The Mixx

Jo Marie Scaglia chef-owner operation; multi-location KC-metro presence; salads + bowls + Mediterranean-inspired fast-casual healthy-food concept. Tier 1 if single-family-owner pattern verifies; potential Tier 2 if multi-location operation expanded under investor structure.

Description

The Mixx is a chef-owner operation founded and led by Jo Marie Scaglia in the Kansas City metro. The operation is a multi-location healthy fast-casual concept — salads + bowls + wraps + Mediterranean-inspired preparations. Scaglia’s founder-led identity anchors the brand.

The operation’s multi-location pattern raises a Tier classification question — single-owner-led multi-location is Tier 1 location-count-agnostic per 2026-05-15_decision-tier-1-location-count-agnostic; if the expansion was investor-funded or franchise-structured the classification may shift. Verification needed before Award eligibility.

Tier classification

Tier 1 conditional — Jo Marie Scaglia chef-owner operation; multi-location verification pending.

Criterion match (conditional): -Founder-led (Scaglia) -KC-area operation

• Multi-location expansion under what investor / partnership / franchise structure?

Re-verification (2026-07-11): No outside-investor or private-equity structure surfaced in public sources. Jo Marie Scaglia founded The Mixx (2005) and presents consistently as sole chef-owner; per her bio she “comes from two sides of multi-generation Kansas City restaurateurs,” and she also independently created Caffetteria — a founder-led, KC-rooted family pattern, not an investor-funded roll-up. The multi-location footprint (Plaza + Overland Park/Hawthorne; former Downtown location closed) is organic single-owner expansion, which is Tier 1 location-count-agnostic per 2026-05-15_decision-tier-1-location-count-agnostic. Tier 1 holds; the “Tier 2 if investor-backed” condition does not trigger on available evidence. (Sources: About Jo Marie — The Mixx; Fast Casual — “Creator of The Mixx to debut new concept”; Kansas City Magazine profile, accessed 2026-07-11.)

** tier** — Tier 1 confirmed on absence-of-investor-evidence (no PE/outside-capital structure found), not on positive disclosure of the full ownership entity. If a silent-investor or partnership structure ever surfaces, revisit against the Tier 2 PE/outside-investor rule. Open: no public filing confirms 100% Scaglia-family ownership.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-17 · Source: The Mixx official “About” (menu concept) + The Mixx published menu via Yelp structured listing · URL(s): https://www.mixxingitup.com/about-the-mixx · https://www.yelp.com/menu/the-mixx-kansas-city-2 · Confidence: Medium (signature item names corroborated across Yelp + KC press; the official site does not publish a per-item menu, so prices/availability are from the Yelp listing and may have shifted)

Fast-casual healthy-food concept: salads made-to-order in front of the guest in as little as 30 seconds, plus sandwiches, soups, wraps, plates, and quinoa bowls.¹ Specialty (chef-built) salads are offered alongside a full build-your-own salad, with seasonal/monthly features.²

Signature specialty salads

• Garden of Eden — crisp granny smith apples, candied pecans, gorgonzola, and wild field greens (champagne-honey vinaigrette); a long-running house signature — Mini $5.95 / Full $8.95price²³
• Rustic Beet — roasted beets, hickory-smoked almonds, roasted yams/sweet potatoes, goat cheese, spinach and arugula (tarragon-shallot vinaigrette) — Mini $6.95 / Full $8.95price²³
• Palermo Insalata — roasted red peppers, northern white beans, fried capers, parmesan, croutons, red onion, cabbage and romaine (spicy Sicilian vinaigrette) — Mini $6.95 / Full $8.95price²³
• Santa Fe Chicken — grilled chicken breast, julienne carrots, tortilla strips, fire-roasted corn — Mini $7.95 / Full $9.95price²
• Knife & Fork — grilled steak, herb-roasted potatoes, grilled sweet onions, roma tomatoes — Mini $8.95 / Full $10.95price²
• Health Nut — grilled Atlantic salmon, dried cranberries, walnuts, raw red onion — Mini $8.95 / Full $10.95price²
• Chisaya Mama — kale, arugula, quinoa, fennel, radish, parmesan — Mini $7.95 / Full $9.95price²
• Main Street Chop Chop, Thai Salmon, Tuna Niçoise, and Hail Caesar round out the specialty-salad lineup. ²

Build-your-own

• The Mixx (build-your-own salad) — choose greens plus mix-ins made to order — 3 mix-ins $4.95 / 5 mix-ins $7.95price²
• Create Your Own Sandwich — $8.75price²

Sandwiches & wraps

• The Country Club — roasted turkey, honey-smoked ham, bacon, cheddar, lettuce and tomato with honey-dijon aioli on ciabatta³
• Cousin Tony — Italian salami, pepperoni, ham, provolone, banana peppers and roasted red peppers, oil & vinegar on a French baguette³
• Classic Blue — marinated grilled steak, grilled sweet onions, balsamic mushrooms, blue-cheese aioli on a French baguette³
• Also on the board: Pretzel Chicken Sando, Salmon BLT, Veggie Stack, Provence Melt, Tilapia Soft Tacos, Curry Sweet Potato Wrap, The Cobb Wrap, Mediterranean Veggie Wrap. ²

Soups & plates

• Homemade soups — rotating/seasonal, scratch-made — Cup $3.50 / Bowl $5.50price²³
• Pasta sauté — Half $5.25 / Full $9.50price²

Item availability and prices reflect The Mixx’s Yelp-listed menu; the official site does not publish per-item pricing, so all prices are flagged against the current in-store menu.

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Sources

Verification

• Outstanding: Scaglia full ownership structure; multi-location funding source; founding year; specific addresses
• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via The Mixx official site (accessed 2026-06-23). Official site lists two active locations: Country Club Plaza / 4855 Main St (“The Original,” open Mon–Sat 10a–8p) and Hawthorne Plaza / 11942 Roe Ave, Overland Park; no Downtown location listed (the former 1347 Main St satellite remains closed). Cross-checked via Yelp (updated June 2026).

Footnotes

1. The Mixx — official “About the Mixx” (menu concept). https://www.mixxingitup.com/about-the-mixx — asserts: salads made-to-order in front of the guest “in as little as 30 seconds,” plus sandwiches, soups, wraps, plates and quinoa bowls. (accessed 2026-06-17) ↩

2. The Mixx — published menu (structured listing). https://www.yelp.com/menu/the-mixx-kansas-city-2 — asserts: named specialty salads (Garden of Eden, Rustic Beet, Palermo Insalata, Santa Fe Chicken, Knife & Fork, Health Nut, Chisaya Mama, Main Street Chop Chop, Thai Salmon, Tuna Niçoise, Hail Caesar); signature sandwiches/wraps; homemade soups; pasta sauté; “The Mixx” build-your-own salad; create-your-own sandwich — with Mini/Full and cup/bowl pricing. (accessed 2026-06-17; prices may have shifted) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

3. KC press / menu descriptions corroborating signature items. https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-mixx-kansas-city · https://www.herlifemagazine.com/kansascity/cravings/cravings-the-mixx/ — asserts: signature-salad and signature-sandwich descriptions (Garden of Eden granny-smith/pecan/gorgonzola; Rustic Beet; Palermo; The Country Club; Cousin Tony; Classic Blue) and scratch-made/seasonal soup program. (accessed 2026-06-17) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷