Chow Town

Where to get great barbecue, pizza and margaritas in Kansas City

By Sarah Gish

Updated May 5, 2014 4:28 PM

Thousands of college basketball fans are in Kansas City this week for the Big 12 Tournament.

Those looking for a quick bite between games should skim

Ink’s list of 12 restaurants and bars

Have more time on your hands? Consider traveling beyond downtown — Kansas City’s culinary scene offers everything from amazing hole-in-the-wall barbecue joints to restaurants run by James Beard Award-winning chefs. Here are a few tasty recommendations culled from our reader polls.

Burnt ends:

, which has four locations in the metro area.

Ribs:

Oklahoma Joe’s

ribs poll

took the No. 3 spot

on Yelp’s list of “Top 100 places to eat.”

Pizza:

got a lot of votes, too. If you go to Bella Napoli, order the margherita pie — fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil on a hot and bubbly crust.

Doughnuts:

doughnut poll

LaMar’s

Fluffy Fresh

in Mission took second place with 546 votes. Superstitious? Give your team the luck of the Irish by ordering a limited-edition kelly green-frosted doughnut from LaMar’s.

Fried chicken:

Stroud’s

fried chicken poll.

Rye

made the cover of Saveur

magazine last year.

Margaritas:

— ultimately, Manny’s took the lime wedge.