| One of the best known barbecue joints in America is | | | | opened the legendary 18th & Brooklyn restaurant in |
| Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City, Missouri. According to | | | | Kansas City. Arthur Bryant has long since passed, and |
| their website, Bryant's is considered to be the best | | | | the restaurant is now owned by Gary Berbiglia and Bill |
| barbecue restaurant in the world by New Yorker | | | | Rauschelbach who acquired the business in 1981. |
| columnist Calvin Trillin. since 1930, many celebrities, | | | | They have expanded the business while preserving |
| including Presidents Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter | | | | the original Bryant traditions and flavor. Currently, the |
| have been drawn to the restaurant by the legendary | | | | restaurant has three locations, the original at 1727 |
| King of Ribs. | | | | Brooklyn Avenue, one at the Legends/KS Speedway, |
| The barbecue at Bryant's is slow-smoked over a fire | | | | and a third at the Ameristar Casino, 3200 N. |
| made of a mixture of hickory and oak, then splashed | | | | Ameristar Drive. |
| with a choice of two sauces, Original or Rich & Spicy. | | | | Arthur Bryant's has a wide range of the usual |
| The story is that the restaurant was started by | | | | barbecue fare, but is best known for their chopped |
| Charlie Bryant, Arthur's brother. When Charley died, | | | | brisket, and most notably for their "burnt ends" which |
| brother Arthur took over the business, and | | | | are the outside charred crusty edges of the brisket |
| perfected the sauce. He stated "I make it so you | | | | sauced and put on sandwiches. Bryant's sauce can be |
| can put it on bread and eat it". That has to be good | | | | purchased mail order or over the Internet at Bryant's |
| sauce! He changed the name to Arthur Bryant's and | | | | website. |