Mr. D’s Donuts opened its second shop on Nov. 11 in Kansas City’s Crossroads, near 20th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and next to Interstate 35. The doors arrived well after the calendar the company had been working toward.
KCTV reported that owner Johnny Chen’s new location is meant to be the company’s main baking site, producing most of the donuts, including the mochi varieties. Building delays and other issues pushed the opening past a target tied to the World Cup. The report does not spell out those other issues.
A Mid-June Plan That Became November
In April, Startland News described the Missouri shop at 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue as being prepared for an opening around mid-June, depending on construction progress. By May, KCUR was already writing about planned shops in both Kansas City, Missouri, and Overland Park.
The Crossroads half of that map is the one that actually opened. A pre-World Cup debut turned into a mid-November one. The construction clock, not the tournament calendar, won.
Flour on the Counters, for Now
Chen told KCTV he plans to convert the original Shawnee shop, near 75th Street and Nieman Road, into a gluten-free operation. That location would develop and make gluten-free donuts for all three shops. He said those donuts will eventually be available at each location.
That is not how the kitchen works today. The company’s FAQ says, "Unfortunately at this time, we are not gluten-free nor gluten-sensitive." It adds that all donuts, including mochi donuts, contain flour because of shared equipment, production at one location, and flouring the countertops.
A separate Shawnee line would be the practical answer to that warning. Shared mixers and a dusting of flour are exactly why a mochi donut can still be off-limits for someone avoiding gluten. Chen’s conversion remains a plan. Reporting does not establish that the change has started, or when a gluten-free donut would actually reach a counter.
Somewhere Near Metcalf
Chen also told KCTV he plans to open a third shop near 144th Street and Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park in the coming weeks, taking the brand farther south in the metro. That is his latest stated timetable, not a confirmed opening date.
Earlier accounts do not land on the same pin. Startland, in April, expected a South Overland Park shop at 14463 Metcalf Avenue in fall 2026, with a drive-through. A Yahoo-published report placed the store at 143rd Street and Metcalf Avenue in the Lionsgate Shopping Center. Same corridor. Not the same address, and not the same season.
For anyone walking into the Crossroads shop, the menu is still the one the FAQ describes. Gluten-free is a Shawnee project Chen says he intends to build. The next storefront, if his newest timetable holds, is supposed to show up near Metcalf in the coming weeks.
