Restaurants in Kansas City

Featured on Food Network’s Heat Seekers for its fiery pad thai chicken, Zagat-rated Thai Place Restaurant has been bathing traditional family recipes in spices ranging from mild to sweltering hot for more than two decades. A kaleidoscope of succulent seafood such as squid, scallops, and catfish spangle fried-rice and stir-fried dishes as ribbons of rice noodles interlace with traditional napa cabbage, chinese broccoli, and bok choy. Coconut-milk-infused curries come in red, yellow, and green varieties like a traffic light on a spice trade route, suffusing ample slices of chicken, beef, or tofu.

Opera House Coffee & Food Emporium serves piping-hot coffee, espresso drinks, and smoothies from Classic Rock Coffee Co., whose specialty white chocolate coffee called Dirty White Boy is available. The Opera House space plays host to a diverse selection of eats that also includes breakfast dishes, such as the Bake Haus's cinnamon rolls and muffins, and the Paleo Grill's burgers and sandwiches. Speaking to The Pitch, co-owner David Anderson expressed his hopes that the upscale food court will make people feel "comfortable and at home." This sentiment is reflected in the decor, with art that embodies Americana lining the walls and a telescope pointed toward the sky.

Located inside Hikari Japanese Steakhouse, Joy Luck Chinese Restaurant’s chefs look across the East China Sea for inspiration in crafting a menu of Chinese cuisine. Entrees include seafood dishes such as cashew shrimp and a seafood bird nest, mixed in with fusion meals including teriyaki filet mignon. Nodding to their host, the chefs whip up sushi rolls, including the Spider Roll—which wraps up tempura soft-shell crab—and the Yummy Roll—which pairs tempura shrimp with crabmeat, drizzled in eel sauce. The restaurant also feeds large groups with catering services, which churn out platters to accommodate company gatherings, family reunions, or pandas’ first dates.

Welcome to Groupon Kansas City! For our inaugural deal, $7 gets you $15 worth of grub and guzzle at Woodyard Bar-B-Que, an unassuming brick shack that serves melt-in-your-mouth meaty meals.

Break from the rapid beating of seasonal gingerbread batters and take refuge in a European-style café that has a variety of Thanksgiving meal-ending stomach-pleasers. For $8, today's Groupon gets you $16 worth of freshly baked bakery bites at Jay WaLe’s Bakery-Bistro, named 2009’s Best Bakery by The Pitch, and, unlike most bakeries, it's not also the headquarters of a cookie-gang.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Doctors have long recommended that over-partied, undernourished Americans consume a fourth meal after midnight to receive their daily recommended dosage of fried nutrients, Edward Hopper tableaux, and hard-boiled dialogue. Today's Groupon helps you follow doctor's orders with $10 worth of late-night bites at Chubby's on Broadway for $5. This 24-hour home of hot sandwiches, omelettes, and more has been called Kansas City's Best Place to Eat After Midnight. Chubby's is open 24 hours a day, except on Monday, when it closes at 2 p.m. and reopens at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.