Kansas City Restaurants, Bars and Dining Guide

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Aixois				4 User Reviews
251 E. 55th St.	Coffeehouse/Cafe, French	$$, $$$	Plaza / Brookside
One of midtown’s sexiest restaurants, this crowded bistro was created by chef Emmanuel Langlade (a native of France’s Aix-en-Provence) and his American-born wife, Megan, as their own intimate venue for sharing the wealth of France’s provinces: roasted chicken and duck, trout in... More >>

Andre’s Confiserie Suisse				Write a Review
4929 W. 119th St.	Bakery/Dessert, Lunch	$, $$	Leawood
The suburban outpost of the original Andre’s Confiserie Suisse opened in 2002, and like the combination retail shop and tea room on the Country Club Plaza, the European-style luncheonette can fill up the moment its doors open. Patrons may chose one of three prix fixe entreés, which... More >>

Andre's Confiserie Suisse				Write a Review
5018 Main St.	Bakery/Dessert, Lunch	$, $$	Plaza / Brookside
One of the best-loved pastry shops in town also serves a Swiss-style lunch (about $11) Tuesday through Saturday. It includes one of four entrées (two are always quiche), a salad, beverage and a maddeningly decadent pastry from the dessert tray, which a server dramatically presents at the... More >>

Avenues Bistro Brookside				3 User Reviews
338 West 63rd Street	Continental	$$, $$$	Plaza / Brookside
Jason Rubis and former Ritz-Carlton chef Joe Birch have done an amazing job turning the old Saper Cleaners space in Brookside into a snazzy little bistro that serves lunch, dinner and weekend breakfasts. It’s not a particularly fancy place, but the ambitious, continental-style menu lands... More >>

Benton's Steak & Chop House				2 User Reviews
1 Pershing Rd.	Steakhouse	$$$$	Midtown
This recently redecorated steakhouse has one of the best views in the city, which is only one reason to make reservations for a leisurely dinner (it doesn’t serve lunch) and enjoy sterling service, an oddball array of appetizers (including a few favorites from the long-gone Trader... More >>

Blanc Burgers & Bottles				3 User Reviews
419 Westport Rd.	American Traditional, Lunch	$, $$	Westport
The creative team behind The Drop — Eddie Crane, Ernesto Peralta, Jenifer Price and chef Josh Eans — have painted the interior of this Westport storefront a gleaming white and stacked the refrigerators with bottles of imported beer and fancy soda pop. The food menu isn’t... More >>

Blue Grotto				Write a Review
6324 Brookside Plaza	Pizza	$$, $$$	Plaza / Brookside
There’s nothing blue or cavelike about this chic pizzeria, which turned a long-neglected Brookside retail space into a soaring two-story restaurant. With an exhibition kitchen on the first floor, it’s a sleek, stunning series of dining areas in tones of charcoal, slate and ebony. All... More >>

Blue Koi				2 User Reviews
1803 W. 39th St.	Chinese	$$	Westport
This hip and stylish dumpling-and-noodle shop started a culinary Chinese revolution on Kansas City’s Restaurant Row by presenting unexpected dishes — Ants on a Tree (cellophane noodles with minced pork), Chinese pot roast, flavored bubble teas — in an unabashedly California Cool... More >>

Blue Koi Leawood				Write a Review
10581 Mission Rd.	Chinese, Fusion, Vegetarian	$$, $$$	Leawood
The eccentric charm and delectable Asian dishes that made midtown’s Blue Koi so popular have transferred well to this second location in the Mission Farms development. Although this venue is bigger and boasts a pretty outdoor patio, it’s designed to evoke the 39th Street space, and the... More >>

Bluestem				1 User Reviews
900 Westport Rd.	American Contemporary	$$$, $$$$	Westport
Midtown’s little jewel box of a boîte seats just 43 diners, but that only adds to the exclusive cachet of this intimate dining room, where the perfection-driven husband-and-wife team of Colby and Megan Garrelts creates elegant cuisine. The food is excellent, and the service is... More >>

Café Sebastienne				Write a Review
4420 Warwick	American Contemporary	$$, $$$	Westport
Fittingly, the food in this museum restaurant is often as visually sumptuous as the art on the walls, though many patrons prefer the intimate dining room for lunch rather than dinner — which is served only on Friday and Saturday nights, when the menu is more limited and the food can be... More >>

Café Provence				Write a Review
3936 W. 69th Terr.	French	$$$	Prairie Village
This tiny French boîte has proved to be chef-owner Patrick Quillec’s most successful restaurant by not being trendy in any fashion. It’s a demure and intimate space with lace curtains and toile upholstery and a clientele with terribly good manners. Chef Daniel Quillec,... More >>

Capital Grille				Write a Review
4740 Jefferson	Steakhouse	$$$	Plaza / Brookside
So what if the steaks, chops and seafood at this Atlanta-based chain restaurant are among the most expensive ˆ la carte dishes in the city? High prices are all part of the allure for the power brokers and high rollers who find more glamour in its faux 19th-century ambience than in Kansas... More >>

EBT Restaurant				Write a Review
1310 Carondelet	American Contemporary, Continental	$$$, $$$$	South
Back in 1973, United Missouri Bank razed the downtown building that housed Kansas City’s best carriage-trade department store, Emery Bird Thayer. The bank saved a number of architectural relics from the store — brass elevator cages, a few leaded-glass windows, carved brownstone column... More >>

Em Chamas Brazilian Grill				Write a Review
6101 N.W. 63rd Terr.	South American, Steakhouse	$$$	North
A comfortable, casual South American-style churrascaria, this restaurant doesn’t have a menu. Instead, a single price — about $35 (which doesn’t include drinks, dessert or gratuity) pays for as much freshly grilled meat as you want to eat, sliced off a metal rod right at your... More >>

Genovese Italian Restaurant				Write a Review
941 Massachusettes	Italian	$$	Lawrence
This appealing, very casual Italian restaurant is owned by Subarna Bhattachan and Alejandro Lule – proprietors of Lawrence’s popular La Parilla and Zen Zero dining spots – and Mexican-born chef Armando Paniagua. Meals begin with a plate of soft foccacia and a tiny dish of olives,... More >>

Il Trullo				2 User Reviews
9056 Metcalf	Italian	$$, $$$	Overland Park
This comfortable, intimate restaurant with the “trulli-style” wood-burning oven was the dream of restaurateur Joe Avelluto, who was determined to bring the distinctive dishes of his native Apulian region of Italy to this suburban Kansas trattoria. Joe’s son, Joseph Avelluto Jr.,... More >>

J. Gilbert's				Write a Review
8901 Metcalf	Steakhouse	$$$	Overland Park
Named after Kansas City’s legendary restaurateur Joe Gilbert (founder of the former Gilbert/Robinson restaurant empire), this steak house pays tribute to a style of hearty American dining that has been vanishing since the Vietnam War. Everything is big at J. Gilbert’s: the booths, the... More >>

Justus Drugstore				1 User Reviews
106 W. Main St.	French	$$, $$$	East
This sleek, shiny 66-seat bistro was once a small-town pharmacy run by the parents of the current tenant, chef Jonathan Justus. Jonathan and his wife Camille returned to Smithville from France in 2006 and turned the empty building into a sophisticated restaurant specializing in exquisitely... More >>

Kabab and Curry				Write a Review
12112 W. 87th St.	Indian/Pakistani	$, $$	Lenexa
This large and tastefully decorated Indian restaurant serves traditional Northern Indian cuisine, a limited Indo-Chinese menu (Mongolian lamb, garlic chicken) and some unexpected Southern Indian delicacies such as paper-thin griddle-fried crepes called dosas wrapped around interesting and... More >>

LC's Bar-B-Q				1 User Reviews
5800 Blue Pkwy.	Barbecue	$, $$	East
Many purists consider L.C.’s the best place to eat authentic Kansas City-style barbecue: succulent slow-smoked ribs, meaty rib tips and hefty beef sandwiches on soft white bread. The L.C.’s pit crew also pulls homemade sausage, chicken wings, turkey and shrimp out of this tiny... More >>

Lidia's				Write a Review
101 W. 22nd St.	Italian	$$, $$$	Midtown
The first Midwest outpost of successful New York chef, restaurateur (Filidia, Becco) and TV personality Lidia Bastianich, Lidia’s Kansas City presents extraordinary Italian cuisine. Crispy frico appetizers are filled with crabmeat or vegetables; fork-tender chicken breasts are cooked with... More >>

Local Burger				1 User Reviews
714 Vermont	American Contemporary, Vegetarian	$$	Lawrence
Hilary Brown opened this organic fast-food shack in 2005, serving burgers made with grass-fed beef (free from hormones and pesticides), buffalo, elk or natural turkey as well as chili and a tasty veggie burger. In addition to an array of health-conscious side dishes (cole slaw, a seaweed salad... More >>

Mandarinism				1 User Reviews
4800 W 135th St. #170	Chinese	$, $$	Overland Park
Taiwan-born Scott Lin and his wife Lian Sun chose the name Mandarinism, instead of the more picturesque Mandarin Palace or Mandarin Garden, to set it apart from traditional Chinese restaurants. Lin and his staff put a contemporary, sophisticated spin on classic Mandarin cuisine. Don’t look... More >>

Michael Smith				Write a Review
1900 Main Street	American Contemporary	$$$$	Downtown