Talk of the Town Grill & Bar

Talk of the Town Grill & Bar is a Johnson County neighborhood sports bar and American grill with two locations — Leawood (5201 W 135th St) and Overland Park (11922 W 119th St). Both run a full bar until 2am daily with a late kitchen (Leawood to 1am, Overland Park to midnight), filling the suburban late-night food gap with burgers, sandwiches, and made-in-house pub fare.¹²

Locations

Location	Address	Phone	Hours	Kitchen
Leawood (primary)	5201 W 135th St, Leawood, KS 66224	913-851-7444	11am–2am daily (10am for major sporting events); Sunday brunch	Kitchen open until 1am daily
Overland Park	11922 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS 66213	913-661-9922	11am–2am daily (10am for major sporting events)	Kitchen open until midnight

Description

Talk of the Town Grill & Bar bills itself as a “neighborhood sports bar” with a family-friendly atmosphere “supporting an equally satisfying environment for people of all ages & interests.”¹ The menu is a broad American casual spread — burgers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza, salads, and main meals — with an emphasis on house preparation: the kitchen makes items in-house and uses fresh, never-frozen meats, with handmade cheese sticks and made-to-order mac & cheese among the called-out items.²³

The operationally distinctive feature is hours. Both locations keep a full bar running to 2am every day, and unlike most Johnson County restaurants the kitchen stays open late — to 1am at Leawood and midnight at Overland Park — putting it among the limited set of suburban late-night food options south of the state line.¹²

Ownership and history

Talk of the Town operates as a small local two-unit group in Johnson County. Business listings identify Toni Manolov as CEO, and a separate LinkedIn profile lists Janez Lomshek as an owner; full ownership structure is not confirmed from a primary source.⁴

The Leawood location is described in restaurant-listing copy as having “the down-home feel that has made it endearing to those in Leawood, Kansas since 1988,” which would place its origin in the late 1980s; this 1988 date appears in third-party listing descriptions rather than on the operator’s own site and should be treated as unconfirmed.⁵

Links

• Official site: https://www.talkofthetowngrill.com/
• Locations & hours: https://www.talkofthetowngrill.com/locations/
• Facebook (Leawood): https://www.facebook.com/talkleawood/
• Facebook (Overland Park): https://www.facebook.com/talkofthetownOP/

Sources

Disputes

None recorded.

Footnotes

1. Talk of the Town Grill & Bar — official site, https://www.talkofthetowngrill.com/ — asserts: “neighborhood sports bar”; family-friendly mission statement; two locations Leawood + Overland Park; full bar and grill. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. Talk of the Town Grill & Bar — Locations & Contact Info, https://www.talkofthetowngrill.com/locations/ — asserts: Leawood 5201 W 135th St, KS 66224, 913-851-7444, 11am–2am daily, kitchen open until 1am; Overland Park 11922 W 119th St, KS 66213, 913-661-9922, 11am–2am daily, kitchen open until midnight; opens 10am for major sporting events. ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Yelp — Talk of the Town, Leawood, https://www.yelp.com/biz/talk-of-the-town-leawood — asserts: American menu — burgers, pizza, salads, sandwiches, paninis; makes everything in-house, fresh never-frozen meats; handmade cheese sticks, made-to-order mac & cheese; late-night dining, full bar, happy hour, patio; “Updated April 2026,” 202+ reviews. ↩

4. RocketReach — Talk of the Town company profile, https://rocketreach.co/talk-of-the-town-profile_b5cb3ec3f42e1470 — asserts: Toni Manolov listed as CEO; Janez Lomshek listed as owner (via LinkedIn). ↩

5. OpenTable — Talk of the Town Grill and Bar, Leawood, https://www.opentable.com/r/talk-of-the-town-grill-and-bar-leawood — asserts: 5201 W 135th St, Leawood, KS 66224; “down-home feel … endearing to those in Leawood, Kansas since 1988”; American restaurant; active 2026 listing. ↩