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Corporate Woods & College Boulevard
The city's business spine — the wooded Corporate Woods office campuses and the wider College Boulevard corridor running west past Johnson County Community College and the Nerman Museum. Weekday lunch spots, cultural stops, and a quieter pace once the parking lots empty out.
17 places in this neighborhood below, grouped by dining, shopping, and things to do. For the full city, open those guides.
Eat
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Breakfast & Brunch
The Wooden Spoon
Family-owned café across two Overland Park locations baking artisan bread in-house — the biscuits and gravy and jalapeño popper melt are what regulars order without looking at the menu.
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Bakery & Café
Aurora Cafe & Bakery
Tucked inside an office-building lobby — scratch pastries and a Crème Brûlée Conchita that locals treat like a secret.
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BBQ
Q39 South
We order the smoked beef brisket poutine — crispy fries, chopped brisket, white cheddar curds, and brisket gravy — at Q39 South, the Overland Park outpost of the competition-barbecue restaurant Rob Magee founded in Kansas City in 2014.
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Italian
Ricco's Italian Bistro
Patio Chicken Limon and personal Mia Diavolo pizzas with house sangria on College Boulevard.
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Italian
Garozzo's Ristorante
Family Chicken Spiedini fame — happy-hour Patatine and Boulevard Wheat at a College Blvd classic.
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American & Bar
Club 27
Golf-course views over Sykes/Lady with whipped feta spinach dip at happy hour.
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Greek
Greek Cuisine
Family-owned Greek kitchen at 11811 College Boulevard (College and Quivira) - gyros, spanakopita, tiropita packs, and Greek-fries lunch specials for the Corporate Woods corridor.
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Yemeni Coffee
Turath Coffee
Arabic and Yemeni coffee near College and Mastin — a gathering place with late hours, not a grab-and-go counter, built around heritage hospitality and a room people stay in.
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Shops
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Things to Do
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Museum
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Free contemporary art museum on the JCCC campus with galleries for regional, national, and international work, plus the Hudson Auditorium and Tearney Art Education Center. Open Tuesday through Sunday, with late hours Wednesday and Thursday.
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Trail
Indian Creek Trail
Paved multi-use path about 10 feet wide; the Overland Park segment runs roughly 10 miles from Foxhill South Park to Forest Creek Park and links into the Tomahawk Creek Trail. Half-mile markers make it easy to clock a run or ride.
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Events & Exhibitions
Overland Park Convention Center
About 60,000 square feet of exhibition hall space and a 25,000-square-foot ballroom hosting home shows, comic cons, and trade events along the College Boulevard hotel corridor.
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Performing Arts
Midwest Trust Center
Performing arts complex at JCCC anchored by Yardley Hall, with Polsky Theatre and outdoor Light Up the Lawn concerts drawing regional touring music, theater, and dance.
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Park & Public Art
Corporate Woods Founders' Park
The Eilert Fountain and a sledding hill anchor this 52-acre green space inside the Corporate Woods office park, with direct access onto the Indian Creek bike-and-hike trail.
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Festival & Fireworks
Star Spangled Spectacular
The city's official Fourth of July celebration at Corporate Woods Founders' Park — free entry, live music through the evening, and a fireworks finale after dark.
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Park
Cross Creek Park
Large greenway along Indian Creek, about 55 acres. One of the biggest unlisted open-space parks in the city's trail network.
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