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How many of these favorite dishes from Kansas City restaurants have you tried?
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Kansas City’s vibrant culinary scene offers a diverse array of dining experiences, like organic brunches at Blue Bird Bistro, where farm-to-table suppliers ensure a fresh and ever-changing menu, or Waldo Thai, where chef Pam Liberda showcases authentic Lanna cuisine from Northern Thailand.
Star staffers have eaten and loved it all, then written about it for Let’s Dish, a series on our favorite restaurant foods.
The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists at The Star. All stories below were reported, written and edited by Star journalists earlier in 2024.
Fancy cakes, featuring Buttonwood Farms sweet potato and house made organic granola baked, is on the menu at Bluebird Bistro in Kansas City. Nick Wagner/nwagner@kcstar.com
No. 1: Pancakes with apples? Sweet potatoes? KC bistro menu is always changing, always superb
A great Happy Gillis combo breakfast: The half-sandwich includes thick-cut bacon, scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese and aioli on Farm to Market Grains Galore toast. Pair it with a half-order of mushroom biscuits and gravy. Emily Curiel/ecuriel@kcstar.com
No. 2: My biggest mistake since moving to Kansas City? Not trying this brunch place sooner
A great combo at HomeGrown: the West Coast Wake Up omelet, paired with the Cinnamon Swirl French Toast, at right. But you can’t go wrong if you swap in the coffee cake with caramel sauce, top. Emily Curiel/ecuriel@kcstar.com
No. 3: At brunch I want savory AND sweet. This growing restaurant in KC gives the best of both
This omelet stuffed with gooey cheese, mmmm bacon and veggies, paired with French toast that radiates cinnamon: my perfect brunch. | Read Full Story by Sharon Hoffmann
The Reuben sandwich at Breit’s Stein & Deli, 412 N. Fifth St., in Kansas City, Kansas. Tammy Ljungblad/tljungblad@kcstar.com
No. 4: This KC area corner bar got new owners but kept the vibes — and the delicious $7 Reuben
What a sandwich: Toasted rye, with thinly sliced, perfectly salty corned beef that melts in your mouth. The kraut is sour, the Thousand Island is sweet and the Swiss seals the deal. | Read Full Story by Allison Dikanovic
Fortunati’s 12-inch baked potato pizza has a sourdough crust topped with house-made white sauce, mozzarella, bacon, potato slices and sour cream and onion flakes. Emily Curiel/ecuriel@kcstar.com
No. 5: I tried this ‘weird’ pizza my first day in Kansas City and keep going back for more
No. 6: Keep your Americanized pad Thai. I go to this KC restaurant for authentic Thai feasts
Our friends visiting from California were surprised to find pungent and authentic Asian flavors at a restaurant in the Midwest. I keep going back for more. | Read Full Story by Andrea Klick
No. 7: At KC-area restaurant, the sampler platter comes with a mountain of food, all amazing
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