Outdoor Dining Guide

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Summer is here, and we can't smoke inside anymore, so the local patios and decks are fuller than ever. Many local establishments are spreading some plastic chairs across a couple of parking spots out back by the dumpster and calling it a patio. Here's your growing source of places to dine outdoors, smoke outdoors, or just gaze across the blacktop at the dumpster.

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  • is surprisingly one of the few places that you can sit outside and see the KC Live area. They call their patio the "beer garden". Why not?

Midtown

  • has a deck, but you can't really tell it when you're on it.
  • Joe D's can put together a great cheese plate with your wine on their Brookside patio
  • Jazz on 39th street has a deck that's a great place to eat your crawdads.
  • Twin City Tavern has reportedly been moving people outside. This may be their last gasp of smokey breath before they hit the list.

  • Velvet Dog has a great bar on their patio. It includes outdoor pool tables, and bocce ball courts. Are they still there?
  • Sol Cantina has one of the "hottest" patios around. The Coronas, martinis, and the skin in this place will make you think you're on spring break in Cancun.

  • Harry's serves some great appetizers and cocktails on their patio.
  • McCoy's Public House serves a great dinner on their patio. My favorite is the Chicken Tortilla Salad. They brew their own beer here, too.
  • Harpo's features one of the largest patios around, but I always forget about it since it's tucked away in the back of the bar. I almost forget that I'm in Westport when I'm here. Here's a hint: if you want a glass instead of a plastic cup, order a Guiness. They always serve those in pint glasses here.
  • offers the best view of the line to the Beaumont Club in town. I love watching the collection of people waiting to get in there and party like crazy.
  • Does the beach volleyball place in Westport count?
  • Record Bar apparently has a few tables out front during lunch time. I hope you like views of parking lots and busy streets.
  • I think that the Levee has a deck in the back
  • Californios has that deck in the back

  • features the liveliest rooftop patio that I know of. It's a great place for .
  • Brio has some tables on their balcony. I don't know if this qualifies as outdoor dining or not, but I think it's as close as you can get with a roof over your head.
  • The Cheesecake Factory has some tables outside. Their huge portions are probably the draw, though.
  • Fred P. Otts has a little patio tucked next to it.
  • I think that 810 Zone has a few tables up there on their balcony. I haven't been up there to check them out, though.
  • has a few tables on the West side. I think that's Jefferson.
  • The Classic Cup arguably has the best place to sit outside on the Plaza and watch people.
  • Re:Verse has about four tables out front.
  • From the patio at Baja 600, you almost forget you're on the Plaza.
  • Figlio's has a few tables outside.
  • P.F. Chang's does, too.
  • McCormick & Schmick's has a huge patio that overlooks the Plaza. It's a great spot, too.
  • Uno's has a handful of tables stuffed down in there.

  • The Gaf may be the only place in Waldo besides Chipotle that offers outdoor dining. Their three tables int he parking lot hardly count, though.
  • Governor Stumpy's on Gregory has a little deck on the side, but without much view.

The rest of KCMO

  • BB's Lawnside BBQ has a pretty good sized deck out front, though I haven't been by recently to see how it's changed with the construction.

Johnson County

Leawood

Northland

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