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916 HOSPITALITY Group is a Kansas City hospitality studio founded in 2020 that acquires real estate and conceives, builds, and operates original bar and restaurant concepts from the ground up.
916 HOSPITALITY Group is a Kansas City hospitality studio founded in 2020 by Atit Patel and Jugal Patel. The company acquires real estate and conceives, builds, and operates original bar and restaurant concepts with full creative control at every stage, from concept design through day-to-day operations. Today, 916 HOSPITALITY Group operates five active ventures spanning eatertainment, craft cocktails, neighbourhood bars, smash burgers, and wine.
916 HOSPITALITY Group is a Kansas City hospitality studio founded in 2020 at the intersection of two states and two area codes. The name 916 is drawn from digits in both 913 (Kansas City metro suburbs on Kansas side) and 816 (Kansas City, MO), reflecting the company's belief that great hospitality belongs to the whole city, not just one side of the state line. Co-founders Atit Patel and Jugal Patel built 916 HOSPITALITY to fill a gap they saw in the Midwest. Bold, original concepts designed to become permanent fixtures in Kansas City's identity. The company is not a management company or franchise operator. It is a hospitality studio: a small, tightly focused team that creates each concept from scratch with full creative and operational control. The founders also acquire and develop the real estate behind each venue, giving every concept a permanent home and full control over its future. With five active ventures Arrow Dart Club, Cosmo Burger, Goat & Rabbit, Dodson's Bar & Commons, and Sunken Cork 916 HOSPITALITY Group has invested more than $10 million in the Kansas City hospitality market and employs more than 65+ team members.
M&A-minded banker with seven years of operational experience in the middle market. Business development focused, with key relationships across sponsor and debt funds. Previously AVP at Enterprise Bank & Trust.
Hotel hospitality and real estate specialist with 15+ years across acquisition, development, and repositioning of mid-size hotels and mixed-use developments. Previously with KP Diversified Corp.
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