The two white buildings at 10240 Pflumm Road in Lenexa represent the kind of place that becomes a neighborhood landmark by outlasting everything around it. The property is described as one of Lenexa's earliest farmsteads, its age predating the suburban development that eventually surrounded it.
The Kieltyka family converted the larger of the two structures into a restaurant in 1978, serving a menu that included kielbasa, sauerkraut, pierogi, and other traditional Polish dishes alongside American standards — pan-fried chicken, burgers, and chicken fried steak. The dining room's lamp fixtures were converted oil lamps that a 2011 visitor described as looking like they came from a 1920s speakeasy; the walls held oil paintings and antique mirrors.
The restaurant operated under the Kieltyka name for decades and developed a paranormal reputation that staff discussed openly, if casually. Both the Stonewall Inn name and the Stonewall Inn Pizza & Bakery iteration at the same address are listed as permanently closed on Yelp. Grinders, a Kansas City-area pizza and cheesesteak chain, took over the location after an eight-month renovation period and operates there currently.
The property sits near Johnson County's boundary with what was historically rural land west of Kansas City — the 'occurrence in this creek behind the land' referenced in early Shadowlands documentation suggests a water feature on the property may be associated with the folkloric claims, though no independent source elaborates on this.
Sources
- https://thecouplewhoatekansascity.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/stonewall-inn-10244-pflumm-road-lenexa/
- https://www.kansashauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/stonewall-inn.html
- https://grinderspizza.com/stonewall-home/
Object movementPoltergeist activity
The paranormal accounts associated with this location are specific in character if not in volume. The primary report, consistent across multiple sources covering the Kieltyka's Stonewall Inn era, describes a spirit that sets chairs and tables back up after staff stack them at the end of the night. Closing procedures at a restaurant involve arranging furniture for the morning crew, and whatever is happening here undoes that work — not chaotically, but methodically.
A 2011 account from a visitor who spoke with staff noted that the presences 'mostly resided upstairs and were content to walk about and move pictures on the walls.' The upstairs being the spirits' domain was stated as established fact by the server who mentioned it, without drama.
No named entities, historical tragedies, or specific deaths are documented in association with the property in independent sources. The Shadowlands database entry references 'an occurrence in this creek behind the land,' suggesting a water feature near the property may be part of the folkloric origin story — but no published source elaborates on what that occurrence was.
The activity is consistently described as benign. Nothing in the documented record suggests threatening or escalating phenomena.
