Open in NewsBreak

Hardin

See all locations
Customize your news
48°F
publisher avatar

Food & Drink

familydestinationsguide.com

website

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 · 4d
article img

familyvacationsus.com

website

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 · 3d
article img

amishamerica.com

website

Inside A Missouri Amish Store: Straw Hats, Homemade Noodles & Trail Bologna (27 Photos)

Today Don Burke circles back to tell us more about an Amish business we’ve heard a little bit about before – H&M Country Store – in the Jamesport, Missouri Amish settlement. As you near Jamesport, about half-a-mile south of town, within eyeshot of Oak Grove (Amish) School…

Jamesport, MO · 1d
article img

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers
article img

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 · 3d

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers

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 · 3d

KCTV 5

website

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 · 6d

FoodWorldNews

partner publisher · 2.4K followers

Blue Parkway Sun Fresh Closes in Kansas City as Linwood’s United Market Reports About 1,000 Transactions a Day

The Sun Fresh at The Shops on Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, closed permanently on Sunday, Oct. 25, after its nonprofit operator said declining sales and rising operating costs made the store unsustainable, KSHB 41 reported. Community Builders of Kansas City, which owns the shopping center and had run the store since June 2020, said it is working with 25 affected employees on severance and job placement.

Kansas City, MO · 1d

mindfullyamerican.com

website

3 Gates Bar-B-Q Rules Missourians Learn on Their First Visit

Gates Bar-B-Q runs on its own shorthand, and the counter staff expect you to speak it. Missourians pick it up fast, or they slow down the line. Here are the Gates Bar-B-Q rules Missourians learn on their first visit. 1. Ordering at the Counter. The Takeout’s 2019 guide describes Gates...

Kansas City, MO · 7h

familydestinationsguide.com

website

This Unassuming Missouri Eatery Serves Food So Good You Will Want To Tell Everyone

Most great restaurants announce themselves with a whisper, not a shout, and Hayes Hamburger and Chili in Kansas City, Missouri, has been whispering its way into people’s hearts for longer than most restaurants manage to stay open at all. The word “unassuming” gets used a lot to describe places...

Kansas City, MO · 3d

familydestinationsguide.com

website

This Humble Missouri Restaurant Serves Fried Chicken That Has People Driving From Miles Around

If you’ve never rearranged your entire Saturday around a plate of fried chicken, you probably haven’t eaten at Stroud’s Oak Ridge Manor in Kansas City, Missouri yet. Stroud’s is the kind of restaurant that people describe with a particular look on their face. It’s not excitement...

Kansas City, MO · 16h

fastfoodclub.com

website

More Than 8 Years Later, The Same Family Still Runs The Smoker At These Eight Missouri Barbecue Joints

Some barbecue spots open with a bang and fade a few years later, but Missouri has a stubborn streak of family pits that just keep going. The eight places on this list have been smoking meat for decades, and the same families still guide the recipes, the sauce, and the smoker.

St. Louis, MO · 1d

KSHB 41 Action News

partner publisher · 77.6K followers

United Market begins soft rollout of free grocery store membership to shoppers

November marks six months since United Market reopened a grocery store in the Linwood Shopping Center.

Kansas City, MO · 23h

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers

Chicken restaurant inside a KC brewery has closed. What's next for the concept?

A restaurant known for its fried chicken has closed its operations inside a Kansas City brewery, but according to a social media post, it may not be the end of the business. Vine Street Chicken Co. , which served chicken wings, tenders and sandwiches, opened its restaurant inside Vine Street Brewing Co. (2010 Vine St.) in February and had hoped it could serve locals and visitors during the World Cup festivities in Kansas City this summer. But as of Nov. 7, Vine Street Chicken has flown the coop and left the brewery. “Thank you, Kansas City! Vine Street Chicken opened as an amenity for Vine Street Brewing Company, to help support KC during the 2026 World Cup,” the statement said on Instagram. “Our final day was Nov. 7.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vine Street Chicken (@vinestreetchicken) Vine Street Brewing co-founder and KC musician Kemet Coleman confirmed the departure of the chicken pop-up over text message. Vine Street Chicken’s closure, he said, will not impact normal operations at Vine Street Brewing. For now, there is no food vendor at the site, but guests can bring their own food to pair with Vine Street’s beers. “As the

Kansas City, MO · 1d

The US Sun

partner publisher · 2.9M followers

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 · 2d

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers

KC sushi restaurant named one of the best new restaurants in the country

Kansas City’s restaurant scene is once again in the national spotlight, this time giving recognition to a high-end sushi restaurant. Eater, a national food publication, included Akoya Omakase in its list of the 15 best new restaurants in the country. The omakase restaurant from chef Peter Hoang was one of three Midwest restaurants to make the list. “‘You went to Kansas City for sushi?’ I was asked more than once — with some derision — after returning from Missouri, so I can only imagine the uphill battle chef Peter Hoang faces at Akoya Omakase,” the review began from Eater editorial director Missy Frederick. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Akoya Omakase (@akoya_omakase) Akoya opened in August 2025 inside Hotel Phillips with Hoang and his team of sushi chefs behind the counter cutting chu toro (bluefin tuna) and curing snow crab in white miso, as à la carte dishes or as part of a set course menu. To ensure fresh fish and that the food he serves is high-quality, Hoang told The Star he picks up his ingredients six days a week at the airport from longtime trusted vendors. In a statement over email, Hoang said the recognition

Kansas City, MO · 10h

familydestinationsguide.com

website

The Fresh Cheese And Ice Cream At This Missouri Dairy Farm Will Have You Coming Back For More

There are places you visit once and forget, and then there are places that quietly rearrange your expectations of what a good day looks like, and Shatto Milk Company in Osborn, Missouri is firmly in that second category. You don’t stumble onto Shatto by accident. You hear about it...

Osborn, MO · 2d

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers

This Kansas City chef who runs a gourmet butcher shop loves gizzards and burgers

Thanksgiving is, without a doubt, the best food holiday on the calendar. It’s also chef Sarah Nelson’s favorite holiday. This is despite the fact that she is put to work on Thanksgiving, given her skill set. “I actually negotiated with my family this year a way for us to do just family gatherings on Thanksgiving, and then do an actual sit-down meal on Black Friday so I can actually enjoy it and not try to be catching up with family while I’m doing all the food,” Nelson said. The holiday is a favorite, she said, because it brings all the comfort foods she enjoys onto the table for one glorious day of gorging. She happens to have access to some of those foods, given that she runs a butcher shop and gourmet grocery store in the Northland with her husband, Louis Guerrieri, the duo that also used to run the Ombra restaurant before it closed in late 2024. Carne Diem just celebrated its second anniversary of being open in the Village at Briarcliff, providing its customers a whole-animal butchery of Missouri-sourced meats like Angus beef, lamb, duck and more. What it means to be a whole animal butchery is to

Kansas City, MO · 2d

The Kansas City Star

partner publisher · 146.0K followers

Popular JoCo doughnut shop opens first Kansas City spot, with drive-thru, patio & more

For the past 50 years, Mr. D’s has served coffee and doughnuts in the Kansas City area, though only in Johnson County up to this point. As of this week, it’s expanded its footprint to include its first location on the Missouri side — and the first one with a drive-thru, too. Mr. D’s has opened its third location (fourth, if you include its spot inside AdventHealth in Lenexa) at 2001 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in the Crossroads. The longtime shop is finally giving KCMO a taste of what Kansans have been devouring for half a decade. It took over a 10,000 square-foot building next to the highway, which was formerly a Pinnacle Imports wine shop. Owner Johnny Chen said his team wanted to utilize as much of the larger space as possible. “We knocked down almost half of it to convert it into a drive-thru, which is all covered, and a patio,” he explained. Even after cutting through the building, this is Mr. D’s biggest spot yet. Chen and his wife, Boggie Otgonbayar, have owned Mr. D’s for the past seven years. In that time, they’ve opened a spot in the Lenexa Public Market and brought their doughnuts to shops

Kansas City, MO · 4h

KCTV 5

website

Donut shop opens in Kansas City’s Crossroads, with another location on the way

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City-area donut shop opened in the Crossroads District after a series of recent business closures in the neighborhood. It’s owner says another location, and more changes, are only weeks away. Mr. D’s Donuts opened its second location near 20th Street and Pennsylvania...

Kansas City, MO · 22h

KCTV 5

website

Missouri’s best breweries? These 2 Kansas City spots just took top honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City breweries have bragging rights. Two were just named best in the entire state of Missouri. The Missouri Craft Brewers Guild named KC Bier Co. the best large brewery in the state. BKS Artisan Ales was named best small brewery of the year. The...

Kansas City, MO · 1d