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My wife and I hadn’t been out to the Legends in Kansas City Kansas for a couple of months so, with the boys staying the night with friends the other night, we headed out that way for dinner. The Legends is about 15 minutes north of our home in Lenexa and it’s in the same area as the Kansas Speedway, for those just learning their way around the area. I finishing my high school years in Shawnee Mission but I grew up in Bonner Springs (in Wyandotte County and near The Legends area) and every time I visit, I’m amazed by how much the area has changed. Wyandotte County was a struggling area when I moved away in the 1980’s and, while it still faces many challenges, The Legends is something the area really hangs its hat on — and justifiably so.

With tons of entertainment and shopping options, the area has really turned into a destination spot. The area also has numerous dining options, so when we got to The Legends the other night we drove around discussing which restaurant we’d try. We narrowed our choices to either the Jazz Louisiana Kitchen or Stix Asian Cuisine neither on which we’d heard anything good or bad.  We ultimately decided this wasn’t the day in our lives to try sushi, so Jazz Louisiana Kitchen was the choice. Besides, Bill Grigsby had annoyed me with those commercials for so long, I thought I’d better try Jazz soon before  I swore off  ever giving the restaurant a  chance.

The atmosphere at the Jazz was great and the service was excellent. I’m not a big drinker, especially when it comes to mixing drinks with food, but I decided I’d go for a light, pre-dinner, foo-foo drink. Big mistake as the drink came out pink! Really helping matters were that it came out in a glass that looked like those tall ice cream shop glasses. Thank God it’s breast cancer awareness month and I could chalk it up to that because the tables around us sure got a kick out of it. As far as the Cajun food goes, it was spicy as expected and met our expectations. The portions were definitely worthy, which is important to me when deciding whether I’ll revisit a restaurant. So we’d recommend the Jazz restaurant to our friends and the live music certainly adds to the enjoyment. On our next visit to The Legends, we’ll try Stix Asian Cuisine.

Here’s a directory of all of the Legend’s Restaurants. We’ve tried many of the restaurants you’ll see on the list and I would definitely recommend…

Cheeseburger In Paradise

Granite City

Los Cabos

Outback Steakhouse

T-Rex Cafe

Ted’s Montana Grill

Yard House

Posted by Jason A. Brown

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