Is Gates Bar-B-Q Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 1 Kansas City, Missouri
Current status
As of October 2026, Gates Bar-B-Q is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: Gates BBQ's official website returned HTTP 200 with a working online ordering widget and 2025 copyright, and a Google Places listing marked the business operational, both checked 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode Pilot
- Address 1325 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64110
- Website gatesbbq.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
The Best Thing I Ever Ate's pilot episode highlighted Gates Bar-B-Q's Kansas City-style barbecue, including its house barbecue sauce and rubs. Gates is a barbecue restaurant chain in the Kansas City metropolitan area; according to Wikipedia, revised 2026-06-10, it is one of two Kansas City barbecue restaurants, along with Arthur Bryant's, that trace their roots to Henry Perry, the founder of Kansas City barbecue. A site check on 2026-09-08 found gatesbbq.com online with a working online ordering widget, a 2025 copyright notice, and options for carry-out, pickup, and delivery. A Google Places listing checked the same day marked the business operational. Gates continues to operate multiple Kansas City-area locations, including its flagship on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, according to gatesbbq.com.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- gatesbbq.com https://gatesbbq.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Bar-B-Q
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Record btiea-0001 · checked by Cal Marchetti.