This past Friday, the Kansas Sampler Foundation named its Eight Wonders of Kansas Cuisine. In March, the foundation asked people to suggest Kansas restaurants or businesses that deserved the honor. Six weeks ago it narrowed down the field to 24 finalists including Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant in KCK. Sad to say that Fritz’s didn’t make the final eight, though two Lawrence…
%{}% Award-winning sportswriter Rick Reilly hates adverbs. “I would rather be coated in chicken drippings and dropped in a leopard den than use adverbs,” he writes in the forward to the 2002 edition of The Best American Sports Writing. “If you can’t find a better way to say ‘hungrily’ or proudly,’ you need to find a new line of work,…
%{}% A visit to two St. Louis-style pizza parlors reveals the peculiarities of provel cheese, very thin crusts and sad salads. Blogger Chimpotle has joined the staff of KC Beer Blog and he provides an inside look into what experts will teach you in a beer-appreciation class. A first-person account on how giving up dairy led to better skin. Also,…
BY ELKE MERMIS With her retro style, exotic roots and riot-grrrl attitude, America’s not quite sure what to make of Scandinavian import Ida Maria Sivertsen. Is she supposed to be a 21st century Chrissie Hynde? A thinking man’s Katy Perry? A modern pop-punk princess? Or something else entirely?What we do know is that Ida (say “eee-da”) Maria rocked a boozy,…
Local video blogger Ramsey Mohsen took a whole lot of photos and posted this video tour of the The Jones rooftop pool that opened over the weekend in the Power & Light District (on top of Cosentino’s). Mohsen calls the pool “legit” with “12 private cabanas, full cocktail service, swim-up bar, as well as a daily DJ and concierge service.”…
An impromptu rally gathered Sunday morning at the J.C. Nichols Fountain, with demonstrators displaying oversized images of a 16-year-old girl, blood on her face, killed on the streets of Tehran. In the wake of the disputed elections in Iran earlier this month, historic crowds have assembled to protest, what many consider to be, a fraudulent process, rigged in favor of…
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Kansas City police say 26-year-old Eric Taylor died from a gunshot wound Sunday afternoon. Police found Taylor suffering from a gunshot wound in a vehicle at the intersection of 35th and Agnes around 4:40 p.m. View Larger Map Police ask anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. ** Number of homicides update: The death of Takiya Love…
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Charles Ferruzza Collection Fat City’s Owen Morris — who is probably tired of me talking about the Kansas City restaurants I wanted to experience, but waited too long and they closed (like the legendary Gold Buffet) or places that were already long closed by the time I moved to town in 1984 — turned me on to the new book…
We love hearing from you guys, and we’d like to salute everyone who commented this week. Even those of you who call us DBs! Our first-ever “Comment of the Week” is from local blogger and Red X wine connoisseur jjskck who responded to “KC Council says yes to spending $500K on convention hotel study” in this way: Thanks for the…
We’re thinking these were the top stories this week in Fat City: The Top Ten Milkshakes in Kansas City Recession Relief: Sunday night suppers at Cafe Europa The extreme debate about alcohol in moderation It’s time to go out and pick blueberries! The Godly gourmet The pros and cons of being a Hooters waitress (Image via Flickr: The Smoky) Categories:…
Trying to predict what’s going to happen with the illusive Citadel Plaza shopping center is a little like trying to nail down the plastic bags that dip and swirl around the still empty lot at 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue. At the start of the week, it appeared the City Council was ready to hand over millions of taxpayer dollars…
You know that spot where they always stick a little funny phrase or something in the corner of the Record Bar ads that run in the newspaper this fine website is part of? In the upper left hand of the current ad is the number “1901.” I don’t know if anyone else has noticed that. However, it’s especially curious considering…
Space constraints did not allow me to share a bit of irony in this week’s column, which explored one the weaker arguments against bringing detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Fort Leavenworth. The argument in question says moving the detainees to Kansas will lead Jordan, Saudi Arabia and other nations to pull military officers who attend the Command and General Staff…
Operation Rescue claims death threats against the Wichita-based anti-abortion group have increased since abortion provider George Tiller was gunned down at a church service, the Wichita Eagle reports. Operation Rescue offers e-mails and phone messages as proof. Troy Newman, the group’s president, released several statements Friday afternoon. Among them: “In spite of threats against us, we will be reaching out…
Dewey W. Dixon, who is apparently down with the clown, will be serving a mandatory 15-year prison sentence for shooting up an apartment with a Mac-10 semiautomatic machine gun in September 2008. The 32-year-old from Johnson County was sentenced Thursday for two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, property damage and marijuana possession. A news release issued by the…
While the main event isn’t until next week, the KC Urban Farms and Garden Tour is putting on 10 days of pre-tour activities to spread its message of food sustainability. Tonight at the Plaza Branch of the KCMO Library is “My Blooming Garden” a story-time for children to learn about all the things they can grown in their own back…
No, it’s not some veiled attempt to get you to join my cult. Honestly, this weekend presents what might be best termed a frustratingly large number of good shows. At some point, you’re going to have to choose one show over the other, and just live with your decision. Starting tonight, there’s Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue at…
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced Thursday that 373 sex offenders were recently purged from MySpace and their info shipped off to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Uh, you might be a couple of years late. I mean, who uses, MySpace anymore? Other than sex offenders. “I will continue to aggressively pursue any avenue sex offenders use to threaten the safety…
