Stroud’s Restaurant & Bar – Fairway, Kansas
Kansas City is often referred to as the “world’s barbecue capital.” With more than 100 barbecue restaurants, its reputation for outstanding barbecue is known far and wide. It’s not as commonly known that Kansas City can also strut its stuff about its fried chicken. In fact, Travel Channel television host Adam Richman has joked that KC actually stands for “killer chicken.” The killer chicken tradition started with Stroud’s Restaurant which not surprisingly, began in 1933 as a barbecue shack in Kansas City. On Independence Day a few years later, founder Helen Stroud added skillet fried chicken. It sold out immediately and has been on the menu ever since. Ironically, barbecue is no longer on the menu. Fittingly both of my…