In Kansas City, restaurants with numbers as names haven’t fared well. The more recent casualties include 1924 Main, Seven, and One80. But a number does tend to stick in one’s mind, especially if it serves a dual purpose: representing both the name of the restaurant and the address. Case in point: Once you’ve committed the number 715 to memory, you’re…
The memorial for Westport homicide victim Brian Euston was ripped down over the weekend. The photo above was taken when it was still new. Now, it’s gone. Fox 4 reported that vandals shredded it over the weekend. It’s not the first time that it was vandalized. Someone literally pissed on it in December. Euston’s parents are understandably hurt. I wish…
Somewhere between synthetic marijuana and cocainelike bath salts, we’ve lost our way people. The “newest high,” according to Fox 4, is Plant Food, which supposedly gives an Ecstasy-like high. Can’t you just find a real Ecstasy dealer? Yeah, it’s legal, but do you know what this shit is doing to do to your body? I have no idea, and I’m…
Maria Guiterrez — the cheery proprietor and cook at the cozy little Wolfburgers Cafe at 3009 Strong Avenue in the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kansas — has a handwritten sign posted in a prominent position in her dining room: “Please limit your bad language.” Limit? Does that mean measure it out carefully, using the f-word once every half-hour instead…
The Missouri Tigers have work to do Thursday night, but the road to the Final Four isn’t going to be an easy or a drama-free one for Mizzou. Arkansas fired coach John Pelphrey on Sunday, which led, of course, to more talk that Mizzou coach Mike Anderson is a candidate for the job. For his part, Anderson tried to deflect,…
Capybara with Oriole Post and MindenSaturday, March 12, 2011The RecordBar Better Than: Bourbon-spiked chocolate cake. Capybara rocked the RecordBar stage on Saturday night in front of a packed crowd with a luscious, layered orchestral pop sound. With a handful of new songs, the band celebrated its reunion with impressive energy, leaving no doubt that they’re ready for their return to…
Chalkboard fetishist Glenn Beck has lost his 9-11 a.m. time slot on KMBZ 980 due to piss-poor ratings, according to Bottom Line Communications. Beck is getting booted to the 9 p.m.-midnight slot, starting today. That’s the good news. The bad news: There’s more Beck on the airwaves. The show will run a full three hours. Categories: News Tags: 980 KMBZ,…
The king of Kansas City hip-hop collaborated with Atlanta radio star B.o.B. over the weekend for his new album, according to Tech’s blog: B.o.B. visited with Tech N9ne and Strange Music. Sharing pictures of the two over Twitter, Tech would later go on to confirm that the two had in fact worked on a song together. Could we see the…
After seeing last week’s post featuring a list of church fish frys, Fat City reader Ryan in Olathe wrote us with this question: “I’m from Omaha and there are one or two fish frys that are quite the party. Basically, you wait in line for 2-3 hours, drink beer the whole time and then eat fish (which, by that time,…
%{}% Last week Japan was hit by earthquake, tsunami, and volcano. As the country tries to come back from this series of disasters, donations are pouring in from world citizens. Rightbloggers are doing their part, too. They’re using the catastrophe as a teachable moment to explain that Obama sucks, global warming doesn’t exist, and what America needs now is more…
Win or lose, Gary Blair, the head coach at Texas A&M, likes to complain that Kansas City is a lousy host for the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament. Last year, Texas A&M won the event, and Blair groused about the size of the crowds at Municipal Auditorium and the lack of media attention. After the Aggies lost in the final…
One of America’s favorite snack foods, the potato chip, will officially turn 158 years old this summer on August 24 — the anniversary of the date when George Crum, the chef at a resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, became frustrated by a customer (reportedly millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt) who kept sending back his french-fried potatoes for being “too soggy,” so…
Before Saturday night’s Kansas City premiere of Kevin Smith’s Westboro Baptist Church-inspired Red State, Shirley Phelps-Roper told me that her family had an exit strategy. They weren’t sticking around if the film became too raunchy. I told her that it’s a Kevin Smith flick; it’s bound to get raunchy. So about 15 minutes after the lights went down and the…
Yogurtini is crossing State Line and opening a location in Overland Park — its fourth frozen-yogurt shop in the area. The newest location will be at the intersection of 119th Street and Metcalf and is expected to open in early April. Yogurtini is a self-serve frozen-yogurt operation. You grab a cup, pick from any of the dozen or so flavors…
Nerd alert. It’s Pi Day: March 14, 3/14, 3.14 … get it? While not all of us will be celebrating the mathematical holiday (odds are, you don’t have the day off), you can still honor the math dork in your life by putting your fork in a piece of pie. NPR has a guide to sweet and savory pies that…
The homicide death count kept climbing over the weekend. James Ivy became Kansas City, Missouri’s 13th homicide of 2011. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Ivy, 31, was shot to death behind a home at 33rd and Olive. Police are still looking for suspects. Categories: News Tags: homicide, James Ivy
Blood, sweat and ink: Jaimie Warren has shots of the two-day tattoo convention that went down at the Uptown this weekend. Categories: Music Tags: slideshow, tattoos
The Kansas State Wildcats had to sweat out Selection Sunday with CBS’ cameras in their faces. Not that they weren’t getting in. But K-State was made to wait for a five seed in the Southeast Regional. They’ll play No. 12 Utah State Thursday night in Tucson, Arizona. The game will be on truTV (yes, that’s an actual cable channel) at…
Back in my day, it was just enough that a diet soda didn’t taste like hot copper. It was a bonus if the taste actually resembled the full-calorie version. Among my diet-swilling friends, Diet Dr Pepper has always had cache. Introduced in 1963 as “Dietetic Dr Pepper,” I have been repeatedly told that it’s the diet soda that most clearly…
The Get Up KidsSunday, March 13, 2011The Bottleneck “Hello…home. It’s good to be back,” spoke Matt Pryor into the microphone before the band launched into “Tithe,” the opening track from There are Rules, the band’s first record in six years. No one ever expected the Get Up Kids to get back together, so the people packed into the Bottleneck were…
On the cover of Middle Cyclone, Neko Case’s Grammy-nominated 2009 release, she kneels atop her burgundy 1967 Mercury Cougar. It’s one of her favorite possessions, but next week she’s giving it away, and you can be the lucky new owner. An online raffle is selling tickets for $45 (or two for $75), and Neko’s hot ride will be given away…
The team behind BRGR Kitchen + Bar is busy working on a second concept for the Corinth Square shopping center in Prairie Village. Michelle Renner of The Kansas City Business Journal reports that the newly named Bread & Butter Concepts LLC (formerly TEXAS Restaurants LLC) will be opening Urban Table in July. The new restaurant at 4000 W. 83rd St….
Whether your team fared well at last week’s Big 12 Tournament, there’s always next year or, for a few lucky fans, the NCAA Tournament (the NIT doesn’t count, at least according to Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen). Sami Dowd took her camera over to the Power & Light District to find the biggest fans from Big 12 schools. Check out…
