Food & Drink

Social distancing is key to stopping the spread of the new coronavirus, but giving big-city residents enough space to stay safely apart can be tough.

The city's rules for reopening limit restaurants' indoor dining, but a proposal would allow them to create makeshift patios on sidewalks and in parking spaces.

Mayor Quinton Lucas said he worked with the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association to develop the guidelines for reopening.

KCUR's food critics have found some new takeout favorites at restaurants where they used to prefer dining in.

The Mother's Day brunch scene isn't the same this year, but the matriarchs of Kansas City's brunch institutions have advice for recreating the specialness of the occasion at home.

Restaurants that emphasized carryout before COVID-19 may be able to weather the pandemic without a major overhaul, but those more focused on dining rooms and bars are hustling to change, with no guarantees.

In Kansas and Missouri, ice cream trucks can still deliver their Bomb Pops and Fudge Bars under stay-at-home orders, but some people wonder if they should.

The volunteer group is delivering halal meals from Kansas City restaurants for free to Muslim health care workers fasting on the front lines.

Ixtapa had plans to expand to a second location this month. Now, the Northland restaurant just hopes to survive the coronavirus shutdown.

A new addition to Jones Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, Kansas, allows for contact-free barbecue ordering all the time.

On a typical Easter Sunday, Niecie’s Restaurant on 64th and Troost would be slammed. The flat-top grill in the kitchen would be sizzling with smashed…

Brett Atkinson owns Wilma’s Good Food Food Truck. He's currently out of work due to metro Kansas City's stay-at-home orders — but he's not sitting…