Sunset Grill

Sunset Grill is an independent, owner-operated American restaurant at 146th and Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas, opened in 2004 by Rod Lampe and Dan Tierney. Named after the Don Henley song, it wraps a casual neighborhood menu — burgers, salads, tacos, and a Caribbean/tropical accent — inside a deliberately built faux-beach-shack atmosphere. More than twenty years in, it remains a hands-on, family-friendly fixture of south Overland Park’s dining scene.

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Description

Sunset Grill is a casual, independently owned restaurant at the southwest edge of Overland Park, at roughly 146th and Metcalf. The owners built out a deliberately tropical, “beach-shack” environment — tropical plants, a fountain, overhead fans, concrete floors — to contrast with its suburban strip-corridor setting, and the kitchen puts an “equatorial spin” on an otherwise broad American menu.¹

The menu leans into approachable comfort fare: burgers, salads, soups, and tacos alongside tropical-leaning specialties. The signature item is the Chopped Sunset Salad; other recurring favorites include Hawaiian Skewers, the Freeman Steak Sandwich, Chicken Fried Chicken, Baja/shrimp tacos, jalapeño-artichoke dip, and Tijuana Wraps.²³ The restaurant offers dine-in, carryout, online ordering, catering, and private parties, and skews toward a family and longtime-regular crowd.⁴

Ownership and history

Sunset Grill is the creation of co-owners Rod Lampe and Dan Tierney, who together carried more than 40 years of combined restaurant experience into the venture. The restaurant was a long-standing shared dream of the two; with help from their wives they developed the Caribbean/American food-and-drink menu, and artist Jen Bertrand was brought in to design the tropical interior. The name is drawn from the Don Henley song “Sunset Grill.”³

The restaurant held its grand opening on November 11, 2004, gathering family, friends, supporters, and vendors to celebrate.⁵ Local press at the time noted the owners as “very hands-on,” with both regularly working the floor — a posture that has continued to define the restaurant’s identity as an independent neighborhood spot rather than a chain.¹ As of 2026 it remains open and independently operated, with more than two decades of continuous operation at the Metcalf location.

Links

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunsetGrillOP/
• Website: https://sunsetgrillrestaurant.com/
• Phone: (913) 681-1722

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See also

• overland-park-ks
• Registry

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Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-21 · Source: Sunset Grill official food menu; cross-checked against Yelp and Grubhub/DoorDash listings · URL(s): https://sunsetgrillrestaurant.com/overland-park-sunset-grill-food-menu · https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunset-grill-overland-park · Confidence: High (items, descriptions, and prices pulled directly from the official menu page); Medium only on exact prices, which the kitchen may adjust between menu refreshes.

Sunset Grill’s menu is a broad casual-American spread — burgers, salads, sandwiches, pasta, and steaks — given a Caribbean/tropical “beach fire” accent across its specialty dishes and tacos.⁶

Signature dishes

• Chopped Sunset Salad — chopped garden greens with red onions, prosciutto, gorgonzola, seasoned Roma tomatoes, and marinated chicken in Sunset vinaigrette; the restaurant’s namesake signature item. ($13.75)⁶
• Hawaiian Skewers — steak, chicken, or a combination grilled with vegetables and pineapple; a longtime house favorite. ($19.75)⁶
• Freeman Strip Steak Sandwich — 12 oz strip steak with peppers, onions, and Monterey jack on a hoagie. ($24.00)⁶
• Cocomo Shrimp — beer-battered coconut shrimp with pineapple sauce; the tropical-leaning starter. ($11.50)⁶

Starters

• Artichoke & Jalapeño Dip — creamy blend with cheeses and chips. ($7.25 / $8.25)⁶
• Tijuana Wraps — fried tortillas with chicken, beans, corn, peppers, spinach, and jack cheese. ($12.50)⁶
• Beach Fire Chicken Nachos — tortilla chips, chicken, cheese, pico, sour cream, and beach fire sauce. ($13.25)⁶
• Crab Cakes — served with remoulade. ($16.00)⁶
• Wisconsin Cheese Curds — white cheddar with ranch. ($11.50)⁶

Specialty salads

• Paradise Salad — romaine, strawberries, oranges, almonds, coconut, poppyseed dressing. ($12.50)⁶
• Fried Chicken Salad — garden greens, chicken tenders, avocado, tomatoes, cheese, eggs. ($13.75)⁶
• Southwest Tortilla Salad — garden greens, cheese, pico, chicken, tortilla strips, guacamole. ($13.25)⁶

Beyond the Border (tacos & Tex-Mex)

• Baja Shrimp Tacos — shrimp in flour tortillas with tomatoes, pico, parmesan. ($15.50)⁶
• Mahi Mahi Tacos — blackened fish, cabbage, pineapple pico, avocado salsa. ($17.00)⁶
• Sizzlin Fajitas — steak, chicken, or shrimp with onions and peppers. ($16.50–$18.50)⁶

Burgers & sandwiches

• Smash Burger — two patties, American cheese, smash sauce. ($13.50)⁶
• Frisco Burger — 8 oz burger on grilled sourdough with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions. ($13.50)⁶
• Calypso Chicken — chicken, tomato, avocado, Monterey jack on brioche. ($13.25)⁶
• Traditional Reuben — corned beef, thousand island, Swiss, sauerkraut on rye. ($13.00)⁶

Entrees & house favorites

• Ribeye (14 oz) — garlic mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables. ($31.00)⁶
• Kansas City Strip (12 oz) — garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus. ($26.00)⁶
• Salmon (8 oz) — brown sugar Dijon sauce, wild rice, asparagus. ($19.75)⁶
• Volcanic Pasta — fettuccini in beach fire sauce with chicken, cheese, pico. ($14.25)⁶
• Fish & Chips — three battered cod filets with chips, coleslaw, tartar. ($15.00)⁶

A kids’ menu (“Little Crabs”), soups, and a range of sides round out the menu.⁶

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Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Sunset Grill (Overland Park) (accessed 2026-06-23). Listing “Updated May 2026” with 182 reviews at 14577 Metcalf Ave; official site, Visit Overland Park, Tripadvisor, and Grubhub all active.

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Footnotes

1. The Pitch — “Son of a Beach” (review; independent ownership; faux-beach concept at 145th & Metcalf; hands-on owners; menu notes). https://www.thepitchkc.com/son-of-a-beach/ ↩ ↩²

2. Yelp — “Sunset Grill, 14577 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, Kansas” (American restaurant; address, menu, reviews). https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunset-grill-overland-park ↩

3. Restaurant Kansas City — Sunset Grill profile (owners Rod Lampe & Dan Tierney; 40+ years combined experience; name from Don Henley song; menu created with wives; interior by artist Jen Bertrand; signature Chopped Sunset Salad). http://restaurantkansascity.com/sunsetgrillseafoodkc.html ↩ ↩²

4. Visit Overland Park — Sunset Grill directory listing (location, services). https://www.visitoverlandpark.com/directory/sunset-grill/ ↩

5. Sunset Grill official site / about page — grand opening November 11, 2004; address 146th & Metcalf; phone (913) 681-1722. https://sunsetgrillrestaurant.com/about ↩

6. Sunset Grill official food menu — full item list, descriptions, and prices (starters, soups, specialty salads, entrees, house favorites, “Beyond the Border” tacos/Tex-Mex, “Sunset Sands” sandwiches, fire-grilled burgers, kids’ menu, sides); verified 2026-06-21, cross-checked against Yelp menu and Grubhub/DoorDash listings. https://sunsetgrillrestaurant.com/overland-park-sunset-grill-food-menu ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶