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Ginger Sue’s is a locally founded Kansas City-metro breakfast and brunch restaurant; the original location opened on Liberty’s historic downtown square in 2007 and has anchored a small three-location group ever since.

Description

Ginger Sue’s is a breakfast-and-brunch restaurant founded in 2007 on the historic downtown square in Liberty, Missouri.12 It serves all-day breakfast and lunch seven days a week and has become a recognized Northland/Kansas City-metro breakfast destination, with menu items such as its crab benedict drawing local press attention.3

From the original Liberty location, the business grew into a small group of three locations — Liberty, Lee’s Summit (MO), and Olathe (KS) — while retaining its independent, locally owned character.12

Ownership and history

Ginger Sue’s was founded by husband-and-wife team David Bradley and Ginger Fuller, who opened the first location on Liberty’s downtown square in 2007.2 Over the following years they expanded the concept to Lee’s Summit and Olathe.

In October 2025, Fuller and Bradley announced their retirement after nearly two decades, and the restaurant passed to new ownership.2

The identity of the new owner(s) as of the October 2025 transition was not confirmed in the sources reviewed. Confirm before finalizing the Ownership field.

Tier classification

Tier 1. Ginger Sue’s was founded and owned for nearly two decades by a local husband-and-wife team, opened on Liberty’s historic square, and built into a small, regionally rooted three-location group — a clear local-rootedness profile with 18+ years of tenure. The small multi-location footprint stays within metro KC and does not rise to the regional/national-brand qualifier that would pull it to Tier 2. The 2025 ownership change introduces a question: if the new owners are not local, a future re-evaluation toward Tier 2 may be warranted, so this Tier 1 assignment is contingent on confirming local continuity under the new owner.

Sources

  1. Ginger Sue’s — official “About” / site — https://gingersues.com/about/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  2. “Owners of Ginger Sue’s announce retirement, new ownership” — FOX4 KC — https://fox4kc.com/news/owners-of-ginger-sues-announce-retirement-new-ownership/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  3. “Dish & Drink KC: Crab Benedict at Ginger Sue’s…” — The Pitch — https://www.thepitchkc.com/dish-drink-kc-crab-benedict-at-ginger-sues-and-apple-everything-at-cider-hill-family-orchard/ — accessed 2026-05-30

Verification

Drafted 2026-05-30 from web research; 3 independent sources (official site, FOX4 KC, The Pitch). The current (post-October-2025) owner identity is unconfirmed and flagged; tier is contingent on that confirmation.

Footnotes

  1. Ginger Sue’s official site. 2007 founding on Liberty’s historic square; three locations (Liberty, Lee’s Summit, Olathe); all-day breakfast/lunch seven days a week. ↩ ↩2

  2. FOX4 KC. Founders David Bradley + Ginger Fuller; October 2025 retirement announcement and new ownership. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. The Pitch. Local breakfast/brunch coverage corroborating Ginger Sue’s standing. ↩

See also

  • Registry
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Founder Led