Spanish-tiled shopping district built 1922. Rye Plaza, The Capital Grille and Winstead's anchor the dining. Plaza Art Fair takes the streets the last weekend of September.
Order Fried chicken plate with mashed potatoes and biscuits; finish with the butterscotch pie.
Colby and Megan Garrelts opened Rye Plaza in 2017 as the Country Club Plaza outpost of their Midwestern cooking; fried chicken and biscuits headline.
Order Dry-aged porterhouse for two with lobster mac and cheese, and a bottle from the cellar.
The Capital Grille on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza dry-ages its beef in-house for 18 to 24 days and hand-cuts to order, with a 3,500-bottle wine cellar.
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Order Double steakburger with cheese, a side of onion rings and a Frosty malt.
Winstead's on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City opened in 1940 as the Streamline Moderne drive-in that defined the city's steakburger. Priced at $.
Order Dim sum on a Sunday morning from the rolling carts; cheung fun and shumai are the anchors.
Bo Lings on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City has run dim sum and pan-regional Chinese cooking since 1981, with weekend cart service and four metro.
Order Espresso, drip filter
Messenger Coffee's South Plaza cafe in Kansas City brings the Grand Boulevard flagship's roasts to the Plaza corridor, paired with Ibis Bakery's daily breads.
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Plaza Art Fair on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza runs the last weekend of September with 240 artists, three music stages and 20 featured restaurants.
Billie's Grocery in Kansas City runs a cooking school focused on organic whole eats, with hands-on workshops covering plant-based techniques and grocery.
On this list, shown aboveWinstead's Steakburger Plaza
Order Fried chicken plate with biscuits and the butterscotch pie to share.
Rye Plaza in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza runs a Midwestern weekend brunch with the Garrelts' fried chicken, biscuits and butterscotch pie as the anchors.
On this list, shown aboveWinstead's Steakburger Plaza
