The invention of the Reuben sandwich is grilled in controversy. One theory states that the first Reuben sandwich was created for Reuben Kulakofsky in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1925, during a weekly poker game, he asked the chef of the Blackstone Hotel to make him a sandwich, and this was the result.
The second theory is that the sandwich was created in New York in 1914 by Arnold Reuben, who owned a delicatessen, for a Broadway actress who came in late at night.
Either (or both) theory could be true — but for us, there’s a more important question. Where in Kansas City serves the best Reuben?…