House + Kitchen in 2013 with co-founder Jason Rourke in the old Romanelli’s shopping center at 7122 Wornall Rd in Kansas City’s Historic Waldo neighborhood — a space with more than 80 years of restaurant history.⁴ McCall came to the project with hands-on KC hospitality experience, having served as general manager at Classic Cup Cafe on the Country Club Plaza (which he subsequently purchased) and at Coach’s Bar & Grill in Kansas City.⁴

The Waldo location operated for a decade, earning consistent neighborhood loyalty. When McCall closed Waldo in 2023 and relocated to Shawnee, it was a deliberate bet on Old Shawnee’s revitalization rather than an escape — he and his family live in the Shawnee Mission school district, and the small-town feel of the Johnson Drive corridor appealed to him after years in the denser Waldo and Plaza scenes.³

The Shawnee State Bank building brought a fitting new home: historic fabric, central location, and a neighborhood context analogous to what District had built in Waldo over ten years.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-30 · Source: districtks.com²; JoCo Post¹; The Pitch⁴ · Confidence: Medium (signatures + bar program confirmed; full current menu at districtks.com)

Modern American gastropub. 11101 Johnson Dr, Shawnee (historic Shawnee State Bank building). Weekend brunch Sat–Sun.¹²

Food — signatures:²

• Fried risotto balls with roasted red pepper sauce (signature)²
• Gumbo²
• Fried chicken sandwich²

Bar — craft cocktails:²

• Bourbon slushes (signature)²
• House-infused liquors: strawberry rhubarb vodka, pickle vodka, brown sugar bourbon²

Founded in Waldo (2013); relocated to Shawnee (2023). Weekend brunch Sat–Sun.

Full menu: districtks.com

Links

• districtks.com
• Instagram

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — District Pour House, Shawnee (updated May 2026) (accessed 2026-06-23). Address 11101 Johnson Dr, Shawnee, KS 66203 confirmed; current hours active on official site.

Disputes

None at this time.

Footnotes

1. https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/06/12/district-downtown-shawnee-203989/ — Johnson County Post. Asserts: full name “District Pour House + Kitchen”; opened Memorial Day weekend 2023; 11101 Johnson Dr; historic Shawnee State Bank building; seats ~100; founded 2013 in Waldo; closed Waldo earlier in 2023. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. https://districtks.com/ — District Pour House + Kitchen official website. Asserts: gastropub concept; craft cocktails; bourbon slushes; modern American menu; weekend brunch. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

3. https://issuu.com/sunflower_publishing/docs/sm24fawi_pages/s/57955280 — Shawnee Magazine, Fall 2024. Asserts: Dan McCall from small town in western Kansas; family lives in Shawnee Mission school district; loves small-town feel; wife Jenny Meyer-McCall designed interior. ↩ ↩²

4. https://www.thepitchkc.com/district-pour-house-kitchen-is-ready-for-some-regulars/ — The Pitch KC. Asserts: co-founders Dan McCall and Jason Rourke; founded 2013; Waldo location 7122 Wornall; 80+ yr restaurant history building; McCall previously GM at Classic Cup and Coach’s Bar & Grill. ↩ ↩² ↩³