Skip the french fries and mac-and-cheese? Not at KC BBQs
Daily Meal, a food and beverage website, has a new guide for ordering at barbecue joints: “7 Foods You Should Order At A Barbecue Restaurant, And 5 foods You Shouldn’t.”
Do order: Pork ribs, brisket, smoked turkey, burnt ends, baked beans, cornbread and regional specialties (it says Kansas City is known for its sauce and burnt ends).
Don’t order: Macaroni and cheese, salad, vegetables, french fries or dessert.
That list might work fine for other cities. But some Kansas City barbecue restaurants take their sides and desserts as seriously as their meats.
Joe’s Kansas City’s skin-on seasoned fries are its most popular side. File photo
Mac and cheese
Daily Meal says, “mac and cheese is a pretty basic dish without too much personality.”
But Q39 is getting a “huge response” for its new Mac + Q menu. Customers can customize their macaroni and cheese order with onion straws, pulled pork, sausage, brisket, roasted tomatoes and/or pork belly.
Its sides also include such chef-driven choices as apple slaw with green onions, and a white bean cassoulet with chipotle sausage.
Q39’s apple slaw with creamy dressing and green onions. Q39
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