New seafood, steak, cocktail spot by Kansas City’s Plaza

Ocean Prime, a full-service modern American restaurant specializing in seafood and steaks, is opening on a hill overlooking the Country Club Plaza — just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend.

For lunch, look for such items as chilled whole Maine lobster, lobster bisque, prime steak tartare, blackened salmon salad, Maryland crab melt, poke bowls and an 8-ounce filet mignon.

The dinner menu includes such entrees as Gerber Farms chicken, Colorado lamb, blackened striped bass, twin lobster tails and prime steaks.

It also will have sushi, oysters on the half shell, Chilean sea bass, bacon creamed spinach, smoked Gouda tater tots, black truffle macaroni and cheese, cheesecake and chocolate peanut butter pie, along with specialty cocktails and dessert cocktails, and a Wine Spectator-honored wine list.

Leo Harvey Jr. is the executive chef for the scratch kitchen. He was previously executive chef at Ocean Prime Washington D.C.

The spacious 8,500-square-foot restaurant has three private dining rooms and a peninsula bar. Jake Proffit, who grew up in the Kansas City area and is now based in Colorado, did some custom artwork. His sculpture, KC Realized, is in the center of the dining area and is described as a visual depiction of Kansas City’s geological evolution. He also did three paintings for the restaurant.

It plans to open at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in 46 Penn Centre at 4622 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 300.

Hours will then be 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays; 4 to 11 p.m. Saturdays; and 4 to 9 p.m. Sundays.

Ohio-based Cameron Mitchell Restaurants was founded in 1993 and currently has 40 restaurants under 18 different concepts in 13 states. This will be its 17th Ocean Prime.

Its rooftop lounge in 46 Penn Centre, Prime Social Rooftop, opened in November with a patio and fire pits for colder weather.

This story was originally published February 4, 2022 9:50 AM.