Food & Drink

Kansas City, Kansas, is known as the home of Da’ Bomb Hot Sauce, from the web series “Hot Ones," but there are many places throughout the metro to get a good kick of spice in your meal. Here’s where to get the best blazing meals in the Kansas City area.

Justin Easterwood is building out a 5,400-square-foot Chef J BBQ location in North Kansas City after years inside The Beast haunted house in the West Bottoms — which will stay open as well. The new space will let patrons get up close to the smokers and pitmasters.

Ahead of March 17, get your shamrocks ready to visit the Irish pubs and restaurants that help define Kansas City — a metro that was shaped with the help of Irish immigrants.

A bill sponsored by a Grain Valley Republican would allow a license or permit issued by Jackson County to be valid for a mobile food business operating under any municipality in the county.

Chef Silvia Miguel provides empanadas and other pastries to coffee shops like Cafe Corazon, as well as restaurants and hotels. Her bakery Pan Caliente will be offering a "rotating lineup" of empanadas to match countries participating in the World Cup.

Proponents are worried that soccer fans in Johnson and Wyandotte counties will cross the border to bars and stores in Missouri, which already passed legislation to extend liquor sales to 23 hours of the day.

Dulcinea Herrera, whose family operates three Café Corazón locations across the metro, is ready to welcome Argentina’s World Cup team and its fans to Kansas City this summer. She's already prepared to welcome larger crowds and host watch parties.

From hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurants to upscale brunch spots, Kansas City enjoys countless versions of the breakfast burrito guaranteed to start your day on the right note.

As companies launch an array of protein-rich products and new federal dietary guidelines advise Americans to prioritize protein, nutrition experts have mixed feelings about the new emphasis on protein.

A three-foot-long burrito. A $40 chicken sandwich. A hamburger 10 patties tall. At these Kansas City restaurants, finishing a food challenge will bring eternal glory, and possibly a stomachache too.

As the Kansas City region grows, more chains that used to be geographically-restricted are opening locations here — great news for the avid fans of Whataburger and Bojangles. But we're still waiting on you, In-N-Out.

Whether you're looking for a Valentine's Day reservation, trying to impress someone new, or just want a new way to explore Kansas City with a friend or partner, we have plenty of great options for getting out and about.