White says the restaurant’s meat is never frozen, so it’ll rely on multiple deliveries during the week of the Draft to ensure fresh products for customers. White recommends customers arrive early, as there are no reservations, but the restaurant prides itself on a fast-moving line. The restaurant is doing some small remodeling tasks to improve the customer experience. The team at Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque in Kansas City, Missouri, is no stranger to big crowds, but general manager Adam White says the Draft could exceed all previous events. Throughout the month of April, Burnt End BBQ is offering a special platter featuring pulled pork, sausage and smoked chicken with coleslaw, fries and a third side for $19.99. Smokers from Burnt End BBQ's Overland Park location will be transported to Crown Center ahead of the Draft. For deliveries, the joint is working with suppliers to stockpile certain items. Burnt End BBQ will have employees park off-site and shuttle to Crown Center. The cons include challenges with employee parking and deliveries. The pros include drawing lots of visitors - the restaurant will install a tent on Grand Boulevard during the Draft and will extend its hours from 10 a.m. The location’s general manager, Rico Hernandez, says the location comes with pros and cons. With a location inside Crown Center, Burnt End BBQ is the closest barbecue restaurant to the Draft stage at Union Station. Q39 will also serve food at the VIP section of Kelce Jam on Friday, April 28. Pulled pork and brisket with apple coleslaw and cucumber-onion salad are on the pop-up menu. The restaurant will place two smokers within the Draft’s fan zone to feed people on site, near the World War I Museum and Memorial. Q39 recommends making a reservation or coming early to get a seat in the restaurant. Thompson says those deliveries will continue, and he’s been in touch with his supplier to prepare to deliver more food than usual during the Draft. Much like Joe's, Q39 receives deliveries of fresh food nearly every day. Thompson will also be catering several off-site events. ![]() He expects both locations, in Midtown Kansas City and Overland Park, to be busy during all three days of the draft. Phillip Thompson, executive chef at Q39, predicts crowds will rival a Chiefs Super Bowl Sunday combined with the Fourth of July. The restaurant also ordered more merchandise ahead of the event. The festival menu features a sausage-rib combo with a special Cleveland-inspired mustard barbecue sauce in homage to Kelce’s hometown. Those deliveries will continue during the Draft weekend so customers receive fresh food - no meat is frozen waiting for the Draft.īarrows says Joe's will also be available at Kelce Jam, a concert Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is hosting the Friday of the Draft weekend. But I think it’s going to be a lot of fun and we’re excited to see a lot of people. “There are only so many hours in the day and spots in line. “We don’t get a whole lot busier on Saturdays than we already are,” Barrows said. The restaurant does not accept reservations, so Barrows says customers should consider ordering carry-out. He expects crowds like a Chiefs Super Bowl Sunday. The vice president of operations for Joe's Kansas City BBQ, Ryan Barrows, says the original Joe’s location inside a gas station in Kansas City, Kansas, will be the busiest during the Draft. Kansas City hosts the event April 27-29.īarbecue restaurants across the metro predict large numbers of customers during the event thus, the preparation is in motion weeks ahead of time. In two weeks, hundreds of thousands of tourists will be in the area for the NFL Draft. Kansas City has a reputation for barbecue, so much so the food is part of the draw for tourists. We are hopeful that all of Kansas City will continue to feel welcome whenever they find themselves at Jack Stack Barbecue or at Fiorella’s Event Venue in the future.Ĭopyright 2022 KCTV. ![]() Our decision to provide that space should not be taken as an endorsement or denouncement in any direction. ![]() In addressing last night’s event at Fiorella’s Event venue, we want to be clear: The “Value Them Both” Coalition chose to rent our event space in the same way that any other person or group would do when selecting an event venue. To those who have reached out – we see you, we hear you, and we’re thankful for the opportunity to address this news. Without question, the emotions this event has spurred across Kansas City are seen as both real and valid by our team – and we respect the gamut of opinions that have been shared in response. Many have heard that the “Value Them Both” Coalition rented space at Fiorella’s Event Venue to hold its election-night watch party yesterday evening.
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