Kansas City Restaurant Scene Serves Renaissance After COVID?!?

Not really . . .

This story is biz hype propaganda and doesn't REALLY represent reality. 

Go talk with any local server and you won't get them to shut up about how short-staffed and over-worked nearly every place in town remains . . . To be fair, tip inflation by way of tech has chased away broke-ass customers like TKC.

Now here's the bright side . . .

Restaurateurs who paused expansion plans, for example, now are hunting for sites, said Kim Halloran, president of the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association (GKCRA) and a managing partner at The Capital Grille in Kansas City. And other restaurateurs who thought their businesses wouldn’t survive the pandemic now are doing well. More workers also are re-entering the restaurant industry, she said.

“With the (NFL) Draft and FIFA (World Cup) coming and the excitement around the new airport, there’s just a great buzz around it. I don’t think I have felt this much excitement about restaurants in at least six or seven years,” she said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City's restaurant scene heats up again after a pandemic lull - Kansas City Business Journal

After several taxing years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kansas City's restaurant industry is picking up momentum. Restaurateurs who paused expansion plans, for example, now are hunting for sites, said Kim Halloran, president of the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association (GKCRA) and a managing partner at The Capital Grille in Kansas City.