6. BLUESTEM
Kansas City, MO
7. LA BELLE VIE
Minneapolis, MN
8. SIDNEY STREET CAFE
St. Louis, MO
9. SEA CHANGE
Minneapolis, MN
10. ORIGAMI
Minneapolis, MN

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Bluestem
Kansas City, MO

900 WESTPORT RD.
816-561-1101
WWW.BLUESTEMKC.COM

Colby and Megan Garrelt's restaurant in Westport is Kansas City's best example of the type of contemporary urban dining that is typical of New York and Los Angeles. Offering "finesse without the fussy," Colby Garrelt's cuisine relies on careful pairing of ingredients, like Wagyu beef tartare with a chimuchurri cloud, creamy potatoes and a crispy salad and Campo Lindo hen served piccata style with capers, lemon, greens and roasted garlic gnocchi. "The best serious restaurant in town" is how one reviewer described it, while another upped the ante to "the best restaurant in the state," adding, "I wish I lived in Kansas City so I could visit more often."