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The Kansas City Star

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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 · 14h

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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 · 22h
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Kansas City Has Been Ordering Fried Chicken From Go Chicken Go For Over 50 Years

Some Kansas City traditions get passed down like family recipes, and one of them comes in a cardboard box. For more than five decades, folks on the east side of town have been lining up, idling in drive-thru lanes, and calling ahead for the same fried chicken their parents ordered.

Kansas City, MO · 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 · 21h
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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

The Kansas City Star

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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 · 16h

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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 · 2d

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Locals Swear This No-Frills Kansas City, Kansas Chicken Joint Is As Iconic As The City’s BBQ

Kansas City has a reputation, and most of it is built on smoke and sauce. Ask around on the Kansas side of the state line, though, and a different answer keeps popping up when people talk about local legends. It is a family-run chicken shack that has been frying since...

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 · 1d

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Amigos Locos Opens in Topeka With Ribeye Tacos and a Local Menu

Amigos Locos and Cantina opened earlier in October at 4745 NW Hunters Ridge Circle in Topeka, bringing a five-taco “top-shelf” lineup that includes gaonera ribeye, al pastor, quesabirria, shrimp and arrachera, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The ribeye taco pairs the meat with grilled Oaxaca cheese on corn tortillas and a grilled poblano, according to the newspaper.

Topeka, KS · 1d

The Topeka Capital-Journal

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Amigos Locos brings fresh ‘Midwest Mexican’ dining

Michelle Rodriguez got her golden ticket and fulfilled her dream of starting a Mexican restaurant. Huston Hospitality owner Scott Huston brought her into the fold and let her work to bring a new dining experience to her hometown. "A golden ticket like Willy Wonka," Rodriguez said. "It was really surreal, just like seeing it and like seeing people eating the food and like seeing my logo on that really big wall. It was really surreal." Earlier in October, Amigos Locos , located at 4745 NW Hunters Ridge Circle , launched. Rodriguez said working with Huston on the project was amazing. "Creating a Mexican bar and grill has always been my dream," Rodriguez said. "I grew up here in Topeka. So, I just knew that there was a love for Midwest Mexican food; if that's a thing." Amigos Locos brings a Midwest Mexican menu As opposed to Tex-Mex, Rodriguez said the menu at Amigos Locos offers a more Midwestern style to the Americanized Mexican cuisine. "I think Midwest Mexican food is exactly what Tex-Mex is with — I think I would say — a lot more homegrown ingredients," Rodriguez said, "We lean into more — what are they (called) — board

Topeka, KS · 2d

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‘The Blind Barista isn’t finished’: Community rallies around local business following theft

After her SUV, coffee trailer and inventory were stolen, The Blind Barista is receiving an outpouring of community support as she works to rebuild her mobile coffee shop.

Topeka, KS · 3d

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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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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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A Quick Take on our new Quik Trip!

How many times per month do you visit the Waldo Quik Trip?? It’s my preferred pit spot to fill up the gas tank, and grab a snack. It took years for QT corporate to take over the former Burger King location and build a new, expanded store for our community that opened in June. I stopped in recently to talk with store manager Tyler Zoeller and learned some quick facts about our new Quik Trip!

Kansas 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

The Coconut Mama

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Missouri neighborhood loses supermarket (affects 25 workers) as rising costs force permanent closure

Missouri has another entry in the list of grocery chains closing stores across the U.S. in 2026. KC Sun Fresh at The Shops on Blue Parkway permanently closed October 25,…

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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Old Courthouse Squares Across Missouri Still Have These 6 Diners Serving Plate Lunches

Missouri still has plenty of towns where the courthouse sits in the middle of everything and lunch happens right across the street. These old squares were built for court days, farm errands, and Saturday shopping, and a few of them still feed people the same way they always have. You...

Missouri · 3d

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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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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