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Jess & Jim's Steakhouse is a steakhouse restaurant located on 135th Street in Martin City, Missouri. Founded in 1938, Jess & Jim's has been ranked numerous times by national publications as one of the best steakhouses in the United States.〔(Jess and Jim's Steak House | South Kansas City | Steakhouse, Traditional | Restaurants )〕 ==History== Jess & Jim's originally opened for business in April 1938, near the corner of 135th Street and Holmes Road in Martin City, Missouri, near the location that is now occupied by Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue. Jess & Jim's was started as a small bar and grill by best friends Jess Kincaid and Jim Wright. After a short time, Jess Kincaid got married and sold his share of the business to Jim Wright; however, his name "Jess" in the restaurant name remained as a lasting reminder of his contributions and friendship with Jim Wright. In 1949, Wright's cousin R.C. Van Noy began working in the business. On the evening of May 20, 1957 the F5 Ruskin Heights Tornado passed through Martin City on its way to leveling the newly built Ruskin Heights neighborhood. The restaurant was not opened on that Monday night, which may have saved many lives. The tornado destroyed the original Jess & Jim's building, but the owner's parakeet survived unharmed. Following the tornado, Wright moved the restaurant to its current location at 135th and Locust Street, because R.C. Van Noy already owned the building, and they didn't have insurance on the other building that was destroyed. Before Jess & Jim's moved into its current home, the building housed a pharmacy downstairs and Huffy's roller rink on the upper level.〔(55th Anniversary of the Ruskin Heights-Hickman Mills Tornado )〕〔"Surviving fists and tornadoes". ''Kansas City Star''. April 16, 2003. F1.〕 In the late 1960s, R.C. Van Noy's involvement in the business increased. Beginning in 1970, the two men split the business with R.C. overseeing the host duties and Jim as the cook. In 1972, journalist Calvin Trillin wrote about Jess & Jim's for an article in Playboy Magazine. In his article, Trillin called Jess & Jim's "the finest steak restaurant in the world." After the article was released, business increased so much that the building had to be expanded twice. The restaurant went from seating around 100 to around 250. The restaurant even renamed its 25-ounce Kansas City strip steak as the "KC Playboy Strip." In 1977, Jim Wright's health was beginning to fail, and he moved out of the Kansas City area. R.C. Van Noy took over ownership of the restaurant from Jim. R.C.'s son Mike also began working at Jess & Jim's in the 1970s. In 1989, Mike Van Noy took over operations of the restaurant from his father. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jess & Jim's Steakhouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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