Up Dog, great time on the square! Wishing this place was on the square when I was in high school at St. Mary’s high school, Up Dog has a classic diner feel and a not so common menu of dogs to choose from. Located at 114 N Liberty on the Independence square at the corner facing into the square the nostalgia sinks in quickly. Saddle up to the counter on a stool or at a table … [Read more...]
Webster House in the Crossroads District
Webster House is located at 1644 Wyandotte at the corner of 17th and Wyandotte in downtown Kansas City. This location has an interesting geography by neighboring the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and straddling the border of downtown KC with the Crossroads district to the South. Webster House is a beautiful building which is a remodeled school house and has been … [Read more...]
Snac & Go for a Prideful Burger
KCFoodGuys.com wants to celebrate the strange and unique food destinations in Kansas City in a new article series "KC Dives". These aren't destinations for date night. However, these are places that serve good food and are worth your visit when your feeling adventurous. Snac & Go is located at 2424 NW Vivion Road in Riverside MO and can be described as a liquor … [Read more...]
Snack Shack on Santa Fe
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...]
Barley’s Kitchen + Tap
Recently Barley's Brewhaus restaurants in Overland Park and Shawnee officially became Barley's Kitchen + Tap. Barley's opened in 1995 and has be serving up good food and great beer along the way, but the new name reflects the restaurant's culinary evolution. "Barley's opened 20+ years ago and focused on a made-from-scratch menu and the best selection of beer in the area. We … [Read more...]
Bleu Burger – Stuffed Burgers Done Right
Set up in Lee’s Summit Missouri, Bleu Burger is one of the only local spots that I’ve found with stuffed burgers show cased on the menu. On my last visit we sample an app, sides and two great burgers. The app we noshed was the spinach and artichoke dip. Served with deep fried pita triangles the creamy dip with healthy portions of spinach and both chunky and chopped artichoke … [Read more...]
Dont forget the Pie at Gus’s Fried Chicken
Gus's Fried Chicken at 47th and Mission is located behind the original Joe's Kansas City Barbecue at 2816 W. 47th Ave in KCK. This chicken shack is a growing chain restaurant from Tennessee and eagerly infringing on our beloved Kansas City fried chicken legends like Stroud's and RC's. Gus's Fried Chicken has an interesting location in a newly remodeled NorthWood Shopping … [Read more...]
Niecie’s Restaurant
I really didn’t mean to cause any trouble. But because I did, now Miss Myra gives me nothing BUT trouble. It all started back in March when my monthly dinner trio decided to meet at Niecie’s Restaurant. Each month, we meet to catch up over pad Thai, baba ganoush, beignets, etc. But in March, we wanted some good ole comfort food, reasonably priced. The first thing you … [Read more...]
Family First at RCs Chicken
A while back the wife and I took our two little food monsters to RCs Chicken. We are about to add a third food monster to the mix at the time and my wife was craving some fried chicken and we had been meaning to try RCs out for a while now. The food monsters were in rare form that night which put both my wife and I in a foul mood. It was about 5:30 pm on a Saturday night and … [Read more...]
Paleo at the Brick
When I accepted the offer to become a contributor to KCFoodGuys.com (thanks guys!), I did not anticipate that shortly afterwards I would decide to make a major change to the way I eat. In order to improve my health and quite frankly not have to add another ‘X’ to the labels on my clothing purchases, I’ve needed to finally make a serious commitment. I am still under 50 years … [Read more...]