Top Rated Restaurants & Cafes in Kansas City

Miami Ice has dessert with a twist. They have all the traditional flavors of ice cream, including some wild ones like peanut butter and banana. You can choose from any of the mix-ins like peanuts, candy, and fruit. The best thing about this place is their shaved ice. Not only do they have every flavor, but it can also come with custard at the bottom, a surprisingly delicious treat! They serve other summertime food like hot dogs and hamburgers. Their patio is a great place to spend a hot afternoon.

Vegans in Kansas City couldn't have been happier when the city got its first all-vegan bakery and coffeehouse in 2011. The menu at Mud Pie Vegan Bakery and Coffeehouse is certifiably gluten-free and a hundred percent vegan. The place offers a wide variety of cookies, cupcakes, tarts, muffins, and scones, to name a few. Apart from this, they also serve brilliant coffees and teas that give you a fantastic start of the day.

Char Bar located in Kansas City, is a BBQ restaurant and bar. This fun and lively eatery has a spacious indoor seating as well as a sprawling 10,000-square foot (929 square meters) beer garden, with a number of games including bocce, lawn croquet and ping-pong! Enjoy delicious barbecue dishes like brisket, burnts ends and ribs among others. This is a great place for a meal with friends or just for a really fun night out. Wash down your food with a drink choosing from their wide selection of local craft beers and cocktails served in mason-jars.

Broadway Café, a central hub of Kansas City, is one of those places through which everyone passes eventually. They roast their own beans, so no other coffee taste as good as theirs. In fact, other coffee shops buy Broadway Café coffee to sell. Some of their best drinks include an iced mint mocha and the Depth Charge. Many of the baristas top off the drinks with impressive latté foam art. Some pastries and sandwiches from local restaurants are also available. This is a good place to come with a group of friends, or it can be a nice quiet place to read.

Winning accolades for its burgers is the Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill. Serving the best burgers in Kansas City, Westport's burgers come replete with bacon, cheese and 2 pounds (0.90 kilograms) of fries. This eatery has been flipping burgers for more than 30 years now, without batting an eyelid. Besides burgers, they have taken it upon themselves to make sure you have an epic time while you are here. Westport's does Monday steak nights, karaoke, trivia, movies, video games and more. Wash down your burger with any of their 44 cold and delicious beers and you are all set for the evening.

Hankering for some hand-cut, sweet potato fries? Do drop in at Mike Kelly's Westsider, a no-nonsense, it's all about the food, kind of place. Though they do have entertainment in the form of live music about four nights a week, wherein you can see some of the local talent perform. The locally owned neighborhood bar and grill lives up to its name with its relaxed vibe, local entertainment, laid-back decor, unpretentious food, which is fresh and wholesome. Do try their burgers and their Tuna; their kitchen hours are 11a to 10p from Monday through Thursday and 11a to 11p on Friday and Saturday.