Decorated with a painting of John F. Kennedy and eclectic knick-knacks, YJ's Snack Bar in the Crossroads Arts District is frequented by Kansas City's most colorful locals. "Expect to see post-hippies, armchair philosophers, and the occasional passerby lounging on multicolored metal chairs resembling the ones you sat on in high school, complete with bookracks below the seats," said photographer Brooks Walker.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Long Run: Best of the Heartland," September 2004, National Geographic Traveler magazine.)
