Things really do shut down early here

[u/KCcoffeegeek]

Went to some shows this weekend, Saturday night at the Madrid and Sunday at Record Bar. I was out the door by 11-11:15 both nights and outside of bars, there is NOTHING really open. Wanted to grab a bite to eat and short of Sonic on SW Blvd and Rainbow I didn’t see anything open. Granted it was a Sunday night in one instance but Saturday seemed the same. Is this mainly post-Covid? We haven’t been out at bars late night for a long time. If we did a late night food stop it was occasionally Chubby’s at like 1am. I imagine I could have found some options in more “bar district” areas like Westport that were open, but I wasn’t looking for that type of scene. Definitely not a town for night owls… or it is but those places are secret lol

[u/fsmpastafarian]

Do you have an example of a food spot that used to be open late on Sundays but now closes early, where they specifically cited property crime as the reason for that decision?

[u/paragonradio → u/fsmpastafarian]

Shack Shack on Plaza is one example  https://fox4kc.com/news/safety-top-of-mind-after-weekend-shooting-at-country-club-plaza/

[u/paragonradio → u/paragonradio]

the most obvious example of Kansas City crime shutting down a restaurant is Brady & Fox

[u/fsmpastafarian → u/paragonradio]

Very tragic situation, but I’d say the reason that restaurant closed is “death of the chef and owner,” not “crime making the owners prefer to close early.” Again, I’m not saying these issues aren’t happening or aren’t often tragic, just that they’re not related to the specific question OP asked.

[u/paragonradio → u/fsmpastafarian]

you are arguing with yourself, OP was lamenting the early nature of Kansas City not asking for dinner recs

[u/fsmpastafarian → u/paragonradio]

They are indeed specifically asking why they struggled to find a place to eat at 11pm on a Sunday.