Kansas City food hall concept is closing this week: ‘The world changed’
Strang Chef Collective is closing its downtown Kansas City location.
The food hall concept debuted in December 2022 at 1100 Main St. in the Lightwell building. Its last day is Tuesday, Nov. 26.
“Being a part of Lightwell was an exciting part of our brand growth for Strang Hall and we hoped for a long-term partnership downtown,” Strang Chef Collectives CEO Shawn Craft said in a news release. “However, we planned this concept before the world changed from the pandemic and the new era of hybrid work weeks and flex schedules decimated downtown foot traffic, which made it extremely challenging to sustain long-term even with our best efforts.”
The Lightwell location was a follow-up to Strang Hall’s first operation in downtown Overland Park, which opened in 2019 and includes six different chefs’ kitchens.
Lightwell featured a bar serving beer, wine and cocktails and two kitchen concepts: chef Anourom Thomson’s Laotian-centric Anousone and chef Jase Bratcher’s New American bistro Panacea.
Both the Overland Park and the Strang location on the Country Club Plaza, which opened last year, will remain open.
This story was originally published November 26, 2024 at 3:53 PM.
