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Founded
Gates Bar-B-Q is a Kansas City original family restaurant that started in 1946. It has grown from a single store front at 19th & Vine to a family of six up-to-date restaurants throughout the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The same neighborhood that saw the rise of the famous Henry Perry restaurant as well as the 18th & Vine Jazz District. Gates was founded by George and Arzelia Gates, their three children (Winnifred, Gwendolyn and Ollie), and the cook, Arthur Pinkard. Pinkard had been a cook for Perry.
Present
It is bigger than Arthur Bryant's, in terms of branches, as it has six restaurants scattered throughout Kansas City. Gates restaurants are easily marked by their unique red roof design and sauce bottles with the "man in full tuxedo top hat" logo. Customers are greeted almost as soon as they walk through the doors with the question, "Hi, may I help you?" The restaurant says its staff is trained at Gates College of Bar-B-Que Knowledge, better known as Rib Tech. The Gates Bar-B-Q headquarters are located at 4621 Paseo.
Since 1983 Gates has attempted, with limited success, distribution efforts of their famous sauce across the country. In those markets within close proximity to the Kansas City metropolitan area, Gate's sauces maintain a substantial market share. However, due to high transportation costs, Gate's distribution area has been severely limited.
Locations
- 1325 East Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard - Kansas City, MO
- 1221 Brooklyn - Kansas City, MO
- 3205 Main - Kansas City, MO
- 10440 East 40 Highway - Independence, MO
- 1026 State Ave - Kansas City, KS
- 103rd & State Line - Leawood, KS
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