Arthur Bryant (1900 – December 28, 1982, aged 82) was an American chef and restaurateur specializing in Kansas City barbecue.

[1] He came to Kansas City to visit his brother Charlie Bryant who was working for barbecue master Henry Perry.

In 1974, the Kansas City native Calvin Trillin "playfully extolled"[4] it, saying "it has long been acknowledged that the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's..." in a humor piece in Playboy.

[citation needed] Harry S. Truman, a resident of nearby Independence, Missouri, was a regular customer and Jimmy Carter dropped in unannounced in 1979.

The restaurant under Bryant never strayed far from its unpretentious decor, with Formica tables, fluorescent lighting,[6] and five-gallon jugs of sauce placed in the windows.