The five best food mascots in Kansas City

While Kansas City doesn’t have Justin Timberlake to exhort people down to Omeletteville, we do have a surprisingly robust food-mascot culture. And while our greatest mascot may have fallen — a moment of silence for the soups and hero chef of Souperman — there are plenty of mascots left to pick up the mantle.

A mascot can be funny or engaging, but most importantly, it must be instantly recognizable. If you were to take the letters off a restaurant’s signage, a mascot should still be strong enough to let you know where you are. Here are five that fit the bill.