" Special accolades go to the wait staff, some of whom have their sommelier certificates. Novice diners can comfortably ask their advice in selecting an appropriate wine. "

- Kansas City Star




" Hidden away in a downtown complex in stolid Kansas City is a surprise garden gem - Warren Platner's pleasure dome of dining, the American Restaurant. "

- Wallpaper Magazine




" Stepping into the American Restaurant is like slipping on a cashmere sweater. You don't have to be a clothes horse to know that cashmere is the finest wool in the world - you can just feel it. And so it goes for the American... you don't have to be gourmand to know you are in one of the finest restaurants in the state - you can just feel it. "

- Missouri Meetings and Events Magazine




" . . . Awarded Gold Awards for Best Service, "...due to a philosophy that says service is not an accident. Fifty weeks a year, all staff undergoes intensive formal training... and Most Romantic Restaurant, ..."When you need romance in the very air you breath, the food you eat, even the tables and chairs themselves, Ingrams readers vote for the American Restaurant... Recently spruced, the elegance of the sweeping stairway is only the start to a night filled with soft piano music, a gorgeous night vista, fine wine and food...and possibilities." as well as Silver Awards for Best Dessert Presentation, ... and Best Wine List, ..."it has certified sommeliers who know well the approximately 1,300 selections on the wine list and who offer over 100 selections by the glass beyond dessert, fortified and sparkling wines." in the 2002 14th Annual Silver Ladle Awards ."

- Ingrams Magazine