Kansas City Barbeque is a restaurant and bar in the Marina district in San Diego, California.

[2] While working in San Diego, the location director for Paramount Pictures visited Kansas City Barbeque for a beer.

[3] The bar was used in a scene in which Goose and Maverick (played by Anthony Edwards and Tom Cruise, respectively) belt out "Great Balls of Fire" while seated at the piano.

[2] The fire originated in an open cooking pit in the kitchen of the restaurant and eventually spread to the building's interior.

[2] Establishment owner and Kansas City native, Martin Blair, began planning the building's restoration the day after the fire.