It doesn’t matter the time of day, what you’re craving, if you’re wrestling a toddler in the crook of your arm or if you’re on a Shawnee brew crawl from Friction Beer to Servaes Brew Co.—the town’s newest restaurant Hank’s Garage and Grill is probably for you. There’s a lot to love at this neighborhood… Continue reading With hot dogs, spam fries and cornhole, Hank’s Garage & Grill is here for a good time, and probably a long time
Openings Char Bar (200 W. Sante Fe St., Olathe, KS, charbarbbq.com) Char Bar isn’t just opening another restaurant in downtown Olathe. It’s also opening a pickleball complex. The Southern-style barbecue joint is renovating a former firehouse and turning it into an over 26,000 square-foot entertainment destination. In addition to a restaurant, the Olathe site will… Continue reading Small Bites: Openings, Closings & Other Restaurant News
Jeweler and textile artist Paulina Otero grew up making jewelry with her mom. “It has always felt very familiar to me,” she says. But it was as a fiber arts student at the Kansas City Art Institute that Otero began experimenting with unconventional materials to craft jewelry as a way to upcycle. In 2020, she… Continue reading Mesoamerican Motifs
