Millie’s Cafe brings back Polish, Croatian food to KCK
Stephanie Springer’s vivid red lipstick is the same shade of red painted on the woodwork inside her new restaurant at 553 Central in Kansas City, Kansas. The unassuming frame building, which was occupied by Sophie’s Deli for nearly three decades, has been given a new life this week as Millie’s Cafe & Catering. Springer named the business after her late grandmother, Millie Favac Springer – a native Croatian who spent most of her adult life in Strawberry Hill.
Springer will be serving her grandmother’s recipes, including povitica and stuffed cabbage rolls, at the little diner, which had a soft opening last night. The restaurant’s primary focus will be solid, down-home kinds of dishes like spaghetti and Italian sausage, chicken-fried steak sandwiches and a big selection of burgers, including the Strawberry Hillbilly: a bacon cheeseburger topped with two onion rings and barbecue sauce.
