6 extremely extra local hot dogs for when ketchup and mustard are just too basic

Nothing says summer quite like a hot dog. And in Kansas City, you don’t have to settle for ketchup and mustard—we’ve got hot dogs that veer hard toward extra-ness. Here are six favorites from around town. Ssong’s Dog at Ssong’s Earlier this year, we welcomed a newcomer to the local hot dog scene—Korean hasdogeu from… Continue reading 6 extremely extra local hot dogs for when ketchup and mustard are just too basic

Summer is back, baby! Essential activity picks to make up for lost time

There's a brand-new waterslide at Oceans of Fun that sets a world record as the longest of its type/Tom Lighthouse

Summer is back, baby. And not in the same way it is every twelve months, as the sun swings back around to shining bright on our hemisphere. The summer of 2021 is special because it comes on the heels of a fourteen-month metaphorical winter, a time when uncertainty and fear clouded over seemingly everything. It’s… Continue reading Summer is back, baby! Essential activity picks to make up for lost time

Parisi’s head roaster Nick Scott shares his favorite Westport cigar bar and an off-menu item at Ricos Tacos Lupe

Parisi Coffee's head roaster Nick Scott poses by the machine he uses for speciality small-batch roasts.

The best cup of coffee Nick Scott has ever had came from Long Miles co-op in Burundi, a tiny landlocked African nation. “It tasted like plums and fig and honeysuckle,” Scott says. “It really made me question coffee as a whole. It made me wonder, ‘Hmmm, I wonder how good coffee actually can be—because this… Continue reading Parisi’s head roaster Nick Scott shares his favorite Westport cigar bar and an off-menu item at Ricos Tacos Lupe