Kansas City aims to be World Cup’s heartland
How Kansas City aims to be the World Cup’s heartland England’s home this summer is trying hard to cash in on finals coming to town 29 Mar 2026 - THE OBSERVER/ Sport Rory Smith Joe’s Bar-B-Que does not really need to take requests. It is home to the actor Paul Rudd’s favourite sandwich. It once supplied Barack Obama and his staff with $1,400 worth of takeaway, duly inhaled on board Air Force One. Anthony Bourdain, no less, included it in his list of the 13 places to eat before you die, a few spots below El Bulli, which some say is the world’s best restaurant. It was home, he said, to “the best barbecue in the world”. Still, over the past few months, every time Joe’s director of marketing, Eric Tadda, has found himself discussing the company’s preparations for the World Cup, he has made a point of soliciting whatever advice he can. What beers would Argentinian fans like to see on tap? Which side dishes would the Dutch prefer? Will the English want Guinness, even though it’s Irish? “We wa...