Adam Richman may have just meet his match this evening. The host of the Travel Channel’s Man V. Food takes on the Ultimate Destroyer from Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que in tonight’s episode (airing at 8 p.m. Central) about Kansas City. Richman also visited Oklahoma Joe’s (which has become a must-stop for national food programs) and Stroud’s when Man v. Food came…
If you’re feeling a little sprightly about things and you can’t figure why, worry not: the New York Times’ economic columnist is here to drag you down. Crack open a bottle of well scotch and a bag of goldfish — if you can afford better, you must be Canadian or something — and settle into his most recent breakdown of…
Just in case you’ve seen all the foreigners winning majors and figured golf had embraced diversity, the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am is here to remind you: The gentleman’s game is still very much about gentlemen of the white-dude variety. The 31-year-old pro-am, which partners with the Adams Golf pro tour, has long had a tradition of keeping women from playing in…
%{}% Early Monday morning, Otis W. Pratt’s teenage son discovered his father’s body inside his home in the 3200 block of Victor. Now, police are calling the 58-year-old’s death a homicide — Kansas City, Missouri’s 67th of 2010. Categories: News Tags: homicides, Killa City, Otis W. Pratt
Chefs and tattoos go together like peanut butter and jelly. Pitch photographer Forester Michael shot some of Kansas City’s finest chefs and their tattoos. Take a look at why some of KC’s kitchen pros choose tattoos as a way to express themselves in this week’s issue. Chefs, in order of appearance: Patrice Welcher of Sharp’s 63rd Street Grill; Quillan Glynn…
We all know the Power & Light District has had its share of problems while trying to breathe life into downtown for the last two years. Mayor Mark Funkhouser, no fan of using public funds to keep the boozy entertainment zone afloat, upped the ante last week, whining about it to ABC News in a story about questionable spending projects….
The most entertaining political video to emerge over the weekend features Kansas City, Missouri, Councilman Bill Skaggs acting like he’s going to body-slam a cameraman sent by the Republican party to track Senate candidate Robin Carnahan. A big fella who carries himself like a successful rancher, Skaggs made a sudden and hostile move that caused the camera operator to flinch….
We’re betting no one in Kansas City is more disappointed with the lack of good mass transit than Eric Hayden, whose need to travel is so compelling that he’s working on his whopping 20th possible conviction for driving without a license. If a decent light rail campaign ever gets cooking again, they need to put Hayden’s face on the campaign…
Well, you may be right, depending on how long it takes for one of my editors to tell me to stop writing about him. But that hasn’t happened yet. And there is Biebs-related news to report, son! Categories: Music Tags: justin bieber, proactiv
I can wax poetic about the spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy’s and explain to you why Sonic’s tater tots could be part of the tourism literature for getting people to move to the Midwest. But I’ve never set foot inside a Jimmy John’s. It’s not that I have something against the sandwich chain from Illinois. It’s precisely the opposite. Jimmy…
Beautiful, naked breasts are fine things worth fighting for. This morning, the Missouri Association of Club Executives along with 16 other adult business owners, stores, and dancers filed a lawsuit in Cole County court to stop a bill banning nude dancing and alcohol sales in the Show-Me State’s strip clubs. The suit, which names Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster as…
No bar in the city makes more money off me than Harry’s Bar & Tables. Partly, this is due to its drinks being a little on the pricy side. But I view those $3.50 Budweisers as a premium I’m paying for reliable darkness, bartenders who remember me, a generally laid-back clientele and the best patio in the city. The restrooms?…
To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue in October, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7. Agree with us or disagree, just get your own. The rice noodle rolls are like the starter’s gun for Sunday dim sum at Bo Lings on the Plaza. Moments after you sit…
Last Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court suspended Kansas City attorney Chauncey M. Depew from practicing law for a year for, among other depravity, leaving a note on an administrative assistant’s desk that read, “I want to lick your butt.” And there’s a whole lot more. Categories: News Tags: Chauncey M. Depew, Kansas Disciplinary Administrator, Kansas Supreme Court, Pepe Le Pew
Some Republicans are so eager to identify Democrats as Muslims that they’ll suggest Methodist ministers practice Islam. Bob Gough, an anti-tax activist and coordinator of Greater Kansas City Pachyderm Club meetings, sent out an e-mail on Monday that featured an image of U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II wearing a kufi cap. In his e-mail, Gough encouraged anyone attending the forums…
Primus’ claim to fame — other than giving South Park its theme — remains its status as the funkiest freak-bass rock band of the ’90s. Like the other ’90s alt rockers, the band has seen its mainstream fortunes dwindle. But bass noodler Les Claypool still leads Primus with a metal lifer’s absurdly unclouded verve. Claypool and his band are stopping…
When you learned to ride a bike, you had training wheels to make sure you didn’t scrape your knee or immediately fall over onto the lawn. That’s how I see cherry tomatoes. The tiny, sweet fruit is a great way to work your way up to the thick dinosaur of the tomato world — the beefsteak tomato. Those mothers —…
If you’re divorcing your wife, there’s no need to kill her. But that’s what Terry Hayes did, according to Johnson County prosecutors who say the 39-year-old fatally shot his future ex-wife, Tiffani Hayes, in the head. JoCo prosecutors charged Terry Hayes with premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated assault for allegedly threatening another man with a gun. Categories: News Tags: divorce,…
Update (9:31 a.m. August 11): A couple of KCTV 5 folks have pointed out that this story is actually two years old (thanks, EPKCTV5 and KCKlo63). Uh, whoops! I blame a combination of my Google Reader and a second-hand K2 high. Yep, dumb mistake. But seeing someone touch those funky (alleged) hooker knickers still grosses out my delicate sensibilities. Original…
