Taylor Swift picked up the tab during a recent girls’ night with Brittany Mahomes and eight other Chiefs WAGs at one of her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s favorite restaurants.
In an interview with Page Six, Megan Garrelts — who co-owns Rye restaurant with her husband Colby Garrelts — dished that Swift and her girlfriends hit up their Leawood, Kansas location on Saturday, December 30.
Megan said that the restaurant got a call ahead of time letting them know that a high-profile celebrity would be dropping by but the caller did not say who.
The group arrived around 7:30pm EST with the Anti-Hero singer’s security team in tow, all of whom greeted the shocked Garrelts with a handshake.
Swift and her pals dined together in a private room away from other patrons for three hours, wrapping up at 10:30pm EST.
Megan gushed that the superstar was ‘very, very nice’ and ate one of Travis’ favorite menu items: a warm cinnamon roll.
Taylor Swift picked up the tab during a recent girls’ night with fellow Kansas City Chiefs WAGs Brittany Mahomes, Lyndsay Bell, Paige Buechele and eight others at one of her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s favorite restaurants; seen in November
In an interview with Page Six , Megan Garrelts — who co-owns Rye restaurant with her husband Colby Garrelts — dished that Swift and her girlfriends hit up their Leawood, Kansas location (pictured) on Saturday, December 30
Megan said that she’d taken it upon herself to give the ladies a to-go box of cinnamon rolls but that Swift wanted to try the treat on the spot.
‘It was pretty cool because Travis … he always requests our cinnamon roll, so I would think that he must have said something to her since she was going to Rye,’ Megan told the outlet Thursday, adding: ‘That was pretty fun, so we warmed it up.’
Along with the iced confection, Swift and her friends enjoyed a variety of food and drink.
Situated in a farmhouse setting, Rye serves up ‘farm-to-table American fare and rye cocktails.’
They also have a location in Kansas City, where Travis is based with his Chiefs teammates.
Both Megan and Colby quietly escorted Swift, Mahomes — who is the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — and the other ladies to a private room upon their arrival.
‘Due to the nature of when we have a high profile guest, we try to keep it pretty on the down-low just out of respect for privacy. Nobody really knew she was there,’ Megan explained.
The co-owners had successfully avoided tipping off other diners until the Fearless hitmaker decided to use the restroom.
She had asked to use a lavatory in the main dining room instead of the one designated for guests in the private room.
The group arrived around 7:30pm EST with the Anti-Hero singer’s security team in tow, all of whom greeted the shocked Garrelts with a handshake; Swift seen with Mahomes and Lyndsay Bell
Swift and her pals dined together in a private room away from other patrons for three hours and wrapped up at 10:30pm EST
Megan gushed that the superstar was ‘very, very nice’ and ate one of Travis’ favorite menu items: a warm cinnamon roll; the couple seen with Brittany and Patrick Mahomes on NYE
To prevent fans from mobbing her, Megan recalled her husband Colby and Swift’s security team escorting her to and from the restroom.
‘The restaurant just got really quiet and I think people were more so just really shocked that she was there,’ she recalled.
Luckily, Megan said that Rye ‘was pretty low key that night.’
The Fearless hitmaker is said to have ordered a plate of pasta and sipped on her ‘favorite’ cocktail, which happens to be a French Blonde.
‘From our understanding [that is] her favorite cocktail,’ Megan said. ‘All the girls had cocktails, so it was definitely a lively girls night, which was fun to see.’
For dessert, Swift and her friends ordered Rye’s beloved banana cream pie as well as their lemon meringue pie for the table.
The dinner was reportedly in celebration of one of the WAGs’ birthdays, but Megan did not disclose who it was.
Unlike Swift, Megan claimed that Travis has a history of dining in the main room with other restaurant goers.
That’s changed in recent months as his popularity has risen — especially since going public with his and Swift’s headline-making romance.
‘[Travis] loves saying, “Hi,” to people in the restaurant … He’s been a little bit more private, he sits in the private room, but normally he sits in the main dining room with his friends and handlers,’ explained Megan.
She said that the tight end frequents both Rye locations. ‘He comes in pretty often to both. He’s awesome. He’s super nice.’
The details of Swift’s outing with her fellow WAGs comes one day after Page Six reported that she is expected to attend the Golden Globes on Sunday without her boyfriend.
Along with the iced confection, Swift and her friends enjoyed a variety of food and drink; Swift seen with Brittany Mahomes, Lyndsay Bell and Paige Buechele in November
Unlike Swift, Megan claimed that Travis has a history of dining in the main room with other restaurant goers
Swift is nominated in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category for her Eras Tour concert film, which has earned over $250million worldwide in less than three months.
On the same night, Kelce, 34, and the Chiefs will face off against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium, where Swift hosted six sold-out concerts back in August.
Despite the big game taking place before the awards show on CBS, a source told Page Six that Kelce plans to jet back to Kansas City with his teammates right after to prepare for the NFL playoffs.
This means no red carpet and no Golden Globes after-parties for Kelce.
Swift’s Eras Tour film may help the superstar nab her first-ever Golden Globe win.
It hit theaters on October 13 and was filmed at one of Swift’s LA shows on a $15million budget.
The nearly three-hour movie documents the show from start to finish, allowing fans who couldn’t grab tickets a chance to experience the magic.
But Swift is up against some steep competition, including box office hits Barbie and Oppenheimer, in the new award category.
This year’s Golden Globe nomination is the fifth of Swift’s career as she’s snagged four Best Original Song nods over the past decade.
The nominated songs include: Carolina for the film ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ (2023), Beautiful Ghost for ‘Cats’ (2020), Sweeter Than Fiction for ‘One Chance’ (2014) and Safe & Sound for ‘The Hunger Games’ (2013).
Though they’ll be apart on Sunday night, Swift and Kelce did ring in 2024 together at a NYE party in Kansas City, Missouri over the weekend.
The details of Swift’s outing with her fellow WAGs comes one day after Page Six reported that she is expected to attend the Golden Globes on Sunday without her boyfriend; seen in October
She is nominated in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category for her Eras Tour film, which has earned over $250million at the worldwide box office in less than three months
On the same night, Kelce, 34, and the Chiefs will face off against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium, where Swift hosted six sold-out concerts back in August; seen on December 31
Friends shared multiple videos from the night, with a close pal of Kelce’s filming the room at midnight, which is when they inadvertently caught the couple kissing as the clock struck midnight.
And another guest filmed themselves amid the celebrations with Travis and Taylor smooching in the background for the entirety of the clip.
They partied the night away after Swift went to cheer Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs on to victory at Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Swift arrived for the game at Arrowhead Stadium wearing a replica of the same Chiefs jacket that Kelce had arrived in for the Christmas Day NFL game which she was also at. A closer looks shows that she has ‘Tay’ stitched into the sleeve of her version – a nickname Travis has used for her before.
They have spent plenty of time together as the singer enjoys a break before a another year of touring in 2024.
For Kelce, he is currently in the middle of another relentless NFL season but has at least had two games in Kansas City on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, allowing more time at home than if the Chiefs had been scheduled to play on the road.
Sunday’s win saw the Chiefs wrap up the AFC West, giving Kelce another reason to celebrate after the game.
His team, last year’s Super Bowl winners, now round out the regular season next Sunday in Los Angeles against the Chargers before attention will turn sharply to the playoffs.
Swift doesn’t resume her Eras Tour until February but if the Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl – in Vegas on February 11 – she might have to make a mad dash from Tokyo, where she will have just played her first shows on 2024, to the west coast to cheer Kelce on.
Swift this year will then play shows in , Singapore and in the summer, will spend four months touring Europe.
And according to reports last week, Kelce has made some grand plans for Europe – with much of swift’s tour coinciding with his football offseason.
The 34-year-old has apparently booked trips to vineyards in Italy and tables for dinners at some of Europe’s finest restaurants for the couple to enjoy during her days off.
Though they’ll be apart on Sunday night, Swift and Kelce did ring in 2024 together at a NYE party in Kansas City, Missouri over the weekend
Earlier that Sunday, Swift cheered on Kelce at his game at Arrowhead Stadium
The Chiefs star could use his time in Britain to plan some adventures of his own, as well.
Recently, on the New Heights podcast that he co-hosts with his brother Jason, Travis suggested that they do live shows in Britain after learning they both have the top selling NFL jerseys there.
The latest that Kelce’s season will run to is February 11 with the Super Bowl, with teams then tending to report back for preseason in early August.
The couple went public with their relationship in late September last year when she arrived in Kansas City to cheer him on against the Chicago Bears in September 24. She sat next to his mom, Donna, for the duration of the game.
In her only interview since then, Swift said they had been spending time together up to then and were already a couple.
‘By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,’ Swift told TIME magazine after they crowned her 2023’s Person of the Year.
‘I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.
‘When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care.
‘The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.’