Eat in south-kc, Kansas City

Niecie's Restaurant ★ 4.4

Niecie's Restaurant on Troost Avenue in Kansas City has run Black-owned soul food since 1985, when Denise and Perry Ward opened their first location on Prospect Avenue. The current Troost address opened in 2009. The menu is full plates of Southern classics.

Signature: Smothered chicken, Catfish, Peach cobbler

Order: Smothered chicken with greens, mac and cheese, and peach cobbler to finish.

Tip: Daily plate specials rotate; the lunch buffet is the value. Sunday gospel brunch packs the room.

Niecie's Restaurant Lunch ★ 4.3

Niecie's Restaurant on Troost Avenue in Kansas City has carried Denise Ward's Black-owned soul food since 1985 (current Troost address since 2009). The daily plate special with two sides runs around $12 at the counter.

Try: Daily plate special

Tip: Lunch buffet on weekdays is the value; Sunday gospel brunch is a different price.

Niecie's Restaurant ★ 4.4

Why locals love it: On Troost Avenue, Kansas City's historical Black main street. Soul food from Denise and Perry Ward since 1985 (current Troost address since 2009), deeply local, rarely on tourist routes.

Tip: Sunday gospel brunch is the event; the lunch buffet is the value.