Eating free Arthur Bryants...

[Fire Me Boy!]

I've never had AB's before... it's decent. The ribs are purely mediocre, IMO. The brisket and sausage are very good.

[StcChief]

AB Brisket is awesome.

Jack Stack is good too. Ribs and brisket.

[Jilly]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I like AB's sauce the most, and their brisket the most. Not a huge fan of their ribs, although they are good. I'll get the ribs at jack stack, the brisket at Bryants.

AB's has the best fries, IMO.

hands down..the best fries.

Jack Stack, though - has awesome BBQ beans

[Reaper16]

I like AB's a lot. Brisket is good, ribs are sometimes really good/sometimes average. Fries just like my mom used to make.

My favorite ribs in the city are at Jack Stack. Great food there, despite the upscale environs.

Oklahoma Joe's is my favorite place overall in KC. Thier pulled pork is pretty bad-ass, and thier wednesday special Burnt Ends platter is great. (AB's seems to fake half of your order when you get burnt ends. It seems the past 4 times I've ordered burnt ends there, half of them were just cubed beef.)

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Moooo

Okay. We go to the one at like 70th and Troost. Does that sound right? Maybe it's Prospect.

Anyway, they always just bring it back, I haven't actually seen the resturaunt in 10 years or so.

Moooo

I believe you're thinking of the Smokestack on Wornall & 89th (around 89th at least). They have some pretty decent BBQ. Their beans are pretty good too. They put like 3 different types of beans in it. Ask them to make em pit beans next time and get a real treat.... they scoop some juices and sauce from the smoker into the beans.... mmm...

They don't serve beer though... and I usually like a nice beer with my BBQ.....

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I think Smokestack was the original Jack Stack. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Smokestack was the original Smokestack. It was located just north of where 71 Highway ended before there was a Bruce Watkins, across from the Der Weinerschnitzel and Dolly Madison outlet, around the corner from the Sears outlet.
Then different interests opened Smokestack in Martin City. And they peacefully co-existed until MC Smokestack started branching out to Metcalf and downtown KC.
Original Smokestack asserted it's trademark primacy and won.
Haven't been down to the area of the original Smokestack, but I think I heard it moved slightly west over onto Wornall.

EDIT - from the article above it looks like; 1 - there's some discrepancy whether Smokestack asserted it's trademark or Jackstack back off of it's own accord, and 2 - the Wornall restaurant is not where the 71Hwy location moved to, but a sister location that outlived it.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Not true. Smokestack was the family business. They wanted their son to take over the business... read here.





http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:...=firefox-a</a>

Let me be more specific; the Smokestack in Martin City became Jack Stack, IIRC.

[RockChalk]

Jack Stack has the best beans in town without a doubt.

If I want the best BBQ, Jack Stack is the only place I'll consider; however, Oklahoma Joe's (gas station) Smokey Joe sandwhich is one of the best BBQ sandwhiches I've had.

AB's is good, but only the original.

Gates is okay, but dont' care much for their sauce or the screaming at me. You can help me by shutting the fuck up and taking my order.

[Megbert]

I grew up eating Quicks and Rosedale. I do like me some Jack Stack though. I've only eaten at AB's a couple times and really enjoyed it. Fries are really good.