Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are facing fresh heat over their 1587 Prime steakhouse, with the restaurant’s name now tangled up in a lawsuit and a fight over who actually controls the business.
In new court documents obtained by TMZ, 1587 Sneakers says Kelce and Mahomes are trying to minimize their involvement by arguing they don’t have “direct interest” in the steakhouse and therefore can’t “exert control over” it. The Chiefs teammates were seeking to get the lawsuit dismissed, saying they have no control over the restaurant and no ties to New York City, where the case was filed.
1587 Sneakers pushed back hard, claiming the pair are trying to present themselves as “two distant celebrities that are mere promotional ‘pretty faces' of the alleged infringing enterprise with no New York ties.”
That argument runs into the restaurant’s own website, which describes 1587 Prime as a “collaboration between” the teammates “in partnership with Noble 33.”
The company suing Kelce and Mahomes wants them to drop the steakhouse name and also stop selling merchandise tied to it.
One wrinkle in the case is the timeline. 1587 Sneakers has been operating since April 2023, but it did not apply for the “1587” trademark until October 2025.
Kelce and Mahomes filed their trademark application in December 2023 in the bar and restaurant category. The lawsuit could prove complicated because the two businesses operate in different industries.
The number itself is no mystery: “1587” combines Mahomes’ and Kelce’s jersey numbers.
For now, the case is still ongoing, and a verdict is pending.
It’s not exactly the kind of noise the Chiefs wanted hanging around their stars. Mahomes is coming off a torn ACL injury suffered in December, while Kelce is back for at least one more season. After finishing 6-11 and missing the playoffs, Kansas City is trying to turn the page.
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