On a Saturday recently I decided to try a local burger joint that has been on my radar for awhile. The smallish place is located near old downtown Overland Park at 8039 Santa Fe Dr. It was like taking a trip back to a simpler time before chain restaurants started to dominate the burger scene. This is a quintessential mom and pop diner that served up one of the best burgers I've … [Read more...]
Char Bar Wins the Bet
I was entertaining some friends from out of town and decided to take them to Char Bar in Westport for BBQ. My friends were from Colorado Springs, CO so I wanted to introduce them to some KC barbecue as I had been raving about it to them and they were trying to tell me that Colorado Springs has some good barbecue. I told them that there is no comparison and bet them they would … [Read more...]
Blind Box BBQ
A new BBQ place opened up in Shawnee late 2015 and I finally got around to trying it. Blind Box BBQ, 13214 W. 62nd Terrace, is in an unassuming strip mall at the Northeast corner of the Shawnee Mission Parkway and Pflumm Rd. There is a Planet Fitness a few doors down so you can chow down and then work it off conveniently (yeah, right). Blind Box is a clean and well-laid out … [Read more...]
Art, Food, & Tequila – Panzon’s in Lenexa
Usually, when that urge for south of the border chow hits, a savvy KC citizen would head to the great Mexican restaurants along Southwest Blvd., up in KCK, or in the Crossroads area to find fine offerings of this cuisine. But in Lenexa, KS, at the southwest corner of 87th St. and Lackman Blvd., is a wonderfully quirky, locally owned Mexican eatery named Panzon’s. Look for the … [Read more...]
BRGR Kitchen and Bar
Ok, those who know me know that I enjoy going to any humble homegrown burger joint that tips toward the "dive" end of the scale. I'm talking about a "greasy spoon" kinda place that has a thin film of grease coating the floor and almost every other surface not required to be cleaned daily by the board of health. Town Topic, Grandstand, Westport Flea Market, and Haye's are good … [Read more...]
Bangkok Pavilion
When I get a craving for Thai food I like to go to a little place tucked away in the Windmill shopping center behind the Home Depot on Metcalf just south of 95th Street. Bangkok Pavilion, 7249 W. 97th St. in Overland Park, has been a local institution since 1987 when they were one of only a few Thai restaurants in town and even survived a fire in 2005 which closed them down … [Read more...]
Woodyard vs The Stack BBQ
I volunteered to help the guys at KC Food Guys with their BBQ tournament by going to and writing down my thoughts and impressions about the restaurants being pitted against each other in their championship bracket. I know, its a tough job eating all this delicious KC BBQ but I was happy to step up. First off, I don't regularly review restaurants. I am just a KC native that … [Read more...]