Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Back Draft BBQ | Location: | Woods Chapel Road, Blue Springs |
| Cuisine: | Bar-b-Que | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Cute-firehouse decor |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | I love their RIBS! |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very friendly staff |
| Favorites: | Ribs, Smoked Bologna, Shreaded Beef, Beans |
| Comments: | This BBQ is a little different from the others around town-it has a texas flare! I love their sauce---actually---it is all good! |
| Reviewer: | Jodi |
Date: | 8/11/00 |
| Restaurant: | BB's Lawnside BBQ | Location: | 85th street, kcmo |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | tacky | Notes: | very loud, poor service. |
| Food: | substandard | Notes: | Jack Stack or KC Materpeice are by far the places to go |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | RUDE! Dirty, what more can I say |
| Favorites: | nothing |
| Comments: | We went there because it was always crowded so we thought it must be good, and being down from Strouds Chicken we gave it a try, We
regret it. it was a 30 min wait then we sit down and our waitress says how
are you and we as most people said good, how are you? ... boy we
should'nt have asked cause she complained about how she had to work that
night and her baby's dad didnt pay her and just her life story. as if that
wasnt bad enough it took about 45 min for our food, (the waitress had
forgot to put our ticket in) then I didnt even get what I ordered, I had
enough and went to the manager and was told how sorry they were, I told
them the food was'nt what I ordered and this whole experiance was horrible
and didnt feel I should have to pay, well ended up being that I did'nt pay
for mine but even though my husband didnt eat his he was expected to pay
his, they did offer me another entree but I declined, I felt they did'nt
try hard enough to make up for the mistakes, to top all of it off the
live music they had that night was not very good. |
| Reviewer: | Taylin |
Date: | 7/6/03 |
| Restaurant: | BBs Lawnside BBQ | Location: | 85th and Holmes |
| Cuisine: | Barbecue | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Great Blues Feel! |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Fantastic BBQ |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Attentive and courteous... they have fun! |
| Favorites: | Pulled Pork, Ribs, Beans |
| Comments: | If you love the blues, you've found your home! Hands down some of the best live blues music available in KC. Couple that with an unmatchable atmosphere and unmistakably smokey BBQ and you've got BBs. BBs offers a great expereince all the way around, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to take a little step back in time and experience "real" blues. Personally, my wife and I are huge fans of the regular Sunday night band: Lee McBee and the Confessors. |
| Reviewer: | Michael |
Date: | 4/11/05 |
| Restaurant: | Biffle's Smoke House BBQ | Location: | Concordia, MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Hot pepper cubes rock! |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Turkey, Hot BBQ Sauce, Pepper Cubes |
| Comments: | _ |
| Reviewer: | Ben |
Date: | 6/4/04 |
| Restaurant: | Biffle's Barbeque | Location: | Concordia, Mo |
| Cuisine: | Turkey, beef and pork | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | excellent service and food |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | _ | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | I'm in Fl. and I wish they could send some of that down here. |
| Comments: | We have just ran out of your barbeque sauce and have been out of everything since moving to Fl. Do you mail? |
| Reviewer: | Mary |
Date: | 1/23/05 |
| Restaurant: | Black Belt BBQ | Location: | Westport |
| Cuisine: | BBQ and Jamaican | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Has a Jamaican theme |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | Beef BBQ sandwhich |
| Comments: | Black Belt is a diamond in the rough. It's a family run restaurant and taste like homemade good cooking. It's awesome to have the choice of BBQ or expanding your taste to Jamaican. Both are wonderful! It's a must try!! |
| Reviewer: | Heather |
Date: | 3/16/05 |
| Restaurant: | Famous Dave's | Location: | KCK-next to the Kansas Speedway |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | a little classier than typical barbeque |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Served hot, good protions, excellent flavor |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | ribs |
| Comments: | Wow! These are the best ribs I've had in a long time. I could eat them without sauce, they were smoked to perfection. Meat was tender on the inside and chewy on the outside-with little to no fat! Portion size was good-but a little expensive. The beans had a slow, burn to them, just enough kick to wake you up. I prefer Summit or Jack Stack's beans though. I thought the price for the beans were expensive ($4/pint). Plan ahead the wait is usually 30 minutes or better. You just have to wait in line for good barbeque! |
| Reviewer: | Jer |
Date: | 2/28/05 |
| Restaurant: | Freight House | Location: | 13th Wyandotte, Dt,Kc,Mo |
| Cuisine: | BBQ/Steak | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | Finest service available |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | K.C Strip/Beef ribs,NONE BETTER |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | Attentive,Personable,Friendly |
| Favorites: | Steak,Ribs,Salmon |
| Comments: | Ten Years ago,I got a published list of the best, I beleive it was Midwest Living, I've been dining
At What thy call the Best, Many have been excellent, HOW Gates made it on
the list befuddles Me, Thats Not Edible. This city has so Many good
restaraunts,Keep Dining,Enjoy. |
| Reviewer: | Johnboucher |
Date: | 10/20/01 |
| Restaurant: | Hickory Pit | Location: | Lee's Summit MO |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | always friendly |
| Favorites: | Best beans ever! burnt ends are wonderful |
| Comments: | I lived in the area for years, then moved to Nashville, then Atlanta, now I'm in Cheyenne WY. Don't you think the south or wild west could have a decent BBQ place? I can't find a place to compare to them!! It's the one place I go to every time I visit KC. My mouth is watering just thinking about their beans! |
| Reviewer: | Terie |
Date: | 3/18/04 |
| Restaurant: | Jim & Mary's Bar-B-Que | Location: | 4909 King Hill Ave, (Next to Dairy Queen) St. Joseph, MO |
| Cuisine: | Bar-B-Que | Price: | $ bargain |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Trailer used for catering serves good BBQ at this vacant lot |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | If your mama made good BBQ, it would taste |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Jim is friendly and
enthusiastic about his love of good food |
| Favorites: | Sandwiches of Pulled Pork, Brisket. Sides of Cole Slaw and Potatoe Salad. |
| Comments: | Jim is the Billy Graham of BBQ, an
evangelist with a grill and a dream. They operate a clean walk up from a
trailer that is used for catering. Thier grill is half as long as the
trailer itself. Jim's enthusiasm and love of what he does shows in the
quality of the food. I submit this review because I'm a real fan and this
place is not in the phone book, since it only has a cell phone (816)
262-6108. It's only a few blocks from beautiful Hyde Park, which is a
great place to enjoy this food. For Yahoo mappers, etc, look for the
Dairy Queen on King Hill Ave. You won't be dissapointed. Hours are
11-1:30 We, Th; 11-7:00 Fri, Sat; 11-2:00 Sun. |
| Reviewer: | Ted |
Date: | 7/5/03 |
| Restaurant: | K & M Barbeque | Location: | Off old 169 highway Spring hill KS |
| Cuisine: | Barbeque | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Nice but go early during lunch |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | Great always more than enough food |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | see comments |
| Favorites: | Killer Sandwich , RIBS, and Beans |
| Comments: | It's KC BBQ at it's finest. The BBQ sauce is homemade and one of a kind the "killer sandwich" is a must and will fill anyone up. I truly
feel that it is the finest in KC. By the way, do not forget their ribs,
beans, and everything else as well. I've never been dissapointed in the
ten years I have been going there. |
| Reviewer: | Bryan |
Date: | 7/1/02 |
| Restaurant: | K & M Barbeque | Location: | Springhill, KS |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Very good they wait on you hand & foot |
| Favorites: | combo plate |
| Comments: | Very good plsce to eat!! |
| Reviewer: | Craig |
Date: | 1/3/03 |
| Restaurant: | Mama Jo's Bar-B-Que | Location: | 7201 Parvin Road |
| Cuisine: | Bar-B-Que | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | The meat falls off the bone and the beans are EXCELLENT!!!!! |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | The workers are very pleasant , kind and helpful! |
| Favorites: | Beans and Sausage |
| Comments: | Mama Jo's is a new restaurant in the North Kansas City area that offers great food, service in a very wholesome environment. |
| Reviewer: | Ella |
Date: | 8/17/01 |
| Restaurant: | Mama Joe's | Location: | Kansas City |
| Cuisine: | BBQ | Price: | $$ inexpensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | brisket sandwich |
| Comments: | We were traveling through Kansas City. I had originally scoped out a place but couldn't find it and then happened upon Mama Joe's. BEST BBQ I've ever had. Great sauce and tender meat. |
| Reviewer: | Gina |
Date: | 1/31/05 |
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