Explore Kansas City
Kansas City is a warm, spread-out city best tasted one barbecue joint at a time — with jazz, fountains and fine art in between. A chauffeur carries you from a burnt-ends lunch to the Nelson-Atkins and an 18th & Vine jazz night without a thought for parking.
Legendary barbecue, a rich jazz heritage, more boulevards and fountains than most cities on earth, and world-class art.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Kansas City
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
Barbecue · $$ · Kansas City, KS
A cult barbecue joint inside a working gas station — the famous Z-Man is a rite of passage.
Q39
Barbecue · $$ · Midtown
A modern, chef-driven barbecue restaurant serving award-winning competition-style smoke.
Arthur Bryant's
Barbecue · $$ · 18th & Vine
A KC barbecue legend since the 1920s — a piled-high, no-frills institution.
Gates Bar-B-Q
Barbecue · $$ · Midtown
The other titan of KC barbecue, famous for its shouted greeting and bold sauce.
The Golden Ox
Steakhouse · $$$ · West Bottoms
A revived 1949 steakhouse in the historic West Bottoms stockyards district.
Corvino Supper Club
Contemporary American · $$$ · Crossroads
A chef-driven supper club and tasting-menu room in the Crossroads Arts District.
What to see in Kansas City
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Country Club Plaza
A free, world-class art museum famous for the giant Shuttlecocks on its lawn.
National WWI Museum and Memorial
Crown Center
America's official WWI museum, beneath a towering memorial with sweeping city views.
Country Club Plaza
Country Club Plaza
America's first suburban shopping district — Seville-inspired towers, tiles and fountains.
Union Station
Crown Center
A magnificent 1914 Beaux-Arts rail station, now a museum and event landmark.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Crossroads
A striking Moshe Safdie concert hall and the jewel of KC's performing-arts scene.
18th & Vine Jazz District
18th & Vine
The historic cradle of Kansas City jazz — home to the Jazz and Negro Leagues museums.
One perfect day in Kansas City
9:00 · Morning
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtCountry Club Plaza — The Shuttlecocks lawn
11:00 · Late morning
National WWI Museum and MemorialCrown Center — The Liberty Memorial Tower
13:00 · Lunch
Arthur Bryant'sBarbecue · 18th & Vine — Burnt ends
15:00 · Afternoon
Country Club PlazaCountry Club Plaza — Spanish-inspired architecture
18:00 · Golden hour
Union StationCrown Center — The grand Beaux-Arts hall
20:00 · Dinner
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-QueBarbecue · Kansas City, KS — The Z-Man sandwich
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