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...]
Great German Home Cooking at Rheinland
Located at 208 North Main Street Main Street of the historic Independence square, Heinz and Rosie Heinzelmann’s Rhineland restaurant makes good on traditional German cuisine for more than 25 years. Some of Rhineland’s German cooking staples for you to try include Bratwurst, a type of German sausage made from veal, beef, or most commonly pork. Knackwurst, a sausage made from … [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...]
Thou Mayest has Great Coffee in the Crossroads
We all love coffee and there are plenty of places around town to get a good cup of joe. However, coffee can be beyond good and several coffee houses are crafting coffee excellence. KCFoodGuys.com is excited to launch a new series of articles that will spotlight the elite coffee houses in Kansas City. Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters at 419 E. 18th St offers a great … [Read more...]
Oddly Correct at 39th and Main is Beyond Gourmet Coffee
We all love coffee and there are plenty of places around town to get a good cup of Joe. However, coffee can be beyond good and several coffee houses are crafting coffee excellence. KCFoodGuys.com is excited to launch a new series of articles that will spotlight the elite coffee houses in Kansas City. Oddly Correct at 3940 Main KCMO 64111 is not your average coffee … [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...]
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...]
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...]