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 isnt... More >>
This hip and stylish dumpling-and-noodle shop started a culinary Chinese revolution on Kansas Citys 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 >>
Midtowns 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 >>
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 >>
Chef Michael Smith took over the former art gallery adjacent to his namesake restaurant and, with imaginative assistance from designer Eric Negrete, turned it into a sexy tapas temple. The cuisine is predominantly Spanish, with such unexpected dishes as pig ear salad, braised pork cheeks and... More >>
Chef Michael Smiths namesake restaurant isnt too stuffy or formal, considering his impeccable credentials as a James Beard Award winner. Its not inexpensive, but Smiths kitchen puts out beautiful, extraordinary fare that more than lives up to the price tag. Its a... More >>
If a saloon has aspirations to be something more than a dark, cozy venue for sipping cocktails and smoking cigarettes, it needs to take that extra step in the culinary department. The owners of One80 (who also operate McCoys Public House across the street) have put their own spin on the... More >>
Trendy restaurants come and go, but the Peppercorn Duck Club is a relic of a time when dining out was a larger-than-life experience. Sweet little touches remain, such as American Beauty roses for female patrons, though the décor seems a bit dated. Still, the restaurant is full of sensory... More >>
This sunny, attractive dining room opened as a breakfast-and-lunch venue, but owners Andrew Sloan and Ted Habiger now serve dinner six nights a week. Like the lunch menu, the dinner choices change frequently (often daily), and because the space is so tiny, reservations are strongly recommended.... More >>
The first-floor restaurant of Kansas Citys oldest operating hotel is only slightly younger than the building — its over 100 years old. All the elements that made it legendary are still there, from the 19th-century menu to the relatively unchanged deécor and the formal... More >>