When you can’t find the culture you want, sometimes you just have to create it yourself. That’s what Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez did when they decided to open KC’s newest Cuban…
News
When the Overland Park Farmers Market opens next month for its 2025 season, it will be operating outside the Matt Ross Community Center at 8101 Marty, the same location of the market…
In 2023, 100 years after the Epperson home was built, the University of Missouri-Kansas City began the hunt for a developer to engage in a public-private partnership to restore and reopen the…
Restaurants
For at least a thousand years people have been eating and drinking outside of their own homes. The first known “restaurants,” were not restaurants at all. In ancient times, they looked more…
Over the last few years, Penny and Doug Mufuka have gone from simply being restaurateurs to full-fledged empire-building entrepreneurs, having opened five restaurants, and closed one, since the launch of their first…
If you put a lot of pressure on yourself during the season of love, fret not—we looked at all Kansas City has to offer and got the ball rolling for you. The…
Bars
When two local bartenders who plied their craft mixing drinks at elevated local craft cocktail and coffee spots, including The Mercury Room, The Campground, and Monarch Coffee, decide to open a casual…
In February, J. Rieger & Co. released a 90-proof straight rye whiskey—the last piece of the local distillery’s affordable whiskey trifecta. The first piece came in 2014, when the historic distillery came…
In 2020, married couple and business partners Tim and Louise Wirick relocated to Kansas City from San Diego, California, with their three kids in tow. They had more than a decade of…
Chefs
Bryan Alley’s longtime love of mushrooms is coming to life. Later this summer, Alley will open Mushroom Culture, a vegetarian deli and butcher shop, serving quick and easy grab-and-go style meals featuring…
Johnny Leach didn’t set out to be a chef. “I was working in a record store with no huge life plan in front of me,” he says. “A friend got me into…
In case you haven’t heard, Pam Liberda’s got serious skills. The executive chef at Waldo Thai was nominated as one of last year’s James Beard Award’s Best Chefs in the Midwest, and…
In a world that can sometimes seem harsh—especially when we turn on the news—nothing makes us feel more civilized than hosting friends in our home. It truly is one of life’s greatest…
Every January, we resolve to shed the holiday weight by…
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Recipes
When two local bartenders who plied their craft mixing drinks…
In 2020, married couple and business partners Tim and Louise…
The perfect dessert for Christmas dinner. From A Kansas City…
Blanc Champagne Bar opened with a bang on World Champagne…