Kansas City and Memphis are probably the two best cities for BBQ in the country, and Arthur Bryant's is certainly the most famous, especially sine Calvin Trillen named it his favorite restaurant in America. There are other great names like the Smokestack, and Gates and Sons, but Bryant's is the one you really can't miss. The standards, ribs, pulled pork, sliced and mounded beef, burnt ends, are all available as well as hot crisp side of hand cut fries, dripping with fat and ready to melt in your mouth. I had a combo of pork and burnt ends (the bits and pieces that fall of the brisket during cooking) and it was legendary as always. Sometimes they have and mutton(lamb)which is a rarely seen outside of Kentucky and when they do have it, get it.

They have two locations but I like the one on Brooklyn, two blocks off of I70. Easy off and back on if you are just passing through. If you are spending the night, check out Stroud's for some of the best fried chicken in America.

ARTHUR BRYANT'S