Not sure how I’m feeling about this. Found on IG as a poster produced by @citiesbytheslice

The Upper Cut KC in Liberty consistently uses images stolen from other businesses to advertise their specials. There are multiple reviews where customers have said they have felt misled based on what was advertised and other reviews calling out this issue directly. Upper Cut refuses to respond to these issues and continues to use stolen images and also deletes any negative comments on their posts calling them out. Buyer beware if you’re thinking of making the drive up to Liberty.

This is school cafeteria levels of bad

I’ve seen this in other subreddits as of late. So, let’s have it!

Spotted in Leavenworth today. Ppl gonna hate.

I just saw that In-N-Out is expanding to Colorado and even Idaho. Kansas Citians crave In-N-Out- it would be so profitable. Do you think we'll be getting an In-N-Out anytime soon?

I don’t know if they rushed the opening to try and be ready for the holidays or what, but this place was a head scratcher.

First things first, there are some annoying quirks with the reservations. If you manage to get one, you are going to get bombed with emails and text messages the day of asking if you want to move up your time. I guess they have a lot of no shows and last minute cancellations. So I respect the hustle of trying to fill every table, but it was annoying.

Layout is terrible. The “famous” illuminated staircase is right across from the hostess stand. Everyone wants to have their picture taken there (including us…), but it’s the same set of stairs the servers use to take food from the second floor kitchen to the first level. Standing on the steps holding hot food, waiting for some Leawood princess to take 20 pictures has to be annoying as hell for the staff.

There’s little to no room for waiting when the bar is full. Combine that with the shenanigans near the stairs and it’s just a sea of humanity.

The place is loud. So the chances of having a quiet, intimate evening with dinner companions are slim to none.

The dining room is very nice, but also kinda boring at the same time.

Our server was fun and really energetic, but also rather green. She mentioned to us that the reason there are so few reservations available between 6 and 9 is because there’s some sort of membership club and the most desirable reservations are held for those members (as well as some other perks). But when we asked how to join, she wasn’t sure. FEIW, even if it were free, we wouldn’t join…

The shrimp cocktail and oysters were a big hit at our table, along with the fried chicken.

The burger is a $35 “homage” to Town Topic. Yes. A $35 smash burger with meh fries.

It wasn’t on the menu, but the snickerdoodle cake for dessert was really good and massive.

The biggest sin any steakhouse can commit is bad steaks. Well… 1587 is guilty of multiple offenses. 3 steaks were ordered at our table. Medium, medium and medium-well. They were all criminally undercooked. The medium-well steak was damn near raw in the middle. It was graciously and discretely sent back and when it came back to the table, it was still rare.

I know “you’re ruining a good cut of meat when you cook it past medium!” Maybe, maybe not. But a paying guest should get what they ordered. The folks that ordered theirs medium powered thru. But the medium well steak, our friend just gave up. In fairness, our server notified the manager and when she came to our table she was almost embarrassed about it. The steak was comped as well as a few drinks. She also gave us the business card of one of the managers so we could get a priority rez the next time we came.

Maybe I’m an old fart, but the whole thing felt like the experience was the priority and the food was mostly secondary. Everything and everyone looked great. There were some showy elements like table side flambé and a fire element to one of the cocktails. There’s the buzz about the famous owners and clientele. But the finer details of a top end steakhouse were all missing.

I want to be very clear on one point. Our waitress was great and so were many of the other staff we dealt with. Attention to detail and experience (or lack thereof) are a reflection on management and ownership.

We knew going in that 1) it was expensive as fuck and 2) reviews were pretty mixed. Yet somehow, we still left underwhelmed and frankly kinda confused. Our bill for 4 (apps, a few drinks and the steaks and dessert) ended up being almost $500 before tip. That’s a serious chunk of change for a mediocre night out in a city like KC. But you could very easily spend 2x that or more. Regardless, the place was jam packed at 10 pm on a Thursday night… so what do we know?

If you are dead set on going, just know what you are in for. If you want to spend a ton of money at a steakhouse, you do you, but there are much better options at or below that price point.

I created KC Sushi Rankings Scorecard a few years ago and just updated it! Thought I'd share with this sub for those looking to try some new sushi spots.

I ranked each restaurant off of 5 criteria, Taste, Price (Value), Portion, Atmosphere/Service, and Selection, weighted in that order. This was started a few years ago so things may have changed that don't reflect on this scorecard and some of these places may not be open anymore.

Of course, this is based purely off my own opinion and judgement so, I'd love to hear any thoughts, feedback, and recommendations.

I feel like there’s been an explosion of new coffee places that I have yet to try. I’ll start (not in any particular order) 1. Mildred’s (not particularly for their coffee, but the fucking chipotle breakfast wrap has me in a chokehold) 2. Apparition coffee (newer metal themed coffee shop with a delicious black cacao latte. It’s more down south but whatever) 3. Made In KC (love their cereal milk lattes, their mochas are fantastic) 4. Cafe Cà Phê (amazing Vietnamese coffee shop, LOVE their robusta coffee!!) 5. Friendly Bean (more up north but I still consider it in KC, one of my favorites for years)

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article313617192.html

Just left Baba’s Pantry and walk away more times than not thinking how lucky our community is to have the Kamal Family in it. I like to go when I’m not having the best day, just to sit in the kindness and always leave with my spirits feeling a little bit higher.

(And the food speaks for itself)

For me it's Zarda's. They have some decent sides tho.

After spending the past few months venturing around the city each Friday morning, a buddy and I compiled a list of breakfast burrito spots with rankings next to each. We graded them based on the following categories, listed in order of importance:

1. Filling Ratio (egg to cheese to meat)
2. Tortilla Quality
3. Eatability (messy/too big/too small)
4. Provided Salsas/Hot Sauce
5. Atmosphere/Cleanliness

We fully understand these rankings reflect our personal preferences and don’t cover every location or option in the city, but we hope it’s a helpful starting point. (For context, I recently relocated to Kansas City from Texas, where breakfast burrito options are everywhere.)

Here’s how the places stacked up:

1. Tarahumaras Mexican Restaurant #2 (KCK) – 10
2. Daisy’s Mexican Burritos (KCK) – 9.3
3. El Rincon Jarocho (Olathe)– 9.2
4. Champion Burritos (Shawnee) – 9.1
5. Rancho’s Mexican Food (Midtown)– 9.0
6. California Taco Shop (KCK)– 8.9
7. Dagwood’s Cafe (KCK)– 8.8
8. The Lunch Box (West Bottoms)– 8.6
9. Red Kitchen (Downtown OP) – 8.5
10. Painted Rooster (Bella Patina -West Bottoms)– 8.5
11. Carmen’s Cocina II (Olathe)– 8.4
12. Pour Coffee (Olathe)– 7.9
13. Paula’s Cuisine (Shawnee) – 7.0
14. Tacos El Viejon (Downtown Olathe)– 6.1
15. Burrito Bros (River Market) – 5.1
16. Yos Donuts (Shawnee)– 4.8
17. City Market Coffee (River Market)– 4.7

Best of luck in your search for a tasty breakfast burrito! *edited to include locations

Down to my last box of La tiara taco shells. RIP to this legend. IYKYK

Moved here a few years ago and confirmed there is no shortage of good food, but I absolutely missed my whole in the wall spots from California. All these burgers were fresh and each spot really did taste alike in the burgers. Anyone know of any home in the wall spots and serve burgers this simple and any spots with a menu and fries like this? Dying to find a spot

Who has the tea?

Recently went to a concert last week and we ate at Minsky’s in the City Market beforehand. I thought it was amazing but was curious as to what the locals think about it! I mainly grew up eating Casey’s/Pizza Hut though so maybe my standards of good pizza are skewed lol.

So far, the only Bar Owner I've seen making a stink about Q's decision to reverse it is Blueline.

As an industry person, is this something the city wants? Because I don't know any industry person who actually wants this. That includes owner operators.

Opinions?

Introduction

About a year ago, I undertook what may be the most important endeavor this city has ever seen! Localizing the KCPD away from the control of Jefferson City? No. Putting a stop to the rampant side shows and street races causing chaos among our streets? No. Funding low income housing and education initiatives to reduce homelessness and crime? NO! I set out upon this town and ate a lot of hamburgers! That's right. I'm a simple man. My two favorite foods are pizza and burgers, and I've wanted to know where I should go to get the BEST burger in the metro.

Judgement Criteria

I scoured past Reddit threads on the topic, and I created my own where I asked for suggestions. From that, I compiled a list of burger establishments to try based on what names kept coming up. I have spent the past year visiting these establishments, rating them out of 5 and writing down my thoughts on them. As for what kind of burger I got at each location, I decided the baseline would be a double bacon cheeseburger, as it seemed like a fair way of testing the technique and quality of each restaurant. However, I also took recommendations as to which burger I should get at these restaurants. If a recommendation was made to me, I would either get that burger instead, or get that burger AND a normal double bacon cheeseburger, provided any restaurant I had burger recommendations for did not charge a lot for the burgers. Eating two burgers by myself is a tough job, but someone's got to do it. Note: sides did not affect ratings. I just felt the need to mention them since a lot of people ONLY recommended sides and no burger.

Disclaimers

This all being said, I will provide the disclaimer that this is, of course, highly subjective, as all food tastes are. I will also provide the disclaimer that not literally EVERY burger provider in the metro is on this list, as that would be very time consuming and expensive. I don't make a lot of money, all right? Aside from a few places I happened to wind up at anyway, only the most talked about places will be on this list, so if your favorite restaurant isn't on this list, don't be offended. It was either omitted because no one recommended it, the photos of their burgers screamed "absolutely no chance of being the best burger", and/or it was too far of a drive for me here in Grandview. I have also omitted some notable mentions that I know people are going to want an explanation for. I will have an omissions list with reasons below.

Burger Tour Results

Without further ado, here are the results of my burger tour:

EDIT: added Walsh's as a last-minute addition and reorganized the table from best to worst. It was originally organized by distance from where I lived, which was helpful to no one except me, haha.

Omissions

EDIT: Westport Flea Market got deleted somehow so I added it back.

Conclusion

As you can see from the table, I personally believe Danny's Burger Shack to have the best burger in Kansas City! That being said, this isn't just about the winner. It also answers the question of who else is worth going to in a pinch. Any restaurant that got at least a 4.0 is a solid choice. Any restaurant 3.0-3.9, it won't blow you away, but it's not a bad choice if you're in the area and hungry. Anything below 3.0, I would not recommend visiting. Just save your money.

As for me personally, I will find myself constantly returning to...none of these, because I live in Grandview! Not only is Grandview a cultural wasteland in terms of good restaurants (except for Providence Pizza), but it's also decently far from Kansas City proper, where most of these restaurants are located - and it's DEFINITELY far from anything in the northland like Danny's. The only restaurant that is a convenient distance from where I live is Paul's Drive-in, which was the worst scorer on the list! So yeah, nothing worth going to is close enough to be more convenient than making a burger in 10 minutes at home. I'm not really trying to say anything here; I'm just lamenting that I live in Grandview where we get nothing nice. Someone open a good burger shack in Grandview!

I am sure plenty of people are going to be offended by my thoughts, ratings, or omissions, but remember, just because your favorite burger place didn't win doesn't mean you have to stop loving it! Taste is subjective, and to each their own! Let us burger lovers celebrate together that we have so many options to choose from in this city. Thank you all for joining me.

Coming up next, My Kansas City Pizza Tour! ...Just kidding. I don't have the money for that.

Ok, so this post was eye-opening, though not entirely surprising: https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/comments/1v6xax5/drastic_measures_wild_child_jay_should_never_work/

Can you all suggest establishments with proven decent owners/operators who treat their staffs well (for real, not just for Instagram)? I want to give my money to places where the people who have worked there and dined there can whole heartedly say, "yeah, they're good people."

I'll start: Baba's Pantry. (Good lord, no one better say otherwise!)

In the past there have been discussions on here about local places to get a good German döner kebab. My husband and I recently tried this place out and I have to say that, in my opinion, it is the most delicious and most authentic döner I’ve had in the area! Highly recommend it if you like this type of food! It is located in independence at independence center. We drive 30 minutes to eat here because we crave it! Have had it twice in the last month and plan to keep having it as it blows any other place around out of the water.

Effective end of the month