New Johnson County restaurant to offer crab Benedicts, strawberry cheesecake pancakes

A Colorado breakfast and lunch chain with ties to Overland Park plans to open a new restaurant there this fall.

Urban Egg has taken a space at 4921 W. 119th St. in Hawthorne Plaza.

“Everything is made from scratch; we use as many local suppliers as we can,” said Randy Price, founder. “I think people really like the quality of the food, the high level of service, the personal attention, the clean and upscale atmosphere, and the great value.”

Menu items include strawberry cheesecake pancakes, stuffed French toast, specialty Benedicts (such as chicken and waffle, or lump crab), egg white frittata, blue corn huevos rancheros, avocado toast with Pacific salmon, a grilled cheese sandwich (bloody-mary-battered and grilled sourdough), soups and salads, specialty cocktails and a magnum bottle of La Marca Prosecco.

Price grew up in Overland Park and graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School in 1983. He spent three years with Houston’s on the Country Club Plaza and in Overland Park. His son, Brennan, was born at Saint Luke’s Hospital in 1989.

Price transferred to Phoenix, then worked for Texas-based restaurant companies before moving to Colorado in 2000 to form Rocky Mountain Restaurant Group.

Brennan started working at his father’s restaurants as a teenager. He then got a business degree and went to culinary school.

The first Urban Egg opened in 2014, and Brennan returned to Colorado the next year to help grow the company. He became a partner in 2020.

The Prices said the Hawthorne Plaza location checked their boxes for great visibility, strong daytime crowds, dense residential development and abundant parking.

The new location, which will have a patio, will have 40 to 45 employees.

Hours will be 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Urban Egg handles all online and to-go orders directly.

CorePower Yoga closed in the space in summer 2020.

They would like to open three or four additional Kansas City area locations and have been looking in Prairie Village.

“We’re excited to be joining the breakfast segment in Kansas City,” Price said.

That local daytime segment is growing:

▪ Snooze, an A.M. Eatery, a Denver-based breakfast and lunch chain, opened an Overland Park restaurant earlier this month.

▪ The Shack Breakfast & Lunch, based in St. Louis, has been expanding locally and will add a Lee’s Summit location in June.

▪ Wichita’s HomeGrown is opening in Brookside this summer.

▪ Locally owned The Big Biscuit also recently added a Lenexa location.

▪ OurHouseKC, opening soon in midtown, will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.

This story was originally published May 19, 2021 at 5:00 AM.