Bars in Kansas City

Boulevard Brewing Company presents tours and a taproom at Missouri's largest craft brewery, central to Kansas City's beer culture.

Cinder Block Brewery is Kansas City's most acclaimed craft brewery — a North Kansas City taproom producing outstanding ales and lagers that has quickly earned recognition as one of Missouri's finest breweries. Kansas City's extraordinary barbecue culture creates unique beer pairing opportunities that Cinder Block embraces with smoke-friendly beers that complement the most important food tradition in the American Midwest.

Grinders KC in the Crossroads presents an outdoor patio and beer garden with food trucks, a popular gathering spot for arts-district events.

Kansas City Kansas (KCK) serves the metro's most diverse and rapidly changing community — a city where the extraordinary Boulevard Brewing tradition, outstanding Mexican-American food culture, and the remarkable sporting Kansas City legacy create a bar culture of genuine heartland American character. KCK's remarkable transformation from a post-industrial community to one of the metro's most dynamic neighborhoods creates a bar scene of unusual vitality and genuine Kansas character.

Nara is one of Kansas City's most acclaimed Japanese-inspired cocktail bars — a Westport venue presenting exceptional craft cocktails with Japanese whisky and technique in an intimate setting. Kansas City's growing international food culture, reflected in its extraordinary BBQ heritage alongside new Asian-influenced restaurants and bars, creates an adventurous drinking market that Nara serves with genuine sophistication.

Novel is Kansas City's most acclaimed cocktail bar and restaurant — a Crossroads Arts District destination whose bar program has appeared on national best bar lists for its extraordinary seasonal cocktail menu and commitment to Kansas City's agricultural abundance. The Crossroads's extraordinary creative community provides Novel with both its most enthusiastic patrons and some of its finest inspiration.