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The Kansas Buffet That Was Just Named One Of The Top All You Can Eat Spots In The State

Fourteen cooking stations. More than 60 Italian dishes. A cobblestone piazza built right inside a restaurant, with fountains and flower-covered balconies overhead. That combination sounds like a fever dream after too much pasta. Yet it’s real, and it sits in the Kansas City suburbs. Kansas diners recently helped push...

Overland Park, KS · 12d

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A Kansas City grocery store thrives where others closed. Now the model is expanding

Deborah Phillips walked up to the automatic sliding glass doors of the Sun Fresh in the Blue Parkway Shops on Oct. 26, only to be disappointed. The grocery store had closed for good the night before, citing “declining sales and rising operating costs.”. Phillips works down the street and...

Kansas City, MO · 3d

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USA Today list ranks the best of Kansas City BBQ. Which joint is No. 1?

Declaring the very best version of Kansas City barbecue coming out of the many beloved joints in the metro area is often a futile and controversial task — it depends on one’s preference and the day and time a diner goes to a restaurant, and you best be prepared to defend it. But each year, publications, influencers and anyone online with an opinion tackle the scary job of ranking our barbecue and sharing their findings. USA Today, the national media company that owns newspapers across the country, including in Missouri and Kansas, published the 2026 readers’ choice list of 10 best Kansas City-style BBQ restaurants on Oct. 28. Last year the publication’s readers voted, strangely, to award a non-Kansas City joint (Stateline Road Smokehouse in Napa, California) with the No. 1 spot on a Kansas City BBQ list — though to be fair, owner Darryl Bell is originally from Kansas City. But it seems those readers righted their wrongs, with a Kansas City-based barbecue restaurant earning the most votes to claim the top spot. That best barbecue restaurant is Slap’s BBQ , a KC spot that’s often considered one of the best to ‘cue and has produced a loyal following

Kansas City, MO · 23h

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This Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant In Missouri Is Worth The Drive From Anywhere In The State

Some restaurants earn their reputation through marketing budgets and Instagram filters, and then there’s LC’s Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, Missouri, which earns its reputation the old-fashioned way: through smoke, patience, and meat so good it makes you question every life choice that kept you away this long. If...

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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Mice droppings on shelves, gnats under sink: Latest KC-area restaurant inspections

From moldy food on grocery displays to roaches under a soda machine, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week. Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public. In Kansas City and Independence, each city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections. The lower the number of violations, the better. Most restaurants correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly after. The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations. They are available for Kansas City at inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm and Johnson and Wyandotte counties at portal.kda.ks.gov/Food/FoodInspectionSearch. Here are the restaurants in Kansas City, Johnson and Wyandotte Counties that received seven or more priority and priority foundation violations from Oct. 25-31. No eateries in Independence met the threshold during this time period. Midtown Market-Desi Dhaba 3967 Main St. Nine violations found during Oct. 26 inspection Roaches were seen on a wall, while dead roaches were seen in paper towel dispenser. An employee was seen cutting cilantro

Kansas City, KS · 1d

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10 Highly Rated Restaurants In Overland Park, Kansas, That Actually Live Up To The Hype

One barbecue menu in this suburb lists a dish called Best Wings on the Planet, with a completely straight face. Bold move. A few miles away, a small Mediterranean kitchen serves baklava cheesecake. Another spot serves Italian cream cake and tiramisu for dessert. Overland Park, Kansas, clearly takes its plates...

Overland Park, KS · 2d

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New ‘best’ KC barbecue spot named according to national poll

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - There could be a new king of Kansas City-style barbecue. The results will be controversial. Fans just named Slaps BBQ in Kansas City, Kansas, the best Kansas City-style barbecue spot in the country, according to a USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice poll. “To everyone...

Kansas City, KS · 3d

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Kansas Locals Happily Wait For The Crispy Fried Chicken And Pork Chop Dinners At This Kansas City, Kansas Soul Food Spot

Some meals are worth a little patience, and in Kansas City, Kansas, one kitchen has turned waiting into part of the tradition. Nobody here is rushing your plate out of a heat lamp. The fried chicken gets cooked to order, the pork chop dinners come out when they are ready,...

Kansas City, KS · 1d

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Taste The Slow-Smoked Ribs Locals Have Loved For Decades At This Homey Kansas City, Kansas Joint

Some restaurants chase trends, and some simply outlast them. On a busy stretch just across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas, one family-owned barbecue spot has been firing up its pits since 1934. That is more than 90 years of slow-smoked ribs, paper towel holders bolted to the counter,...

Kansas City, KS · 3d

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GJ Fish & Chicken opens in midtown Kansas City. Its young owner has more plans to expand

With a fryer full of business experience already bubbling behind the counter, 25-year-old Ali Modder is expanding his family’s restaurant business — scaling from South Kansas City, across to the state line, to what soon will be a sixth location for the popular GJ Fish & Chicken. “My...

Kansas City, KS · 2d

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This Kansas Asian Market Has Live Seafood, Roasted Duck, And Fresh-Baked Buns

Live lobsters, blue crabs, and catfish wait in tanks at a suburban Kansas grocery store. Then there’s the whole roasted duck, cooked fresh every single day. This store covers about 60,000 square feet. That’s a lot of room for custard creme buns, sesame rolls, and hundreds of sauces.

Overland Park, KS · 1d

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Price Chopper launches value-based offshoot offering groceries at cost plus a 10% charge

SHOPPERS can now buy groceries at cost, plus a 10% charge, through a brand-new version of a discount retailer. The development comes as giants like Kroger and Walmart have recently been forced to detail their pricing strategies. Cosentino’s Food Stores, a regional grocer in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, has...

Kansas City, MO · 17h

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Bring Cash And An Appetite To Jess & Jim’s, Kansas City’s Old-School Martin City Steakhouse

A giant metal steer stands on a rooftop in south Kansas City, and it is not there for decoration. It marks a family steakhouse that opened its doors in 1938 and never felt the need to chase trends. Some guests have driven 14 hours to eat here, and some families...

Martin City, MO · 4d

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This Old-School Missouri Drugstore Counter Still Pours Hand-Mixed Malts Like It’s 1950

A marble bar, a chocolate malt, and a phosphate soda are still waiting on one Missouri town square. Yes, phosphates. The fizzy old fountain drink your grandparents ordered never fully left this spot. The menu reads like a time capsule with a few modern surprises tucked in. You’ll find floats,...

Independence, MO · 3d

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This Old-School Missouri Supper Club Has Been Hand-Cutting Steaks Since 1946

A salad named for the year 1957 still lands on tables at one Missouri steakhouse, and people keep ordering it by name. I love when a menu carries its own birthday like that. The prime rib gets talked about more than anything else here. Carrot cake comes in a strong second, which tells you folks save room.

Kansas City, MO · 22h

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The Best Apple Cider Donuts In Missouri Are Waiting At This Charming Hidden Orchard

There’s a barn in Weston, Missouri with a red roof and an old tractor out front, and inside that barn are apple cider donuts that will quietly rearrange your priorities in life. Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard doesn’t advertise itself loudly, and honestly, that’s a big part of its...

Weston, MO · 6d

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Kansas City’s Town Topic Hamburgers Has Kept Its Tiny Grill Going Around The Clock Since 1937

Some Kansas City restaurants close at night, and one tiny burger counter on Broadway simply never does. Its grill has been working since 1937, through decades of changing streets, changing tastes, and changing neighbors. There are only a handful of seats, a short row of stools, and a parking sign...

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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New KC-area coffee shop opens, bringing a taste of K-State to Johnson County

Between a steady stream of athleisure-clad customers Monday were a smattering of those sporting Wildcat-lavender sweatshirts and TWA tees. They stood inside what was previously an antique shop of 20 years. Those items have been cleared, and a row of first-class seats from a Delta plane currently lines an interior wall. A Nuova Simonelli espresso machine now hums atop a bar covered in reflective steel. Several aviation pieces — an old plane window, a wooden propeller, a suitcase from the 60s — were supplied by associates of the TWA Museum in Kansas City, a museum honoring the Trans World Airlines that was once headquartered in Kansas City and operated for several decades. It’s adjacent to the Charles Wheeler Airport downtown. Though it just opened, Kansas State alumni are likely already familiar with the new coffee shop in Overland Park. For the past five years, its original launch pad has been a popular fixture in downtown Manhattan. Flight Crew quietly opened its second location at 8025 Santa Fe Drive Monday, bringing an elevated (flight-themed) concept to downtown Overland Park. It’s open daily, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., starting now. Owner and founder Heather Hnizdil threw open the doors and crossed

Johnson County, KS · 20h

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Black Rose Coffee closes Overland Park storefront, will leave farmers’ market later this month

After roughly two years of serving farmers market lattes, a popular Overland Park coffee spot is saying goodbye. Black Rose Coffee Co. has now closed its brick-and-mortar storefront after just a few months open. Its mobile operation at the farmers market will follow, leaving the market by the end of the month.

Overland Park, KS · 1d