Is Arthur Bryant's Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Kansas City, MO)
Food Paradise, Season 1 Kansas City, Missouri
Current status
As of October 2026, Arthur Bryant's is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Arthur Bryant's official website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current weekly hours (Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and an active catering-order system, and Google Places listed the business as operational the same day. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 6
- Address 1727 Brooklyn Ave, Kansas City, MO 64127
- Website arthurbryantsbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
"Barbecue Paradise" (S1E6) featured Arthur Bryant's, spotlighting its slow-smoked barbecue and the restaurant's place in Kansas City, Missouri's barbecue history. Arthur Bryant's is a barbecue restaurant on Brooklyn Avenue in Kansas City, according to the business's own website, which promotes catering packages for birthdays, weddings, and corporate events. That website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current weekly hours: Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and offered an online catering-order system. Google Places, checked the same day, listed the restaurant's business status as operational. The site described the restaurant as one of Kansas City's best-known barbecue destinations, drawing customers for both dine-in meals and catered events, and highlighted its catering packages for holiday and corporate gatherings.
The episode
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Ep 6Smitty's Market
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Sources we checked
- arthurbryantsbbq.com http://arthurbryantsbbq.com/
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Record fp-0043 · checked by Cal Marchetti.