A Midwest-based Mexican restaurant is coming to a vacant building in the Oak Valley Shopping Center in western Shawnee near K-7 and Johnson Drive.
Shawnee Communications Manager Doug Donahoo confirmed that the building at 5650 Hedge Lane Terrace — which was once home to a combined Taco Bell and KFC — will be an Abelardo’s Mexican Fresh restaurant.
It’s unclear when the west Shawnee Abelardo’s franchise plans to open. Abelardo’s corporate office did not respond to the Post’s request for information.
Abelardo’s serves all-day breakfast, quick-service favorites
- Abelardo’s started in 2001, serving up a plethora of omelets and breakfast burritos.
- The menu also offers more than two dozen combo platters, multiple taco options, tortas, tostadas, enchiladas, burritos, quesadillas, nachos and rolled taquitos.
- Additionally, patrons can order à la carte sopes, jalapeño poppers and chile rellenos.
- The restauran’ts kids’ menu features a choice of tacos, enchiladas, chicken nuggets, quesadillas or a cheese omelet.
- Plus, Abelardo’s offers Cheesecake Chimichangas, regular and stuffed churros and cinnamon chips for dessert.
Abelardo’s has other Kansas City locations
- The company opened a restaurant in Overland Park in the spring.
- There are also locations in Olathe, Kansas City, Missouri, and Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
- Based in Nebraska, Abelardo’s has dozens of locations in the Midwest, primarily in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma and Illinois.
Oak Valley Shopping Center in Shawnee has seen some turnover
- Over the years, there have been several changes at this shopping center on the west side of K-7 Highway.
- Today, a Kid Stop childcare facility, a boutique, a Chinese food restaurant and a closed Bank of Blue Valley branch are among the remaining tenants of the shopping center.
- There’s also a long-empty former Price Chopper that recently got new life as a youth softball batting cage and training facility.
- The shopping center abuts a key interchange of Johnson Drive in west Shawnee. In the early 2010s, the Kansas Department of Transportation began work on K-7 in this area of Shawnee to build the interchange at Johnson Drive and 55th Street and the nearby traffic circles.
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