The Best of KC Food... Look it over and start bitching

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Originally Posted by NewChief

I'm not sure if KC has the same "moguls" that St. Louis does as far as restaurants. Between David Bailey, Ben Poremba, the OG hospitality group, Kevin Nashan and Gerard Craft, there are some quality concepts there. But yeah, every time we go there, my foodie friend is always like, "So... BBQ is now a big thing in St. Louis." or "Chicken is now a big thing in St. Louis" or "Southern is now a big thing."

I've been really impressed with the St. Louis food/drink scene over the last 5 years or so. It seems to be experiencing quite a Renaissance.

Yeah, KC doesn't have anyone who is like Gerard Craft in terms of the combination of skill & concept ambition. Colby & Megan Garrelts, Howard Hanna, and Celina Tio have the skill, and they each have multiple concepts, but not on Craft's scale of ambition. There's no hotshit restaurateur in KC pushing a good chef to head up a combination of high-end and more casual concepts like other major cities have.