Ixtapa closes JoCo favorite; owner says he won’t compromise family recipes or up prices as food, rent costs rise

By Tommy Felts | February 25, 2025

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Cuisine has closed in Johnson County after five years. Co-owner Victor Esqueda blamed rising costs — rent, ingredients and more — for the closing of the restaurant at 7305 W. 95th St. in Overland Park, near the sprawling Shamrock Trading Company campus. “Everything has increased so much — food, alcohol 20 to…

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