Missouri-Kansas City Area

Kansas City

 

Home Of Worlds Of Fun Amusement Park! Most of these attractions are gone and now its a roller coaster capital.

Note-This page is old and is in the process of being updated. Double check all info as things change quick.

Last call at many bars and clubs is 3 am. The Music scene for Kansas City Includes the Kansas side as well as shows in the nearby college town of Lawrence, KS.

Do816 lists many local events as does THE PITCH.

There is also a more filtered list of shows here.

Rockabilly parties by the Hepkat can be found here.  The annual KC Fringe festival here

Labor Day Rockabilly Car Event-on the KANSAS side

Greaserama-Boulevard Drive-In-1051 Merriam Lane, Kansas City, Kansas Annual car and music event in Kansas City, KANSAS

Shopping-

Boomerang Vintage clothing store-3900 Pennsylvania Ave #2940, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
+1 816-531-6111

It’s a Beautiful Day Kansas City, 3918 Broadway Rd, Kansas City, Missouri-More Vintage

Live Music-
Daveys Uptown Ramblers Club-3402 Main Street-Kansas City, MO 816-753-1909
Fred P. Otts-4770 JC Nichols Parkway-Kansas City, MO 816-753-2878-Burger joint with live music occasionally

The Brick-1727 McGee, Kansas City, MO 64108. (816) 421-1634. _Music venue with great music venue with bar food, meatloaf sandwich, hot dog wrapped in bacon dipped in batter and deep fried

miniBar-3810 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 326-8281

The Riot Room-punk-y kind of club.4048 Broadway, Kansas City, MO
Knuckleheads Saloon-2715 Rochester, KC MO 64120 -This is a country blues joint.  The reason its on here is there annual Elvis show and they have some vintage rockabilly too.
Crosstown Station-1522 McGee Street – Kansas City – MO – 64108 ::: 816-471-1522
Record bar-records, food, live music-1020 Westport Rd, KC, MO 64111

Record Stores-
Vinyl Renaissance-7932 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park, KS 66204 (suburb of KC)
Seventh Heaven, 7621 Troost, Kansas City, MO 64131

Mills Record Company : 4045 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 960-3775

Josey Records: 1814 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64108 (816) 283-8452

Records with Merritt -1614 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 585-7366

Revolution Records ?-1830 Locust St, Kansas City, MO 64108 (816) 399-4849

Amusement Parks-
Worlds of Fun-4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64161
Phone Number: (816) 454-4545

A coupon book for theaters, museums, etc is available from the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City, 1100 Main Street, Suite 2550, Kansas City, Mo. 64105; (800) 767-7700

Where to Stay

The Hotel Savoy -219 West Ninth Street, now the 21c. Small room hotel.

Some comfortable, well-appointed suites can also be found downtown for $89 to $150 at the 100-unit Historic Suites of America , 612 Central Avenue; (816) 842-6544, www.historicsuites.com. Amenities include a breakfast buffet included in the rate and an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi.

Bars-

The Ship-1221 Union Ave, Kansas City, MO 64101, United States
+1 816-471-7447-Bar with live music and classic cocktails

Eats-

The Savoy Grill, 219 West Ninth Street, (816) 842-3890-Old timey fancy steakhouse in an old timey fancy hotel

Arthur Bryants BBQ-1727 Brooklyn Ave, Kansas City 64127, tel: (816) 231-1123

Jack Stack Barbecue – 101 W 22nd St #300, Kansas City, MO 64108 and other locations

Town Topic -vintage Hamburger Restaurant, 2021 Broadway St, Kansas City, MO 64108
Open 24 hours (816) 842-2298

Humdinger Drive In -2504 E 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64124-The kind of joint we live for. Giant sign that says “ever eat here” Different than just burgers

Joe’s Kansas City Barbecue –Best brisket and burnt ends in town from a gas-station counter. 3002 W 47th St, Kansas City, KS 66103  Great ribs too.  One of the highest rated of the moment.

Q39-1000 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 255-3753 New hipster bbq giving old school bbq a run for the money

LC’s Bar-B-Q -rustic dining room: 5800 Blue Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64129 (816) 923-4484, get ribs, burnt ends, pit beans
Gates BBQ-3205 Main Street, (816) 531-7522 and other Various Locations

 

Hayes Hamburgers and Chili-2502 NE Vivion Rd KC Mo 64118   -one of the best slider type burgers we have ever had

Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill-817 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111- (816) 931-1986 HUGE great burgers (the mini is bigger than the normal burger) and great onion rings.  Daily 11 am til at least Midnight.

Smokin Guns BBQ -1218 Swift Avenue  Kansas City, MO 64116 (816) 221-2535-was featured on Triple D, Smoked Turkey, Burnt Ends, Brisket

Strouds-1015 E. 85th St.,Kansas City, MO , 816-333-2132-famous pan fried chicken but the best thing are these Cinnamon Rolls they serve.

TOWN TOPIC, INC.-2021 Broadway St, Kansas City, MO
(816) 842-2298  24 hour old timey burger joint.  See the review on Holly Eats.com

Winsteads Drive Inn-101 Brush Creek Boulevard, Kansas City, MO, 816-753-2244-The sign is the same, but the inside was made sort of Dennys like, but this place makes amazing THIN, SO SO THIN burgers that are incredible, plus several awesome types of shakes, including one frosty style, along with Cherry Lime sodas and incredible onion rings, which you can order half and half with fries.  !!! 

This location is also by the art museums famous Giant Shuttlecock.

Woodyard BBQ |- 3001 Merriam Lane  Kansas City, KS 66106 (913) 362-8000-This place provides the wood for many other BBQ restaurants in town.  They use a curry flavor in their rub

 

Plaza III -The Steakhouse -Old-school venue, known for its steak soup: 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO 64112 (816) 753-0000

Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse -pricey steak house but Open since 1938: 517 E 135th St, Kansas City, MO 64145 Warning, you are coming for the vintage atmosphere. Check reviews on current quality

Andy’s Frozen Custard -vintage roadside Ice Cream Shop
Frozen custard sundaes, concretes & more, plus a choice of toppings- 1200 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111

 

Independence, MO (KC suburb)

Eats-Dixon’s Chili Parlor-9105 E US Hwy 40, Independence, MO 64055 (816) 861-7308-Oneof the oldest restaurants in the city.

Mugs-Up Root Beer -Classic drive in with carhops serving house-brewed root beer, hot dogs, burgers & sandwiches. 700 East 23rd St S, Independence, MO 64055 (816) 254-7040. get a loose meat sandwich, lime aid, black cow, rusty warren
HiBoy Drive-In -Hamburger Restaurant-get the onion rings: 16721 E Gudgell Rd, Independence, MO 64055 (816) 350-2120

HiBoy Drive-In-3424 S Blue Ridge Cut Off, Independence, MO 64055 (816) 861-2677-Now a chain I think this is the original location drive in with great burgers and fantastic onion rings and super thick shakes.

Kansas CIty, KS

Bars-

The Easy Inn-322 N 6th St, Kansas City, KS 66101, United States
+1 913-291-0251-Venue with some nights of Garage rock DJs

Eats-
Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que -Built to look like a barn.: 11610 Kaw Dr, Kansas City, KS 66111 (913) 422-4210 try the ultimate destroyer huge sammy

Fritz’ Kansas City, KS, 250 N. 18th St.Kansas City, KS 66102913-281-2777 Fast food where you order on a phone and your food is delivered on a toy train.  3 locations.

Golden Ox-Open since 1949-1600 Genessee St #110, Kansas City, MO 64102, United States-Oldest steakhouse in KC.

Overland Park, KS (Kansas City area)

Eats-
John’s Space Age Donuts: 8124 Floyd St, Overland Park, KS 66204. This is what donuts will be like in the future.  Get the Apple fritter.

Mission, KS (Greater KC Area)

R.J.’s Bob-Be-Que Shack -5835 Lamar Ave, Mission, KS 66202 (913) 262-7300 brisket soup?, baby backs, jalapeno sausages rolled in corn husks, deep fried corn, lamb ribs

Sedalia, MO

Eats-Wheel Inn Drive In-Home to the Guberburger, a hamburger covered with peanut butter.  This restaurant was featured in PBS’s Hamburger America.
1800 West Broadway Boulevard-Sedalia, MO 65301
660-826-5177

Shawnee Mission, KS (Greater Kansas City Area)

Eats-

 Lawrence, KS

Eats-

Papa Kenos Pizzeria-837 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044, United States-Pizza joint with a few pinball machines too.