Wyandot BBQ 2 restaurant in Overland Park is back serving ribs, burnt ends and more, one year after a devastating fire.
Catch up quick: The restaurant, 7215 W. 75th Street, reopened the Saturday after Thanksgiving and reportedly served more than 900 customers in its first weekend back, according to KSHB.
Wyandot BBQ 2 made a brief, all-caps announcement on its website last month.
- “FINALLY, ALMOST 1 YEAR LATER WE WILL REOPEN THE DOORS. HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE BACK. WE MISSED ALL OF YOU!!!!”
And customers began celebrating on social media, posting pictures of their first meals there in more than a year.
Backstory: The restaurant, a family-owned satellite of Wyandot BBQ’s original location in Kansas City, Kan., suffered extensive damage during a kitchen fire in December 2021.
- Arriving firefighters found heavy fire in the smoker box in the kitchen, extending into the back of the building.
- One employee was checked for minor injuries by paramedics at the scene but was not taken to a hospital.
- The restaurant has spent the last year making repairs and passing inspections.
Wyandot BBQ 2 is now open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
