We can brunch at Jarocho like shitfaced royalty: Best of KC 2018

This month, we published The Pitch‘s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2018. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout October. 

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We’ll happily dine any time of day at Jarocho Pescado y Mariscos, the unassuming KCK destination for Gulf-style Mexican cuisine. But we prefer to go for brunch, when chef Carlos Falcon stocks a formidable buffet with seafood so fresh we can taste the ocean brine in the air.

The bad news: brunch is only offered Sundays, and it’s $29. The good news: that princely sum lets you eat like a king. Treat yourself to bottomless oysters on the half shell, peel-and-eat shrimp, mussel-specked paella, multiple styles of ceviche, and a whole goddamn fried pompano. If you woke up on Sunday morning with a headache, ladle yourself a bowl of menudo from the soup kettle (trust us: it’s a powerful hangover cure). If you’re chasing tomorrow’s headache, an extra $14 will net you bottomless mimosas, bloody marys, margaritas, or sangrias (and yes, you can mix and match). The atmosphere isn’t fancy or formal, which is for the best: you’re going to want to wear some stretchy pants.

Jarocho, 719 Kansas Avenue, KCK. jarochokc.com.