Restaurant reservation and review website OpenTable recently made its list of restaurants and bars should be on visitors’ radars when they come to Kansas City for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But Star readers had quite to say about their picks.
OpenTable’s recommendations included 11 spots, including local favorites like Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue and neighborhood spots The Westside Local. Readers noticed that the restaurants were near expected hot spots for tourists, like the Country Club Plaza, the Power & Light District, and Union Station.
“The Open Table list is a group of what I would call ‘destination’ or ‘special occasion’ restaurants,” reader Paul Schenk emailed to The Star…