Legendary Restaurateur Michael Forbes Shares His Kansas City Story

After the conclusion of his celebrated Brookside location . . . The local boss takes a moment to consider his career in Kansas City.

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"I did it old-school. I started out as a busboy at Homestead Country Club when I was 15, moved up to being a server, then a cook. I managed a Godfather’s Pizza restaurant while in college. Then I went to work for Gilbert/Robinson restaurants for six and a half years and moved around the country a little, learning the ropes, before I came back to Kansas City to manage Sam Wilson’s Meat Market on 103rd. 

"Next, I was named general manager of the Bristol on the Plaza. After a while there, I thought I knew enough to start my own restaurant with a partner, Michael Peterson, formerly with Grand Street Café. It was called Michael Forbes Grille, the name coming from both of our first names. It opened in Waldo in 1985.

"Michael Forbes Grille moved to Brookside in 2012, and it’s been a joy . . ."

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