see kansas city style barbecue . kansas city barbeque type privately held industry restaurants founded 1983 website kcbbq.net kansas city barbeque is a restaurant and bar located in the harbor district of san diego california . self proclaimed as the top gun bar 1 it is known for being the filming location for scenes used in the film top gun . 2 contents 1 top gun 2 fire 3 references 4 external links top gun edit scene from top gun in which goose and maverick sing the jerry lee lewis hit great balls of fire piano used in top gun one of the few items that survived the 2008 fire while working in san diego the location director for paramount studios visited kansas city barbeque for a beer . he liked the atmosphere and brought the bar to the attention of film director tony scott . scott asked the owners to shut the establishment down for a day in order use the bar for shooting . 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 . the now famous line by meg ryan goose you big stuuuuuud take me to bed or lose me forever was uttered in the dining area of kansas city barbeque . 4 the bar was also used in the final scene where the song you ve lost that lovin feelin is heard playing on the jukebox . 5 fire edit on june 26 2008 a fire destroyed the entire building . san diego fire rescue department spokesman maurice luque described the building as gutted . 2 the fire originated in an open cooking pit in the kitchen of the restaurant and eventually spread to the building s interior . 6 no injuries were sustained and an estimated 45 firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in 20 minutes . the damage was estimated at 400 000 excluding memorabilia and props from the film . 2 establishment owner and kansas city native martin blair began planning the building s restoration the day after the fire . it took two months to clear out the rubble from the restaurant 7 but the bar reopened in november 2008 . 8 references edit balla lesley 2008 06 27 . top gun bar burns down in san diego . retrieved 2009 02 10 . a b c gross greg ; shroder susan . noted restaurant destroyed by fire . union tribune . retrieved 2009 02 10 . how did the bar became famous from the hit movie top gun . kansas city barbeque . retrieved 2009 02 10 . goose you big stud ... . retrieved 9 july 2011 . campbell christopher . top gun bar destroyed . retrieved 2009 02 10 . the associated press 2008 06 30 . fire guts san diego eatery featured in top gun . usa today . retrieved 2009 02 11 . repard pauline . nothing too glitzy for rebuilt restaurant . union tribune publishing co. retrieved 2009 02 11 . kansas city bbq reopens for first time since fire . kfmbtv . retrieved 2009 02 11 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kansas city barbeque & oldid 672283112 categories restaurants in californiarestaurants established in 19831983 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2015 at 15 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view