Lucie Krisman  - Overland Park

Hawaiian chain Mo’Bettahs opens new Overland Park location

Utah-based chain Mo' Bettahs has opened its second Overland Park location and sixth Kansas City metro area location. Above, the newest Mo' Bettahs at 12005 Metcalf Ave. Photo credit Lucie Krisman.

Mo’ Bettahs, a fast-casual chain offering Hawaiian-style food, has opened its second Overland Park location and sixth overall in the Kansas City area.

The Utah-based company celebrated the grand opening of its newest restaurant at the Southglen shopping center off 119th Street and Metcalf Avenue on May 26.

Mo' Bettahs south OP
Aside from the recently-opened southern Overland Park Mo’ Bettahs, the chain has one more Overland Park location on 75th Street. Photo via Mo’ Bettahs website.

Where exactly is it?

  • The new Mo’ Bettahs opened at 12005 Metcalf Ave., in a space at Southglen that previously housed a Boston Market.
  • The restaurant neighbors Chili’s and Five Guys at the southeast corner of the shopping center.
  • Mo’ Bettahs operates from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Mo’ Bettahs serves Hawaiian plate lunches

  • Mo’ Bettahs’s menu features items like grilled teriyaki chicken, shrimp tempura, katsu chicken and teriyaki steak.
  • The plate lunch sizes come with two or three meat choices, rice and macaroni salad.
  • The company originally opened in 2008, founded by Hawaii natives Kimo and Kalani Mack.

This is Johnson County’s third Mo’ Bettahs

  • The company opened its first Johnson County location last year in Overland Park at 7006 W. 75th St.
  • Since then, the company has also opened another Johnson County location on South Strang Line Road in Olathe.
  • On the Missouri side, Mo’ Bettahs also has locations in Blue Springs, Liberty and Lee’s Summit.

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