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Varsity Club is a neighborhood cocktail bar and smash burger joint in River Market — 319 Delaware Street, opened 2024. The bar concept comes from brothers Caleb and Levi Roye; the food program is Disco Burger, brought in by partners Darren Carter and Matt Chapman. Local ownership, strong River Market neighborhood presence, Yelp updated June 2026 (61 photos, 32 reviews).

Description

Varsity Club is a neighborhood cocktail bar in Kansas City’s River Market district — a partnership between brothers Caleb and Levi Roye, who run the bar program, and food partners Darren Carter and Matt Chapman, who operate the in-house Disco Burger smash burger concept at 319 Delaware Street. The combined concept opened in 2024 as a River Market neighborhood anchor: honest smash burgers paired with serious craft cocktails in a space that aims to serve the neighborhood rather than perform for it. The Pitch covered the Varsity Club for its spaghetti service and “more than just bangarang” bar program; Kansas City Magazine positioned it as the prototype for the River Market neighborhood cocktail-and-burger joint it had been missing. Yelp shows active listings updated June 2026.

Tier classification

Tier pending — owner background. Caleb and Levi Roye are named in The Pitch and Kansas City Magazine as the bar’s founding brothers; Darren Carter and Matt Chapman are their Disco Burger food partners. No press source identifies any of the four owners’ hometowns or KC origin. If Roye brothers are KC-born, this is Tier 1; if they relocated for the bar industry, Tier 2. “ — contact restaurant or read press for owner background.

Last verified: 2026-07-14 · Source: Disco Burger official online ordering (Toast) · URL(s): https://disco-burger.placejoys.com/menu · Confidence: High (food program itemized with prices; bar program is rotating — cocktail names from press)

The food program is Disco Burger, a classic smash-burger shop with housemade ingredients (cheeseburgers, dogs, patty melts, fries, plus vegetarian/vegan builds and a morning menu); the Varsity Club bar runs a small rotating list of standards alongside proprietary house drinks.1

Disco Burger — Burgers

  • Single Disco Burger — single beef, single cheese, onion, pickles, disco sauce ($9.00)1
  • Double Disco Burger — double beef, double cheese, onion, pickles, disco sauce ($11.00)1
  • Triple Disco Burger — triple beef, triple cheese, onion, pickles, disco sauce ($13.00)1
  • Bacon Burger — double beef, double bacon, white American cheese, sweet pickled peppers, grilled onion, black pepper mayo ($13.00)1
  • Patty Melt — double beef, double cheese, Texas toast, cowboy relish (spicy), grilled onion, paprika mayo ($13.00)1
  • Spiritual Energy Burger — vegetarian; single Impossible beef, single cheese, onion, pickles, disco sauce1
  • SUPER Spiritual Energy Burger — vegan; single Impossible beef, single vegan cheese, vegan/GF bun, vegan disco sauce, pickles, onion1

Disco Burger — Dogs

  • Disco Dog — 7.5” all-beef frank, gold sauce, cowboy relish (spicy), smoked ketchup ($9.00)1
  • Chili Cheese Dog — 100% beef frank, chili con carne, orange cheese, onion, mustard ($11.00)1

Disco Burger — Sides

  • Fry Plate — shareable fry with disco sauce and ketchup ($7.00)1
  • Side Fry ($2.75)1
  • Chili Cheese Fries — chili con carne, orange cheese, large fry ($9.00)1
  • Extra Sauce ($0.75)1

Disco Burger — Breakfast

  • Breakfast Sandwich — toasty-buttered English muffin, round egg, paprika mayo, cheese (add housemade sausage for $2)1
  • Hashbrowns — with paprika mayo ($4.00)1

Varsity Club — Bar (rotating)

  • Bangarang — choose-your-own-spirit drink with housemade pear-citrus soda, served in a branded plastic cup2
  • Grilled Olive Martini2
  • Vodka Energy — vodka and Red Bull made with blanc vermouth2
  • Rotating list of roughly 6-10 standards and favorites alongside about a half-dozen proprietary house drinks2

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Disco Burger (Varsity Club food program) — official online ordering menu (Toast), https://disco-burger.placejoys.com/menu (accessed 2026-07-14). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16

  2. The Pitch — “Letterman’s Jacket: Varsity Club is more than just spaghett and bangarang” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/lettermans-jacket-varsity-club-is-more-than-just-spaghett-and-bangarang/ — Confirms: Caleb & Levi Roye (bar owners/brothers); Darren Carter & Matt Chapman (Disco Burger food partners); 319 Delaware St, River Market; cocktail bar + smash burger concept; spaghetti on menu. Yelp — “VARSITY CLUB - Updated June 2026” — https://www.yelp.com/biz/varsity-club-kansas-city — 61 photos, 32 reviews, active. (Accessed 2026-06-29.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

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