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A toy train delivers a customer’s lunch order to a table at Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas. The restaurant dates back to 1954, but the trains arrived in the 1970s. Fritz ...
In the 1950s and through the early 1970s, it was visited by fans and players visiting Municipal Stadium, home to the Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967), Kansas City Chiefs (1963–1971) and Kansas City Royals (1969–1972). The stadium was located five blocks south of the restaurant until being razed in 1976.
Both versatile and filling, carnitas, which means "little meats" in Spanish, can take any taco, burrito, fajita, nacho, or quesadilla order to a whole other flavor dimension.As with many dishes ...
Jeff and Joy opened Oklahoma Joe's Bar-B-Que (later renamed to Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que) in a gas station in Kansas City, Kansas in 1996. [15] There are also locations in Olathe, Kansas and Leawood, Kansas. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain listed Joe's original Kansas City, Kansas location as one of "13 Places You Must Eat Before You Die". [16]
The restaurant is open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 3 pm or until sold out; [3] [6] they usually sell out by noon. [4] As of 2016 The Kansas City Star considered them possibly the only Kansas City barbecue owned and operated by women pitmasters. [7] [8] [9] The sisters do not participate in the barbecue competition circuit. [10]
Nick Civella, left, circa 1960, and brother Carl Civella, in 1984.
When beef was rationed during World War II, the restaurant began serving a pan-fried chicken dinner for 35 cents. [2] [3] Other menu items at this time included long end ribs for 15 cents and goose livers for 10 cents. [4] In 1977, Mike Donegan and Jim Hogan purchased the restaurant and inherited some of the original recipes. [2] [4]
Carnitas originate from a traditional French dish that was introduced to Mexico via Spain. According to Mariano Galvan Rivera’s cookbook —Diccionario de cocina (1845)— “carnitas” was the vulgar name given by Mexico’s lower classes to the dish known as “Chicharrones de Tours”, and were specifically made and sold in working class neighborhood slaughterhouses or pork shops: [3]