Kansas City, Missouri, has 2,352 places in this guide. Restaurants make up 1,591, with 191 quick service spots, 226 cafes and 322 bars alongside. Bars (296), coffee shops and cafes (237) and Mexican (157) are the top categories among the listed places.
At 45.6 places per ten thousand residents, the city clears the 41.8 median across all cities.
1,617 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (38), Starbucks (37), McDonald's (29) and Taco Bell (24).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Kansas City ranks #104 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in Kansas City by cuisine
Bars in Kansas City
- Bar · 660 NW Metro N Dr
- Bar · Chain · 3801 Broadway Blvd
- Bar · 1220 McGee St
- Bar · 901 W 48th Pl
- Bar · 413 E 33rd St
- Bar · 170 E 14th St
Coffee shops and cafes in Kansas City
- Cafe · Chain · 909 NW 84th Terrace
- Cafe · Chain · 9595 N McGee St
- Cafe · Chain · 430 Nichols Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 8420 N Madison Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 9040 NW Skyview Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 8301 N St Clair Ave
Mexican in Kansas City
- Restaurant · Mexican · 4019 Pennsylvania Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 7831 N Oak Trafficway
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 13115 Holmes Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 620 W 48th St
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 4141 Pennsylvania Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2905 Southwest Blvd
Pizza in Kansas City
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 5315 N Antioch Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 1320 Grand Blvd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 2000 Grand Blvd
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 6100 NW 63rd Terrace
- Restaurant · Pizza · 415 Westport Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 1815 Wyandotte St
American in Kansas City
- Restaurant · American · Chain · 8380 N Booth Ave
- Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 8225 North Church Rd. I-35 & State Route 152
- Restaurant · American · 1656 Washington St
- Restaurant · American · 300 Delaware St
- Restaurant · American · 2976 Gillham Rd
- Restaurant · American · 1719 W 39th St
Bakeries and donuts in Kansas City
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 8801 NE Birmingham Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 4545 NE Worlds Of Fun Dr
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 8420 N Church Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 8580 Church Road
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 115 Westport Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 112 W. 47th Street
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.