Third Coast Pizza

Third Coast Pizza is a locally owned Chicago-style pizzeria at 7820 Quivira Road in Lenexa, Kansas, opened in 2019 by Sean Meyer. “Chicago Inspired, Locally Driven,” it serves deep-dish pizza, Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef, built from Meyer’s childhood memories of growing up in Chicago. Meyer also owns the adjoining bar Sara McGinty’s, which shares the kitchen.¹²³

Description

Third Coast Pizza is a Chicago-style pizzeria in the Quivira Square shopping center, just off 79th Street and Quivira Road in Lenexa.¹⁴ The kitchen “serves up the flavors of Chicago” — deep-dish pizza (offered only in 10-inch and 14-inch sizes), Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef — making its own giardiniera and using authentic Vienna Beef dogs.¹ Deep dish is described as owner Sean Meyer’s childhood favorite.¹ The business carries the tagline “Chicago Inspired, Locally Driven” and frames itself as a community-focused mom-and-pop operation that prioritizes local products and services.² Posted hours are Mon and Wed–Sun 11 a.m.–9 p.m., closed Tuesday; phone (913) 232-9313.³

Ownership and history

Third Coast Pizza is owned by Sean Meyer, who grew up in Chicago — where his mother began teaching him to cook at age four — before the family relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas during his elementary years.² Meyer worked his way up in the Kansas City restaurant scene from dishwasher, and founded Third Coast out of nostalgia: he and his mother “were both still in search of an Italian Beef, Chicago Dog, and the pizza we remembered from our time in the Windy City.”² His mother, known as “Mommy,” is described as the restaurant’s biggest supporter and supplies its homemade cheesecake.¹ The Lenexa restaurant opened in 2019; a separate Westside (Kansas City, Missouri) location has since permanently closed, while Lenexa continues with the same recipes.¹⁴⁵ In August 2025 Meyer opened the adjoining bar Sara McGinty’s at 7822 Quivira, which shares Third Coast’s kitchen and serves the same deep-dish pizzas.⁴

Links

• Official site: https://thirdcoastlenexa.com/
• About: https://thirdcoastlenexa.com/about/
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/third-coast-pizza-lenexa

Sources

Disputes

None recorded.

See also

• Sara McGinty’s — sibling bar by the same owner, adjoining (7822 Quivira), shared kitchen.

Footnotes

1. Third Coast Pizza — Yelp (Updated June 2026, 149 reviews) — asserts: address 7820 Quivira, Lenexa, KS 66216; Chicago-style deep dish, Chicago dogs, Italian beef; house giardiniera, Vienna Beef dogs; deep dish 10”/14” only; owner Sean; mother “Mommy” supplies cheesecake; Westside location closed, Lenexa open; currently open with reviews/photos through June 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. About — Third Coast Pizza (official site) — asserts: Sean grew up in Chicago, mother taught him to cook at four, family moved to Prairie Village, KS; worked up from dishwasher; concept born of nostalgia for Italian beef, Chicago dog, deep-dish pizza; “Chicago Inspired, Locally Driven”; community-focused mom-and-pop, local products. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Third Coast Pizza — official site (home/contact) — asserts: address 7820 Quivira, Lenexa, KS 66216; phone (913) 232-9313; hours Mon/Wed–Sun 11 a.m.–9 p.m., closed Tue; Chicago flavors — deep dish, Chicago dogs, Italian beef. ↩ ↩²

4. Locally-owned ‘neighborhood dive’ Sara McGinty’s opens in Lenexa — Johnson County Post, Sept 17, 2025 — asserts: Sean Meyer owns Third Coast Pizza (opened ~6 years prior) and opened Sara McGinty’s next door at 7822 Quivira in August 2025; the two share a kitchen; Quivira Square shopping center off 79th & Quivira. ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. Third Coast — CLOSED (Westside / 3001 Mercier St, Kansas City, MO) — Yelp — asserts: the Kansas City, Missouri (Westside) Third Coast location is permanently closed (distinct from the open Lenexa restaurant). ↩