The KC restaurant community suffered a devastating loss this week. Chef Shaun Brady, owner of Brookside restaurant Brady and Fox, was fatally shot on Wednesday. His passing took place just days before this weekend’s annual Irish Fest, which Brady helped organize. According to KCUR, the shooting took place right outside Brady’s restaurant. Brady was taking… Continue reading Memorial Fund To Honor Late Irish Chef Shaun Brady Raises Over $100,000 In 24 hours
For those of you who thought Chuck E. Cheese’s novelty had long worn off – think again. A fourth one recently opened in the former Peter Piper Pizzeria in Ward Parkway Center. The Peter Piper Pizzeria (8809 State Line Road) closed unexpectedly in late June after a year of operations, however its kid-centric pizzaria replacement… Continue reading Restaurant news: A new Chuck E. Cheese comes to State Line Road
Messenger Coffee has closed one of its two cafes on the Country Club Plaza. Parent company, locally owned FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective, took over the former Kaldi’s Coffee shops at 318 W. 47th St. and 4771 Jefferson St. in May 2021 and converted them to Messenger. They closed the 47th Street location Tuesday, saying they… Continue reading Messenger Coffee closes a location
Washington Square Park and the soon-to-be vacated Blue Cross and Blue Shield building have recently emerged as a potential site for a new downtown Royals ballpark. In January 2024, Vince Bryant of 3D Development gathered a team of architects, real estate brokers, attorneys and PR experts to explore whether Washington Square Park might make the… Continue reading Developers Unveil Renderings Of A Royals Ballpark At Washington Square Park. Is This The Perfect Fit?
Here are ten things to do in KC this Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1, including: Irish Fest, SantaCaliGon Days and Renaissance Festival kicks off.
Few buildings in Kansas City can claim a history as fascinating as the early 1900s Benton family home in Hyde Park. Known today as the Justice and Dignity Center (3114 Paseo, KCMO), the home serves as a bustling community center, hosting events such as Feed the Community, a program that serves meals to more than… Continue reading From fabled family mansion to speakeasy and union hall—this Paseo building has seen it all
Travis and Jason Kelce, the NFL’s most famous brothers, have signed a major deal with Amazon’s Wondery for their mega-popular New Heights podcast. The three-year agreement worth more than $100 million, gives Wondery the global distribution rights to both the audio and video versions of the show. Fans will still be able to access the… Continue reading The Kelce brothers Score $100 Million Deal with Amazon’s Wondery for ‘New Heights’ Podcast
Overland Park’s Inspired Play Cafe is expanding. Owner Bianca Sisillo-DeFries plans a mid-November opening of her second cafe in Merriam Town Center, 5640 Antioch Road in Merriam. It will be near the new Betty Rae’s Ice Cream shop. Just like her first Inspired Play Cafe, the new Merriam play cafe will be open daily, offering… Continue reading Get your kiddos inspired at a play cafe
Women’s sports are gaining more viewership than ever and KC is more than happy to be part of the movement. To continue making female athletes a priority, Monica Brady, alongside her wife Rachel Glenn, is opening KC’s first bar dedicated entirely to women’s sports. The Dub will open in the former Banksia bakery off 9th… Continue reading KC’s First Women’s Sports Bar Will Open This Year
By Dawnya Bartsch, Daniela Barzallo, Molly Higgins and Arial Whaley There are plenty of lively places to spend your evening around the metro, from swanky cocktail lounges serving champagne and charcuterie to hole-in-the-wall dive bars handing out baskets of peanuts and spicy wings with a side of ranch. Here are the best spots to down a beer or… Continue reading The Top Places To Experience Nightlife In Kansas City | BEST OF KC 2024
Keeyoung Kim knows there’s not a huge demand for soju in the Midwest. Luckily, as a second-generation Korean, he’s in the business of educating us Midwesterners on Korean culture, most notably through his restaurant Chingu in Westport. Now, alongside Chingu co-founder David Son, Kim is making the first ever Midwest-distilled soju right here in KC.… Continue reading The First Midwest-Distilled Soju Is Created Right Here In KC
A dozen years ago, Andy Lock and Domhnall Molloy took over a former Lee’s Summit steakhouse and converted it to Summit Grill. It was so successful, they have since opened multiple restaurants under different brands across the metro. Now the partners are temporarily closing their original location, at 4835 N.E. Lakewood Way for a “much-anticipated… Continue reading Original Summit Grill closes for renovation
Kemet Coleman has a knack for bringing firsts to KC with his brewery Vine Street Brewing Co. The first black-owned brewery in KC, Vine Street Brewing is hosting our city’s first hip-hop beer festival: Hip-Hops Hooray! Beer Fest. “As someone who’s been a rapper and hip-hop artist since middle school, this festival feels like a… Continue reading Get Ready For KC’s First Hip-Hop Beer Festival
A new North Kansas City company is putting on both private events and pop-ups that will be open to the public including a Kansas City Chiefs home-opener. It started when Chris Boyle was looking for a bigger production facility for his growing Daily Culture kombucha business. A barrel-roof, circa 1932 brick building at 1447 Gentry… Continue reading A family teams up to create a pop-up event space
Here are ten things to do in KC this weekend, August 22-25, including: West Side Story, Parkville Days and KKFI Crossroads Music Fest.
By Dawnya Bartsch, Daniela Barzallo, Molly Higgins and Arial Whaley Looking for a vintage china pattern? Or perhaps you’re planning your big day and looking for the right florist to create the bouquet of your dreams. There are so many places to consider. Here’s what our readers say. And for good measure, we picked a… Continue reading The Top Places To Shop In Kansas City | BEST OF KC 2024
Tank, a Boxer mix, middle-aged in dog years, is now officially known as Teddy. It’s a P.R. move by the folks at Great Plains SPCA in Merriam, who haven’t found a forever home for him after 90 days, think it’s cute and might help. It’s also a more fitting handle for this “big hunk of… Continue reading Teddy Needs a home
After four years, Lenexa’s former Stein Mart space in Orchard Corners is now leased. Petco, which sells pet food, products and services, will open in half of the 37,000-square-foot space in Orchard Corners at 95th Street and Quivira Road. Sierra was previously announced as the tenant for the other half of the space. Sierra specializes… Continue reading After four years, Popular pet store fills former Stein Mart locale
Less than a year after creating pop-up shows around town for digital artists, Kansas City native Mary McCawley opened KC’s first digital-only art gallery, Digital Dreams KC, in the Crossroads this past spring. When McCawley came back to KC after living in Colorado for seven years, she was surprised that the KC arts scene was… Continue reading Mary McCawley brings KC’s first digital art gallery, Digital Dreams KC, to the Crossroads
816 Day is a celebration of all things KC and takes place Saturday, August 16. The big celebration is happening at KC Live! Block in the Power and Light District at 12 pm. A variety of events will take place including DJs, fashion shows and live music. Through annual celebration has added a scavenger hunt… Continue reading Your Guide To Food Deals On 816 Day
After more than a year in the works, Westport frozen cocktail bar Frost plans to open by October just as the weather also starts to turn frosty. In the 2,400-square-foot former Julep cocktail lounge space (4141 Pennsylvania Ave.), Frost will offer frozen drink classics such as pina coladas, daiquiris and margaritas; seasonal frozen drinks and… Continue reading Frozen cocktails, push pops and beach snacks
Here are thirteen things to do in KC this weekend, August 15-18, including: Luke Bryan, Jason Isbell and the Ethnic Enrichment Festival.
By Dawnya Bartsch, Daniela Barzallo, Molly Higgins and Arial Whaley Want to know the best spot in town to grab a hot dog, according to your neighbors? Or perhaps where to dine when someone else is paying? Maybe you just want to find the perfect glazed doughnut to go with your morning coffee. Well, we’ve… Continue reading The Top Places For Food & Drink In Kansas City | BEST OF KC 2024
Back-to-school season may be here, but summer isn’t over yet. Just ask the folks at Mo Pie, a locally owned pie company selling its baked fruit wonders throughout the metro. There’s still time to savor summer each time you bite into one of Mo Pie’s seasonal fruit creations, says founder Curt Lafferty. Lafferty, who was… Continue reading Give Me Mo’
Growing up in KC, Max Kaniger saw food as a tool that brought people together. His father was a talented chef who owned the contemporary restaurant Venue on the Plaza before Café Trio moved in. But when the KC native began to travel overseas in his college years, he became acutely aware that not everyone… Continue reading Max Kaniger is on a mission to make KC the first city without food deserts
Your 2024 Kansas State Barbecue Champions are … from Greater St. Louis. Mulkey’s BBQ from Imperial, Missouri, competing in the popular Lenexa contest for the first time, took top honors as Grand Champion of the 42nd annual Great Lenexa BBQ Battle, officially designated as the Kansas State Championship BBQ. Head chef Mike Mulkey credited the… Continue reading A record 172 teams competed in the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
One of the beautiful thing about salads is, in each bite, you can indulge in so many flavors and textures. However, when I was asked to be on KCUR’s Up To Date show to talk about KC’s best salads, I can’t say I immediately jumped at the opportunity. I’m a meat and potatoes kind of… Continue reading Our Food Editor’s Favorite Salads This Summer
Podcasters Amanda Rose and Trevin Bartee first met 10 years ago at a temporary job they both call one of their most “random”—a warehouse for a train brake repair company. They bonded over both being from small towns: Bartee is from Plattsburg, Missouri, and Rose is from Leon, Kansas (which has a population of 657… Continue reading Quirky KC-based podcast Live, Laugh, Larceny subverts expectations of the true crime genre
As summer inches closer to fall, end-of-summer, back-to-school and Labor Day parties abound. Ditch the plain dinnerware in favor of fun and festive plates to jazz up any table. KC-based creators Carrie Kiefer and Morgan Georgie of Ampersand Design Studio make whimsical home decor, including paper goods, pillows, drinkware, plates and more. Kiefer and Georgie… Continue reading Party Plates
Here are eleven things to do in KC this weekend, August 8-11, including: La Cage aux Folles, PickleCon, Blink-182 and DIESEL.
Though built with the best intentions, what is known as the “Kansas City Cut,” a sunken freeway that slices through the heart of the city, has proven over the years to be a deep wound. Constructed primarily in the 1960s, Interstate 670 was built as a way to connect I-35 and I-70. But rather than… Continue reading A new round of funding is moving the South Loop project forward
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker forever altered the trajectory of jazz. “There isn’t a note that’s played today in jazz that doesn’t in some way tie back to the influence of Charlie Parker,” says B.J. Jansen, vice president of KC Jazz Alive. Appreciated and remembered throughout the world, Parker—often referred to as “Bird”—goes down in history… Continue reading Three performances honoring Charlie “Bird” Parker’s legacy this month
Parkville’s Acre restaurant is celebrating its second anniversary with an expansion. It plans a late summer opening for a 1,316-square-foot event space on its north side. The space will seat about 40 people for wine dinners, and social and corporate gatherings – from cocktail receptions to catered sit-down events. For private events and catering, visit… Continue reading Lauded Parkville restaurant is expanding
We’re always searching for the best Kansas City has to offer. That’s why we asked you, our readers, everything from where to find the best bowl of pho to who’s the best bartender in town.
Tanzania. France. The Amazon. Belgium. These are just a few of the places Candice Millard has traveled for her writing. Now based in Leawood, Millard spent several years living in New York, where she was an editor and writer for National Geographic. Her stories took her around the globe. “I wrote about people in Mongolia… Continue reading Local author Candice Millard writes books on fascinating historical events you’ve probably never heard about
With fine dining more expensive than ever, the experience of being waited on, choosing the perfect wine and relishing food we didn’t have to prepare is indeed a luxury. Restaurants are being challenged on both fronts—diners are pickier with their hard-earned dollars, and the rising cost of, well, everything makes producing a quality meal that… Continue reading Bar Medici reminds diners why great hospitality is worth paying for
Jo Marie Scaglia’s Weston home is a testament to her talent for repurposing. “I prefer to buy old things and redo them,” Scaglia says. “Everything has a story. Everything has meaning. A lot of it is nostalgic to me. That’s the inspiration for when I do a home.” Scaglia, the restaurateur behind The Mixx at… Continue reading The owner and creator of The Mixx and Caffetteria Modern Cafe takes us inside her Weston retreat
