Tag: Strang Hall

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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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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Sneak peek: Plaza’s two-floor, chef-driven food hall and late-night hangout opening Monday 

By Tommy Felts / November 4, 2023

With the Strang Chef Collective’s third location set to open Monday on the Country Club Plaza, the food hall concept is expected to help serve transformation within Kansas City’s iconic shopping and entertainment district, said Shawn Craft.  “To get in on the ground floor and to be a part of that is exciting for us,”…

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Lightwell building overlooking the outdoor seating of Jason's Deli, incoming home of Strang Chef Collective at Lightwell

More downtown eats: Chef-driven food hall joining Made in KC on Lightwell’s ground floor

By Tommy Felts / October 27, 2021

Nearly two years after details of a chef collective at Lightwell were first teased, developers today announced the popular urban Johnson County food experience Strang Hall will indeed open a second location in downtown Kansas City. “Like the original Strang Hall in downtown Overland Park, the concept will be a casual, modern space designed for…

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