The historic centre of Black Kansas City, home to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum. Gates Bar-B-Q on Emanuel Cleaver II, the Blue Room jazz club.
Order Burnt ends sandwich on Wonder Bread with the rust-coloured original sauce.
Arthur Bryant's on Brooklyn Avenue in Kansas City is the canonical BBQ address, with roots back to Henry Perry's 1908 pit and the Bryant family's takeover.
Order Beef on bun with extra sauce and a side of beans, plus burnt ends if you can get them.
Gates Bar-B-Q's Emanuel Cleaver II flagship in Kansas City has run the city's tomato-sweet sauce style since 1946, with the famous greeting at the door.
Try Burnt ends, beef on bun
Gates Bar-B-Q's Emanuel Cleaver II flagship in Kansas City stays open to 23:00 weeknights and 24:00 weekends, with burnt ends and beef on bun after the jazz.
The Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City's 18th and Vine Jazz District runs live jazz four nights a week, anchoring the historic neighbourhood.
