Any advice on going to Kansas City?

[Kashmir]

You guys are always such a great answer source, so I must ask...We are planning a little family trip to KC in March, any advice on hotels, restaurants?  I start so many food threads so you all know I love cheesy, yummy, greasy Tulsa food, but am really looking for some good KC BBQ, etc.

Is that Plaza area all that?  Should we stay there?  (Anyone know of an indoor hotel pool that isn't freezing cold water also? That sucks)  

Thanks!

[AngieB]

The Quarterage is a wonderful little hotel in Westport. They have free happy hour and awesome breakfast.

[RecycleMichael]

Great Wolf Lodge is a hotel with a great indoor water park.

http://www.greatwolflodge.com/

Bryant's Bar B Que is the best.

[brunoflipper]

arthur bryants can be hit or miss, the ribs are mediocore (at best, the brisket is good and the turkey is great- the sauce is vinegary and not my style...

rosedales has great brisket and ribs, but the sauce, while being honey based, has ****loads of cinnamon in it and can be off-putting...

my vote (and it is no bull****) is oklahoma joes... the original is on 47th and in an old gas station (still functioning)... the carolina (pulled pork) is amazing... the bbq sauce is outstanding... i'd kill you for a slab of the ribs, seriously- i'd stab you if you had some...

the plaza is all that....

i lived there for 8 years...

the embassy suites is a decent hotel (near the plaza) with an indoor pool and cheap... rm is spot on about great wolf lodge, we go twice a year... be warned, it is expensive...

[Conan71]

I'd say ribs worth stabbing someone have got to be the ****.  I'll try Okla. Joe's next time I'm up there.

We used to eat BBQ somewhere down near Kemper and American Royal (7th street ring a bell?) shows how long it's been since I lived there.

[RecycleMichael]

You are probably thinking of Winslow's.
http://www.kcrestaurantguide.com/winslows.htm

[Kashmir]

You guys are the best.  Thanks you sooo much for the links.  I really, really appreciate it.  []
We usually stay at Embassy Suites in Dallas, so I think we may do that b/c  they are pretty kid friendly, but the pools are usually Brrrr....

The lodge looks cool, but kids are 1 and 4 and probably would not appreciate the $$$mucho dinero$$$ spent by mom and dad.  PLus they go to bed by 7:30!   When they are older, absolutely.  I saw one in Grapevine and wondered what it was.

[Breadburner]

Travel the backroad.. East on 44 exit at Miami then forward though the turnpike gate on through the light pass the casino and mushroom plant when that road ends take a right and head through Quapaw and keep going through Baxter Springs... Pittsburgh/Frontenac KS...Ft. Scott on to Kansas City....I made it in 3 hours and 50 minutes driving the speed limit....Take the kids to see Big Brutus it's on the way...

[bugo]

Try LC's BBQ.  The original is on Blue Parkway between 71 and 435, and there's one on the Kansas side as well (Lenexa IIRC.)  And you can't go wrong with Gates, with locations all over the KC metro.

[brunoflipper]

quote:Originally posted by bugo

Try LC's BBQ.  The original is on Blue Parkway between 71 and 435, and there's one on the Kansas side as well (Lenexa IIRC.)  And you can't go wrong with Gates, with locations all over the KC metro.

blah... "HI, MAY I HELP YOU?"- no thanks... gates gets a lot of press but the quality of the meat cuts has dropped dramatically... the pulled pork and chip beef looked like piles of bbq stained vaseline...

[brunoflipper]

RM was correct about winslows... i always forget that one...

go to rudys tenampa taqueria.... and get the fish taco, a-frickin-mazing... or ponaks for solid traditional mexican food... no matter what anyone says, skip mannys...

for lunch, hit d'bronx deli/pizza on 39th and bell... outstanding two handed pizza and an almost  genuine new york deli..

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Travel the backroad.. East on 44 exit at Miami then forward though the turnpike gate on through the light pass the casino and mushroom plant when that road ends take a right and head through Quapaw and keep going through Baxter Springs... Pittsburgh/Frontenac KS...Ft. Scott on to Kansas City....I made it in 3 hours and 50 minutes driving the speed limit....Take the kids to see Big Brutus it's on the way...

Or straight up 169 to Olathe then catch I-435.

That's doable in under 4 hours as well.

[RecycleMichael]

Go to the Nelson Atkins Museum. It is one of my favorites.

Kaleidoscope is a good art place for the kids. Your kids are a little young for Science City at Union Station, but in a few years it is a must see.

[Conan71]

I thought the Arabian steam boat museum down by Farmers Mkt. was outstanding.  Then again, I'm into old steam-powered things and history so it was right up my alley.

[HoneySuckle]

We're thinking of going to Kansas City in March too during Spring Break!

How good of you to start this thread.

For good steak, where do you all recommend?  What about outstanding Italian food?