![]() ![]() The sauce and restaurant continue their success.Īlong the main inner wall of the restaurant is photographic history of many famous politicians, actors, actresses and sports figures and other tribute pictures of military personnel displaying Arthur Bryant's memorabilia such as shirts or bottles of sauce. ![]() In April 1972, Kansas City native Calvin Trillin wrote an article proclaiming Bryant's to be the best restaurant on the planet.ĭespite new-found fame, Bryant did not change the restaurant's very simple decor, which consisted of fluorescent lighting, formica tables, and five-gallon jars of sauce displayed in the windows, even as Presidents Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan stopped by.īryant died of a heart attack, in a bed that he kept at the restaurant, shortly after Christmas of 1982. Arthur then took over his brother's business in 1946, and the restaurant was renamed Arthur Bryant's.Īrthur Bryant's, which eventually moved to 1727 Brooklyn in the same neighborhood, became a stomping ground for baseball fans and players in the 1950s and 1960s, because of its close proximity to Municipal Stadium, where the Kansasa City Athletics or A's played their home games during that period. Charlie took over the Perry restaurant in 1940 after Perry died. Working for Henry Perry was Charlie Bryant, who in turn brought his brother, Arthur Bryant, into the business. Arthur BryantĪrthur Bryant's Barbecue at 18th and Brooklyn in Kansas City Perry's restaurant became a major cultural point during the heyday of Kansas City Jazz during the "wide-open" days of Tom Pendergast in the 1920s and 1930s. Perry's sauce had a somewhat harsh, peppery flavor. Kansas City and Memphis barbecue styles are very similar, although Kansas City tends to use more sauce and a wider variety of meats. Perry came from Shelby County, Tennessee, near Memphis, and began serving barbecue in 1908. Perry served slow-cooked ribs on pages of newsprint for 25 cents a slab. Urban Kansas City traces its barbecue history to Henry Perry, who operated out of a trolley barn at 19th and Highland in the legendary African-American neighborhood around 18th and Vine. The area is also home to several large barbecue cooking contests, notably the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle and the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, the largest barbecue competition in the world. The Kansas City metropolitan area has more than 100 barbecue restaurants, a number of which are nationally renowned. Side dishes served with Kansas City barbecue include a unique style of baked beans, French fries, coleslaw, and other Southern-food staples. Most local restaurants and sauce companies offer several varieties with sweet, spicy and tangy flavor profiles, but the staple sauce tends to be both sweet (often from molasses) and spicy. Kansas City barbecue is rubbed with spices, slow-smoked over a variety of woods and served with a thick tomato-based barbecue sauce, which is an integral part of Kansas City style. Most types of barbecued meat served in other American cities known for barbecue, including pulled pork, brisket, beef ribs and pork ribs in a number of different cuts, are served in Kansas City-area barbecue restaurants.īurnt ends-the crusty, fatty, flavorful meat cut from the point of a smoked beef brisket-are among the items prepared. ![]()
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