Vine Street Chicken Co.

Vine Street Chicken Co. is an “urban chicken joint” soft-launched February 2026 inside vine-street-brewing-co (Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery) at 2000 Vine St in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. A partnership between Kemet Coleman (Vine Street Brewing co-founder) and Justin Clark (RJ Culinary Group, urban-restaurant-troost), the concept was positioned as two Black-owned KC businesses coming together during Black History Month 2026. Bob Kendrick (Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president) publicly endorsed it.

Description

Vine Street Chicken Co. is a fried and grilled chicken concept inside Vine Street Brewing Co. at 2000 Vine St in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. It soft-launched in February 2026 during Black History Month — a deliberate timing by co-founders Kemet Coleman (one of three co-founders of Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery) and Justin Clark (RJ Culinary Group), who are longtime friends. KCUR covered the launch on February 8, 2026.¹

The concept is distinct from the brewery: separate branding, its own Instagram, and Clark as the food operator. Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, publicly endorsed the opening — a signal of its alignment with the 18th & Vine district’s cultural mission. The launch coincided with the broader “Revive the Vine” development initiative in the district.

See vine-street-brewing-co for the host brewery’s Registry page. See urban-restaurant-troost for Clark’s other KC concept.

Tier classification

Tier 1. Both co-operators are established Black KC food/beverage operators with documented community missions and ties to KC’s most historically significant Black cultural district. Coleman’s role founding Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery and Clark’s multi-year Troost investment together make Tier 1 unambiguous.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-12 · Source: Kansas City Magazine, Startland News, KCUR (launch/review coverage) — official urbanontroost.com/vine-street-chicken page confirms format only, no itemized menu; Toast ordering page returned 403 to direct fetch · URL(s): https://kansascitymag.com/the-chicken-n-beer-combo-lands-at-vine-street/ · https://urbanontroost.com/vine-street-chicken · https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-02-08/vine-street-chicken-beer-kansas-city · Confidence: Medium (format, prep method, and named items confirmed across multiple local-press pieces; no official published item-by-item menu with prices found)

“Urban chicken joint” inside Vine Street Brewing Co., 2000 Vine St Building 2A/2010 Vine St, 18th & Vine Jazz District. Chicken is fried in tallow, ordered via self-service kiosk. Soft-launched February 2026.¹²

Chicken

• Fried Chicken Basket — mixed or dark meat; fried in tallow for a crisp, not-too-greasy crust¹²
• Grilled Chicken — half chickens, legs, thighs available grilled¹²
• Chicken Sandwich²
• Tenders¹²
• Choice of dry rub/sauce: Urban rub (house seasoning) or lemon pepper; additional sauces available²

Sides

• Mac and Cheese¹
• Fried Okra¹
• Funnel Cake Fries¹

No official itemized menu with prices has been published as of 2026-07-12; item list above is compiled from local-press launch coverage rather than a restaurant-issued menu document. Confirm current lineup via @vinestreetchicken or on-site kiosk.

Sources

Links

• Website: https://urbanontroost.com/vine-street-chicken
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinestreetchicken/

Footnotes

1. KCUR — “Vine Street Chicken and Beer: A new spot at Kansas City’s 18th & Vine” (February 8, 2026). https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-02-08/vine-street-chicken-beer-kansas-city — Confirms: Kemet Coleman + Justin Clark (owners/operators); 2000 Vine St Building 2A; soft launch February 2026 (Black History Month); “urban chicken joint”; Coleman = Vine Street Brewing co-founder; Clark = longtime friend and food operator; Bob Kendrick endorsement; fried chicken baskets (mixed/dark meat), tenders, mac and cheese, fried okra, funnel cake fries. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Kansas City Magazine — “The Chicken-n-Beer Combo Lands at Vine Street” (accessed 2026-07-12). https://kansascitymag.com/the-chicken-n-beer-combo-lands-at-vine-street/ — Confirms: chicken fried in tallow; Urban rub and lemon pepper dry-rub options; chicken sandwiches, half chickens, legs, thighs, tenders; self-service kiosk ordering (also per Axios KC, 2026-02-25). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶