Q39 (Midtown, KC)

I'm thinking a good routine to stick to (for now) is to post my taco reviews on Tuesdays. Everybody knows about Taco Tuesday, and while I want to spread the word on great options for any day of the week, this will be perfect for now!

Similarly to the last post, this week covers another stop I made during KC Restaurant Week. Now technically, Q39 is a BBQ joint... I've been hearing about it for a couple years now (because KC people are obsessed with their BBQ), but being a pretty loyal customer to Bryant's and LC's, I hadn't ventured down to Midtown to try it yet.

Q39 was initially born as a competition BBQ team called the "Muchin Hogs." They won tons and tons of awards, people loved their rubs and smoked meats, so naturally the idea to build a store front came to light. People around Kansas City have great things to say about Q39. Most recently, Travis Kelce (TE for the Chiefs) told contestants on his dating show "Catching Kelce," that it was the best in the city. With all the great press, the cool story, and friends recommending it, when I saw they had a lunch menu for RW I went ahead and made a reservation.

Because we went for lunch, rather than dinner, the meal was $15 and provided two courses. Best part is, even though they're a BBQ place, they had tacos! Based on the menu they provided, here's what I ordered:
- Course 1: Pulled Pork TaQos (with a white bean cassoulet)
- Course 2: Warm Chocolate Brownie (with vanilla bean ice cream)

I really, really loved the food at Q39! By course:
- Course 1: The tacos were of the pulled pork variety (perfect for my BBQ loving heart), with a slaw and chipotle mayo. I thought the combination of the ingredients was great and you could tell everything was created from scratch in house. My only complaint was the juice dripping from the tacos, just because they were served on a cutting board style plate so there was nowhere for it to go!
- Course 2: For the lunch version of RW you skip right to the dessert and I ordered the brownie. It came with chocolate sauce, caramel, and pecans, plus a couple scoops of ice cream. I'm not sure how to review brownies, because most of the time even a bad brownie is still a brownie that I would eat... but I guess I could say it wasn't the best brownie I've ever had?

Again, as far as service goes, I don't want to judge a restaurant's service based on their busiest week of the year. We waited, but we expected that. They were busy, so we expected that. There was a small flub with my meal, but the server fixed it and gave us a free Apple Crumble, so it was all good. I would definitely go back on a less busy occasion to try more!

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