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OurHouseKC is a family-owned restaurant, full bar, café, and bakery at 1815 W 39th St in Kansas City’s 39th Street West “restaurant row,” owned and operated by Prairie Village couple Joe and Maggie Zahner. Opened June 2021, it pairs smoked meats and homestyle fare with a café, rooftop patio, and free live local music — billed as “good beats, great eats, and smoked meats.”

Description

OurHouseKC is an independent, family-owned restaurant and full bar at 1815 W 39th St in Kansas City, Missouri, on the 39th Street West corridor near the University of Kansas Medical Center — a stretch long known locally as “restaurant row.” Beyond the dining room and bar, the venue operates as a café and bakery and runs free live local music on its rooftop patio (typically Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday). The kitchen leans on smoked meats and homestyle KC fare — menu items have included a burnt-end stew pot pie and a KC cheesesteak — alongside handcrafted café drinks and pastries.12

The Zahners frame the concept as “a welcoming environment for all — especially families,” a direction shaped in part by their four children, who are involved in the business.12 OurHouseKC appears in at least one community LGBTQ+ venue directory for Kansas City, though the business’s own materials emphasize a general family-welcoming positioning rather than an explicitly LGBTQ-oriented concept.3

Ownership and history

OurHouseKC is owned and operated by Joe and Maggie Zahner, a couple from Prairie Village, Kansas, who pursued the restaurant as a long-held “dream.”12 Joe Zahner — co-owner and head chef — grew up in the local Kansas City restaurant business among championship barbecue artisans and specializes in smoked meats. Maggie Zahner — co-owner and founder — handles day-to-day operations, event planning, catering, the café, and music bookings, drawing on a background in BBQ and catering as well as work as a barista and coffee expert.1

The couple, who had decades of restaurant experience between them, began searching for a space before the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately opened at 1815 W 39th St. The restaurant officially opened on June 4, 2021.2 (The seed founding estimate of “~2016” is not supported by any source reviewed and appears to be an error; corrected to 2021 above.)

See also

  • Registry

Sources

Footnotes

  1. OurHouseKC — “About Us.” https://ourhousekc.com/about/ — asserts: owners Joe & Maggie Zahner; family-owned restaurant + café + bakery; smoked meats; rooftop patio with live music; “good beats, great eats, and smoked meats.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Johnson County Post — “Prairie Village couple opens OurHouseKC on 39th Street…” (June 4, 2021). https://johnsoncountypost.com/2021/06/04/our-house-kc-opens-123881/ — asserts: opened June 4, 2021; Joe & Maggie Zahner (Prairie Village); 1815 W 39th St (restaurant row near KU Med); café + rooftop patio + live music. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. Visit KC — OurHouseKC. https://www.visitkc.com/listings/ourhousekc/ — asserts: 1815 W 39th St; restaurant/café listing. ↩

See also

  • Registry
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Midtown