Guidebook for Kansas City

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Guidebook for Kansas City

Food Scene

Walking distance, great fish tacos. Usually busy for good reasons.
15 locals recommend
Rudy's Tenampa Taqueria
1611 Westport Rd
15 locals recommend
Walking distance, great fish tacos. Usually busy for good reasons.
Brunch and/or Beer
85 locals recommend
Beer Kitchen
435 Westport Rd
85 locals recommend
Brunch and/or Beer
Sushi and great vegetarian options.
20 locals recommend
Friends Sushi & Bento Place
1808 W 39th St
20 locals recommend
Sushi and great vegetarian options.
KC's original roaster, where locals drink very strong coffee.
37 locals recommend
Broadway Cafe
4106 Broadway Blvd
37 locals recommend
KC's original roaster, where locals drink very strong coffee.
The original BBQ in a gas station. Arguably the best in KC despite being neither old nor in Missouri.
344 locals recommend
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
3002 W 47th Ave
344 locals recommend
The original BBQ in a gas station. Arguably the best in KC despite being neither old nor in Missouri.
Very good Mexican fusion food, very good drinks.
38 locals recommend
Port Fonda
4141 Pennsylvania Ave
38 locals recommend
Very good Mexican fusion food, very good drinks.
Best pizza by the slice and garlic knots. Walking distance.
9 locals recommend
Johnny Jo's Pizzeria
1209 W 47th St
9 locals recommend
Best pizza by the slice and garlic knots. Walking distance.
Great BBQ
257 locals recommend
Q39 - Midtown
1000 W 39th St
257 locals recommend
Great BBQ
Upscale BBQ on the Plaza. From the KC Masterpiece family.
54 locals recommend
Jack Stack Barbecue
4747 Wyandotte St
54 locals recommend
Upscale BBQ on the Plaza. From the KC Masterpiece family.
Great vegetarian restaurant.
15 locals recommend
Eden Alley Vegetarià
707 West 47th Street
15 locals recommend
Great vegetarian restaurant.
Walking distance, good quality.
17 locals recommend
Filling Station Coffee - Westport
1010 Westport Rd
17 locals recommend
Walking distance, good quality.
Excellent food and good service.
49 locals recommend
The Corner Restaurant
49 locals recommend
Excellent food and good service.
Fine dining with local ingredients.
51 locals recommend
Westport Cafe
419 Westport Rd
51 locals recommend
Fine dining with local ingredients.
Quirky cocktails and doughnuts.
13 locals recommend
Doughnut Lounge
4117 Pennsylvania Ave
13 locals recommend
Quirky cocktails and doughnuts.

Drinks & Nightlife

Beer selection, great bar food, pinball.
24 locals recommend
The Hi-Dive Lounge
1411 W 39th St
24 locals recommend
Beer selection, great bar food, pinball.
Darts, vinyl player, sometimes a crockpot full of cheese dip.
11 locals recommend
Chez Charlie
3809 Broadway Blvd
11 locals recommend
Darts, vinyl player, sometimes a crockpot full of cheese dip.
Dive's stagecoach is more like it. Pool table. drinks
7 locals recommend
Dave's Stagecoach Inn
316 Westport Rd
7 locals recommend
Dive's stagecoach is more like it. Pool table. drinks
Live Irish music often, Irish food, great rooftop deck.
20 locals recommend
O’Dowd’s Gastrobar
4742 Pennsylvania Ave
20 locals recommend
Live Irish music often, Irish food, great rooftop deck.
Great fun and free nightly Americana music
12 locals recommend
The Westport Saloon
4112 Pennsylvania Ave
12 locals recommend
Great fun and free nightly Americana music
Local brewery with fantastic beers (a bit of a drive)
38 locals recommend
Kansas City Bier Company
310 W 79th St
38 locals recommend
Local brewery with fantastic beers (a bit of a drive)

Essentials

open 24 hours
99 locals recommend
Marsh's Sun Fresh Market
4001 Mill St
99 locals recommend
open 24 hours
close
35 locals recommend
Walmart Neighborhood Market
10303 Metcalf Ave
35 locals recommend
close
drugstore
64 locals recommend
CVS
921 Main St
64 locals recommend
drugstore
16 locals recommend
QuikTrip
1201 Westport Road
16 locals recommend
beer, wine, liquor
10 locals recommend
Mike's Wine & Spirits
1110 Westport Rd
10 locals recommend
beer, wine, liquor

Shopping

Very cool local bookstore. Poetry events.
28 locals recommend
Prospero's Books
1800 W 39th St
28 locals recommend
Very cool local bookstore. Poetry events.
Great bike shop
Volker Bicycles
1717 W 39th St
Great bike shop
For computers
Apple Country Club Plaza
227 Nichols Rd
For computers

Arts & Culture

Iconic sculpture garden and great exhibits.
674 locals recommend
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak St
674 locals recommend
Iconic sculpture garden and great exhibits.
Contemporary art on the Campus of Kansas City Art Institute
138 locals recommend
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Blvd
138 locals recommend
Contemporary art on the Campus of Kansas City Art Institute

Entertainment & Activities

Art house theatre in Westport.
17 locals recommend
Tivoli Cinemas
4525 Oak Street
17 locals recommend
Art house theatre in Westport.
Great theatre walking distance.
28 locals recommend
Cinemark Palace at the Plaza
526 Nichols Rd
28 locals recommend
Great theatre walking distance.

Parks & Nature

Great little park walking distance.
15 locals recommend
Westwood Park
4798 Wyoming St
15 locals recommend
Great little park walking distance.
Great ropes equipment for kids.
18 locals recommend
Roanoke Park
18 locals recommend
Great ropes equipment for kids.
Very large park. 1.5 mile hilly asphalt jogging loop. Rose garden, duck pond, tennis courts. Great playground for the little ones.
11 locals recommend
Loose Park Pond
11 locals recommend
Very large park. 1.5 mile hilly asphalt jogging loop. Rose garden, duck pond, tennis courts. Great playground for the little ones.