4 Best Restaurants for Creative Cuisine in Kansas City

1. Story

4.7

Exceptional(2946)

Price: Moderate

• Modern European • Prairie Village

Booked 12 times today

Story is a contemporary American restaurant in The Village Shopping Center in Prairie Village, KS. The Center is located 10 minutes southwest of Kansas City, Missouri's Country Club Plaza. Story offers local, seasonal creative American cuisine from Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen. Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen is a 2022 and 2013 James Beard Semifinalist for Best Chef Midwest and FOOD & WINE magazine's The People's Best New Chef: Midwest. Chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen is FOOD & WINE Magazine's The People's Best New Chef National Winner for 2014. Story features comfortable dining room, patio and bar seating. Story accepts reservations and walk-ins Wednesday - Sunday 4:30pm - 8:30pm.

2. Bristol Seafood + Steak + Social

4.7

Exceptional(6253)

Price: Expensive

• Seafood • KC Power & Light District

Booked 65 times today

With an indulgent menu focused on superior quality seafood, Bristol Seafood Grill crafts its dishes with exacting standards & pampers its guests in a comfortable atmosphere. Featuring a generous cellar selection & creative ocean fare cuisine, Bristol Seafood Grill delivers culinary excellence at a surprising value. Open for lunch ($12 - $25) & dinner ($15-$35). Parking is available in the Power and Light Parking Garage off 13rd and Walnut with complimentary 2 hour validation before 4pm, and $5.00 after 4pm. Power and Light also offers Valet Parking in front of our restaurant everyday from 11am-close.

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3. Bristol Seafood Grill – Leawood, KS

4.7

Exceptional(9981)

Price: Expensive

• Seafood • Leawood

Booked 61 times today

With an indulgent menu focused on superior quality seafood, Bristol Seafood Grill crafts its dishes with exacting standards & pampers its guests in a comfortable atmosphere. Featuring a generous cellar selection, an oyster bar & creative cuisine, Bristol delivers culinary excellence at a surprising value. Open for weekday lunch, dinner & Sunday Brunch.

4. Brown & Loe

4.8

Exceptional(1756)

Price: Moderate

• American • Downtown / River Market

Booked 30 times today

Set in Kansas City’s historic City Market, Brown and Loe Restaurant’s inviting atmosphere is a blend of “big city” bistro with the welcoming casual flavor of a neighborhood favorite. Housed in a former Merchant’s Bank constructed in 1920, the restaurant honors the architectural details of the two-story building which features a façade of plate glass and verde marble floors and walls. In the 1940’s, Brown and Loe was originally a produce broker with offices on the second floor of the Merchant’s Bank building. The new Brown and Loe Restaurant celebrates the techniques of curing, pickling and smoking meats, beautifully interpreted into marvelous American comfort cuisine. This is a true local venue, evidenced by the restaurant’s allegiance to the resident farmers and food artisans who supply most of the restaurant’s fresh ingredients. Brown and Loe Restaurant is the second dining concept introduced by Harry Murphy, owner of the City Market’s popular Harry’s Country Club.

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1. Story

2. Bristol Seafood + Steak + Social

3. Bristol Seafood Grill – Leawood, KS

4. Brown & Loe

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