Archives: April 2011
Celebrate Thai New Year next week
The Thai New Year festival, Songkran, will begin next Wednesday, April 13, and run through April 15, except at Thai Orchid in Mission, where owner Wilai Rojjana plans to extend the celebration by one day — through Saturday, April 16. During the evening hours at the restaurant on those four days, Rojjana will offer traditional Thai music, and dancers in…
Cow’s four-hour furlough ends at drive-through in Independence
What NBC Action News is calling an “Independence cow” wandered away from the farm on Wednesday. Four hours later, the bovine excursionist ended up in the drive-through lane at a Commerce Bank location. Police subdued the creature with a stun gun. One hopes that order was restored with a minimum of “cash cow” jokes. Follow The Pitch on Facebook and…
Blanc Burgers + Bottles wins national playoff championship
My alma mater, Butler University, didn’t fare so well in the NCAA championship game on Monday night, but Kansas City’s Blanc Burgers + Bottles — owned by chef Josh Eans and Ernesto Peralta Jr. — scored all the right points: For the second year in a row, the upscale burger bistro won the burgerbusiness.com Burger Bracket competition. Fans of individual…
Coal Vines: The new Plaza pizzeria is this week’s review
In this week’s Pitch, Charles Ferruzza dines on a feast for the eyes at Coal Vines. The Dallas-based pizzeria recently appeared on the Plaza and has fast become a place to see and be seen — and eat a little, too. Glimpse the pretty diners and dishes in photographer Sabrina Staires’ slideshow, and find out which entree is as delicious…
Ford’s KC plant gets another tax break
Speaking directly to everyone who wanted to see KC’s earnings tax killed, I know the last 24 hours have been a letdown for you guys. I admit, I didn’t agree with you, but I can empathize with seeing a campaign you worked hard on not go your way. So when I saw that some tax reform actually did make it…
Man almost stabbed to death during home invasion
It goes without saying that people who break into your house to rob you are assholes. But some are desperate assholes who don’t actually want to hurt anyone, just make off with your DVD player. And some are evil, miserable assholes who help make KC so damn depressing. Unfortunately for one unidentified man in the 4000 block of Wabash Ave.,…
Chris Koster’s new Alcohol Awareness Month ad makes underage drinking totally cool
It’s Alcohol Awareness Month! So, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster decided to take advantage of that with a public service announcement about underage drinking. I have some thoughts on this, but I’d rather you watch it first so you can see what I’m talking about. If you’re a drinker, meet me after the jump. Categories: News Tags: Chris Koster, Underage…
Mother of boy saved by utility pole arrested
At first, it was a miraculous story: A 4-year-old Kansas City boy falls under a rolling car, and just as a wheel is about to crush his skull, the car stops after sliding into a utility pole. What a relief, right? And how freaking weird is that? The little boy is in stable condition, and he should recover and get…
For the love of a runny egg, a breakfast version of the Jucy Lucy
Runny eggs are warm little pockets of luxury. Every meal should come with that wonderful moment when the yolk breaks and you realize you’re going to need utensils to get through this sandwich. And now, there’s a breakfast two-hander that does a runny egg justice: the Pork Patty Breakfast Sandwich . Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Hide your kids, hide your wife: Ke$ha’s back! [Updated with ticket prices]
UPDATE, Wednesday, April 6, at 10:09 a.m.: Tickets for Ke$ha go on sale on Saturday, April 9, at 10 a.m. They’ll run you $35 to $49.50. Click here to grab them on Saturday morning. Whoa! It seems like just five minutes ago that I was drunk and raving about the Ke$ha show on this blog. The pop tart is stopping…
Songstress Katie Gilchrist revives her weekly cover-song chill session tonight
It’s not a new concept to the theater crowd of Kansas City: last year Katie Gilchrist hosted a weekly unwind session every Thursday at One80 that included friends getting together, jamming through some cover songs, catching up on the week, and throwing back some cocktails. However, when her partner at the time, MFA student Nick Gehlfuss, moved to New York…
KC voters decide to continue to tax everybody’s earnings
Tuesday’s vote on the earnings tax in Kansas City, Missouri, resembled a worker’s decision to contribute to a 401(k) retirement plan. Voters came to the conclusion that the 1-percent tax on their wages was worth keeping because it’s “matched” by people who work in Kansas City but live in surrounding communities. The e-tax cruised to an easy victory, surviving the…
Which Kansas City chef should be on reality television?
%{}% Julian’s Celina Tio will be back on your television sets tonight. Fresh off a strong bid to become The Next Iron Chef, Tio is hoping to win Top Chef Masters. The Bravo show will pit 12 cheftestants against one another in a series of weekly elimination challenges that begin airing tonight (and on subsequent Wednesdays) at 10 p.m. Tio…
Bid to win your own private performance from some of Kansas City’s finest
KKFI 90.1, Kansas City’s community radio, does a lot for our local music scene. And starting on Thursday, they’re kicking off a massive, on-air local band auction to raise money for the station, giving you a chance to win a private two-hour set from more than 100 local groups. It’s a huge labor of love on the part of the…
Incoming: The Civil Wars at the Bottleneck, April 22
The Civil Wars is fueled by Joy Williams and John Paul White’s songwriting. Williams’ voice, which is similar to Alison Krauss’ in style and tone, ebbs and flows with White’s. The duo’s heart-wrenching ballads and booming anthems are beautiful and painful. Categories: Music Tags: The Civil Wars, White Dress
The Strange Boys get weird in Lawrence tonight
For hailing from Austin, Texas — a town that pays tribute to the weird — the Strange Boys play surprisingly straightforward ’60s rock (with a touch of honky-tonk). Singer Ryan Sambol’s snotty delivery and the band’s jangly guitars and clean drumming result in songs belonging in sweltering dive bars and Levi’s commercials. Originally a lean punk duo made up of…
Michael Smith snags a mention in NY Times piece on pork ribs without smoke
If you’re going to serve smokeless pork ribs in Kansas City, you better nail the dish. Well, chef Michael Smith had a huge bone thrown his way yesterday, when The New York Times opted to include a dish from Extra Virgin in a piece about the growing popularity of braising pork ribs. And while we’re still referred to as “barbecue…
Queens of the Stone Age thunders through the Beaumont tonight
Queens of the Stone Age has been going balls-to-the-wall since releasing its first album, in 1998. This spring and summer, QOTSA tours in support of its recent re-release of that 1998 self-titled debut. Over the years, the band has splintered into various side projects, including Mini Mansions and record label Rekords Rekords. Categories: Music Tags: QOTSA
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