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Jack Stack's beans, too. There's so much meat in them, I don't know if it's right to call them beans.

If it's the one by Boulevard, it's on Southwest Boulevard, and is called Danny Edward's Boulevard BBQ, and it's great too.

The original Bryant's is great. The neighborhood is not good, but if you go during the day, it's not bad. Any other Bryant's location has not been great, though.

I agree that it's a terrible idea. But, I'm sure at some point I'll want to do something the other people won't want to do on one of these trips, so I don't want to go down the path of not letting them do so. Surely there's someplace that serves either beer, or fizzy yellow liquid that has alcohol in it. Maybe I'll just stay at one of those places in the mall and let him come get me when he's done. Also, I could get my son a souvenir there. I don't know that my wife would appreciate me getting him a brewery t-shirt.

Also, best BBQ in KC is a loaded question around these parts. So much depends on what you want (ribs, pork, brisket, etc). However, I would go with Oklahoma Joe's from the ones you mentioned. There's also a couple new places that I put in the same class. One is called Plowboys. They are in Blue Springs, which is east of KC, maybe 20 minutes from the K. The other is downtown in the Westport area, and called Q39. Both of these are great places that have amazing food. Plowboys will actually be on a show on the Travel Channel called BBQ Crawl next week. It's on either Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

OK, well, now that we are a week from our arrival in the Twin Cites, I thought that I would bump this thread with our plans - we bought seats in the left field bleachers, section 131. This is the location folks wanted most, so that's where we are. We get in on Friday sometime, depending on when we actually leave. I'm betting it will be between 10 and 11, so I think that put us there somewhere in the 6-7 range. We're talking about Matt's for dinner, and then beers - somewhere, maybe Surly, or somewhere else. Saturday will start with a tour of Indeed, and then maybe a trip to Dangerous Man. Then we'll go somewhere before the game, probably close to the ballpark - Fulton maybe? We leave on Sunday, sometime, and one of the guys wants to go to the Mall of America. I have no clue why, but, he wants to, so we need to fit that in sometime as well. If you see some 4 random guys wandering around in Royals gear, say hi! We'll all have a beer, and chat baseball or whatever else!

Hmmm...if they're close, maybe we should try to hit both of them up. We'll be getting in sometime Friday, best guess is early evening, and leaving sometime Sunday (As long as I'm back before I have to get my son up Monday morning, I shouldn't get too much grief from the wife), so it's certainly possible to do all 3, as well.

Also, I have heard of the juicy lucy, and we'll have to try that. We're not that big of guys on some of the more "fancy" dining, I believe that the best way to learn about a place, and it's culture, is to eat where the locals eat. Unless they eat at Chili's. That's no bueno.

Thanks for all the info, guys. Our group is only 4, so it sounds like waiting for tickets may be the way to go. We do have one guy that is weird about heights, so we need to be in a lower level, which if Target field is anything like the K most of the time, that doesn't mean we can't buy a higher level ticket and move down. I would feel bad doing that though on the off chance we have to sit high, and he's not able to enjoy the game. We definitely are going to try to check out a brewery, and go on a tour if possible. We are in only the second year of our quest to see a game in every ballpark, and we're going to see the Royals as much as possible (We're doing Chicago next year, and are hoping to do parks, like a Sox/KC Cubs/Cards trip would be great) as well as hit a local brewery and take a tour if possible. We went to St. Louis last year, and went to Schlafly, and well, if any of you are ever there, they are some of the coolest guys ever. I was looking at Surly as a possiblity for the brewery to visit. I hear great things about their beer, and I can't get it here (Summit is available here, so I want to try some new things I can't get at home). Hopefully they're doing tours that Saturday (or better on Friday). As far as staying and opening a real BBQ joint, I'd love to, but money and a lack of resturaunt experience would make it tough. I do a few competitions throughout the year, though, and think I make some mighty fine burnt ends.

Hey guys, I hope this is the right section to put this in, but me and some buddies are going to come up there for a game in August (the 16th, specifically), and I was hoping you could give us some advice ticket wise. We're looking at the left field bleachers, as that seems to fit our price range, and our desire to be as low as possible, but was curious if there were any other options we should look at. It will be a guy trip, so if there are any "all you can eat/drink" seats, etc. we'd be interested in those, also if there are just better seats usually available, we'd be willing to spend a little more (but we have to save as much as we can for beer!). Thanks for the input, guys, it's been many years since I've been up that way, and I'm looking forward to it. Any other tips you can give me would be great. If you happen to see us, say hi, we're pretty nice guys. Hell, last year we even got along with Cardinals fans in St. Louis, which is saying something.