For updated information on coronavirus cases in your area, please visit the Kansas City Department of Health. Check with each restaurant for up-to-date information on dining offerings. Studies indicate a lower exposure risk to COVID-19 outdoors, but the level of risk is contingent on social distancing and other safety guidelines. Note: The inclusion of restaurants offering dine-in service should not be taken as an endorsement for dining inside. In 10 minutes, you can drive past high-end tasting rooms and farm-to-table brunch spots in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and wind up at one of the many casual taquerias and carnicerias in Kansas City, Kansas. Still, it hasn’t shaken the vibrancy or variety of dining options in the urban core, where small, independent restaurants dominate. Bar K Kansas City 501 Berkely Parkway, Kansas City, MO Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Bar K Join. The pandemic has been as brutal on restaurateurs here as anywhere. But immigrant chefs have been expanding the city’s palette (and palate) for decades, and today, you’re as likely to stumble across a pho shop or a vegan lunch counter as a brisket sandwich. Having been born into the Denver scene within the past few months, the Sidewinder, the Armoury and the Exdo Event Center are the citys newest spots to catch. The city’s culinary scene has in large part been defined by the Black pitmasters who established its barbecue traditions, along with the cattle ranchers who thronged the Kansas City Stockyards (the second largest in the country after Chicago’s) to fill their smokers.īarbecue, burgers, and butchery are still a critical part of the restaurant scene. See our upcoming shows and buy tickets online today. To many, Kansas City will always be a cowtown. Our Kansas City music venue is where the best musicians play.