Archives: May 2009
Russ Johnson shows off his hot legs (and mandals), pedals 13 miles to downtown
I knew today was going to be a great day when I saw City Councilman Russ “Hot Legs” Johnson wearing bike shorts and mandals on the morning news … and I knew I had to get a photo. To kickoff Bike Week, Johnson pedaled the 13 miles from his 2nd District home to the Power & Light District. Thirteen miles is…
More accolades for Broadmoor Bistro
I’ve already touted the wonderful high school culinary program at Broadmoor Bistro (as did Star Magazine this weekend). The students there continue to win award after award. Sammy Jo Claussen beat out 33 competitors from across the nation to win “Best Teen Chef 2009” as sponsored by the International Culinary School at the Art Institutes International in Charlotte, NC. In…
Kansas City Earth Fest
It was worth the wait for Kansas City’s Earth Fest, with spring finally arriving to shine some sun on five tents full of ideas for greener living. Click here for a slideshow. Categories: News Tags: Earth Day
La Musica de Fiesta KC: Five Local Latin Bands You Should Know
This past weekend, Crown Center played host to over 20 different Latin bands, many of which were local. Here are five Kansas City bands of the Hispanic persuasion that got cuerpos moving and pies tapping. La Mañana Band The lead singer of this five-man Tejano band from “Chorizo Springs, Argentine,” Steve Reyes gave lots of shout outs to the damas…
Two KC barbecue joints in the top 10
Just last week I was complaining that LA’s Barbecue Festival wasn’t a real competition, even though it was the perfect opportunity to test different regions’ styles against each other. Little did I realize that Paul Kirk, the “ambassador of barbecue,” had done just that in his new book America’s Best BBQ. Kirk — who hails from Kansas City — is…
Crikey! KFC not honoring grilled chicken coupons
KFC president Roger Eaton may be from South Africa but he sounds Australian. No matter his accent, considering that several generations of Americans grew up hearing Colonel Sanders talk about his 11 herbs and spices in a Southern drawl, it’s unsettling to hear a man who sounds like Steve Irwin’s brother explaining how KFC goofed with its latest promo. Eaton…
How to celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Week (hint: not with peanuts)
According to a study done by Newsweek, food allergies affect more than 11 million Americans. The number of children who suffer from one of the most severe food allergies — peanuts — has more than doubled in the past 10 years. When I was in grade school, people made fun of the kid who couldn’t have peanuts and that was…
Viva La Vida: Fiesta KC
Snapshots from Saturday evening at Fiesta KC 2009, starring Los DesperadoZ, Making Movies and some crazy-delicious Mexican food.
Concert Review: Kenny Chesney at Sprint Center, May 9, 2009
PHOTOS AND REVIEW BY NICK SPACEK The last “young country” show I saw was about 10 years ago, and when Tracy Lawrence suggested that the crowd turn Sandstone into a roadhouse, five fistfights broke out pretty much immediately. Kenny Chesney’s Sun City Carnival tour rolled through the Sprint Center Saturday night, and the venue went from arena to roadhouse. It…
“Spring Break for the Homeless”: Party!
Occasional Plog personality Richard Tripp sends along this YouTube of his Care of Poor People potluck on April 11. Tripp’s been putting on these parties for poor people — rounding up tons of food, clothing and other basics such as toothpaste and tampons — for a long time now. It almost looked as if this year’s spring event wouldn’t happen,…
Breakfast Buffet: Monday, 5/11
%{}% Keep your eyes peeled — the Boulevard seasonal maibock is starting to show up on taps around town. (KC Beer Blog) If you had told me New England is beautiful this time of year, I would have believed you. But to show it in pictures, well that’s just rubbing it in. Unless your burger has a pineapple slice, beets…
Concert Review: Fleetwood Mac at Sprint Center, May 8, 2009
BY DANNY ALEXANDER Fleetwood Mac gave precisely the kind of show everyone wanted to see Friday night, which was its strength and weakness. Without a new album to support, the band played most fan favorites back to 1969’s “Oh Well,” with Lindsay Buckingham admirably playing the Peter Green role and original member Mick Fleetwood’s face lighting up in response to…
Daily Briefs: CRIMEWATCH!
%{}% CRIMEWATCH! According to Kansas City police and Federal drug authorities, in 2007, a dude named James Everson entrepreneurially broke into Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Kansas City and stole 110 pounds of pseudoephedrine during Super Bowl Roman Numeral 41. Once a popular over-the-counter allergy medicine, pseudoephedrine is now used exclusively and solely in clandestine meth labs to make crystal methamphetamine,…
Kansas City Earth Fest
It was worth the wait for Kansas City’s belated Earth Fest, with beautiful weather shining down on five tents full of ideas for greener living.
Missouri gets (gasp!) a good grade for cycling
Last year, when the Missouri Bicycle Federation crunched the numbers on how friendly our roads and policies are toward walking and cycling, they gave the Show Me State a big, fat D. But a report released last week shows we’re starting to shed our status as one of the slowest kids in the class when it comes to people-powered transportation….
Kansas health-care reform official resigns
Late Friday afternoon, the Kansas Health Policy Authority confirmed that its executive director, Marcia Nielsen, would soon be leaving the agency that’s responsible for spending all of the state’s health-care dollars and advising lawmakers on health-care policy (presumably so they can make good decisions about how to reform it). Nielsen was a key figure in former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ efforts…
The Give-a-Shit List
This week: Get to know your neighbors at an annual street festival on Troost Avenue, grill the Jackson County prosecutor about murder cases past and present, get inspired at a one-stop shop of social justice groups and get the lowdown on the decline of print media from the editor of U.S. News and World Report. Categories: News Tags: Ad Hoc…
Make a Mix CD, Get a Free Cup of Coffee
Starting today and running through May 14, the Roasterie Café in Brookside is running a deal where you can bring in a homespun mix CD and get a free medium cup of coffee. They ask that you include your name, e-mail and tracklist with the mix. That’s one awesome experiment. I’ll have to check in next week and see what…
The Closed Restaurant File: April
After a traumatic couple of months — we reported three restaurant closings in March, four if you count the final death of the venerable suburban delicatessen Pumpernick’s, which, after several owners over the past decade, closed and was reborn as another Cupini’s — April was relatively light on restaurant closings. Interestingly enough, it was another delicatessen that finally said shalom,…
Excuse me, there’s a snake in my veggies…
Considering I’ve been eating in restaurants for years, I’ve been lucky when it comes to biting down on strange, foreign items — the ingredients that clearly aren’t part of the recipe — in a dish. True, once I nearly chipped a tooth on a little nut. No, not the edible kind, the kind you use to bolt things together. As…
This week’s “Best of Fat City”
We’re thinking these were the top stories posted on Fat City this week: Absinthe doesn’t necessarily make the heart grow fonder The best food holder of all The best chocolate chip cookie? Chefs salaries revealed A taste of Kansas and Missouri Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: The best of Fat City this week
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