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...]
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...]
A Novel Experience
Novel – 815 W 17 St, Kansas City, MO 64108 So I finally caved. Instead of picking a place based on the meal (breakfast is my favorite) or the beer/whiskey menu (I mean duh right?), I picked a fancy shmancy dinner only place call Novel. My foodie pal Melissa helped strongly suggesting Novel over and over and over again for weeks on end. Granted my review will be on the menu … [Read more...]
Pizza Wars: Milwaukee Deli vs. il Lazzarone
So our next battle in the Kansas City Pizza Wars is the Milwaukee Deli at 101 W 9th St. verses the newly opened il Lazzarone at 412 Delaware in the River Market. Both are relatively new to the Kansas City food scene and both can be found in downtown. … [Read more...]
Kansas City Planet ComicCon: Galactic Restaurant Review
Welcome Kansas City Planet ComicCon: The local visitors to this weekends Planet ComicCon have a lot of great food options near the convention hall. Galactic visitors to the convention might enjoy KCFoodGuys.com reviews of some the best cosmic restaurants and sci-fi dishes. Mos Eisley Cantina, Tatooine: Once labeled as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy" this … [Read more...]
Dinning With The Doorman
Everyone wants to eat great food, but trying new places can sometimes be a gamble. Hopefully sites like KCFoodGuys.com and ThePerfectBiteKC.com can help you navigate thru the unremarkable to the local food gem's. In order to really know the hot spots around downtown you need to be more than a foodie. For an intimate knowledge of the streets you need a "Doorman". The traditional … [Read more...]
Yuppie BBQ Addiction? Sober up at Arthur Bryant’s!
I have spent the last three months eating a lot of refined and banquet BBQ. Don't get me wrong, I love the current gourmet BBQ trend. But you can't limit yourself to yuppie que or you will find yourself in the yuppie fancy BBQ trance, spending $30 on lunch, and eating smoked monk fruit and bean cassoulet. If the first step to clarity is admitting you have a problem then...my … [Read more...]
The Brick – Dive Bar & Grill
How many purple doors do you walk through? I’m going to guess not that many, but if you go to The Brick at 1727 McGee, you'll enter through one into a seemingly windowless hole-in-the-wall dive bar and grill. To me, it had the feel of a graffiti-laced speakeasy with a stage for bands & karaoke. The Brick was also featured on the Food Network’s Diner’s Drive-ins, and Dives … [Read more...]
Gates Made Kansas City
Gates BBQ is quintessential Kansas City BBQ and honorably and permanently appointed with a lifetime contract as the best BBQ in Kansas City and therefore the world. Gates has a deep soulful pit flavor produced by a proud family receipe based franchise that is fantastically urban and ethnic and wonderful. With the help of another local BBQ legend, Gates made Kansas City a BBQ … [Read more...]