I have long had a love-hate relationship with beets. They’re a striking vegetable, cast in hues of deep purple, maroon and goldenrod. I love the color stains they leave behind on plates, napkins and fingertips — a vibrant, natural dye. Their Rubenesque shapes are more seductive than any peach I’ve encountered (can we get a… Continue reading Beet juice gets a new spin with Of the Earth Farm and Distillery’s beetroot eau de vie
Well, kids, when two kinds of food really like each other, they come together and form a whole other kind of food. That’s what happens at Wiener Kitchen (9645 W. 87th St., Overland Park, Kan., 913-296-8023, wienerwagonkc.com), where chefs David Derr and Jessica Rush dream up magnificent flavor combinations centered around — you guessed it… Continue reading Wiener Kitchen’s chorizo rojo sausage is the hottest dog of summer 2019
The ubiquity of IPAs is something of a bugbear in the craft beer scene. The microbrew industry thrived by being oppositional to the supremacy of the golden lager, touting its ability to offer up a rainbow of flavors and colors that faded during the Industrial Revolution before being completely stamped out by Prohibition. But, by… Continue reading Boulevard made our new favorite local IPA
1. Upscale, affordable food and craft beer were the inspiration for opening Martin City Brewing Gastropub and, later, its Pizza and Taproom next door. Chefs prepare flavor-forward sandwiches, wraps, pizzas (like the España with chorizo), salads and daily specials. Try the Cowboy Mac n’ Cheese with pulled pork. Gastropub 500 E. 135th St., Kansas City,… Continue reading A bucket list of beer bites in Kansas City
Boulevard This 45-minute walking tour of the city’s oldest and largest craft brewery includes a peek at the bottling lines and event spaces along with samples in the tasting room. $5. Daily tours with various times. boulevard.com. KC Tap Tour Visit KC’s Tap Tour guidebook runs $10 but could save you hundreds with discounts at… Continue reading 5 Best Beer Tours in KC
August 3 Hip Hops Hooray Beer Festival Enjoy hip-hop and great beer for an even better cause. Proceeds from Hip Hops Hooray Beer Fest go to helping those with Rett syndrome. Over 40 breweries are slated for this year’s festival. DeLeon Event Space and Chapel, 3235 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, Mo. Hip Hops Hooray on… Continue reading Best Kansas City Beer Festivals 2019
Sides of the street Our June issue included a feature about the contentious fight over the renaming of the historic Paseo, Kansas City’s oldest boulevard, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The renaming was approved by the city council at the request of a group of black clergymen without following the city’s specified protocol. Many… Continue reading Here’s how readers reacted to the battle over renaming The Paseo for Martin Luther King
There’s a long and complicated history behind the most popular beer on the planet. J. Ryan Stradal’s newest novel, The Lager Queen of Minnesota, tells the story of the last two generations of American beerdom by way of fiction. “I read a little bit about the evolution and creation of light beer, and I thought… Continue reading This Minnesota novelist fictionalized the creation of the Light Lager
E. Frank Ellis The local business icon is spearheading an ambitious effort to redevelop several blocks of the historic Troost business district in what could be a watershed moment for the city’s east side. Ann Wagner The Republican representative from suburban St. Louis is at the forefront of the GOP’s efforts to reclaim the suburbs… Continue reading Four local Kansas Citians whom we’d love to sit down with for a long chat this July 2019
Listen The Greeting Committee The fresh-faced local Indie pop band caught the attention of radio personality Lazlo Geiger back in 2015, when the four members were still students at Blue Valley High School. Since then, they’ve performed at Lollapalooza and SXSW. The OP natives just got back from a national tour and are picking up… Continue reading Our new favorite things to watch and listen to this July 2019
Monarch butterflies spend most of their lives on the road, flying 3,000 miles between Mexico and Canada. In Kansas and Missouri, we encounter monarchs in the middle of their expedition, when they’re on the hunt for milkweed. Monarchs lay their eggs on the plant — the one and only source of food for baby caterpillars.… Continue reading Are Midwest farmers to blame for the monarch butterfly’s population decline?
With Queer Eye’s second Kansas City-based season set to arrive July 19, viewers will undoubtedly be introduced to new places in the nooks and crannies of KC. In each episode, the show’s Fab Five take their “heroes” to nearby businesses and organizations as part of their “inside and out” makeover. In honor of the upcoming… Continue reading Popular Kansas City Queer Eye filming spots to visit before season 4 premieres
You already know how Hamilton ends, with its titular character shot down in duel with our young nation’s sitting vice president. You also probably know a lot more about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash, the hottest ticket in American theater since it premiered off-Broadway in January 2015. The hip-hop telling of the Revolutionary era through the… Continue reading Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton may get even better with age: REVIEW
As you may have heard, McDonald’s launched a special summer menu called the “Great Tastes of America,” and one of those tastes is a Kansas City-themed burger in the United Kingdom. The “Kansas City Stack” is for sale in the U.K. through June 25 and features two beef burgers, bacon, cheese, onions, lettuce and a… Continue reading ‘Yeehaw!’ Here’s the terrible McDonald’s commercial for a Kansas City-themed burger served in the UK
Kansas City is getting more of the Fab Five treatment. Season 3 of Queer Eye brought “inside and out” makeovers to eight individuals in and around the area. Now, another KC-based season of the Emmy-winning Netflix series will arrive on the streaming platform on July 19. Like the third season, episodes for the fourth season… Continue reading Get your Netflix ready because Queer Eye is back for another season in KC
July 3 The Avett Brothers The folk rock band that started as a duo has gotten bigger over the years, now featuring six members with a forthcoming 10th album and even a musical based off their work. Lively blue-eyed soul band Lake Street Dive opens, anchored by frontwoman Rachael Price’s powerful vocals. Providence Medical Center Amphitheater,… Continue reading Kansas City Events this July 2019
Brews and brews plus art views Hearts broke in December when Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters closed in the East Crossroads. Now, Jeff “Stretch” Rumaner, artist and the force of personality behind the Grinders empire, has come to the rescue. Chance’s Social, a coffee shop and full bar, has opened in the former Thou Mayest space.… Continue reading New Kansas City restaurants openings and closings July 2019
There were many nights during the nearly 20 years that Matt and Laura Cunningham have owned Cedar Crest Lodge, where they enjoyed the simple pleasure of sitting outside on their back patio, glass of wine in hand, while watching the fiery sunset give way to a star-soaked Kansas sky. The serenity of the peaceful atmosphere… Continue reading Cedar Crest Lodge
Four new mini-restaurants are coming to the Westport neighborhood this October, and they’ll all be under one roof. Atomic Provisions, a restaurant group that operates out of Denver, recently acquired the historic City Ice Building which will house Atomic Cowboy, Denver Biscuit Company, Fat Sully’s and Frozen Gold. The space will be a food hall along the… Continue reading Four new mini-restaurants coming in Westport — bringing New York pizza and giant cinnamon rolls
The Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, is about to get a whole lot bigger. The museum dedicated to the 33rd president, who died in 1972, announced a $25 million renovation project on Wednesday. It’s the largest renovation since the museum’s opening in July 1957, and the museum hopes it will be completed in one year.… Continue reading The Truman Library in Independence is getting a massive expansion
At first, you won’t really understand what’s happening. In your mouth, I mean. You thought you were getting dessert — something resembling ice cream based on the colorful photos flashing on the television screens above the order counter. But what appears in front of you looks like a heaping pile of glass shards covered in… Continue reading Thai-style shaved ice at I Am Frozen Dessert Café is our new favorite summer treat
There is a lot to love about Kansas City! Now’s your chance to tell us about your favorite things. Starting today, we’re taking nominations in 144 KC categories, from best barber shop to best barbecue. Click below to nominate the best Kansas City restaurants, best Kansas City veterinarians, best Kansas City festivals and so much… Continue reading Best of Kansas City nominations now open
1. The Big Slick What’s not to love about 50+ celebrities coming to the KC area in order to fundraise for Children’s Mercy Hospital? Catch your favorite celebs playing at Kauffman, walking the red carpet at Prairiefire, and putting on a comedy show at the Sprint Center. Learn more 2. Jazzoo Another event that gives… Continue reading This is the BEST weekend in Kansas City– 10 awesome events you won’t want to miss
If you’d like to try your hand at fishing but don’t have a permit yet, you’re in luck. This weekend on June 9 and 10, the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Free Fishing Days will allow anyone to fish in the state without a fishing permit, trout permit or trout park daily tag. The MDC offers… Continue reading You can fish permit-free in Missouri this weekend — here’s where to do it
“Are you digging to China?” is like the ultimate dad joke. You’ve heard the expression before, probably when a kid is shoveling sand on the beach or even picking their nose. Where exactly does this phrase come from? The first known use of the expression was in the book Walden by David Henry Thoreau in 1854.… Continue reading See where you’ll end up if you keep digging straight into the ground in Kansas City
When you have pets, you look for a home built with texture, pattern and low-maintenance surfaces. This home, nestled into a hill in Loch Lloyd, is owned by Kim and her husband, who share it with two pets — a Maine Coon cat and a Scottish Terrier. The family often entertains company of the four-legged… Continue reading This Loch Lloyd home is gorgeous while remaining pet-friendly
Haley Joel Osment shot to child stardom at the turn of the century, becoming the first millennial Oscar nominee for his iconic “I see dead people” line in the 2000 horror film The Sixth Sense. This weekend, he’ll appear as a celebrity guest at The Big Slick, an annual Children’s Mercy fundraiser, alongside Selena Gomez,… Continue reading Haley Joel Osment will be in KC for the The Big Slick this weekend — here’s what else he’s been up to
If you live in southeast Kansas City, your tap water may be unsafe. KC Water announced last night that a precautionary boil advisory was issued in southeast KC due to a water main break on Little Blue Road. The water company is telling residents of the boundary between Little Blue, West Chapel, Lee’s Summit and… Continue reading Here’s what to do if you’re under KC’s water boiling advisory
Back in 2016, Tyler Harp was trying to figure out what to do with his life. He was 30 years old and working as a server and bartender at the Hereford House steakhouse. “I was kind of at a rough spot in my life — a little valley there,” he says. Harp would get off… Continue reading Tyler Harp’s new BBQ pop-up in Raytown brings Texas twang to KC ‘cue
Not so long ago, beer brands were built around a flagship, a solid brew with wide appeal that was always on tap. Like the Spanish Armada, flagships such as New Belgium’s Fat Tire and Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale seemed like invincible juggernauts — until they weren’t. Today’s craft beer geeks demand a steady drip of… Continue reading Shawnee’s Servaes is pushing boundaries with an ever-changing lineup of aggressive beers.
Song of the spoonbill Our May issue included a feature about the feud between good ol’ boys and caviar-crazed Russians in the Missouri Ozarks, where people from all over the country come to snag giant fish known as spoonbill. Warsaw, on the Lake of the Ozarks, has the best spoonbill snagging in the world. For… Continue reading Here’s how readers reacted to our May 2019 Issue
Donna Baier Stein was on the hunt for her next project. She found it in a painting hanging on the wall in her office by the artist Thomas Hart Benton, the Missouri-bred painter known for his stylistic and fluid murals painted between the World Wars. A self-proclaimed “enemy of modernism,” Benton painted left-leaning art during… Continue reading Painter Thomas Hart Benton’s work gets the literary treatment in a new book
Laura Kelly Gov. Laura Kelly, who took office earlier this year, is on a bit of a hot streak, having scored a string of high-profile political victories. Huascar Medina The new poet laureate of Kansas is a rapidly rising star and a powerful voice for what it means to be a Latino in Kansas. We… Continue reading 4 Kansas Citians we would love to chat with in June 2019
Listen “ME!” Fresh off the heels of her Reputation Stadium Tour, Taylor Swift began releasing new music from her highly anticipated seventh album. Fans will notice a stark difference from her dark and mysterious Reputation album to her new colorful and upbeat single “ME!” Swift revealed in an interview that her music video of “ME!”… Continue reading Fresh & new things worth checking out June 2019
Celebrate the red, white and blue at one of these Independence Day festivals that host fireworks displays. See the virtual map below for a more comprehensive list of 4th of July festivals across the region. KC RiverFest Commemorate America’s birthday along Berkley Riverfront at KC RiverFest. Word on the street is that RiverFest has the… Continue reading Here are Kansas City’s best 4th of July fireworks shows
