Photo by Chris Cummins Kansascity.com
(Note: I wrote this piece last week upon hearing this untimely news.)
I never worked for Paul Robinson. To the best of my knowledge I never even waited on him. When I read today that he passed away on Monday it probably should not have affected me the way it did. Honestly, I am not sure that I have any right to be writing this post. Mr Robinson had a greater impact on thousands of lives than he had on mine. Still I can’t help but feel sadness at the loss of a man who was a restaurant legend in the truest sense of the word.
I grew up with the legend of Gilbert/Robinson. Two restaurateurs that changed the face of the industry and ran nearly every great dining spot in town. At one point “GR†ran nearly all of the restaurants in Kansas City’s main dining district, The Country Club Plaza, as well as concessions for the airport and both stadiums. It boggles my mind to think of a single company controlling such a large number of the city’s outlets.
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