Char Bar

For a century, Kansas City has perfected its version of "low and slow" and we pay homage to the many great pit masters who have gone before us. The use of charring, smoking and grilling with wood has been a universal age-old method for both sustenance and socializing.

We have always envisioned creating a new restaurant that would combine our love of great beer with the soulful cuisine of Kansas City Barbecue. And as luck would have it, we soon became friends with Mitch Benjamin, of the legendary Competition BBQ team, Meat Mitch.

Mitch and his team have collected trophies from many major barbecue competitions across the country; including Kansas City's American Royal World Series of Barbecue, the heralded Memphis in May BBQ Sauce contest, Austin's "Gettin' Sauced" BBQ Sauce Competition and the People's Choice winner for Taste of the South.

In addition to Mitch's award-winning 'cue, our menu will feature southern-inspired items, such as fried green tomatoes, lobster deviled eggs, smoked duck gumbo and buckets of tabasco-honey fried chicken. A sizeable American craft beer list will complement creative southern-inspired craft cocktails and regional aged bourbons.

An existing 10,000 square foot outdoor concert area has been converted into what will be the largest outdoor beer garden in the Midwest, featuring a large patio bar, picnic tables, lawn croquet course, bocce court, "adult" tire swings and two outdoor fire pits.

Our goal is to create a new kind of playground where carnivores, herbivores, and locavores can co-mingle peacefully. Together, we will be known as ""Charbarians".