KC Restaurant Week Preview

A few days ago the boyfriend and I had the chance to check out a preview for Kansas City’s Restaurant Week. If you aren’t familiar with KC Restaurant Week, it’s a 10-day event where participating locations offer multi-course meals for either $15 or $33. This year a record-breaking 200 restaurants are participating, giving you what seems like endless options. A portion of the sales during this week benefit local charities, with this years beneficiary being the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City. It’s a great way to dine out and support the community.

A shout out to Joyal Marketing and Yelp KC for having us, as well as Sysco for being a sponsor (and vendor) at the preview. Here’s a look at some of the participating restaurants and offerings for this upcoming week.

*not every item pictured is necessarily on each restaurant’s menu for the event.

Michael Forbes Bar & Grille

Smoked Red Pepper Pasta: a creamy penne pasta with peas, red peppers, chicken, and a delicious roasted red pepper sauce. Definitely a favorite of the boyfriend’s. The sauce really brought the dish together!

Char Bar KC 

Charred Bits and Grits: an assortment of burnt ends, sausage, and bourbon candied bacon over a bed of cheesy grits and bbq butter. It’s a great mix, and I’m a new fan of grits. Also bonus points for the name – it’s so catchy!

Tribe Street Kitchen

Chicken Mole Tacos: braised mole chicken, cilantro, onions, avocado crema, and roasted corn on a Yoli toritlla. A yummy little bite packed full of flavor. Squeeze the lime on top for added flavor. Definitely a favorite of mine, but I’m a sucker for street tacos.

Blind Box BBQ

Burnt End Chili: In my opinion, this is the best kind of chili. Backed full of flavor (and burnt ends) – what more could you need? Side note – their spin on the reuben is one for the books.

Parkway Social Kitchen

Duroc Pork Chop: delicious pork served with an apple-bourbon glaze, and a side of sweet potatoes. The pork was amazing – the glaze brought the whole thing together. It was also perfect with the sweet potatoes.

HopCat

Bruschetta: toasted bread with tomato, mozzarella, and balsamic. So simple, yet so delicious – I could have eaten five, or 20. However, you can’t miss the Tiki themed drinks or the crack fries (you’ll thank me later).

American Slang Modern Brasserie

Roasted Beet & Rainbow Carrot Salad: this was probably the most colorful dish of the evening. The goat cheese and tomatoes were a perfect compliment to the bed of greens. Plus, it had a balsamic dressing, which I am always a fan of.

Redrock Canyon Grill

So I’m not sure what the name of the bite Redrock was serving. I do know it was a mix of trout, cream cheese, sour cream, and green onion on a toasted garlic bread bite. I also know it was yummy, and I would eat it again.

Sysco

Brazillian Paiche “Ceviche”: This was one of my favorites of the night. I loved the poké style sauce, it added a lot of flavor to the mix of paiche, shrimp and veggies. A little siracha added a nice kick.

They also whipped up a naan wrap with some pork and power slaw. Both dishes were only available here, as Sysco is distributor.

The Homesteader Cafe

Warm Winter: the perfect fall salad! Roasted squash, brussel sprouts, cranberries, and pecans covered in a maple dijon glaze. This was everything I love about fall and winter in bowl.

Carrot Cake: I am so glad there was something sweet! I’m not usually a carrot cake fan, but this one had a nice crunch and a maple glaze that made it a perfect ender to the evening.

Café Sebeastienne

Grain Bowl: This looked delicious, but somehow we missed on sampling! I’m making this into a reason to visit the Kemper and enjoy lunch (the perfect day date!).

Be sure to check out KC Restaurant Week – download the app to stay up to date. Feel free to let me know what restaurants you’ll be hitting up these next few days!