Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine

Mediterranean restaurant at 1599 Iron St. in North Kansas City’s Iron District container park — announced Spring 2026 by owners Frank and Kari Cottrell; serves hummus, gyros, Greek salad, lamb chops, shawarma wraps, falafel wraps, and saffron rice. Fills the largest cuisine gap in the Northland’s independent food scene (virtually no Mediterranean options from River Market north to the state line).

Description

Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine is a Mediterranean restaurant concept operating inside North Kansas City’s Iron District container park at 1599 Iron Street, announced for a Spring 2026 opening by owners Frank and Kari Cottrell. The KCUR coverage that confirmed Zaki’s arrival also noted it fills the most distinctive cuisine gap in the Northland independent dining scene: virtually no Mediterranean options exist between Kansas City’s River Market and the state line north of the Missouri River.¹

The menu spans hummus, gyros, Greek salad, lamb chops, shawarma wraps, falafel wraps, and saffron rice — a Mediterranean range that covers multiple dietary preferences (vegetarian-friendly, halal-accessible) in a format that makes it the most distinct new option in the Iron District’s growing food roster alongside tattooed-hog-bbq, which shares the same address.¹

Ownership and history

Frank and Kari Cottrell opened Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine at the Iron District in Spring 2026.¹

Tier classification

Tier 2. Frank and Kari Cottrell are independent local operators introducing Mediterranean cuisine to an underserved Northland corridor, filling a genuine gap in KC’s independent food landscape north of the river. KC-metro-native status not confirmed, which is the threshold for Tier 1.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-24 · Source: Official website menu page (zakikc.com/menus)² · URL(s): https://www.zakikc.com/menus · https://order.toasttab.com/online/zaki-1599-iron-street (Toast ordering) · Confidence: High (full menu with prices and descriptions transcribed from the official site)

Mediterranean (Jordanian family recipes, Irbid, est. 1958 lineage). Container park format, Iron District NKC. Menu served Wed–Sat 11 AM–7 PM, Sun 11 AM–5 PM.²

Appetizers

• Hummus — creamy chickpea and tahini spread topped with olive oil; served with grilled pita — $8.99²
• Baba Ganoush — roasted eggplant, tahini, garlic, lemon, olive oil; served with grilled pita — $8.99²
• Falafel — fried chickpea patties with fresh herbs and spices; tahini sauce and fresh veggies — $8.99²
• Grape Leaves — rice-and-herb filling, olive oil and lemon; served with tzatziki — $6.99²

Plates

• Zaki Combo — hummus, baba ganoush, grape leaves, falafel, fresh veggies, grilled pita — $15.99²
• Shawarma Chicken Plate — grilled marinated chicken shawarma over saffron rice and Greek salad — $17.99²
• Gyro Meat Plate — gyro meat over saffron rice and Greek salad — $17.99²

Salads

• Fatoush — fresh vegetables and crispy pita, sumac, lemon vinaigrette — $10.99²
• Greek Salad — romaine, red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, feta, Greek vinaigrette — $10.99²
• Shawarma Chicken Salad — Greek salad topped with shawarma chicken (add grilled pita $1.99) — $15.99²
• Gyro Meat Salad — gyro meat on Greek salad (add grilled pita $1.99) — $15.99²

Sandwiches and wraps — add side and soda $4

• Shawarma Chicken Wrap — marinated chicken in thin pita, garlic sauce, Arabian pickles — $11.99²
• Gyro Wrap — gyro meat, lettuce, onion, tomato, tzatziki; thin or fluffy pita — $11.99²
• Philly Cheesesteak — sirloin steak, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, white cheese, mayo on hoagie — $11.99²
• Falafel Wrap — crispy falafel in thin pita with tahini, hummus, pickles, mint, tomatoes — $11.99²

Soup and sides

• Greek Salad (side) — $5.99 · Lentil Soup — $5.99 · Basket of Fries — $5.99 · Saffron Rice — $3.99 · Grilled Pita — $1.99²

Drinks and sweets

• Baklava — walnuts, honey, phyllo dough — $5.99²
• Coke / Coke Zero / Sprite / Bottled Water — $1.99 each²

Note: lamb chops (from the April 2026 KCUR announcement¹) do not appear on the current official menu.

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Links

• Website: https://www.zakikc.com
• Address: 1599 Iron St., North Kansas City, MO 64116 (Iron District)

See also

• tattooed-hog-bbq (same Iron District address)
• north-kansas-city
• Registry

Sources

**** Map-pin needed: 1599 Iron St., North Kansas City, MO 64116 (Iron District / NKC — same address as Tattooed Hog BBQ, separate container unit). Confirm coordinates for map layer.

Footnotes

1. KCUR — “North Kansas City’s Iron District debuts new restaurants this summer: see what’s inside The Hub” — https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2026-04-11/north-kansas-citys-iron-district-debuts-new-restaurants-this-summer-see-whats-inside-the-hub — accessed 2026-06-30. Asserts: Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine; 1599 Iron St., North Kansas City, MO 64116 (Iron District); owners Frank and Kari Cottrell; Spring 2026 opening; menu includes hummus, gyros, Greek salad, lamb chops, shawarma wraps, falafel wraps, saffron rice. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. zakikc.com — official website menu page (https://www.zakikc.com/menus) and homepage (https://www.zakikc.com) — accessed 2026-07-24. Asserts: full menu as transcribed above with prices and descriptions; menu served Wed–Sat 11 AM–7 PM, Sun 11 AM–5 PM; Toast online ordering (order.toasttab.com/online/zaki-1599-iron-street); 1599 Iron St, North Kansas City, MO 64116; “Chef Frank” grew up in Irbid, Jordan — family recipes since 1958; “Est. 2026 Zaki KC.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰