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

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,” Craft, CEO of Strang Chef Collective told Startland News. “We viewed it as having an opportunity for more chef-driven restaurants on the Plaza, as well, and we think we fill that void nicely.”

The new space — located in the Cascade Hotel at 4620 Wornall Road  — showcases restaurant concepts by four local chefs: Khai-Noy by chef Chris Jones, which will feature Southeast Asian cuisine with a menu heavily inspired by the cultures of Thailand and Laos;…