B.B.'s Lawnside Blues & BBQ
KCMO - South
📍 1205 E 85th St, Kansas City, MO 64131 Get directions & live hours →
The only place in KC where the ribs come with a live blues band.
If you order one thing
Ribs with a side of live blues.
The facts
- Order style
- sit-down
- Sauce
- sweet & spicy
- Cash only
- No, cards accepted
- Closed
- Monday
- Price
- $$
- Pedigree
- Roadhouse with live blues most nights; granite pit built in 1950 from old KC paving stones. A 2026 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives' pick.
B.B.'s Lawnside Blues & BBQ is a South Kansas City roadhouse where barbecue and live blues share top billing — bands play most nights of the week. The pit itself is history: built in 1950 from paving stones torn out of downtown KC streets. Come for ribs and a show; it was named a 2026 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives pick.
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