Industrial flats below the Bluffs, antique-shop weekends and Voltaire wine bar. Stockyard heritage, brewery taprooms, and the American Royal complex nearby.
Golden Ox in Kansas City's West Bottoms opened in 1949 inside the Live Stock Exchange as the birthplace of the KC strip steak, reopened in 2018.
Signature: Kansas City strip, Bone-in ribeye, Shrimp cocktail
Order: The Kansas City strip, with the shrimp cocktail starter and old-school sides.
Tip: Reservations via Tock. The stockyards-era room is a destination unto itself.
Golden Ox in Kansas City's West Bottoms opened in 1949 inside the Live Stock Exchange as the birthplace of the KC strip. Reopened by Gartner and Jill Myers in 2018.
Tip: The stockyards-era dining room is the destination; reservations on Tock. Voltaire is the sister wine bar.
Voltaire in the Kansas City West Bottoms is the Moxie Industries wine bar and globally-inspired bistro, next to the sister Golden Ox in the Live Stock Exchange. Eclectic cellar, classic and contemporary cocktails.
Signature pour: Rotating by-the-glass list, classic cocktails
Wine focus: Eclectic, global cellar
Food: Globally inspired plates, weekend brunch
Tip: Weekend brunch Sat 10:00 to 14:00 and Sun 10:00 to 15:00; the bar takes walk-ins. Sister to Golden Ox on the same block.
Stockyards Brewing in the Kansas City West Bottoms opened 2016 inside the Live Stock Exchange building, restoring the historic Golden Ox steakhouse space with a brewery.
Tip: Mahogany-paneled walls and stained glass preserved from 1949. Overland Park outpost opened January 2026.