Missouri: Affäre

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Kansas City

If you prefer white tablecloths to battered wooden benches, then this posh, contemporary German restaurant fits the bill. Elevated entrees like sea scallops with duck liver, artisan greens, and mango vinaigrette will run you $30 and up, but there are few restaurants in the U.S. that do German fine dining as well as Affäre. If you still have doubts, know that an online reviewer described his dinner here as the “best meal” he’d ever had in his life.