What To Expect From Kohinoor, A Latin-Inspired Cocktail Lounge Opening In KC

Jasmine Rios is bringing her Mexican heritage to Kohinoor, a cocktail bar and lounge set to open in about a month.  “Kohinoor is the name of one of the most famous diamonds in the world, but, metaphorically, it means elegance and upscale so that’s why I chose that name,” says Rios. Kohinoor sits underneath the… Continue reading What To Expect From Kohinoor, A Latin-Inspired Cocktail Lounge Opening In KC

Le Lounge Encapsulates What A Hotel Bar Should Feel Like

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The boutique hotel No Vacancy’s bar Le Lounge is definitely for lounging, despite its new and much larger space. Spencer Sight, the hotel’s owner, relocated the stylish bar from its original second floor location, only accessible from an alley and long flight of stairs, to a newly acquired ground floor spot in the same Crossroads… Continue reading Le Lounge Encapsulates What A Hotel Bar Should Feel Like

Midwest Masala

Jyoti Mukharji. Photography by Kelly Powell.

Food is love. Just ask Jyoti Mukharji.  “In India, we don’t express our love in words,” she says. In the Western world, Mukharji explains, everybody says I love you. “You tell your parents that. You tell your friends that. You tell your children. In India, nobody talks that way. It’s never expressed in that way.… Continue reading Midwest Masala