The Fix

The Fix is a plant-based comfort-food restaurant near 31st and Gillham/Cherry on the edge of Union Hill in midtown Kansas City, opened in January 2020 by owner Dave Swarts — a longtime KC plant-based advocate and the producer of VegFest Kansas City.

Description

The Fix is a fully plant-based restaurant serving vegan comfort food in midtown Kansas City, located at 600 E 31st Street near the 31st-and-Gillham edge of the Union Hill neighborhood (the space is also described in press coverage as “31st and Cherry”).¹ The menu centers on familiar comfort dishes rendered without animal products — items reviewers single out include a Nashville Hot Chik’n sandwich, smothered biscuit, loaded fries, and cauliflower wings — alongside a popular weekend plant-based brunch.²

Owner Dave Swarts has deliberately positioned the restaurant around accessibility rather than the “vegan” label, framing it as “a restaurant that serves comfort food” meant to welcome plant-based eaters and the vegan-curious alike.³ The restaurant is independently owned and operates a single location.¹

Ownership and history

The Fix was opened in January 2020 by Dave Swarts, in the former Attitude restaurant space in midtown Kansas City.³⁴ As a first-time restaurateur, Swarts (who also has a background in commercial real estate and handles much of the baking himself) built out a kitchen team to run the operation.⁴

Swarts is a fixture of Kansas City’s plant-based and animal-advocacy community: he serves as executive director of the nonprofit VegLife KC and is the producer of VegFest Kansas City, the city’s annual plant-based food and lifestyle festival.³⁴ He has said his preference for plant-based eating stems from his love of animals and advocacy against animal cruelty, and that he wanted to create a place where anyone could find a good meal regardless of their eating preferences.⁴ The restaurant opened just before the COVID-19 pandemic and built early momentum through its plant-based brunch.⁴ The Fix is also described in recent listings as veteran-owned.

Links

• Website: https://thefixkc.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefixkc/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefixkc/

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-21 · Source: Uber Eats ordering menu (The Fix, 600 E 31st St), official site menu page, Yelp, HappyCow · URL(s): https://www.ubereats.com/store/the-fix-e-31st-st/ZS8dJJEoVRG5wC6J6d7jsA · https://thefixkc.com/pages/menu · https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fix-kc-kansas-city · https://www.happycow.net/reviews/the-fix-kansas-city-191468 · Confidence: Medium (High on item names and menu structure, which corroborate across Uber Eats, Yelp, and HappyCow; Medium on prices — the only itemized prices found are Uber Eats delivery-platform listings, which are typically marked up above in-house menu pricing, so they are flagged below)

The Fix serves a fully plant-based comfort-food menu — burgers, fried “chicken” sammies, tacos, nachos, and a weekend brunch of pancakes, French toast, and biscuits & gravy — with every item made without animal products.²⁵⁶

Signature items

• Nashville Chicken Sammie — plant-based Nashville-hot fried chik’n sandwich; the signature, made in-house with pickles, mac n cheese, and ranch on a brioche bun. ($25.20 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price, likely above in-house)⁵⁶
• Carolina Chicken Sammie — fried plant-based chik’n sandwich. ($25.20 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Chicken Fried Chicken — plant-based chicken-fried-”chicken” entree. ($25.92 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Crunchwrap — vegan take on the folded crunchwrap. ($22.46 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Smothered (Chicken) Biscuit — house biscuit with plant-based smothered chik’n; a brunch standout. (price)⁶

Entrees & burgers

• Fried Burrito — ($22.46 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Nachos — plant-based loaded nachos. ($16.85 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Street Tacos — ($16.85 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Chicken Tenders — plant-based tenders. ($19.66 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• House Burger / Double Cheeseburger — plant-based smash-style burgers; BYO build options also offered. ($21.06 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Avocado TLT — tempeh-”bacon” lettuce-tomato sandwich. ($21.06 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵

Salads

• Chicken Caesar Salad — ($21.60 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Buffalo Chicken Salad — ($21.60 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵

Brunch (weekends)

• Pancakes, French toast, biscuits & gravy, doughnuts — rotating plant-based brunch; Sunday brunch features pancakes and the smothered biscuit. (prices)⁶

Sides

• Fries — ($7.02 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Cilantro Lime Rice — ($7.02 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵
• Breakfast Potatoes — ($8.42 on Uber Eats; delivery-platform price)⁵

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — THE FIX KC, Updated June 2026 (accessed 2026-06-23). Corroborated by official site at 600 E 31st St, Kansas City, MO 64109.

Disputes

None known.

Footnotes

1. The Fix — official site (Contact page) — https://thefixkc.com/pages/contact — accessed 2026-06-07. Asserts: business name, address (600 E 31st St, Kansas City, MO 64109), phone, current hours. ↩ ↩²

2. Yelp — “The Fix KC — Updated April 2026” — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fix-kc-kansas-city — accessed 2026-06-07. Asserts: address, vegan classification, signature dishes, active 2026 review status. ↩ ↩²

3. The Pitch — “The Fix brings carnivore-confusing cuisine to 31st and Cherry” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/the-fix-brings-carnivore-confusing-cuisine-to-31st-and-cherry/ — accessed 2026-06-07. Asserts: owner Dave Swarts, January 2020 opening, concept/philosophy, 31st-and-Cherry space, VegLife KC / VegFest KC ties. ↩ ↩² ↩³

4. Feast Magazine — “The Fix Offers Plant-Based Comfort Food in Midtown Kansas City” — https://www.feastmagazine.com/kansas-city/article_30ef8780-84a8-11ea-8035-7bd85f3bbf64.html — accessed 2026-06-07. Asserts: Swarts opened in January in the former Attitude space; his real-estate background and baking role; VegLife KC executive director and VegFest KC producer; founding motivation. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

5. Uber Eats — “The Fix (E 31st St) — Menu & Prices” — https://www.ubereats.com/store/the-fix-e-31st-st/ZS8dJJEoVRG5wC6J6d7jsA — accessed 2026-06-21. Asserts: current menu structure and item names (entrees, burgers, sammies, salads, sides) at 600 E 31st St; itemized prices are delivery-platform listings (typically marked up above in-house pricing). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶

6. Yelp (“THE FIX KC — Updated June 2026,” https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fix-kc-kansas-city) and HappyCow (“The Fix — Kansas City,” https://www.happycow.net/reviews/the-fix-kansas-city-191468) — accessed 2026-06-21. Asserts: fully plant-based menu; signature Nashville Hot Chik’n sammie composition (pickles, mac n cheese, ranch, brioche); weekend brunch (pancakes, French toast, biscuits & gravy, doughnuts, smothered chicken biscuit). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴