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Mi Ranchito is a family-owned Mexican restaurant group founded 2004 in Olathe by Rulber De la Torre. Multiple Johnson County dining rooms (Olathe, Lenexa, Overland Park / Shawnee-area addresses) plus additional Kansas locations outside the core metro. Extensive combination and fajita menus; sister upscale concept Rulber’s Restaurant Mas Cantina opened Prairie Village 2026. Tier 1 (local founder-owned multi-unit — not a national franchise).123

Description

Mi Ranchito is a classic Johnson County Mexican full-service brand: fajitas, enchiladas, chimichangas, combination plates, margaritas, and a long rotating specials board. First-party site emphasizes “authentic Mexican food since 2004.”1 Opening coverage of sister concept Rulber’s notes the Mi Ranchito menus became so extensive that De la Torre needed a separate kitchen to launch new dishes — the problem Rulber’s solves.23

Scale context from July 2026 Startland reporting: about seven Mi Ranchito restaurants in the metro (Lenexa, Olathe, Overland Park named) plus Fort Scott and Mound City in eastern Kansas; roughly 250 employees across the operation.2 Johnson County Post earlier summarized five JoCo locations plus two farther west.3 Treat headcount and exact unit counts as press-reported, not continuously audited.

Locations (metro — partial desk capture 2026-08-12)

Addresses assembled from first-party locations page fragments, Facebook location list, and search snippets. Confirm each pin before Map deploy.4

LocationAddressPhone
Olathe (original Harrison)964 S Harrison St, Olathe, KS 66061(913) 397-0241
Lenexa13000 W 95th St, Lenexa, KS 66215(913) 599-5969
80th St (listed OP/Shawnee)7148 W 80th St, Overland Park, KS 66204(913) 642-7500
Olathe 119th14154 W 119th St, Olathe, KS 66062
Overland Park 151st8550 W 151st St, Overland Park, KS 66223
Additional unitsFort Scott, Mound City, others per press

Ordering portal: https://www.ordermiranchitokc.com/ and https://miranchitokc.com/order-online.[^site]

Ownership and history

Rulber De la Torre — born last of twelve on a ranch in Mexico; helped his mother Teresa Oregon grind spices for mole as a child; moved to Kansas at 15; dishwasher→cook→kitchen manager path in KC before opening Mi Ranchito in 2004 with $10 secondhand chairs.235 Wife Ana and children work in the restaurants.2

2026: first owner-named concept rulbers-restaurant-mas-cantina opens in Prairie Village Meadowbrook.2

menu_status: pending — first-party has full section tree (everyday specials, appetizers, fajitas/burritos, chimichangas, veggie, traditions & eggs, grandes combinations, specialties, cocktails/margaritas) but itemized prices were not transcribed this pass.1

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Mi Ranchito KC first-party site (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: serving since 2004; menu section structure; order/locations/gift-card navigation; domain miranchitokc.com. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Joyce Smith, “Mi Ranchito founder opens upscale cantina…,” Startland News, July 2026 — asserts: 2004 Olathe open with secondhand chairs; seven metro Mi Ranchito + Fort Scott/Mound City; ~250 employees; family involvement; Rulber’s as first named concept. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. Lucie Krisman, Johnson County Post, Aug 3, 2026 — asserts: Michoacán birth; dishwasher 1989; five JoCo Mi Ranchito + two further west Kansas; career path to kitchen manager; motivation for a second concept. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. Locations data cross-checked from miranchitokc.com/our-locations scrape fragments + public directory snippets (Harrison, 95th Lenexa, 80th, 119th Olathe, 151st OP) on 2026-08-12. Individual phones mapped where unique; remainder. ↩

  5. Mi Ranchito “Our Story” entry (Rulber De La Torre, dated Jan 16, 2023 on site card) (accessed 2026-08-12). Asserts: born last of twelve on a ranch in Mexico; childhood spice-grinding with mother Teresa Oregon for mole (snippet; full essay on linked continue-reading card). ↩

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On the record — ks.city/registry/mi-ranchito · record updated 2026-08-12