Missouri

With plenty of things to do in Kansas City, our quick visit to the Kansas City Power & Light District occurred during a weekday morning. The Kansas City Power & Light District is a downtown Kansas City entertainment center with restaurants, bars and music venues. While it uses the Kansas City skyline as its logo, …

Our recent road trip to Kansas City was planned for several days of visiting barbecue restaurants and listening to blues music. Kansas City style wood-fired barbeque is slow-smoked; sauces are tomato-based with sweet molasses notes. Out of several barbecue restaurants in Independence, where we were staying, we chose Smokehouse Bar-B-Q on our final night in …

Barbecue restaurants are a Kansas City tradition. Our second stop, BB’s Lawnside BBQ, on a recent road trip tour of several Kansas City style barbecue restaurants was an opportunity to hear a great local blues band. BB’s Lawnside BBQ – We looked forward to enjoying the music of Lee McBee and the Confessors, a blues band that …