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Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill is a family-owned neighborhood bar at 10911 Missouri 45 (NW Hwy 45), Parkville, MO 64152, in Platte County. It was opened in 2010 by Al Burns, a Buffalo, New York native who moved to Kansas City and could not find a wing he recognized, and it is built around Buffalo-style wings sauced with nothing but Frank’s hot sauce and butter. The room carries Buffalo Bills and Sabres memorabilia and shows every Bills and Sabres game — an outlier identity in Chiefs country that has made it a gathering point for western New York transplants. First-party branding now reads “Al and Tim’s,” though the site’s own About copy still uses the original “Al’s Bar & Grill.” Tier 1 — single location, owner-operated, no parent company.1234

Description

Al and Tim’s sits on Highway 45 on the western edge of Parkville, away from the historic downtown district and closer to a highway-side roadhouse than a Main Street storefront. First-party positioning is plain: “Award Winning Wings | Burgers | Beer,” and “Your Neighborhood Spot for Great Food and Good Times.”1

The wing is the point. Kansas City Magazine described them as “trimmed tight, fried hard and lightly sauced” and a “cult favorite of transplants,” and quoted owner Al Burns on the recipe — “The sauce is the sauce — it’s Frank’s hot sauce and butter” — and on why he does not vary it: “The problem is everybody’s trying to reinvent the wheel. Everybody’s trying to make chicken wings better and there’s no need to.”2 Wings are sold in tens, twenties, thirties and fifties, one sauce per ten.4

Beyond wings the kitchen runs a long bar-food board — a fried-appetizer section, eleven sandwiches including a pork tenderloin, a fried bologna and onions and a Reuben, burgers and brats, and an eleven-item hot dog list built on regional formats (Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, New York, Philly, Wisconsin, plus a house “Tim Dog”).4

The room’s other identity is Buffalo sports. The bar carries Bills and Sabres memorabilia and shows Bills and Sabres games; KSHB 41 covered Burns as the Buffalo native running a Bills bar inside Chiefs territory ahead of an AFC Championship game at Arrowhead, quoting him: “Buffalo is defined by two things: your local neighborhood church and your local bar.”3

First-party also advertises catering (wings, appetizers, sandwiches, party platters), online ordering for pickup, private-event booking, and a Wednesday wings special.1

Ownership and history

Al Burns opened the bar in 2010. First-party copy dates the opening — “Since opening our doors in 2010, Al’s Bar & Grill has become the heart of Parkville” — and the contact address published on the site is alburns21@yahoo.com.1

Kansas City Magazine (Martin Cizmar, January 19, 2021) reports that Burns moved to Kansas City from Buffalo about 25 years earlier, could not find wings that met his standard, began making them at home, and opened the Parkville bar after his wife received a promotion, modeling it on Buffalo watering holes.2 KSHB 41 (Dan Cohen) likewise identifies Burns as a Buffalo native who spent 42 years there before relocating.3

The “Tim” in the current name is. The business’s own site, Facebook page and one of its two Instagram handles now read “Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill,” while the site’s About paragraph, its Yelp and Tripadvisor listings and all located press still say “Al’s Bar & Grill.” No first-party statement explains the change, and no dated news item covering it was found this pass. Secondary search summaries describe Tim as Burns’s son; that claim is not sourced to anything resolvable and is deliberately not asserted here.

Ownership structure, any partnership or sale, and the date of the name change are all ****.

menu_status: partial — food prices below are transcribed from the first-party menu at alsbarandgrillparkville.com/food-menu, read 2026-08-13. The site’s drink menu and specials pages were both showing “We are updating our menu / Please stay tuned” on that date, so no beverage prices are recorded. No delivery-platform or aggregator prices are used on this page.41

Wings & strips — Wings 10 for 12.99 / 20 for 23.99 / 30 for 33.99 / 50 for 54.99 (Buffalo style, hot / medium / mild, one sauce per ten) · Chicken strips 10.99 · Fish & chips 12.99 · Buffalo chicken wrap 12.99.

Burgers & dogs — Hamburger 9.99 · Mushroom & Swiss 12.99 · Double cheeseburger 14.59 · Patty melt 12.99 · Bratwurst 9.99 · Hot dog 7.59.

Specialty hot dogs (all 8.99) — Chicago, Reuben, Detroit, Seattle, slaw, chili, New York, corn dogs, Philly, Wisconsin, and the Tim Dog.

Sandwiches — Al’s turkey club 12.99 · Turkey sandwich 9.99 · Pork tenderloin 12.99 · Grilled cheese 7.59 · Grilled chicken sandwich 10.99 · Fish sandwich 10.99 · Fried bologna & onions 9.99 · Philly 12.99 · BLT on Texas toast 10.99 · Buffalo chicken sandwich 11.59 · Reuben 12.99.

Starters — Jalapeño poppers 8.59 · Fried mushrooms 8.59 · Fried cheese curds 8.59 · Mozzarella half moons 9.59 · Red mini tacos 8.59 · Deep-fried shrimp 8.59 · Tater kegs 9.59 · Sliders 6.59 (2) / 9.59 (4) · Sweet potato fries 4.59 · Pickle chips 9.59 · Onion rings 7.59 · Southwest eggrolls 8.59 · Breaded ravioli 8.59 · Pretzels 7.59.

Soups & salads — House salad 6.59 · Soup of the day 6.59 · Chili 7.59 · Grilled chicken salad 12.99.

Drinks —. The first-party drink menu page was mid-update on 2026-08-13 and published no items or prices. Draft and craft beer are advertised in general terms on the home page and events page.15

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill — official site home page (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: business name “Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill”; taglines “AWARD WINNING WINGS | BURGERS | BEER” and “Your Neighborhood Spot for Great Food and Good Times”; “Since opening our doors in 2010, Al’s Bar & Grill has become the heart of Parkville — a place where neighbors gather for delicious food, cold drinks, and a welcoming atmosphere”; address 10911 Missouri 45, Parkville, MO 64152; phone (816) 741-6500; contact email alburns21@yahoo.com; hours Fri–Sat 11:00 AM–1:00 AM and Sun–Thu 11:00 AM–11:00 PM; catering, online pickup ordering and private-event inquiry offers; “VOTED BEST WINGS IN 2023”; “WEDNESDAY WINGS SPECIAL”; navigation to About, Menu, Drinks, Events, Jobs and Specials pages; a published customer review noting “the owner is from Buffalo NY.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. Martin Cizmar, “These cult-favorite buffalo wings from a Parkville pub prove that simpler is better,” Kansas City Magazine, January 19, 2021 — asserts: owner Al Burns moved to Kansas City about 25 years earlier from Buffalo; could not find wings meeting his standards and began making them at home; opened Al’s Bar & Grill in Parkville after his wife received a promotion, modeling it on Buffalo watering holes; address 10911 N.W. MO-45, Parkville, MO and phone 816-741-6500; wings “trimmed tight, fried hard and lightly sauced,” a “cult favorite of transplants”; quotes from Burns, “The sauce is the sauce—it’s Frank’s hot sauce and butter” and “The problem is everybody’s trying to reinvent the wheel. Everybody’s trying to make chicken wings better and there’s no need to.” ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Dan Cohen, “Parkville bar owner, Buffalo native ready for AFC title game,” KSHB 41 Kansas City (accessed 2026-08-13) — asserts: owner Al Burns; hometown Buffalo, New York, where he spent 42 years before relocating to Kansas City about 25 years earlier; runs Al’s Bar and Grille in Parkville, Missouri, specializing in Buffalo wings with a family atmosphere; a lifelong Bills fan operating in Chiefs territory with wagers placed against other local bars ahead of an AFC Championship game at Arrowhead; quote, “Buffalo is defined by two things: your local neighborhood church and your local bar.” Publication date is not stated on the page. for the article’s date. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill — first-party food menu (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: every food price transcribed in the Menu section above — soups and salads, starters, sandwiches, wings and strips, burgers and dogs, and the eleven specialty hot dogs including the Tim Dog; wing counts of 10/20/30/50 with one sauce per ten; Buffalo-style wings offered hot, medium or mild. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  5. Al and Tim’s Bar & Grill — first-party events calendar (accessed 2026-08-13). Asserts: a scheduled event, “National Drink Beer Day,” Monday September 28, 2026, 11:00 AM–11:00 PM, with the description “Join us for National Drink Beer Day on Sept 28th and try one of our many craft brews!”; no other events scheduled through December 2027 at time of access. ↩

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