Kansas City

[BearSchlong 8079]

Looked for a thread but not surprised I didn't find one.

 

With my daughter handcuffed to Missouri for the summer (she has to follow the protocol to gain MO residency because I am NOT paying another year of OOS tuition to Mizzou) the wife and I have decided that we are having babygirl meet us in KC for July 4th and the weekend. Bonvoy points for hotel, SWA companion pass bogo airfare/redneckspankytoes.

 

Anyway, I'm so burned out on our excellent Texas 'cue that I want to do some ghetto tourism.

 

What BBQ places are can't miss?

 

Other restaurants?

 

Museums and other can't miss tourist shit?

 

Royals are out of town those days.

 

 

 

[HenryJames 65919]

They got some crazy lil’ women there.

[Mo Horn 8808]

For everyday bbq go to Arthur Bryants or Gates. For better go to Joe's or Q39. 

Other restaurants will depend on what you're looking for and price range. KC has some great places.  Several in the Crossroads district, the Plaza, and Power and Light. If you want a particular type of food let me know either in a post, or pm.

To do:

Nelson Atkins art museum

Negro League baseball museum

WW1 memorial

Boulevard beer brewery

Arabia steamboat museum

Again feel free to pm me for anything specific. 

[Landomatic 3813]

Kansas City sucks ass.  Lived there for 3 years.  There’s a place called The Peanut bar that had great wings.  Other than that, there’s not a damn thing I miss.  Literally everything we have 10 times better than in Texas.  Especially the BBQ.  Joes is probably their best, but it’s Rudy’s level.

[Mo Horn 8808]

BTW, there was a thread on KC a year ago. It has more info. 

[Underdog 28478]

I like KC, wished I had more time there to really explore the city/area.  The Royals were in town on one visit but couldn’t make it over there, kick myself for not even thinking about Negro League Museum.  Also didn’t get to do the CBK Experience

Have done Bryants twice, liked it the first time but found it not as good the 2nd visit.  We were going to do Joe’s but the line was crazy so we just found some Mexican place up the street from it.  Stroud’s another place I wished we had gone to for their fried chicken. 

[Mo Horn 8808]

39 minutes ago, Underdog said:

I like KC, wished I had more time there to really explore the city/area.  The Royals were in town on one visit but couldn’t make it over there, kick myself for not even thinking about Negro League Museum.  Also didn’t get to do the CBK Experience

Have done Bryants twice, liked it the first time but found it not as good the 2nd visit.  We were going to do Joe’s but the line was crazy so we just found some Mexican place up the street from it.  Stroud’s another place I wished we had gone to for their fried chicken. 

Strouds is totally overrated imo. The best fried chicken is at Rye, which is owned by a James Beard award winner. Two locations, one on the Plaza and one in Leawood.  Also has a high end place called Bluestem which is fantastic. 

[BearSchlong 8079]

Is the ambassador hotel nice?

[Underdog 28478]

1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

Strouds is totally overrated imo. The best fried chicken is at Rye, which is owned by a James Beard award winner. Two locations, one on the Plaza and one in Leawood.  Also has a high end place called Bluestem which is fantastic. 

What about it makes it overrated? 

[Mo Horn 8808]

I just don't think it's as good as some might. It's pan fried and not deep fried. I thought it was bland and needed salt. It's not bad, I just don't think it lives up to the hype but I get where others might disagree. 

[Mo Horn 8808]

3 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

Is the ambassador hotel nice?

It's a classic hotel downtown. I've never been in it but I hear good things about it. Walking distance, or free streetcar ride, to good places to eat and some activities. 

[CHIEF 5072]

I've always heard the KC zoo is top notch. Never been though.

 

CHIEF

[Carl Spackler 3473]

Had Gates BBQ a couple years ago.  It was ass.

[BearSchlong 8079]

What about steakhouses?

[Mo Horn 8808]

1 hour ago, BearSchlong said:

What about steakhouses?

801 Chophouse, and there's one in the Power and Light district, which is walking distance from the Ambassador.  One of the best steaks places I've eaten at.  Also Rye, where they have the fried chicken, has a great hangar steak. They Sous Vide it for several hours before searing it. 

[Mo Horn 8808]

1 hour ago, CHIEF said:

I've always heard the KC zoo is top notch. Never been though.

 

CHIEF

Have heard the same. Forgot that on my list. 

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

I've been here all week for work and I have not been impressed. I did discover the Plaza area last night and I'll check it out when I'm back next year. Otherwise, downtown is dead. The Power and Light district is 6th for midwesterners.

 

Edited to add that the WWI museum and Negro baseball museum are legit and definitely worth checking out.

Edited June 8, 2019 by HornOnTheBayou

[Landomatic 3813]

14 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

I've been here all week for work and I have not been impressed. I did discover the Plaza area last night and I'll check it out when I'm back next year. Otherwise, downtown is dead. The Power and Light district is 6th for midwesterners.

Yeah very much my experience while living there.  I remember going to Power and Light on like a Thursday at 9:00 and most of the places were closed.  Really dead.

Most of the best restaurants were chains...i.e. Capital Grill was probably the best steakhouse.

Just a very wannabe big city.  Kind of an aggy version of a town.  “Oh, we’ve got the best this, we’ve got great that”...no you’re the only ones who think that.  And just saying how great you are over and over doesn’t make it true.

And in all my time there, I never heard a single mention of the zoo.  I think Omaha had a great zoo.  Is that what y’all are thinking of?

[CooterBrown 17949]

Had Gates BBQ a couple years ago.  It was ass.

Same with OK Joe and Bryant’s. Brisket was so tough, they both slice it paper thin on a deli meat slicer. Sausage was closer to a frankfurter than a hot link. Potato salad was mayonnaise soup with potatoes floating in it.

[BearSchlong 8079]

Wife bought us and our daughter tickets to Hamilton in KC for July 5th, so that show will be in town for a few weeks.

[GenXer 2794]

Necrobump

I’m in a northern KC burb for work for a little over a week.

Hung out with a buddy yesterday around Lawrence. Sunday was open. I went to Truman presidential library. I have a low priority bucket list thing to hit all the presidential libraries.

The Tru’s been updated somewhat recently, and it’s really good. It has interactive displays, videos, audio to highlight key moments like the death of FDR. 

There’s a corridor that steps through the timeline leading to dropping the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki,

A corridor that shows the military and civilian death total for each country in WW2.

A room with a big globe that showed the global conflicts in the 40’s as countries fought for independence from their imperial conquers while the soviet union began a campaign of expansion.

A corridor that showed the events leading to the korean war.

There was a room describing the policies in Truman’s fair deal.

A room with interactive display that demonstrated mccarthyism and the senate hearings

It talked about Truman’s association with the KKK. It talked about the beginning of the civil rights movement.

I spent about four hours there and could’ve spent more time but they were closing for the day.

Highly recommended.

Edited August 25 by GenXer

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

On 6/8/2019 at 5:24 PM, HornOnTheBayou said:

I've been here all week for work and I have not been impressed. I did discover the Plaza area last night and I'll check it out when I'm back next year. Otherwise, downtown is dead. The Power and Light district is 6th for midwesterners.

 

Edited to add that the WWI museum and Negro baseball museum are legit and definitely worth checking out.

My stance on KC has changed. I've been going back for work every June (except the Covid years) and the city has grown on me. The Crossroads District is a nice area of town with some good restaurants and bars. Oh, and weed is legal.

But the BBQ is still bad and the locals swear that they have some great taco joints. I wouldn't know because I'm not eating tacos in fucking Missouri.

[GenXer 2794]

I’ve been on this project for over a year and travel to KC occasionally.  I went to a midweek concert last Aug at Grinders in their outdoor venue one evening after work.

It was an unexpected vibe. Seemed like a house party. Everyone kinda knew each other. Groups of people talking loudly during the show. I was picking up a college house party vibe by large group of 40-50 somethings. I guess it would be a good thing if you were a local but I felt out of place.

[Mo Horn 8808]

22 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

My stance on KC has changed. I've been going back for work every June (except the Covid years) and the city has grown on me. The Crossroads District is a nice area of town with some good restaurants and bars. Oh, and weed is legal.

But the BBQ is still bad and the locals swear that they have some great taco joints. I wouldn't know because I'm not eating tacos in fucking Missouri.

Next time go here. It is legit. 

Rey de Oros Taqueria
(816) 943-6642

https://g.co/kgs/BfpmmiB

 

[seven 1367]

14 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

My stance on KC has changed. I've been going back for work every June (except the Covid years) and the city has grown on me. The Crossroads District is a nice area of town with some good restaurants and bars. Oh, and weed is legal.

But the BBQ is still bad and the locals swear that they have some great taco joints. I wouldn't know because I'm not eating tacos in fucking Missouri.

The taco places are generic, probably especially for a Texan. The more respected Mexican places are actually in kck a few minutes drive from downtown. I would encourage you to try El Pollo Rey once. They only do woodfire roast chicken and a few sides.

[SimonBolivar 10949]

https://www.climbkc.com/underground

 

This place is great and as far as I know the only place you can rock climbing 10 stories under the earth. 

[GenXer 2794]

20 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

https://www.climbkc.com/underground

 

This place is great and as far as I know the only place you can rock climbing 10 stories under the earth. 

Missouri loves to repurpose caves for warehousing. It’s cost efficient for temperature controlled warehousing.

I’m not surprised they’re doing rock climbing down there too.

Edited August 26 by GenXer

[GenXer 2794]

I got a recommendation at work for an italian place called garozzo’s. Went there last year and sat at the bar. Everyone was very friendly. Like really friendly. Introverts beware. Food was great. I had some signature chicken dish that they created. A ridiculous amount of food.

It’s in a small italian neighborhood - columbus park. And you know it’s a legit italian hood cause the fire hydrants told me.

 

[seven 1367]

29 minutes ago, GenXer said:

I got a recommendation at work for an italian place called garozzo’s. Went there last year and sat at the bar. Everyone was very friendly. Like really friendly. Introverts beware. Food was great. I had some signature chicken dish that they created. A ridiculous amount of food.

It’s in a small italian neighborhood - columbus park. And you know it’s a legit italian hood cause the fire hydrants told me.

 

They are the creators of chicken speideni