Fric & Frac

I was having the worst day of my life, and then I found this place. The nighttime bartender immediately greeted me. His great service, witty humor, and care for the customer was exactly what I needed. He was busy, but he joked around, and found the time to chat, and make the evening great. More and more people came in calling him ‘Crill’. I have been back a few time since, and I think my friends and I found a new night spot! Food is great too!

The food is really great and the price’s are really reasonable! It’s a great place to go and relax or just hang out with friends!

I think of Fric & Frac as the heart of the Volker neighborhood. Other establishments come and go, but this place stays. This is the original dive café (if there is such a thing). This place is what hipster cafes try to recreate. Only this place is older, more worn. The chairs aren’t exactly comfortable. The service is notoriously slow (especially on neighborhood favorite Taco Saturdays). The floor always seems just a little sticky. The décor hasn’t been updated in 15 years at least. None of that matters, not one bit. If the owners ever updated this place, there would be riots. This restaurant was the first one I’d been to in KC that had Sriracha on the tables. This restaurant has a Boulevard mural on the side. There is a pool table and pinball machines in the back. Graffiti in the bathrooms. All the servers wear skinny jeans and beanies. But it’s not a hipster place unless it’s the original hipster place. And it’s not entirely a bar but not entirely a café. It’s the quintessential neighborhood hang out destination. I have literally eaten here twice in one day, it’s that good. Good food. Good beer. Good place to patronize. I’m a fan.
*PS, the only reason I can’t give this place 5 stars is because the service really is terrible on the occasion. But only the rare occasion. Just be warned.

After 3 years of walking past this place we finally gave it a shot. I have to say, I wish I would have stopped in here a lot sooner. I am actually upset with myself it was that good.
Fric & Frac has been around since the late 70’s, it’s a bit divey but still bright and airy, caters mostly to locals off 39^th and has it’s fair share of mustaches and skinny jeans with tats galore but it does have a great atmosphere and serves very affordable tasty dishes. I really loved the music. A great selection of forgotten 60’s and 70’s soul classics plus lot’s of other genres from the same time period.
The food is simple but executed perfectly and very tasty. For me, price does factor into how good the dishes taste. Too expensive and I’m just not going to enjoy myself. Not this place. We shared a huge greek salad which was around 8 or 9 dollars and it was huge. Way better than your average greek salad. My sausage hoagie with Italian wedged fries was fantastic.
The coolest part of our visit was just how nice the staff were. Talkative and very friendly. Attentive comes to mind as well. We tipped a bit more than normal because of this. These people understand service and no doubt has played a roll in the longevity of this place.
Kansas City needs places like this. After thinking about Fric and Frac, it’s history along with my experience I have to say, we are actually very lucky that places like this still exist. This is the place you can come to, hang out, have a beer, read a book, meet new people and have some really great food that won’t cost you a lot.
If I did have one complaint I would say the soda’s are EXPENSIVE. At nearly $ 3 for a soda, it’s just too cost prohibitive. Everyone knows soda is marked up to 600% so why not keep your drinks under $ 2 and create goodwill with the customer? The food is great, why make your customers drink water? lol. Still, I love this place and stand behind my 5 stars. We are not really beer drinkers so the soda was really our only option.
We will be back soon!

Love their Greek salad. Sometimes when it’s busy, you can get a little lost in the crowd. But, overall the food is great and the staff is helpful.

This is a good little neighborhood bar. They have a good selection of delicious burgers and beer on tap. They also have very friendly and attentive servers.

I crave their gyros on a daily basis. Paired with tator tots, can’t be beat. Close second, blue cheese burger — with tots of course. It’s 39^th street-​esque and come paired with quite the characters of servers — and I mean that in a good way. Their chai infused vodka cocktail is definitely worth trying.

2 for 1 burgers on mondays cant beat it! Nice selections also a little arcade section and pool table to relax and drink a few

Fric & frac is my go to place for a delicious emdulgentt. Their bacon cheese burger is greasy and dripping with flavor and comfort. Their fresh curly fries round out the meal and come out piping hot. This place is high on calories and flavor low on frills. The atmosphere is very chill and feels like a neighborhood bar. Highly recommend this place.

After a number of visits here over the years I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing particularly good nor bad about this place… you end up eating and drinking here one day and are OK with it but don’t come back for a long time and that’s OK too!
I like the wide variety of bar food offered, however I must say that it is sneakily expensive. That is to say, the burger prices look OK at first glance but once you add a side or curly fries or something the amount goes up a lot! Also, you can order your burger rare (which in my humble opinion would be gross) or well (which isn’t the best choice either… again, in my humble opinion) and it will always arrive at your table cooked the same… more or less medium well!
Service can be slow and a bit inattentive at times though considering how few servers they often have and how busy they get they do OK in my opinion.

I had heard good things about this place. I got the chicken gyro and fries. The taziki sauce was awful and it ruined the whole sandwich. Not sure what they are known for but it’s not their gyros.

The food was not very good. Their idea of nachos is greasy chips and watered down salsa.

After traversing down 39^th street one evening, we decided to stop in to Fric and Frac for some food. I’m glad we did, as I had never been there before. I don’t think I could ever be so near to Aladdin and not eat there, but Aladdin was already closed, so Fric and Frac was a welcome stop.
F&F certainly has a diner feel (and smell). If you are planning on going out after your dinner here, it might not be a great option unless you are changing your clothes. If you don’t care that you smell like greasy goodness, then by all means, enjoy.
They have a fun little cocktail menu with some different creations listed, but also a typical beer list. The menu consists of sandwiches and you know, diner food. I had chicken gyro, based on our server’s recommendation, and my friend tried the BLT. Ok, the BLT was probably the best I’ve had outside of my own kitchen. It was LOADED with bacon. Like, LOADED. The chicken gyro was really nothing special, and though they make the cucumber sauce in house, I didn’t really care for it. Thank goodness my very kind dining partner let me share his BLT. Go there. Get it. Go home. Change your clothes. Send me a thank you note.

A pretty hilarious fail of epic proportion.
If the «no star» option existed, I would have chosen it.
Me and my family decided to try a new-​to-​us local restaurant on a cute little eclectic suburban road.
This experience began OK. Immediately we were not greeted as we walked in by the handful of servers standing directly beyond the front door. After a very brief pause we cut the awkwardness by choosing our own table towards the back just across from the bar and cook top.
We were immediately asked for our drink orders by a hipster-​esk young broad who VERY clearly was new or possibly even so new I thought she may not have even been hired yet (maybe was a test run day). We got our full table of waters (yes we only ordered water) and each glass was delivered individually by a different server at a different time.
After about 10 minutes of sucking on our waters we were asked if we wanted A MENU. Is that typically even a question? What is this menu item you speak of? Is it expensive? Am I worthy of your book of wonders? Do you serve only one thing a day? Did I walk past a self serve menu holder at some point along our entry? …no
We finally received our menus. Next to 30sec later our «barely loud enough to hear over the music» waitress returned asking for our orders. We weren’t ready yet. When we were ready she came back and took our orders. She asked the burger orders how they wanted their burgers cooked and then I ordered my BLT. She then proceeded to ask me if I wanted cheese. The menu doesn’t mention cheese, nor should it.
Just nearly kissing an hour later…
3 out of 4 meals arrived! We had three baskets of appetizers– onion rings, tater tots and curly fries (with some quaint name), and three burger baskets. Each basket, again, was delivered by all different people at separate times even though they were all «order up» at the same time. There is this thing called «A TRAY».
About 7 more minutes into the meal, mine had not arrived. Everyone’s burgers are thoroughly over cooked (a far cry from their order of medium rare) and their flavorless patties were smaller than a mcdonalds patty… Hah?! ½lb?! Maybe it was a half pound with all of the toppings and buns… Maybe.
Eventually a human who worked there noticed my impatience and asked how everything was going. They realized I had not gotten my meal an quickly disappeared. Yet another 5 minutes later she returned to inform me that she had mistakenly not entered my meal to the queue in the kitchen.
Commence long awkward stares.
All I could say was «ok?» (Thinking, why in gods name had she not yet fixed the problem?!) and she again disappeared after a bout of long apologizing as if I was going to say I didn’t for some reason want it anymore. I didn’t really mean to go out to dinner, ya know?! Sometimes I like to just sit randomly at a table in a restaurant. Why would I actually want to have the food I ordered? Let alone have a menu to look at.
Another Half hour passes. Everyone finished their meals as I patiently waited for what must be the largest most complicated BLT known to man kind. I ate all of about 3 fries and a few onion rings while I tried not to spoil my appetite for this such long awaited meal. It kept not coming out. The kitchen sent out 6 meals by the time my step mother yelled back to them just to have it packaged to go. 15 minutes later I actually got a styrofoam box in a plastic bag. FINALLY.
While we were waiting we all enjoyed our candies which I thought couldn’t possibly go wrong. The greasy fries left a bad taste in my mouth so I grabbed the green pinwheel hard candy «mint». It was lime.
It took 10 more minutes for them to notice the payment card waiting patiently on the table for them which was tossed onto the receipt IMMEDIATELY upon it’s arrival since, naturally– we were waiting for it. The tooth pulling was finally over and I was allowed to LEAVE that place.
As I’m walking down the street I realize how massively light my bag is for having a full sandwich inside. I open my container to find the most pathetic excuse for a $ 7 BLT I have ever seen.
There was 1 piece of heavily wilted «lettuce» 3 tomatoes on one side, the heel of a tomato on the other, absolutely no mayo to be found on the extremely greasy soaked through bread slices which actually smelled rank of dirty grill juices and an unsightly pile of «mostly» cooked limp bacon. The fact that they even bothered to stick it with a toothpick and added an ¹⁄₈^th of a pickle slice sent me rolling.
I got home, heated the bacon in the microwave, got myself my own damn shitty bread, tomatoes, FRESH lettuce and mayoFUKINaise to compose what amounted to a halfway decent sandwich even having to use the heels of the loaf of bread.
Determined to have calories in my body after a long day, I spent $ 7 to wait more than 2 hours for a meal that I didn’t eat 90% of.
I hope your restaurant gets backed over by a loaded down Walmart truck n trailer.

Tried Fric & Frac for the first time today, and can honestly say I’m a fan! Very friendly service, and patient with this first timer. I sat at the bar, and had a nice time talking to Pat (I think that was his name) I was having trouble deciding between the burger and the gyro, but since it was my first visit, Pat recommended the burger, and he was spot-​on! Very flavorful and fresh, and served pretty quickly. The only knock I’d give them was on their «Italian» fries… deep fried wedges of baked potato, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. They were just kinda bland. I’d definitely go back to try the other sandwiches, but I’ll try the regular fries next time! Great neighborhood bar and grill!

Greeted by multiple staff members right when I come through the front door is always good sign of a terrific place. Atmosphere and décor is appealing. The food and service is a staple. I ordered the ¹⁄₃ lb Bacon Burger with Pepper Jack cheese and curly fries. Homemade curly fries to be exact. And if you order the curly you must get a side cup of cheese to dip them in. It’s to die for. Also they have patio seating, which is great to eat and do some people watching if you are in the mood.
If you are ever on 39^th Street this destination is a must to get some terrific burgers or gyros.

This update isn’t about the food, but of the overall wonderfulness of this place.
There aren’t many restaurant owners in town, I don’t think, who throw open their doors for a Christmas/​Customer Appreciation party with a table full of delicious free food. No, it wasn’t advertised except by word of mouth and a few flyers in the restaurant, but word got around to the regulars. According to one of the cooks, Rudy the owner did nearly all of it himself, and it was all wonderful-​brisket, turkey, and sides, including an incredible rice salad that seriously deserves a spot on the menu. The row of beer taps has grown impressive, including more locals than just Boulevard and Founder’s Breakfast Stout.
All the staff was in a festive mood, it truly felt like a gathering of friends. Tonight, Fric & Frac set my standard for neighborhood bars.

Best Gyros in town! Great consistancy, love the creamy yogurt sauce and warm soft pita bread… Yes they have half off all Appetizers from 3−6pm but the downside of this establishment is that u have to wait until 6:30 to get their dinner specials, I’m sorry but I eat dinner WAY before 6:30, maybe on day if they change that rule we’ll be able to try one.

Nice staff. Clean. Fun atmosphere. THEY HAVE GUINNESS!!! (‘nough said)
… Okay, Unilocal!doesn’t seem to think my review was long enough — as if, there’s more needed, than calling out Guinness. So, I’ll add the WiFi is good, and they have free computer access. The pool table is level and well maintained. The floors are nice. The food is good — I love their fries (okay, I love everyone’s fries and if I don’t, I would return).
They have several TVs — generally sports are on. They have several specials. However, the most special item of all is — now shout it with me — «THEY HAVE GUINNESS!!!»

First time to Fric and Frac and it was pretty cool. I went on a Monday which means buy one get one burgers. The burger was amazing! I felt like I was eating a really delicious homemade burger. I ordered onion rings with it and that was the only part I was a little disappointed on. While the onion rings were delicious they were 4 – 5 dollars which was a bit much for a side of a few onion rings. I would probably order them again but I will think twice next time before adding that to my bill.
They didn’t have a ton of craft beers on tap but they did have Boulevards Bob’s 47′ which is a seasonal and it’s delicious. It’s overall a great place and I really love their good and their outdoor seating. I will update the more I go here but overall I loved it!