KC’s Favorite Foods

KC knows how to eat. And with dining options to suit any palette, KC can cook up whatever you have a taste for. The specialty is always barbecue, which is served up at more than 100 restaurants. You’ll also find innovative culinary creations from restaurants that have earned national reputations, as well as favorites from nearly every ethnic origin.

Barbecue

Slow smoked for up to 18 hours. Beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb…you name it. Burnt ends are a local favorite.

• Barbecue

Steaks

Kansas City Stockyards are gone, but the tradition of great beef remains. Try the Kansas City Strip—some might mistakenly call it a New York Strip, until you’ve had the KC version.

• Steaks

Fine Dining

Innovative cuisine abounds. Chef Celina Tio at the American Restaurant was named 2007 Best Chef Midwest by the James Beard Foundation and Colby Garrelts of Bluestem was also nominated.

• Upscale Dining

Soul Food

Try the fried chicken, sweet potato cornbread or peach cobbler at restaurants like the Peachtree or The Mango Room, which also offers Caribbean flavors.

• Soul Food

Mexican & Southwest

With a growing Latino community, you’ll find a number of Mexican restaurants along Southwest Boulevard. Tex-Mex, Mexican, Spanish and tapas.

• Mexican & Southwest

Italian

KC has you covered from upscale to family style, traditional pasta to Northern Italian. Garrozo’s serves up a KC favorite, chicken spedini, and Lidia’s offers dishes by renowned chef Lidia Bastianich.

• Italian

And More

Find casual diners, burger joints, kid-friendly cafes or great world flavors from French, Middle Eastern or Ethiopian to Chinese, Indian or other Asian fare.

• French
• Middle Eastern
• Chinese

Bon appetit!