Tailleur

Tailleur is a French-style brasserie opened in 2021 at 3933 Main St in Midtown Kansas City, on the KC Streetcar corridor. Founded by Heather White — originally from Vancouver, Canada; KC resident since ~2015 — who also owns Cheval (a cocktail bar directly across the street, opened 2022) and Enchanté (a French bakery, opened January 2023 in the same building as Cheval). White collaborated with chef Amante Domingo (le-champion, noka) on the space concept during the pandemic. All three White-owned venues operate within roughly one block on Main.

Description

Tailleur is Heather White’s French-style brasserie at 3933 Main St — an intimate dinner restaurant with a navy-and-brass interior furnished with antiques from the West Bottoms, opened in 2021 on the KC Streetcar corridor. White, a Vancouver native who relocated to Kansas City around 2015, went on to open two sibling venues within a block: Cheval, a cocktail bar across the street on Main, in 2022; and Enchanté, a French bakery in the same building as Cheval, in January 2023.

During the pandemic White collaborated with chef Amante Domingo (who later opened le-champion and owns noka) on space design concepts — a creative cross-pollination that reflects the density of independent operators on the Main/Pennsylvania corridor in this stretch of Midtown.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-12 · Source: Tailleur official site menu · URL(s): https://tailleuronmain.com/menus · Confidence: High for items/descriptions (official site); Medium for prices (entrée, dessert, and lunch prices captured; some dinner starter/salad/pasta prices did not render in the captured page and are “)

A French-style brasserie menu — rotating weekly features, shareable starters, soups and salads, house-made pasta, French entrées, a full dessert list, and a separate lunch menu.¹

Weekly Features (rotating)

• Pesto Penne — pinenut pesto, cherry tomatoes, parmesan¹
• French Dip — herb & wine slow-braised roast beef, horseradish aioli, housemade mini baguette¹
• Faroe Island Salmon — creamy pea purée, roasted red pepper, farro¹
• Trout Meunière — red trout, beurre blanc, haricots verts, fingerling potatoes¹
• Raw Oysters — fresh blue point oysters, herb oil & mignonette¹
• Grilled Oysters — spring onion garlic butter, parmesan, East Coast blue point¹

To Start

• Peaches & Brie — brown butter honey, grilled peaches, walnuts, basil, crostinis¹
• Olives & Ricotta — whipped ricotta, citrus-marinated olives, rosemary, thyme, chili flake, grilled baguette¹
• Baked Brie — Danish baked brie, sweet & spicy tomato jam, mini baguette¹
• Sourdough Focaccia Bread — served with cultured butter¹
• Steak Tartare — egg yolk, mustard, capers, salt & vinegar chips¹
• Arancini — crispy risotto croquettes, mozzarella, basil tomato sugo & parmesan¹
• Mussels — white wine, garlic, sweet onion & thyme broth, grilled baguette¹
• Pomme Frites¹
• Tallow Fries¹

Soups & Salads

• Tomato Basil Bisque — creamy tomato, basil, parmesan bisque¹
• French Onion Soup — beef broth, caramelized onions, crostini, gruyère¹
• Bistro Salad — cucumber, tomato, red onion, radish, pistachios, lemon-honey red pepper vinaigrette¹
• Beet & Burrata — creamy burrata, roasted beets, peppery arugula, pistachios, balsamic¹
• Grilled Peach Salad — mixed greens, frisée, grilled peaches, grilled blue cheese, hazelnuts, champagne vinaigrette¹
• Grilled Caesar — grilled romaine, parmesan, cherry tomatoes, bacon lardons¹

House-made Pasta

• Carbonara — fettuccine, bacon lardon, egg, parmigiano¹
• Beef Rigatoni — roasted red pepper, bacon lardons, basil, aleppo crème fraîche, grana padano¹

Entrées

• Chicken Paillard — arugula, tomato, onion, fried capers, grana padano ($29)¹
• Coq au Vin — braised chicken thigh, red wine, mushrooms, mashed potatoes ($34)¹
• Duck Confit — brussels sprouts & bacon, celery root purée, cherry demi ($46)¹
• Bistro Burger — double 4oz beef patties, black pepper truffle aioli, arugula, French onions, brie; choice of fries or side salad ($25)¹
• Pork Shank — roasted garlic & rosemary marinated pork, roasted carrots, mashed Yukon potatoes ($45)¹
• New Zealand Lamb — broccolini, fried cheese polenta, demi ($65)¹
• Filet Mignon — 6oz bacon-wrapped filet, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus, demi-glaze ($49)¹
• Steak Frites — sauce au poivre, tallow fries, aioli, 6oz Teres Major ($39)¹
• Risotto du Jour — asparagus, peas, prosciutto, parmesan; or smoked risotto, bacon lardons, mushrooms, baby arugula, aged parmesan ($27)¹
• Add-ons: seared salmon ($15), grilled shrimp ($16), grilled chicken ($15), grilled Teres Major ($16)¹

Desserts

• Butterscotch Pot de Crème — butterscotch custard, caramel sauce, flaky sea salt, whipped cream ($12)¹
• Crème Brûlée — Arabic coffee custard, brûléed sugar ($11)¹
• Rhubarb Bread Pudding — brown butter brioche, vanilla bean custard, candied ginger, roasted rhubarb, mascarpone ice cream ($13)¹
• Flourless Chocolate Cake — chocolate torte, raspberry buttercream, chocolate ganache & mascarpone ice cream ($14)¹
• 24 Karrot Cake — 24-ingredient carrot cake, cream cheese buttercream ($12)¹
• Ice Cream — seasonal selection of house-made ice cream ($3 per scoop)¹

Lunch Menu

• Tomato Bisque — creamy tomato and basil bisque ($10)¹
• French Onion Soup — beef broth, caramelized onions, crostini, gruyère ($15)¹
• Pomme Frites & Aioli ($10)¹
• Tallow Frites ($15)¹
• Pears & Brie — brown butter, honey, walnut, basil, crostini ($16)¹
• Baked Brie — Danish baked brie, sweet & spicy tomato confiture, warm baguette ($16)¹
• Olives & Ricotta — whipped ricotta, citrus-marinated olives, rosemary, thyme, chili flake, grilled baguette ($15)¹
• Bistro Salad — herbs, shallot, tomato, radish, bistro vinaigrette, comté ($12)¹
• Beet & Burrata — creamy burrata, roasted beets, peppery arugula, pistachios, balsamic ($18)¹
• Pomme & Chèvre Salad — apples, goat cheese, cranberries, red onions, candied pecans, maple cider vinaigrette ($13)¹
• Grilled Caesar — grilled romaine, parmesan, cherry tomatoes, bacon lardons ($18)¹
• Croque Madame — ham, gruyère, béchamel, and a fried egg on toasted bread ($18)¹
• BLT — bacon, lettuce, tomato, aioli on sourdough ($18)¹
• Roast Beef Sandwich — aioli, gruyère, baguette¹
• Lunch add-ons: seared salmon ($15), grilled chicken ($15), grilled Teres Major ($16)¹

Sibling venues (unregistered — candidate for future pages)

Venue	Concept	Address	Opened
Cheval	Cocktail bar	Across from Tailleur on Main St (exact address)	2022
Enchanté	French bakery	Same building as Cheval (exact address)	January 2023

Both Cheval and Enchanté are independently notable enough for Registry pages — same owner, same block. on whether to queue them as a two-page block.

Tier classification

Tier 2. Heather White is Vancouver-born and has been KC-dedicated since ~2015 — three independent concepts on the same block, committed to the Midtown/streetcar corridor. The depth of local investment qualifies on the “dedication” dimension, but “born-and-raised” in the KC metro is absent; Vancouver origin makes this Tier 2. If White has established deeper personal KC roots (family, long-term KC identity beyond the ~2015 arrival), revisit.

Sources

Footnotes

1. Tailleur — official site, Menus page. https://tailleuronmain.com/menus (accessed 2026-07-12) — Confirms the menu: weekly features (Pesto Penne, French Dip, Faroe Island Salmon, Trout Meunière, raw & grilled oysters); starters (Peaches & Brie, Olives & Ricotta, Baked Brie, focaccia, steak tartare, arancini, mussels, frites); soups & salads (tomato basil bisque, French onion, bistro, beet & burrata, grilled peach, grilled Caesar); house-made pasta (carbonara, beef rigatoni); entrées with prices (Chicken Paillard $29, Coq au Vin $34, Duck Confit $46, Bistro Burger $25, Pork Shank $45, New Zealand Lamb $65, Filet Mignon $49, Steak Frites $39, Risotto du Jour $27; add-ons); desserts with prices; and a separate lunch menu with prices (Croque Madame, BLT, roast beef sandwich, salads, soups). Some dinner starter/salad/pasta prices did not render in the captured page. ↩ ↩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 ↩²⁷ ↩²⁸ ↩²⁹ ↩³⁰ ↩³¹ ↩³² ↩³³ ↩³⁴ ↩³⁵ ↩³⁶ ↩³⁷ ↩³⁸ ↩³⁹ ↩⁴⁰ ↩⁴¹ ↩⁴² ↩⁴³ ↩⁴⁴ ↩⁴⁵ ↩⁴⁶ ↩⁴⁷ ↩⁴⁸ ↩⁴⁹ ↩⁵⁰ ↩⁵¹ ↩⁵² ↩⁵³ ↩⁵⁴ ↩⁵⁵