Classic Pitch pissing into the wind of something everyone loves. This is actually a GREAT restaurant, and one of my new favorites in the city. Hasn't this paper gone bankrupt yet?
I've always had excellent meals here. It's one of my favorite restaurants in KC now.
We miss John Paul Balthazor in leawood. If he's not there me and my husband don't bother going. He always takes care of his customers.
This place has horrible customer service and the food isn't that great.
Looks like GR must have closed as You Say Tomato announced today that Blair Cobbett is back there! I will say that GR did have weird hours and wasn't all that easily accessible. Glad to see you back at YST, Blair!
For V-Day in my household, nothing says "It puts the lotion in the basket" like Cherry Mash and a duo of Pall Malls.
Aaaand with that I think I just decided what it will say on my Laura Little's chocolates.....
Biemer's BBQ is a fraud, they make their sauce combining Gates. KC mastepiece and Dr. Pepper. Thats right Dr. Pepper. they are serving sauce that is mixed with soda pop. They are POSERS.
Ya'll really want sum good Bar B Q, should be around on my Back porch while i'm grillin Smoked Salmon, Smoked Chicken and Ribs and I don't use a lotta sauce to hide the poor quality of meat, like sum do,,I have special secret reciepe, that includes just a touch of beer,, sometimes and other secret stuff,,, the smoke from the grill makes all the doggys in the neighborhoos Howl,, from the aroma,, its Paw Lickin good now !!
Thomas Osborn is right. Bear's Smoke Shack is amazing. I thought they had the best burnt ends I had tasted in KC. Too many places in town serve chunks of brisket and call them burnt ends. Not Bears. Very friendly people, three different kinds of sauce made in-house, and great BBQ. I now make the trek up to 169 & Englewood regularly on my lunch break.
Yes Smokestack closed in December. There is now a new restaurant called "The Stack BBQ" that is in that exact location. They opened earlier this week.
To the last poster (Mackenzie?) - Smokestack closed over a month ago. They are only selling in grocery stores now.
IF YOUR REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD BBQ YOU SHOULD TRY "THE STACK BBQ" AT 89TH AND WORNALL. THE MEAT IS SMOKED WITH HICKORY WOOD IN THE PIT OF FLAVOR THAT SERVED KANSAS CITY BBQ FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE THEIR VERY OWN RUB AND THE MEAT IS SMOKED TO PERFECTION. THERE IS THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF TENDERNESS AND FLAVOR THAT EVERYONE LOOKS FOR IN THEIR RIBS AND BURNT ENDS. YOU CANT BEAT GREAT KANSAS CITY BBQ THAT IS AFFORDABLE!
Good BBQ-have been to the sauce table and never saw anything I liked-I certainly never saw Bryant's. All sweet sauces on the table including their own when I was there. The meat is pretty good without sauce though, I do have to say.
Sugar don't belong in cornbread. Heathens!
foodsnob - apparently they didn't tell you about the "sauce table" at Brobecks. They have their own sauce, along with Gates, Bryants, Masterpiece, etc. Hell of an idea, and ballsy too.
Charles - good job on hitting Brobeck's, been going there for lunch for a few years now, Great Q.
If you are talking about "Off the beaten path" BBQ, Bear's Smoke Shack on Englewood off 169 blows away the competition. Brobecks is alright, not great. The ribs are by far their best BBQ. Ironically, their best item is not BBQ, it's their ham salad. That should tell you something.
I haven't been to The Rub yet, but I haven't heard anything that good about it. Applebees style commercial BBQ doesn't really appeal to me.
Bear's however, does it all right. They have some of the best smoked meats and sauces in the city. Their Burnt Ends rival OK Joe's and the smoke on their ribs will make your mouth water.
I smuggle in Gates sauce when I go to Brobeck's.
That much sugar belongs in dessert, not dinner.
But hey, thats just the sourpuss in me talking.
Chubby's is the only pancake place for me. I think their cakes are spot on.
The Rub doesn't do much for me but Brobeck's serves some seriously good Q. My issue with Brobeck's (aside from the unappealing sides) would be the sauce issue. At least the meat comes un-sauced plain and simple. But the offering of sauces are the worst in town in my opinion. Every offering is sickening sweet-even the hot stuff. Next time I'll take some Bryant's with me or Night of the Living from OK Joe's.
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ate there once, agree with Charles. menu is vast unlike i'd imagine a real gastropub would be. the food extremely rich and heavy. the feel is more of a massive vegas restaurant. for me the book/check thing is a little too kitschy for me - like "look at this cool old book instead of the bill we're ripping you off with".