Tag: Strang Chef Collective

Plaza food hall returns with Lula’s, Guy’s, J. Rieger and more KC foodie favorites inside

By Tommy Felts / August 18, 2025

A hotel food hall — just up the hill from a main artery of the Country Club Plaza — is planning a restaurant rally this week; reopening its shared culinary experience with some of the Kansas City food scene’s biggest local brands and a food hall rarity: full-service. Under new management, a new name, and…

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Strang closes doors to Plaza food hall concept, citing slow foot traffic to its diverse, chef-driven menus

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2024

Despite a bustling holiday shopping season on the Country Club Plaza, a food hall in the iconic Kansas City shopping district failed to gain a foothold, said CEO Shawn Craft, announcing the closure of another Strang Hall location less than a month after shuttering its downtown space. Leaders behind Strang Chef Collective on the Plaza…

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Downtown food hall hits closing time; Strang’s chef-driven concept leaving lightwell

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2024

Strang Chef Collective is serving its final customers within the food hall’s downtown space, said CEO Shawn Craft, announcing the lightwell location would close Tuesday “despite the company’s best efforts over the past year to keep it open.” The chef-driven concept — through which diners experience a mix of global and elevated comfort flavors —…

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First look: Chef behind Strang Hall favorite Anousone brings his popular Laotian fare downtown

By Tommy Felts / March 19, 2024

A new menu option at the Strang Chef Collective at lightwell hits familiar flavors for diners who already have fallen in love with renowned Chef Anourom Thomson’s Southeast Asian-inspired comfort food, said Shawn Craft. Anousone — a popular staple with the Strang Hall food hall concept in downtown Overland Park — has opened a new…

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This meal is metal: Elephant Wings rocks concert of flavors with chef’s Indian fusion setlist

By Tommy Felts / January 25, 2024

Ameet Malhotra’s just-released cover of Indian fusion is fuel to the fire of that which diners’ desire, the chef and owner of Elephant Wings said. Newly opened this month at Parlor KC in the Crossroads, two of the restaurant’s popular menu items include Malhotra’s tikka masala poutine and the Bombay-mi — his version of the…

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