Bert Grimm’s Tattoo Studio used to need 10 full-time artists to keep up with the legions of sailors waiting to go under the needle. There was the kid, fresh from boot camp, who wanted classic ...

Grimm Tattoo, a legendary Kansas City business started by Bert Grimm in 1916 and now run by his great grandson, Wes, is rebuilding after a fire.

Grimm Tattoo reopened Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Kansas City’s West Bottoms. The Midtown building that previously housed the storied tattoo business was badly damaged in a fire in April.

The fire burned up decades-old newspapers documenting the pioneering tattoo family that rooted its business in Kansas City in 1980.

Chris Winn has a better tattooing pedigree than your favorite tattooer. He apprenticed under Rick Walters at a shop named Bert Grimm’s World Famous Tattoo, and his lineage before that includes ...

The first to officially set up shop, on Market Street in the 1920s, was Bert Grimm. Born in Springfield, Missouri, Grimm left home at age 15 with one goal: to become a master tattoo artist. In the ...

For more than 40 years, Grimm Tattoo has made its home in Westport, both on Main Street and Broadway. The accompanying Bert Grimm Museum opened just last summer right around the corner on 39th Street.

Bert Grimm’s Tattoo Studio used to need 10 full-time artists to keep up with the legions of sailors waiting to go under the needle.There was the kid, fresh from boot camp, who wanted classic ...