It's a tall order, but the newly opened InterContinental on the Country Club Plaza has managed to check all of the boxes. As part of its $16 million update, the hotel recently transformed its outdated and somewhat stuffy Oak Room into the cheery and cheeky new American Slang Modern Brasserie.

True to its name, the menu offers classic French brasserie dishes with an American accent. Classic French steak and frites, for instance, feature locally sourced and aged beef. A chef’s daily cheese board happily serves a French triple crème brie next to Missouri cheese from Green Dirt Farm. The wine list speaks both old world and new world equally well.

Executive chef Drue Kennedy was brought in to help create a menu that executes classic French dishes faithfully while rethinking them in a way that brings them closer to our Midwestern roots. And Kennedy certainly knows how Kansas City likes to eat; he's been cooking here over a decade. He's cooked at restaurants including Grand Street Café, the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence and, most recently, Seasons 52 on the Plaza.

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