Missouri

A plate of eggs, hash browns, and a hot cup of coffee used to be one of the…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 9

Ask a few people in north St. Louis where to find ribs that still taste like the old…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 9

A good fried pork chop dinner is hard to fake. It needs crisp breading, juicy meat, and sides…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 9

Some barbecue spots in Missouri have been feeding people since your grandparents were kids. They have survived new…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 8

Prime rib night is one of those old Missouri dinner habits that never really went out of style.…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 8

Fried catfish tastes better when you can see the water it came from, or at least water close…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 8

Some Kansas City restaurants close at night, and one tiny burger counter on Broadway simply never does. Its…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 7

Some road trip stops are just a place to stretch your legs. Others turn into the story everyone…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 7

Some Springfield lunch plans start with a simple question: is the line out the door yet? On one…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 7

Crab legs used to be a regular sight at Chinese buffets across Missouri, and then many of them…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 7

Cold Saturday mornings in Missouri call for something warm, sweet, and big enough to share, if you are…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 6

Some cities argue about pizza, but St. Louis settled the matter decades ago. Here, the crust snaps like…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 6

Some Kansas City traditions get passed down like family recipes, and one of them comes in a cardboard…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 6

Missouri still has plenty of towns where the courthouse sits in the middle of everything and lunch happens…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 6

Around the Ozark Mill area, sweet tooth advice usually points to the same familiar spots. Those places are…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 5

A giant metal steer stands on a rooftop in south Kansas City, and it is not there for…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 5

Gooey butter cake is the dessert St. Louis claims as its own. It is a flat, sugary square…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 5

Some dinners happen in a plain room with a parking lot view. Others happen in an old building…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 5

St. Louis is famous for barbecue, baseball, and a giant steel arch. Few people expect it to hide…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 4

Missouri’s old mills once ground corn and wheat for nearby farm families. Today, a handful of them serve…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 4

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the griddle hot for decades. On a busy stretch of…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 4

Missouri Wine Country is famous for its rolling vineyards, but the river towns that anchor it have another…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 3

In Missouri, a pork tenderloin sandwich is not just lunch. It is a breaded, fried, plate-sized tradition that…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 3

Some cities argue about pizza or barbecue, but St. Louis has its own pride and joy: a breaded,…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 3

Kansas City snow has a way of changing everyone’s plans, but it rarely changes where people want to…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 3

Some breakfast lines are worth the wait, and downtown Columbia has one that has been forming since 1934.…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 2

Kansas City has plenty of places that claim deep roots, but only one corner spot can say it…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 2

Every November, the same thing happens across Missouri. Someone promises to bring pie to Thanksgiving, waits too long…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 2

Some restaurants hope for a crowd. One spot in St. Louis has to organize one before the doors…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 2

Not every family wants to wrestle a turkey into the oven at 6 AM. For plenty of Missouri…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 1

Missouri has plenty of river towns, and the best meals in them often come with a view of…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 1

Sunday lunch after church is still a big deal in Missouri, and the buffet line is where a…

By Grant Ozark · Nov 1

Some nights run long, and some mornings need a plate big enough to fix them. In the Kansas…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 31

In our house, Friday meant one thing: crispy fried fish piled on a plate with hush puppies and…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 31

Some restaurants chase trends every season, and some simply refuse to change because they never needed to. On…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 31

Before drive-thru menus looked the same in every town, Missouri had its own burger stands, counters, and drive-ins…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 31

Kansas City has plenty of lunch spots, but very few of them come with stone columns, a fountain…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 30

Picking up a prescription and walking out with an ice cream cone used to be a normal part…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 30

Some Saturdays call for sleeping in, and some call for a warm biscuit with gravy in a small…

By Grant Ozark · Oct 30