Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
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The BBQ Atlas
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que does Kansas City barbecue the way it should be done: no reservations, no nonsense, walk in and order.
Joe's has been smoking meat in Olathe since 2006, part of a small group of locations that includes the original operation in Kansas City proper. The formula is straightforward: show up, wait your turn, and eat barbecue that knows what it is.
Walk-ins only. No reservations, no exceptions. Open eleven to nine most nights, ten on weekends. This is how it works.
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