When I’m away from Kansas City and in low spirits, I try to envision someone walking up to the counterman at Bryant’s and ordering a beef sandwich to go– for me. The counterman tosses a couple pieces of bread onto the counter, grabs a half a pound of beef from the pile next to [...]

In the southeast corner of Kansas City, directly in front of an impound lot at the intersection of Blue Parkway and coal mine road, stands a small smokehouse named LC’s. It’s the kind of scene that overwhelms the senses: When you open the front door, a tide of smoke washes through the entrance and begins [...]