The story
Presidents Carter, Truman, and Obama have dined at 'the single best restaurant in the world,' which invented burnt ends and traces its lineage to the father of Kansas City BBQ.
Everything that was here
- 1958–present · still open
Arthur Bryant's Barbeque (Original Location)Restaurant
Presidents Carter, Truman, and Obama have dined at 'the single best restaurant in the world,' which invented burnt ends and traces its lineage to the father of Kansas City BBQ.
See the map in 1959 → - 1923–1972
Municipal StadiumBaseball Stadium
Jackie Robinson played his final season of Negro League baseball here before breaking MLB's color barrier, and the first Negro World Series game was held here in 1924.
See the map in 1924 →
Nearby history
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