Red Bridge Shopping Center — Attraction in Kansas City

Still a work-in-progress. The businesses here all have their place in a much broader community. But the new soon-to-be next-door neighbor (Wonder Scope) moving in next year will benefit children, parents and grandparents. There will be needs for intergenerational shops appealing to 3-year-olds, to teens, and to their parents and grandparents. The improvement of a 4-lane parkway with a dedicated bicycle lane, walking /jogging path-sidewalk (and stretching to Minor Park and Golf Course from Wornall Rd. back to Holmes Road all along Red Bridge Rd.) will appreciate properties in the area... especially for the younger and older families... and for the profitable businesses all along the two-lane Red Bridge Road toward the east... none! The area is not zoned for business until the subdivision of Terrace Lake Gardens, about ten blocks from Grandview Road. The proximity of grocers, eateries, coffee shops, medical service providers, hardware stores, drugstores, charging / petrol stations, public transport and the lush unspoiled hills, ridges, and history of the first real "wagon" trains from Independence via the combined three different trails' "areas" from the Blue Ridge down to the various crossings at the Blue River make the area unique and mostly unspoiled. Then: through Jim Bridger's land to the Fitzhugh Brothers mill at Indian Creek (Watts Mill) or south through Mission Lakes toward a "New Santa Fe": all this makes the area the brightest spot amongst many... all lush with history and learning experiences! The Cerner Center, new businesses forming at the former 'Bannister Federal Complex', Burns & MacDonald at Wornall Rd. and Bannister, the development of town-like construction / reconstruction in Hickman Mills' Orchard area, along all of Grandview Road, to older neighborhoods, back north to Bannister Road past the oldest golf course in South K.C. (Oakwood), back west to the bluffs overlooking the Blue River Scenic Parkway along Blue River Road and back east to Blue Ridge Boulevard and then south through a regenerated Ruskin Heights, to Longview Road to even more recreational activities at Longview Lake, back over to Blue Ridge Boulevard toward the south and into the totally rejuvenated Martin City. Red Bridge Shopping Center anchors many areas miles away. The urban appeal of a suburban new town setting with a magnificent view to the east, all as a relaxing difference. There are approximately 37 places of worship, 12 schools, two colleges, six high schools, five institutes, four seniors-only living centers, three day cares, three golf courses and a hospital--all within 6 miles of Red Bridge Shopping Center. Enjoy. And remember: Red Bridge Road is the only east/west road in South Kansas City past Bannister Road. [Blue Ridge Blvd. runs south/east from KC, into Grandview, then back into KC just before... Blue River Road.] Thank you, Lewis and Clark, for naming the CLEAR Blue River, first, and then the Blue Ridge. (Eventually, the word "Clear"...

There are several fun places here (including Crows Coffee and The Sweet Granada chocolate shop) and lots to see and do. In the evening a couple of nice restaurants here have patio seating. Unfortunately, the outdoor nightlife also draws the idiot attention-seekers like 40-year-old males on motorcycles who think they are really cool slowly cruising around the parking lot with their music blaring so loudly it ends all conversation for several minutes. They circled, parked for a moment directly across from the Barrio patio (never turning down their music even a little), then left... only to come back 20 minutes later to repeat the scene. A couple of different convertibles full of 30-somethings did the same thing throughout the evening. One wonders whether the shopping center could request a noise ordinance sign or hire some security especially for weekend evenings? Or are these instances indicative of the neighborhood as a whole? These unwelcome intrusions were in no way threatening, just really unpleasant and annoying on an otherwise...

There’s a real nice restaurant there and a couple of other small businesses. But there is one place that I recommend checking out (if you collect coins. Or are to thinking about starting)it’s called rare coins and the man working inside (his name is John) is hands down the most honest person I’ve ran across in a long long time. If ever. My 66 year old father is disabled from a stroke and decided to start to collect coins and after meeting John and doing some research on him and that store. I have absolutely no worries about my dad going there to buy gold coins for a fair or good price. I really wish more people that work with the public were like that man! And there is a small bar and grill next to rare coins they have super friendly staff and good burger. I can’t say much past that only because what I’ve heard is just hear say so I’ll leave that alone. The name of the bar is Daily limit. And I think the owner is fairly new. So keep that in mind but she is...