This Kansas City business has closed. KS.City keeps its page on the record.

Port Fonda was a modern Mexican / street-food restaurant at 4141 Pennsylvania Ave in Westport. Opened under chef Patrick Ryan (with co-owner Jamie Davila in the early brand era); closed and sold after a 2021 workplace scandal; reopened under Culinary Virtue Restaurant Collective; permanently closed December 18, 2022. Page retained as closed / in-memoriam record — do not list as active.123

Description

Port Fonda was known for modern Mexican tacos and a high-profile Westport bar-restaurant energy. After pandemic closure and a 2021 Pitch investigation into workplace abuse under prior ownership, the brand was sold and reopened under Culinary Virtue before the 2022 permanent shutter.34

Ownership and history

  • Founding era: Patrick Ryan / Jamie Davila (pre-sale).3
  • 2021: Sold after scandal; Culinary Virtue Restaurant Collective reopened.34
  • Dec 16–18, 2022: Permanent closure announced; last service Dec 18.12

Living-persons and legal claims about the scandal era are out of scope for this Registry record beyond citing the existence of press coverage and the ownership change — no detailed allegation restatement here (Living Persons + Iron Rule caution).

menu_status: na (closed).

  • Historical address: 4141 Pennsylvania Ave, Westport
  • Press of record: Star Dec 16, 2022 closure

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Kynala Phillips, “Port Fonda in Westport to close permanently on December 18,” The Kansas City Star, Dec 16, 2022 — asserts: permanent close Dec 18 9pm; Facebook thanks patrons. ↩ ↩2

  2. “Kansas City restaurant group closing Westport’s Port Fonda,” KSHB — asserts: Culinary Virtue shutter; last service Dec 18. ↩ ↩2

  3. Liz Cook, “Port Fonda sells to new ownership in wake of scandal,” The Pitch, Apr 20, 2021 — asserts: sale after 2021 Pitch exposé; reopen under new ownership June that year; prior owners Patrick Ryan and Jamie Davila named in that coverage. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. “Port Fonda restaurant closing in Kansas City’s Westport,” Fox4, Dec 16, 2022 — asserts: Culinary Virtue; 4141 Pennsylvania; second brand close in ~month for the group. ↩ ↩2

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On the record — ks.city/registry/port-fonda · record updated 2026-08-10