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Updated: 2022 by Liz Oliver Missouri has many great eateries that have been featured on many nationally televised networks. Some of these restaurants have gained such notoriety for their amazing eats that people will line up around the building to wait for a table. While a long wait is not usually something most diners look […]

Where to find a Southern-style meat and three, an intimate chef’s tasting menu, and Mediterranean tapas by Liz Cook  Nov 7, 2017, 1:05pm EST Corvino Supper Club & Tasting Room Photo by Shanley Cox Today, Eater returns to Kansas City to focus on 10 newish restaurants and bars that are garnering some serious buzz. And for the first time, […]

By Jill Wendholt Silva October 27, 2017 2:17 PM View full video here. Barbecue: It’s not just for breakfast anymore. I first stumbled across the smoke-stoked slogan in a Kansas City Barbeque Society cookbook back in the ’90s, and it has stuck with me like a bad earworm. But thanks to the Doughnut Lounge’s DL39, […]

By ALEXIA DELLNER  | OCT. 6, 2017 Filet mignon and chocolate soufflé are fine and dandy, but when a burger and  chocolate shake craving strikes, only a diner will do. We consulted our friends at Yelp to uncover the best diner in every state (plus Washington, D.C.). Here, 51 greasy spoons around the country to put on your bucket […]

  Area restaurateurs donned their boots and tipped their cowboy hats to a pair of barbecue masters at the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association’s annual awards dinner on Sunday. The evening featured two keynote speakers, Hayward Spears of Hayward’s Pit Bar-B-Que and Rob Magee of Q39. Spears got his start at Kansas City’s Bluebird Cafeteria, where his first paycheck […]

 Home to the World Series of Barbecue, the nation’s largest barbecue society and topper of national barbecue lists, it’s no question that Kansas City knows barbecue best. Naysayers aside — we’re looking at you Carolinas, Tennessee and Texas — we are confident that the following restaurants serve the best smoked meats in the country. Here […]

Listen to the audio here. It’s one of the best times of the year to be outside. It’s officially fall on the calendar, and after a hot September, it has finally cooled down. In that spirit, KCUR’s Food Critics searched out the best outdoor dining spots on Friday’s Central Standard. From a see-and-be-seen sidewalk café […]

Pitmaster Rob Magee preps a brisket in the new butcher room at Q39 South – The KC Star September 5, 2017 By Jill Wendholt Silva View video here. Q39’s new South location at 11051 Antioch Road in Overland Park includes something the original 39th Street location doesn’t: a butcher room. The tiled butcher room has windows so to-go […]

August 31, 2017 By Donna Berry When most people think of Kansas City — the neighboring cities in Kansas and Missouri collectively known as one — barbecue comes to mind. And there’s good reason: Kansas City has more barbecue restaurants per capita than anywhere in the world. Its signature food is served at more than […]