After being closed due to a fire over a year ago, Sheridan’s Unforked is set to reopen in Overland Park in April.
“We are very excited to welcome everyone back to Overland Park – but in the meantime, customers can enjoy our Westwood and C“We can find our customers at Rown Center stores to satisfy their cravings,” said Courtney Sheridan, marketing manager at Unforked, in a statement.
The restaurant will open four to six weeks after receiving planning permission, which is expected to arrive in late March. She advised customers to stay updated on opening day on Facebook and Instagram.
In December 2022, the original location of Sheridan’s Unforked at 7337 W. 119th St. was significantly damaged by an electrical fire. The restaurant has since closed, leaving Overland Park without its Barking Pig taco (crispy bacon-glazed carnitas with scallions and queso fresco), crispy quesadillas and frozen custard.
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Unforked’s other locations are at 4719 Rainbow Blvd. in Westwood and 2405 Grand Blvd. in Crown Center.
The owners had hoped to reopen the restaurant last year. In July, they posted a photo of stickers in the restaurant’s window that read “Opening late 2023.”
But Matt Sheridan, Unforked’s chief operating officer, said the team had overcome “many obstacles” that led to the date being pushed back.
Jim Sheridan, founder of Unforked, told The Star last year that an electrical fire near a refrigerated food prep table filled the restaurant with thick smoke.
“Everything had to be taken out,” he said.
Twenty-six years ago, he opened Sheridan’s Frozen Custard, which now has locations in Crown Center and in the Northland at 6248 NW Barry Road.
In 2011, he opened Unforked’s Overland Park location after traveling around the country, checking out other fast-casual restaurants and trying to bring something different to the market.
“I think there is a great need for good food made from quality ingredients,” he told The Star at the time.
