BBQ, Mexican, pizza: RideKC’s shuttles have fans covered with special NFL Draft routes
Two special NFL Draft shuttle routes will offer hungry and curious football fans rides to some of Kansas City’s best restaurants, cultural and historical spots, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority announced Thursday.
RideKC will be running routes to Kansas City’s East and West sides from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The free shuttles will run approximately every 30 minutes.
Interested in Mexican food? Take the West Side shuttle, which runs along Southwest Boulevard from north of Union Station to 31st Street, passing Mexican restaurants along the boulevard. Some of the other highlights include Boulevard Brewing Co., Ponak’s and Minsky’s Pizza.
If barbecue and jazz is more your speed, take the East Side shuttle through the Crossroads Entertainment District to the 18th & Vine Historic District, including two famous barbecue places — Arthur Bryant’s and Gatest Bar-B-Q. Other highlights along the route include the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the American Jazz Museum and the Black Archives of Mid America.
The shuttles can be tracked in real time by downloading the Transit mobile app to a cellphone. The routes are named NFL1 for the East Side shuttle and NFL2 for the West Side shuttle.
East Side Stops:
Gates — 12th Street at Brooklyn Avenue
Arthur Bryant’s —Brooklyn at 18th Street
18th at Euclid Avenue
18th at Woodland Avenue
18th at Highland Avenue
Historic District — 18th at Vine Street
18th Between The Paseo and Grove Street
18th at Forest Avenue
Brewers’ Alley — 18th at Oak Street (special shuttle stop)
East Crossroads — 18th at Grand Boulevard (special shuttle stop)
Streetcar— Walnut Street, between 18th and 19th Street (special shuttle stop)
West Side Stops
Minsky’s — Southwest Boulevard at 31st Street
Ponak’s —Southwest Boulevard at 29th Street
Boulevard Brewing - Southwest Boulevard at 27th Street
Southwest Boulevard at 25th Street northbound
Southwest Boulevard at Summit Street eastbound
Southwest Boulevard at Baltimore Avenue
Southwest Boulevard at Central Street (special shuttle stop)
For more information on other routes during the draft, see RideKC’s NFL Draft Updates.
