Located in a historic building, Third Street Social is an American Restaurant that serves chef driven cuisines along with traditional and creative cocktails, wines and beers. The eatery is spacious and has a large dining area, a lounge, a bar that can seat 25 people. The drinks menu features beer, wine and cocktails which can be enjoyed with classical American fare or side dishes like burgers, hand-cut steaks, fried chicken, salads, sandwiches and many more dishes.
This local favorite features a rustic Italian décor, a warm fireplace and outdoor dining overlooking a creek. Although it is upscale and romantic, with servers dressed in tux shirts and ties, diners dress casually and the atmosphere is relaxed. This restaurant also connects to an adjoining market where diners can enjoy sandwiches. Entrees include shrimp scampi, lobster, chicken and KC strip. This award-winning restaurant, a Kansas City favorite, is perfect for business meetings and romantic occasions.
For incredible, authentic Middle Eastern food, Jerusalem Café is the place to go. Pictures and decorations from Jerusalem fill the walls, making you forget you are in Midwest America. Especially good is their shwarma chicken, gyros, and krass-stuffed pastries. For dessert, try a cup of Turkish coffee and baklava. Located in the heart of Westport, their giant windows and outside seating is a relaxing place to watch the city go by. They even have a hookah bar upstairs that overlooks the street. This place is relatively cheap and casual for the high-quality food, and is a great place to go with kids, a group, or on a date.
Pizza 51 has kept the motif of the gas station it moved into with a huge sign out front, garage doors they open in the summer, and travel themed dishes like the Highway Special (pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, black olives). The pizza does travel, too, with delivery and take-out available. The important thing is that it doesn’t taste like gas station pizza. One giant slice of this deliciously crunchy, thin-crusted, New York style pizza is enough to feed two people. -Robin Sontheimer