Kansas Citians, I come to you ready to eat humble pie after feasting for days at your area restaurants. There’s something unexpectedly special and delightful about this small but mighty dining scene in Kansas City.
I spent nearly a week eating and drinking my way through Kansas City, both at institutions and hip eateries to get acquainted with my new home. Because it’s my job to talk about food, I felt it only right to share my reporter’s notes and my favorite bites and sips.
But first, let me back up: I’m the new KC Food Insider, joining restaurant reporter Jenna Thompson to cover more of our region’s restaurants. It’s my job to report on the food scene in Kansas City, but I face one major obstacle: I’m new to Kansas City, and before moving here for this job, I’d never visited the Paris of the Plains…