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Table of ContentsAbuelos 21A� are 8Aladdian Hotel 18All Star Pizza 20American BBQ 12Anthony’s 27Backbone Media - New Belgium Br 5Boulevard Brewing Company 11Busch Media Group 3Cafe Europa 15Cafe Trio 26Carmen’s Cafe 13Cascone’s Grill 27Charlie Hoopers 12Chipotle 11Chiusano Brick Oven Pizzeri 25Clocktower Bakery 25Cordish Company 10Crossroads Community Association 9Door to Door Organics 4Drum Room 11EBT Restaurant 19Edokko 25Equip-Bid.com 2Frank James Breadeaux Pizza 20Genghis 15Godfather’s 16Granite City Food & Brewery 22Green Room 14Hereford House 26Howl at the Moon 8Humpys 24Irish Pub House 19Jazz- A Louisiana Kitchen 14Jerusalem Bakery 15KC Hopps - The Dubliner 8KC Originals 28Kokopelli Mexican Cantina 27Latin Bistro 21Little Egypt 14Lucky Brewgrille 26Marina Grog & Galley 27Mazatlan 15Melting Pot 13Michaelangelo’s Italian Grill 19New York Dawg Pound 24Next Door Pizza 19North Kansas City Beverage Co. 21On the Border 20One More Cup 10Open Fire Woodburning Pizza 13Pachamama’s New World Cuisine 23Papa Bob’s BBQ 25Papa Keno 25Pho 2 23RA Sushi 24Red Tail Ranch LLC 16Renee Kelly 22Restaurant Rehab 15Saigon 39 Inc. 14Sherlocks 25SPIN Pizza 14Starkers 26Stone Pillar Vineyard & Winery 26Story 24Sweet Pea Cakes 4Tamale Wizard 8Thai Orchid 24The Fig Tree Cafe and Bakery 19The Rock Cafe 13Unforked 23Waldo Pizza 27Webster House 27Wheat State Pizza 24


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Füd 813 West 17th Street 816-785-3454

Each of the dishes was delicious. The fake fi sh that was folded into the chalupa shell was made from unripened jackfruit (native to Southeast Asia and the na-tional fruit of Indonesia), which is used for savory dishes before it ripens and becomes sweet. The chalupa was slathered liberally with owner Heidi VanPelt-Belle’s proprietary cashew cheese, a spicy neon-orange concoction that looks like a cross between Velveeta and fi nger paint but tastes very good. The fruit looked and tasted stunningly fi shy – in the right way. The rice-mushroom blend used for the meatless tostada also looked and tasted like the real thing.

—Charles Ferruzza

Nica’s 320 320 Southwest Boulevard816-471-2900

Let’s say you’re toying with the idea of ordering a crepe or pan-fried noodles or a fi let. That’s merely the fi rst step. Do you want that steak served Thai style? Italiano? Cajun? Caribbean? There are eight internationally inspired possibili-ties, and they all sound pretty tasty. Merker knows his beef, and the center-cut fi let was very good. Then again, one of my favorite dinners at Nica’s requires no decision making. Instead of choosing a mix-and-match entrée, I ordered the mac and cheese and my favorite starter on the menu, a trio of sliders. One small sandwich is Korean-style barbecued pulled pork, another Thai-spiced chicken, and the third jerk steak.

—Charles Ferruzza

Forks in the Road: Downtown and the Crossroads

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RESTAURANTS & SPECIALTYCCA MEMBERS The Brick1733 McGee816.421.1634thebrickkcmo.com BulldogRestaurant & Bar1715 Main St816.421.4799kcbulldog.com Cafe Gratitude333 SW Blvd913.735.3215gratitudekc.com The Cashew2000 Grand Blvd816.221.5858thecashew.com Extra Virgin1900 Main St816.842.2205extravirginkc.com Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue101 W. 22nd St816.472.7427jackstackbbq.com

Grinders417 E. 18th St816.472.5454grinderspizza.com Grinders West415 E. 18th St816.889.9378grinderspizza.com Grunauer101 W. 22nd St816.283.3234grunauerkc.com Hamburger Mary’s101 SW Blvd816.842.1919hamburgermaryskc.com Lidia’s of Kansas City101 W. 22nd St816.221.3722lidias-kc.com Los Tules1656 Broadway816.421.9229lostuleskc.com Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop2030 Central816.474.8424lulusnoodles.com

Mandoline Cafe2015 Grand Blvd816.437.9220

Manny’s of Kansas City207 SW Blvd816.474.7696mannyskc.com

Michael Smith1900 Main St816.842.2202michaelsmithkc.com

Nara1617 Main St816.221.6272narakc.com

Nica’s 320320 SW Blvd816.471.2900nicas320.com

PizzaBella1810 Baltimore Ave816.471.3300pizzabellakc.com

The Rieger Hotel Grill& Exchange1924 Main St816.471.2177theriegerkc.com Snow & Co.1815 Wyandotte816.309.2618snowandcom-pany.com

Town TopicHamburgers2021 Broadway1900 Baltimore Ave816.842.2298816.471.6038

Twenty202020 Baltimore Ave816.471.2020twenty20kc.com

Webster House Antiques & Restaurant1644 Wyandotte816.221.4713websterhousekc.com

YJ’s Snack Bar128 W. 18th St816.472.5333 COFFEESHOPS: Crossroads Coffeehouse310 SW Blvd816.255.2402kccrossroadscoffee.com

Mildred’s Coffeehouse1821 Wyandotte816.471.1155mildredscoffeehouse.com SPECIALTY:

Cellar Rat WineMerchants1701 Baltimore Ave816.221.9463cellarratwine.com Christopher ElbowChocolates1819 McGee816.842.1300elbowchocolates.com Moxie Catering1651 Washington816.561.0384moxiecatering.com Taste Catering1520 Grand Blvd816.527.0633tastekccatering.com The Wine Gallery1911 McGee816.447.6842thewinegalleryonline.com

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Seasons 52 Fresh | Grill340 Ward Parkway816-531-0052

� e Seasons 52 dessert concept is bril-liant. � e little shot glasses o� ered as � na-les here are � lled with a variety of pretty, layered concoctions: some with a creamy mousse or so� cheesecake, perhaps with bits of carrot cake, or — in the case of the Rocky Road version — miniature marsh-mallows. � ey go fast, but they’re e� ective (and less than 275 calories) at staving o� an aggressive sweet tooth. We tasted the mocha macchiato, the raspberry-cheese-cake creation, the chocolate-peanut-but-ter mousse, and a couple of others before putting down our spoons and declaring ourselves comfortably full.-- Charles Ferruzza

Gram & Dun600 Ward Parkway816-389-2900

As at this restaurant’s sister venue, Urban Table in Prairie Village, the bill ar-rives in a vintage book instead of on a tip tray. Don’t expect a great work of literature, mind you, but there’s wit in some of these � ea-market hardbacks. One of my checks came presented inside Touched With Fire, by the never-to-be-forgotten John Tebbel. I also got a look at a slim 1950 guidebook called Living With Teeners, by Grace Sloan Overton.� e “tip book” is a delightful eccentricity of this stylish, attractive new res-taurant. It calls itself, as a kind of subtitle, a “gastropub.” A gastropub serves food and booze, but a pub this ain’t. � is L-shaped restaurant (once home to Parkway 600 Grill and Baja 600) has been gutted and redone for maximum luxe dazzle, with a chandelier dripping crystals in the building’s dome room and a richly stocked bar. � e walls are a cool gray, and the � oor is made of dark, wide planks. Calling it a pub is sort of like calling actress Helen Mirren a broad.I found a satisfyingly sharp taste in Gram & Dun’s ver-sion of barbecue: an over-sized cornmeal bun heaped with tender smoked beef, slices of hot link sausage and pulled pork in a distinctively � ery sauce. It’s a really � rst-rate sandwich, as is the sassy spin on a roadhouse favorite, a sloppy-Joe-style sandwich made with ground wild boar and a dollop of Carolina slaw.-- Charles Ferruzza

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Our ample menu of Italian cuisine also offers diners a selection of festive small plate tapas perfect for sharing such as shrimp and crab meat stuffed artichokes, spicy empanadas filled with chorizo and potatoes or steamed mussels topped with Diablo sauce. Save room for fresh seafood, flavorful pasta, or tender and richly seasoned veal, chicken or beef entrees.

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Fiesta Azteca705 Southeast Melody LaneLee’s Summit816-524-1290

Andres Orozco has moved his charming little Raytown cantina, Fiesta Az-teca, to a bigger, more ambitious location in Lee’s Summit, where the food remains alluringly good. I still love the decadently rich creations that Orozco introduced me to the � rst time around: grilled chicken and shrimp draped in a silky poblano cream sauce, succulent pork carnitas that arrive slightly crispy on the exterior and gorgeously moist and meaty inside. � at dazzling, jade-green salsa verde ladled over diced pork and onions.One night’s dinner special: pork chops in a spicy — but not too � ery — chi-potle cream sauce. It was truly transporting: two moist, fork-tender pork

chops blanketed in a shiny glaze of smoked chipotle peppers that have been sautéed with mushrooms, on-ions and green peppers and � nished o� with a little butter and cream. � e provocative sauce tickles the tongue rather than scorching it.

—Charles Ferruzza

Martin City Brewing Company500 East 135th Street816-268-2222

Who knew that Martin City (the hamlet annexed by Kansas City in 1963) was so hungry for a Cheers-like bar and café? � e owners of Martin City Brewing Company did. For most of the 20th century, this building was the Martin City Pub, a saloon owned and operated by the creator of the iconic Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse and R.C.’s Restaurant & Lounge, the best-known res-taurants in south Kansas City for decades. � e plan for this updated brew-ery-restaurant was always to serve upscale pub fare. It’s working. � ere’s a truly outstanding macaroni and cheese (side dish or full-sized), and the decent grilled cheese is made with sourdough bread and layered with molten provolone, white cheddar, smoked gouda and gruyere. � e nachos come laden with black beans and a blanket of melted cheddar. And the bread-and-butter dishes are the basic bar classics: a great burger; and a � rst-rate Reuben, made with chunks of tender, slow-roasted corned beef, house-made sauerkraut and Parker’s own � ou-sand Island dressing. � e brassy house-made ketchup has become so popular that Moore has arranged to bottle it and sell it to local stores. I’d buy a bottle.

—Charles Ferruzza

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Shields Manor Bistro121 MainPlatte City816-858-5557

A hunk of grilled Alaskan salmon comes smothered in a sexy cream sauce laden with bits of crabmeat and lobster. A satiny shrimp étou� ée, perhaps the most handsome presentation of this Louisiana dish I’ve ever seen, is equally superb.But the most scrumptious o� ering that night was a he� y and succulent slab of beef, beautifully grilled and glazed with a sultry, peppery cognac sauce. � e dish was so addictive that I hesitated before sharing even a bite with my dining companions.When the dinner plates were cleared away, co-owner DeDe Shields appeared in her chef ’s jacket. She proudly refers to herself as “a businesswoman who just loves to cook.” She’s a � rst-rate raconteur, telling the story of renovating the old house that’s home to her restaurant, dishing about her neigh-bors and recalling — in hilarious and ribald detail — her former life in St. Joseph.It’s her house, and she’s the best hostess.

—Charles Ferruzza

Latin Bistro and Culinary Center6924 North Oak Traffi cwayGladstone816-420-9333

If you believe, as I do, that dining out is as much a theatrical experience as a culinary one, you’ll agree that the nine-month-old Latin Bistro and Culi-nary Center is a one-man show. � e star? Tito Le Chef.Chef Tito’s menu includes no Tex-Mex dishes. No crispy tacos, no Cheddar cheese. He prepares three di� erent versions of a chile relleno, but the most popular is his roasted poblano served en nogada: stu� ed with sauteed pork blended with dried fruits. It’s divinely sweet, which is ideal if you crave a hint of sugar with your � ery peppers, along with pine nuts and a smooth, creamy pecan sauce.

I was even more impressed with his tender lamb chops, slathered with a gorgeous, sup-ple concoction of tomato, onion and head-clearing epazote touched o� with a hint of cream. And then there’s Tito’s slow-roasted marinated pork, conchinita pibil, a visually beautiful, almost excessively delicious way to eat pig. � e marinated meat is wrapped in a big, shiny, green banana leaf, carefully folded and roasted for more than eight hours until the meat is both tender and just barely crispy. I prefer mine plain – unless I’m in the mood for Tito’s deceptively kicky chipotle cream sauce.

—Charles Ferruzza

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Start your weekend early every Thursday at The Castle from 5:30-9:30. Come enjoy Live Music,

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Carnivores really score here. � e six en-trées now on the menu include outstand-ing braised short ribs — some of the best I’ve tasted — in an ancho chile broth. � e beef-tongue tacos are extremely tender and really rich.

—Charles Ferruzza

Story3931 West 69th TerracePrairie Village913-236-9955

� e plates here are as beautifully composed as a garden: a foie gras terrine, creamy as cake frosting, is positioned on a white plate with a Wassily Kan-dinsky-like arrangement of roasted beets, sliced almonds, a streak of bacon honey, and a jumble of brioche crostini. And there may be no soup in Kansas City that matches the Zen-like composition of Story’s English pea soup. It’s a glorious, brothy (not creamy) concoction of vegetable stock (a base of sim-mered pea pods), chopped green peas, carrots, onion, potatoes and garlic that becomes a sexy jade-green with the addition of a subtle tarragon salsa verde. It’s accessorized with two pork meatballs or, for vegetarian diners, two fried rice arancini balls.� e Paci� c halibut was delectably moist and drizzled with a smooth lobster butter, and the rainbow trout was delicate and nearly perfect, with an evanes-cent crispness complemented by a splash of lemon-jalapeño vinaigrette and mashed potatoes.

—Charles Ferruzza

Forks in the Road: Suburban Kansas



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AixoisAnthony’s Restaurant & LoungeBlanc Burgers + BottlesCafe Des AmisCafe SebastienneCafe TrioCafe VeronaCarlo’s Copa RoomCascone’s RestaurantChaz on the PlazaCoach’s Bar & Grill

Em Chamas Brazilian GrillExtra VirginGarozzo’s Ristorante Gaslight GrillGrinder’sHarry’s Country ClubHereford HouseJJ’sJohnny Cascone’sKokopelli Mexican CantinaLa Bodega

Le Fou FrogLulu’s Thai Noodle ShopMarina Grog & GalleryMichael Smith RestaurantNaraOphelia’s Restaurant & InnPierpont’s at Union StationPiropo’s Rumors SteakhouseShields Manor BistroStarker’s Restaurant

Tatsu’s French RestaurantThe American RestaurantThe Broadmoor BistroThe Drop Bar & BistroThe PhoenixThe Roasterie CafeTrezo MareV’s Italiano RistoranteWaldo PizzaWebster House

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