If you're like most travelers, eating is one of your favorite – if not most frequent – travel pastimes. And if you like lots of variety and really good values compared to say, Chicago, New York or San Francisco, Kansas City is your sweet spot in the heart of America. We love, love, love Kansas City's food scene and want to help you experience the best of it. And so we share Top Ten restaurants for select categories based TripAdvisor reviews (rankings change daily, these are as of time article written). Because we believe that it is best to experience what is unique to a destination, an asterisk marks the names of restaurants you won't find in any other city.Part I focuses on barbecue and upscale/fine dining experiences. Barbecue because it is what the world comes to Kansas City for. Included are bbq joints and upscale establishments. Upscale/fine dining with contemporary American emphasis because these are mostly the chef-driven restaurants creating the buzzworthy dishes and authentic culinary experiences that occur in a city shaped by being at the geographic and cultural crossroads of our vast nation.  Barbecue https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g44535-Kansas_City_Missouri.html1)  Q39* (upscale, multiple locations)2)  Jack Stack Barbecue – Freight House *3)  Jack Stack Barbecue – Martin City *4)  Slap'S BBQ *5)  Jack Stack Barbecue *6)  Char Bar* (part of local restaurant company)7)  Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que*8)  BB's Lawnside Bar-b-que*9)  LC's BBQ*10) Arthur Bryant's BBQ*  Restaurants - Brunch https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g44535-Kansas_City_Missouri.html1)  Bristol Seafood Grill2)  Trezo Mare*3)  Webster House*4)  Chaz on the Plaza*5)  Pierpont's at Union Station* (operates Hereford House restaurants)6)  The Majestic Restaurant*7)  McCormick & Schmick's8)  Café des Amis*9)  Rye Plaza* (two locations)10) Ophelia's Restaurant & Inn*  Restaurants – Romantic Dining https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g44535-Kansas_City_Missouri.html1)  Bluestem*2)  Capital Grille3)  Webster House*4)  801 Chop House5)  Pierpont's at Union Station* (operates Hereford House restaurants)6)  Chaz on the Plaza*7)  Bristol Seafood Grill8)  JJ's*9)  The Majestic Restaurant*10) Eddie V's* Â
