Joyce Smith

GreenHorn Bar & Grill took over the building formerly occupied by the Green Room at 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, keeping the combination of bar, restaurant and live entertainment venue. Meanwhile, Chambre Coffee will continue to operate in the former Westport Coffeehouse space above.

Parlor, Kansas City’s first chef collective, announced abruptly this week that it would permanently close its seven-vendor space this Saturday. The news left kitchen owners reeling, and looking for spaces of their own.

Rulber De La Torre owns and operates eight restaurants in Kansas. His newest, Rulber's Restaurant Mas Cantina, just opened, filling out Prairie Village's Meadowbrook Shopping Center.

V Modern Italian restaurant is the first tenant confirmed for the Cocina 47 development. It plans a late 2026 or early 2027 opening.

The Iowa-based brewery opened last week on the second floor of the old Macy's in Prairie Village. Along with award-winning brews, popular menu items include a tuna poke bow, and giant Taphouse Bruger.

Creators of the iconic Kansas City brand will sell T-shirts, hoodies and other locally-branded accessories. A soft launch of the pop-up store at the Overland Park, Kansas, mall will take place in May.

The Iron District debuted in 2019, and now has six food operations, an ice cream shop, three retail vendors, three bars, and two heated containers for indoor seating.

Slow Rise owners Jessica and Jeff Dunkel developed a cult following at the Lawrence and Overland Park farmers markets. Eventually Jessica quit her day job, but when they finally opened a local brick-and-mortar, they could only afford to start with one day a week.

Justin Easterwood is building out a 5,400-square-foot Chef J BBQ location in North Kansas City after years inside The Beast haunted house in the West Bottoms — which will stay open as well. The new space will let patrons get up close to the smokers and pitmasters.

The owners of Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que plan to launch Joe’s Next Door in May just across Mission Road from its original gas station restaurant.