All 3 for Me

Several weeks ago my friend, Barry, came to town to visit from St. Louis. Though he'd been to Kansas City many times before, we both were shocked at how few of the city's local treasures he'd actually seen.

First on our stop of KC must-see's when headed to lunch at Webster House, one of my favorite, favorite places both because of the great menu, but also because of it's unusual atmosphere - a converted school house that now serves as both a restaurant and antique shop.

One of my favorite things on the lunch menu is their wonderful grilled cheese. It's got three kinds of cheese and a fried egg served on a freshly-baked french baguette. Spring was in the air that day, so I asked if the chef wouldn't mind adding a lightly-grilled slice of fresh tomato to my sandwich. Our waitor commented that no one had asked for that before but that it sounded wonderful and he was sure that the chef would agree. He did, and of course, it was amazing!

The other thing to note about that lunch was that in perusing the menu, Barry, Ray, and I each thought the three sandwich choices sounded great and had were having a difficult time making up our minds. I posed a solution by suggesting that we each order something different and asked the waiter to ask the kitchen to please cut the sandwich in thirds rather than halves so that we could easily try all three. Again, we were complimented on our idea and the kitchen was happy to comply. And of course, all three sandwiches were amazing and we were happy to have gotten to sample them all.

Newsflash! Dateline - TODAY! In preparing this entry I popped over to their Web site and what do you think is on the menu now? (Unfortunately not my tomato and grilled cheese sammy, though I'm convinced it will be there in the fall.) But a new item the "Petite Trio - an artfully presented tasting of the Webster House sandwich menu." Claps and snaps to them for recognizing a good idea when they see it!