What is the tipping etiquette for half service restaurants? Order at a counter, but they bring it out to you and clean up after you. — Kansas City Twitter user Half Monk. In the no man’s land between tip jars and check sleeves, the casual dining restaurant with table service is a dilemma for diners. It doesn’t have to be…
The Kansas City police will no longer be cracking down on street-crossers who can’t stay inside the lines. But before you applaud the department for realizing the stupidity of devoting resources to jaywalking in a city beset by actual crime problems, you should probably know that they haven’t figured that out at all. Nope, no enlightenment to see here: The…
You should pick up this week’s issue. Here are some things in it. Categories: Music Tags: belles, Fourth of July, James Christos
A double shooting in Raytown Tuesday left Andre M. Bess dead and an 18-year-old man wounded. The shooting occurred around 10:25 p.m. in the 7100 block of Crisp Avenue. Categories: News Tags: Andre M. Bess, homicide, Hope Faith Ministries
Banana stickers have evolved over my lifetime. Simple brand stamps with produce tags to be scanned by the cashier have evolved into pithy slogans. Despite all that, I’m not sure bananas will ever be an impulse buy. Banana stickers are getting another makeover in July. Chiquita Banana is sponsoring a sticker design contest to remind people that the company is…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em, Kansas. At least if you’re in a private club or the state-owned casino. In a decision that allows bar and club owners as well as the state to claim a partial victory, Shawnee County District Judge Franklin R. Theis ruled Wednesday afternoon that the ban would go into effect as planned today, but he…
Somehow, I stumbled upon his spoken word CDs, which led to me seeking out the rest of them because, at fifteen years old, an overhyper dude spewing razor sharp opinions about music, politics and the overall excitement of life is enough to give you a direction worth following. Categories: Music Tags: black flag, Henry Rollins
Mustaine will be John Hancock-ing at Unity Temple on Monday, August 23, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the event is organized by Rainy Day Books. More info here. The metal site Lambgoat interviewed Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato about touring with Mustaine back in 2005, and he told this absolutely hilarious story. Categories: Music Tags: Dave Mustaine, rainy…
Houlihan’s has launched a cork-recycling program this week with new partner Recork. The Leawood-based restaurant chain has started collecting wine corks for recycling at 13 of its restaurants nationwide. J. GIlbert’s and the two Bristol locations in the Kansas City area are participating in the program. “It makes sense and can make a big difference,” says Jen Gulvik, Houlihan’s vice…
There are going to be some stinky hotel guests downtown. An overnight water main break has left the Aladdin Holiday Inn without water. It’s also shut down Wyandotte between 12th and 13th streets, so reroute. As you’ll see, you better bust out your galoshes. Categories: News Tags: Aladdin Holiday Inn, water main break
T-Model Ford, also known as James Lewis Carter Ford, is the real deal. His fiery, raw blues music doesn’t just sound like the Delta; it’s born of it. His age is unknown (he thinks he was born sometime between 1921 and 1925), and he’s from Forest, Mississippi. Here’s what his biography over at his label, Fat Possum Records, says: T-Model…
%{}% The Spam Madame — a canned homage to the Croque Madame. Cream Ale, one of the only genuinely American styles of beer, gets a turn in the spotlight. Make every meal on the grill with 101 grilling recipes. Meat on a stick deserves its own post. Bread has returned to KFC. The Doublicious — fried chicken breast, Monterrey Jack…
Don’t count on hearing the irritating buzz of the vuvuzela at upcoming Kansas City Wizards soccer matches, the club’s PR guy, Rob Thomas, tells us. Categories: News Tags: Kansas City Wizards, Soccer, vuvuzelas, World Cup
In 1972, MGM released Elvis on Tour, a musical-documentary that ended up being the last motion picture starring The King before his death. To commemorate Presley’s 75th birthday, which is this year, an anniversary celebration is taking place in which the film will be re-released in theaters across the country. It’s a one-night-only affair set for Thursday, July 29 at…
Now in its eighteenth year, the Heartland of America Shakespeare Festival presented Richard III this year. With only two performances left, a respectable crowd set up chairs, blankets and picnics at Southmoreland Park last night for the Bard’s history play. The Pitch’s web editor, Anthonia Akitunde, was there to take photos.
If you tend to believe economist Paul Krugman’s Nobel Prize-winning hysterics, we are on the verge of the Third Depression, an era marked by “tens of millions of unemployed workers, many of whom will go jobless for years … some of whom will never work again,” and many of whom are going be very angry and possibly very drunk on…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Seven issues of The American Sunbathing Association Bulletin Date: 1992 to 1996 Discovered at: Overland Park estate sale that included noting else odd whatsoever Like cockfighters and…
Since you probably have the day off, it’s a great time to head to the amusement park. Bonus: If you are a police officer or an active or retired member of the military, Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun will let you in for free. Immediate family members are also eligible for discounted tickets. For complete details, see www.worldsoffun.com….
It began as a cold that Julia Amparo-Alvarado couldn’t seem to shake. One January night in 2003 when her boss called, asking her to come in for a night shift of janitorial work at the Brooklyn Con Ed building, Julia protested, complaining of a fever. But with an eight-year-old son and four-month-old daughter at home, she knew she couldn’t give…
While the message boards continue to fume with charges of racism aimed at writer-director M. Night Shyamalan for changing cartoon characters from Asian to Caucasian (except for the villains), let’s pursue a less arguable crime: that of lousy filmmaking. Adapted from a Nickelodeon cartoon about a young boy who’s part Luke Skywalker, part Neo and all heroic hodgepodge, this is…
Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing – whose Fat Tire Amber Ale is named for founder Jeff Lebesch’s long-ago bicycle trip through Europe — is combining a few of its passions this summer to support eco-friendly organizations. The inaugural, 14-city Clips of Faith Beer and Film Tour promotes the brewery’s Lips of Faith specialty beers while showing off some of the talented…
