2025 Centurion Award winner
Winstead's
Best Steakburger in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Best Steakburger in Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Winstead's has griddled its thin, crinkle-edged 'steakburgers' near the Country Club Plaza since 1940, a chrome-and-neon drive-in that Calvin Trillin's father declared home of the best hamburger in the world. Frosty-thick malts and skyscraper sodas come alongside the smashed patties.
A genuine Kansas City time capsule — car-hop roots, Formica booths, and a menu barely touched in eight decades — Winstead's is the burger stand the city grew up on.
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