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18th and Brooklyn Location - Kansas City
18th and Brooklyn Location
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Barbecue: Oustanding gas station dining
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    • yooperprof
  • By yooperprof on January 9, 2004
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    • Fill 'er up! - Kansas City
    Fill 'er up!
    by yooperprof
    Oklahoma Joe's could be the best gas station restaurant in the entire midwest! What's even better, there's a liquor store attached to the gas station, so you can meet all of your basic needs in one stop. Oklahoma Joe's has been winning awards for outstanding barbecue in Kansas City for almost a decade - and that's no mean feat! The sauce here is in the classic Kansas City style: deeply smoked, a touch of hickory, slightly sweet, with dashes of pepper and vinegar. I think their pulled pork sandwich is outstanding! Oklahoma Joe's is actually in Kansas City Kansas, but it's only a few minutes from the Plaza and Westport. If you are on the K.C. Barbecue pilgrimage, you shouldn't miss this one!

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  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: least expensive
  • Address: 47th and Rainbow Parkway, Kansas City KS
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    Barbecue: Ribs
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    • BruceDunning
  • Updated By BruceDunning on March 8, 2009
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    • The symbol of ribs is KC fame - Kansas City
    The symbol of ribs is KC
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    Ribs is the thing that people remember of KC. They do have a fair amount of these places to eat, some better than others. As a couple of typical, I chose a variety. K.C Masterpiece is a known name that started in KC, and the sauce business sold to Kraft Foods. The restaurants, I believe about 10-12 nationwide, serve good food at reasonable prices. The ribs and side dishes are tasty. Bryants is a treat to try the local fare on a newspaper. It is a messy event, and the barbeque along with fries are piled on newspaper; really. the food is okay. The area of town is not of the best standing for the original location, which is the one you want to see how it has not changed in years.

  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
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    Barbecue: Popular Place to be Seen
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    • basstbn
  • By basstbn on March 16, 2003
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    • Winslow's Kansas City Style Barbecue - Kansas City
    Winslow's Kansas City Style
    Barbecue
    by basstbn
    Don't get me wrong - the barbecue at Winslow's is far better than you get in most cities. However, in KC, its bbq rates as only a little better than average. What it does have is a great location in Kansas City's City Market and outdoor seating. As soon as the weather allows al fresco dining (or just downing a KC-brewed Boulevard) people will head to Winslow's.

    All I remember having here is just beef sandwich and fries - pretty good.

  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Directions: In the City Market (sometimes called River Market or River Quay) area. Just north of the downtown area across I-70.
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    Barbecue: Best old-school BBQ-- THE place for BBQ!
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  • Updated By asturnut on December 29, 2004
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    • Arthur Bryant's modest edifice - Kansas City
    Arthur Bryant's modest
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    Arthur Bryant's famous BBQ is available in 3 locations in Kansas City- the airport, uptown, and it's original authentic location. Although the original location is in a rough neighborhood, it hasn't stopped the likes of Steven Spielburg, Sally Fields and Jimmy Carter from stopping in for a bite to eat. This BBQ is one of a kind, cooked in a brick pit oven/smoker. I've never seen anything like it anywhere else.

    This place is really raw, no frills. It's all about food. If you plan to eat in, prepare for an eye opener. They don't even use plates at this place. They use small cafeteria trays which they just slap your order directly onto. It's quite and experience. But trust me, trust me... what it lacks in presentation it more than makes up for in taste.

    The last time we went there to get take out we ordered about 10 pounds of different kinds of meat. They slice it on a slicer and lay out white bread on a piece of butcher paper. Then, they toss the juicy meat on top, roll it up, grease and all, shove it out a window to you and bark the tab to you.

    The smoked Turkey was so smokey, delicious and tender I'm tempted to hop back on the plane right now for more! (Just got back from another visit to Kansas City- guess what my only demand was? Arthur Bryant's Turkey. Deeeelicious!) Make sure to get extra BBQ sauce to take home. Midwestern BBQ sauce is different that the sweet thick sauce we use on the east coast. AB's sauce is thin speeeeecy and delicious.

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  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 1727 Brooklyn Ave
  • Phone: 816-231-1123
  • Website: http://www.arthurbryantsbbq.com/index.htm
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    Barbecue: Kansas City's BBQ and Blues
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  • By HJ_ on August 6, 2004
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    • This is a small hole in the wall BBQ joint that has great BBQ food and sauce that they make from scratch. They have live blues music that plays while you eat and you cant help but tap your feet and loose yourself into the atmosphere of this place.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: 1205 E 85th ST KCMO 64131
  • Phone: 816-8BB-RIBS
  • Directions: South Kansas City
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    Barbecue: The world's single finest restaurant?
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    • basstbn
  • Updated By basstbn on August 1, 2003
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    • Beef brisket heaven! - Kansas City
    Beef brisket heaven!
    by basstbn
    Author Calvin Trillen has been known to label Arthur Bryant's the world's single finest restaurant. I can't remember if it was an article in "The New Yorker" or "Playboy" or both. Well, that was a bit of hyperbole, and it was a long time ago, but the point is Trillen had some great eating experiences at Bryant's. And you still can today - more than a few US presidents have stained their dress shirts with Bryant's sauce. This place is a KC legend. On one of my most memorable visits to Bryant's, a grease fire broke out in the kitchen. Do you think a single customer left? No - who would want to leave that food behind or lose their place in line?

    Beef brisket sandwich - it's a mountain of hickory smoke flavored, tender meat. You either use both hands to hold it, or give up and use a fork. It's huge. Not a place for vegetarians. The wonderful fries are deep fried in lard. Cholesterol city.

  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 1727 Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Phone: 816-231-1123
  • Directions: Just south of Interstate 70 on Brooklyn Avenue. Look for police cars - that's where they are eating. There's a second location at Ameristar Casino, but go to the original for the "atmosphere."
  • Website: %L[http://www.arthurbryantsbbq.com/] www.arthurbryantsbbq.com %L*
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    Barbecue: "Hi, may I help you?"
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    • basstbn
  • Updated By basstbn on August 1, 2003
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    • Gates BarBQ - Kansas City
    Gates BarBQ
    by basstbn
    Barbecue is king in Kansas City, and Ollie Gates is one of the reasons why!! There is no better barbecue in town. Consistently good food, clean and comfortable restaurants and decent prices keep the crowds coming. "Hi, may I help you?" is shouted out to you as soon as you get in line. (I sometimes wonder how they keep all the orders straight - but don't think I've ever received the wrong thing.)

    I like the burnt ends, but the ribs are quite popular, as well. Gates has several excellent sauces, all available for sale at local grocery stores, souvenir shops, etc.

  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: Several in the city; this one at Linwood and Main.
  • Website: %L[http://www.gatesbbq.com/index.html] www.gatesbbq.com %L*
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    Barbecue: Do NOT leave KC without eating here!
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    • giampiero6
  • By giampiero6 on January 20, 2003
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    • Jack Stack BBQ - Kansas City
    Jack Stack BBQ
    by giampiero6
    You have not eaten Barbecue until you have eated smoked barbecue in Kansas City. Hear me now and believe me. You cannot believe how delicious smoky, sweet and tender meat can be until you've eaten here. Huge pits of hickory logs burn ceaselessly, while tenders, turn meat, pour water to make smoke and turn an ordinary piece of beef or pork into a piece of pure heaven. You will never see BBQ the same way again if you've eaten here.

    The Crown Prime is unbelievably large and delectable and the burnt ends are the pinnacle of deliciousness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can order meat from here and it will arrive smoked, delicious on dry ice and ready to be heated and eated. :-)

  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: Metcalf and 95th in Overland Park
  • Directions: Other locations too...
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    Barbecue: BBQ
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  • By HJ_ on August 12, 2004
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    • few blocks east of 18th and Vine, this unpretentious self-serve restaurant, with origins stretching back to the Depression, is the most famous--and some swear the best--barbecue joint in town. White bread smothered with barbecued meat and barbecued ribs are the specialties, along with Bryant's signature gritty sauce

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  • Theme: Barbecue
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 1727 Brooklyn
  • Phone: 816/231-1123
  • Directions: 18th and Vine
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    Barbecue: Barbecue: Arthru Bryants
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    • kucha
  • By kucha on September 7, 2002
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    • In 1946, Arthur Bryant became sole owner of an existing barbecue joint. This is the barbecue mecca where nearlly every President has dined foor the past 50 years. The sauce is unique and delicious -- a wonderful, fiery blend of cayenne and paprika -- and slapped onto the bread with paint brushes!

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  • Theme: Other
  • Directions: The original spot in the 18th and Vine District is best!
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