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Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que

Original gas-station location, 47th & Mission Rd, Kansas City, Kansas · United States

Z-Man sandwich, burnt ends

What you’ll find

What Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que is known for

Joe's opened in 1996 inside a working Phillips 66 gas station at 47th and Mission Road, a setup that became as much a draw as the food itself and still draws lines for the Z-Man sandwich of smoked brisket, provolone, and onion rings. Every location the chain has since added smokes the same recipes developed at the original pumps-and-pit storefront.