This Valentine’s Day, many Kansas City-area chefs and restaurant owners will be working away creating dishes for couples enjoying the holidays. But if they were lucky enough to have the night off, they’d be going to one of these hot spot eateries.
A handful of noteworthy chefs and owners from beloved restaurants shared with The Star where they think you should consider going for Valentine’s Day (and where they could be found if they had the time).
From sushi to pasta, Indian food to oysters, these chefs recommend a variety of local cuisines for date nights this weekend, or whenever you want to celebrate.
Leslie Goellner, owner of Antler Room and Anjin
Having experimented with Mediterranean and Japanese cooking at her own restaurants, Goellner is obsessed with sushi and can’t speak highly enough about Akoya Omasake, 106 W. 12th St., by chef Peter Hoang inside the Hotel Philips in downtown Kansas City…