The second you step through the doors of Gates Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, something tells you this isn’t just another restaurant.
Maybe it’s the enthusiastic greeting that hits you like a friendly freight train, or maybe it’s the aroma of hickory smoke that’s so thick you could practically chew it.
Whatever it is, you know immediately that you’ve arrived somewhere that takes barbecue seriously and has been doing it right for a very long time.
Gates Bar-B-Q on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard is one of those rare places where everything comes together perfectly: the food, the atmosphere, the service, the history…