Guidebook for Kansas City

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Guidebook for Kansas City

Food Scene

Excellent lunch and brunch! My fave place in the neighborhood.
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You Say Tomato
2801 Holmes St
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Excellent lunch and brunch! My fave place in the neighborhood.
Coffee
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Filling Station Coffee - Midtown
2980 McGee Trafficway
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Coffee
Brunch and breakfast
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Succotash
2601 Holmes St
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Brunch and breakfast
Closest BBQ. Classic KC.
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Gates Bar-B-Q
3205 Main St
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Closest BBQ. Classic KC.
BBQ in a fancier setting. People love the beans!
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Jack Stack Barbecue - Freight House
101 W 22nd St
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BBQ in a fancier setting. People love the beans!
Drinking chocolate!
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Christopher Elbow Chocolates
1819 McGee St
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Drinking chocolate!
Delicious Mexican food. KC was almost called Port Fonda.
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Port Fonda
4141 Pennsylvania Ave
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Delicious Mexican food. KC was almost called Port Fonda.
Amazing pork tenderloin sandwiches and an easy walk! Cash only.
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Kitty's Cafe
810 1/2 E 31st St
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Amazing pork tenderloin sandwiches and an easy walk! Cash only.
Best burnt ends that I have had since I got back to KC!
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Q39 - Midtown
1000 W 39th St
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Best burnt ends that I have had since I got back to KC!
Restaurant, bar and bakery within easy walking distance
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Cafe Europa Union Hill
2976 Gillham Rd
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Restaurant, bar and bakery within easy walking distance
The nicest restaurant with walking distance. A little pricey, but worth it.
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The Antler Room
2506 Holmes St
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The nicest restaurant with walking distance. A little pricey, but worth it.
Christopher Elbow's ice cream shop
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Glacé Artisan Ice Cream
4960 Main St
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Christopher Elbow's ice cream shop
The pork soup is great! Also, great cocktails.
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The Rieger
1924 Main St
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The pork soup is great! Also, great cocktails.
Delicious sandwiches!
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The Russell
3141 Main St
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Delicious sandwiches!
Juices, smoothies and healthy lunch options. Delicious!
Ruby Jean's Juicery
1111 Main St
Juices, smoothies and healthy lunch options. Delicious!
My dad will probably have grown something on your plate.
Black Dirt
5070 Main St
My dad will probably have grown something on your plate.
Blip Roasters Troost Avenue
1106 E 30th St
Close coffee!
Swedish food!
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Krokstrom Scandinavian Comfort Food
3601 Broadway Blvd
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Swedish food!
Lots of options for lunch: middle eastern, Italian, Indian, Korean/Mexican fusion, burritos, Brazilian foods
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City Market station
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Lots of options for lunch: middle eastern, Italian, Indian, Korean/Mexican fusion, burritos, Brazilian foods
Seaweed doughnuts!
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Corvino Supper Club & Tasting Room
1830 Walnut St
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Seaweed doughnuts!

Getting Around

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Beautiful historic train station with a post office, exhibits, coffee, food and trains. This is also the closest KC Streetcar stop.
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Union Station
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Beautiful historic train station with a post office, exhibits, coffee, food and trains. This is also the closest KC Streetcar stop.
Nearest bus stop with frequent service to downtown.
On Troost at 27th NB station
Nearest bus stop with frequent service to downtown.
The nearest Bcycle bike share is next to this coffee place.
Blip Roasters Troost Avenue
1106 E 30th St
The nearest Bcycle bike share is next to this coffee place.

Arts & Culture

Excellent museum and beautiful grounds.
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National WWI Museum and Memorial
2 Memorial Dr
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Excellent museum and beautiful grounds.
My favorite Kansas City museum.
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1616 E 18th St
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My favorite Kansas City museum.
The Titanic of the Midwest
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I-Arabia Steamboat Museum
400 Grand Blvd
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The Titanic of the Midwest
Great art museum with beautiful sculpture garden...and its free.
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I-Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak St
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Great art museum with beautiful sculpture garden...and its free.
Duh. Catch some music in their venue, The Blue Room.
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American Jazz Museum
1616 E 18th St
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Duh. Catch some music in their venue, The Blue Room.
1950s all electric house. Mid-century modern.
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Johnson County Museum
8788 Metcalf Ave
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1950s all electric house. Mid-century modern.
The S stands for nothing.
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Harry S Truman Library and Museum
500 W US Hwy 24
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The S stands for nothing.
More art!
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I-Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Blvd
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More art!
One of my favorite KC attractions!
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Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site
3616 Belleview Ave
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One of my favorite KC attractions!
Beautiful library in a historic building with a rooftop patio. I sometimes work here.
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The Kansas City Public Library: Central Library
14 W 10th St
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Beautiful library in a historic building with a rooftop patio. I sometimes work here.
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Toy and Miniature Museum
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Drinks & Nightlife

Neighborhood bar with food
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Ollie's Local
3044 Gillham Rd
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Neighborhood bar with food
Old bar inside a different old building. Used to be a speakeasy. Located in an alley.
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The Ship
1221 Union Ave
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Old bar inside a different old building. Used to be a speakeasy. Located in an alley.
Jazz almost every night. Awesome atmosphere.
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Green Lady Lounge
1809 Grand Blvd
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Jazz almost every night. Awesome atmosphere.
Beer!
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Torn Label Brewing Co.
1708 Campbell St
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Beer!
Beer!
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Boulevard Brewing Company
2501 Southwest Blvd
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Beer!
Speakeasy with delicious cocktails. Enter through the back.
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Manifesto
1924 Main St
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Speakeasy with delicious cocktails. Enter through the back.
Probably the coolest thing you could do while in KC. Jazz that starts at 1am on Friday and Saturday. Bring cash.
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Mutual Musicians Foundation
1823 Highland Ave
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Probably the coolest thing you could do while in KC. Jazz that starts at 1am on Friday and Saturday. Bring cash.
This is an underground bar. Beer cave!
Weston Brewing Co
500 Welt St
This is an underground bar. Beer cave!
Dive bar! No sign!
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Chez Charlie
3809 Broadway Blvd
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Dive bar! No sign!
Open until 3am. PBR+Fernet.
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Dave's Stagecoach Inn
316 Westport Rd
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Open until 3am. PBR+Fernet.
Good place to watch sports!
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Tower Tavern
401 E 31st St
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Good place to watch sports!

Sightseeing

Beautiful market. Especially vibrant in the summertime on Saturdays and Sundays. You can get most food grocery needs here through either the farmers, green grocers, and the Italian, African, Asian, or Middle Eastern markets. Plus, there are great restaurants and cafes scattered throughout. Skip the BBQ.
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Imarike yaseNtshona-Koloni
20 E 5th St
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Beautiful market. Especially vibrant in the summertime on Saturdays and Sundays. You can get most food grocery needs here through either the farmers, green grocers, and the Italian, African, Asian, or Middle Eastern markets. Plus, there are great restaurants and cafes scattered throughout. Skip the BBQ.
Walt Disney grew up here!
3028 Bellefontaine Ave
3028 Bellefontaine Avenue
Walt Disney grew up here!
Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio
1127 E 31st St
1127 East 31st Street
Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio
The "first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile." Lots of free parking here, but the garages are nicely hidden. Look for signs!
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Country Club Plaza
4706 Broadway Blvd
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The "first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile." Lots of free parking here, but the garages are nicely hidden. Look for signs!
This is a shopping center, but also the world headquarter's of Hallmark Cards. There is a visitor center, lots of kids activities (LegoLand, Kaleidoscope, etc.), ice skating in the winter, and other events.
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Crown Center
2450 Grand Blvd
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This is a shopping center, but also the world headquarter's of Hallmark Cards. There is a visitor center, lots of kids activities (LegoLand, Kaleidoscope, etc.), ice skating in the winter, and other events.
If you are here on the 1st weekend of the month (containing a Friday), you can go to the West Bottoms to shop for antiques. If you are here in October, you can experience one of the areas many haunted houses.
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West Bottoms
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If you are here on the 1st weekend of the month (containing a Friday), you can go to the West Bottoms to shop for antiques. If you are here in October, you can experience one of the areas many haunted houses.

Entertainment & Activities

Makes me feel like I'm back in Austin
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
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Makes me feel like I'm back in Austin
Yay! Royals!
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Kauffman Stadium
1 Royal Way
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Yay! Royals!
A theme park based on Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days."
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Worlds of Fun
4545 Worlds of Fun Ave
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A theme park based on Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days."
Not a creepy zoo. Lots of space for animals to roam. Swope Park is huge!
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Kansas City Zoo
6800 Zoo Dr
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Not a creepy zoo. Lots of space for animals to roam. Swope Park is huge!

Parks & Nature

Home of the iconic statue "The Scout." KC loves a hilltop statue.
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Penn Valley Park
Broadway Boulevard
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Home of the iconic statue "The Scout." KC loves a hilltop statue.
If you like long walks, walk through Hyde Park down to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art!
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Hyde Park
3619 Gillham Rd
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If you like long walks, walk through Hyde Park down to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art!
One of the biggest urban parks in the nation. Contains the zoo, golf course, Starlight Theatre, and more.
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Swope Park
3999 E Meyer Blvd
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One of the biggest urban parks in the nation. Contains the zoo, golf course, Starlight Theatre, and more.