Momma Ann'z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken

Momma Ann’z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken is a family-owned soul-food and seafood restaurant on US-40 in Blue Springs, Missouri, built on recipes the owner traces back to her grandmother’s kitchen.

Description

Momma Ann’z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken is a small, independent restaurant on the SW US-40 corridor in Blue Springs. The kitchen centers on fried seafood and wings — fish, shrimp, and chicken cooked to order — with a soul-food throughline. Listed hours run Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays): Tuesday-Thursday 11:30am-8:00pm, Friday 11:30am-9:00pm, Saturday 12:00pm-8:30pm, and Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm.¹

Ownership and history

The restaurant is run by its namesake, “Momma Ann,” who by the business’s own account started it to bring the food of her home kitchen to the community; customer accounts describe recipes handed down from her grandmother.² It is a Black-owned, family-operated business, listed as such in Black-business directories, with reviewers noting the owner and her son working the counter together.³ The owner’s full name and the founding year are not yet documented from a primary source.

Menu

Fried fish, fried shrimp, and chicken wings anchor the menu, with sides in the soul-food register. Full item lineup and prices not yet verified against a primary menu source. menu_status: unverified

Links

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Momma.Annz/
• Phone: (816) 519-9812

Sources

Footnotes

1. Yelp — Momma Ann’z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken, 794 US-40, Blue Springs — https://www.yelp.com/biz/momma-annz-fried-fish-shrimp-and-chicken-blue-springs — accessed 2026-07-16. Asserts: address (794 SW US Hwy 40, Blue Springs, MO 64014), phone (816) 519-9812, category (seafood / chicken wings), operating hours (closed Mon; Tue-Thu 11:30a-8p, Fri 11:30a-9p, Sat 12-8:30p, Sun 12-5p), active listing (updated within past year). ↩

2. Momma Ann’z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken — restaurant listing page — https://momma-annz-fried-fish-shrimp-chicken.hey-restaurants.com/ — accessed 2026-07-15. Asserts: owner “Momma Ann” started the restaurant to share her home cooking with the community; family-recipe origin. ↩

3. BuyBlack.org — Momma Ann’z Fried Fish, Shrimp & Chicken, Blue Springs — https://www.buyblack.org/united-states-of-america/blue-springs/restaurants/momma-ann-z-fried-fish-shrimp-chicken — accessed 2026-07-16. Confirms: listed as a Black-owned restaurant in Blue Springs, MO. ↩