Kansas City’s dining scene has quietly been experimenting with cannabis-infused menus for the last couple of years, from intimate private chef tables to ticketed pop-ups blending THC with fine dining. Now, one of Missouri’s biggest cannabis brands is stepping into the local culinary ring with its own take.
SWADE Cannabis is launching its Best Buds infused dining series in Kansas City this fall, partnering with Night Goat Barbecue and The Westside Local to showcase what THC can look like in a chef-driven, restaurant-forward setting, without asking guests to trade flavor for novelty.
The series, titled Best Buds: Toasted Harvest, follows successful St. Louis pop-ups that featured some of the city’s most respected chefs. For Kansas City, SWADE tapped Chef Vaughn Good of Fox and Pearl and Night Goat Barbecue and Chef Julio Ventura of The Westside Local, keeping the approach clear: local, elevated, and approachable…