Why can’t Kansas City have a deli like this?

Why can’t Kansas City have a delicatessen like Shapiro’s Delicatessen in my hometown of Indianapolis? When it comes to barbecue, Kansas City has it all over Indianapolis, which never really embraced smoked meats the way this river city has over the decades. And Kansas City has better steakhouses, too.

But as far as delicatessens go, Kansas City comes up short-handed.