Archives: July 2011
Does anyone remember the Triple Crown Restaurant?
A Fat City reader this morning sent us a link to a story in the Scotts Valley Patch, an online newspaper covering the Scotts Valley community in California’s Santa Cruz Valley, about a chef, David Smith, who has Kansas City connections. According to the article, David Smith — celebrating his 20th year cooking at Peachwood’s steakhouse at the Inn at…
Crossroads KC explains Cinderella’s cancelation
If you attended last night’s Cinderella show at the Crossroads, you didn’t get a show from them. Local openers the Dead Girls and Hammerlord both played full sets, but Cinderella never made it out onstage. Crossroads issued a statement earlier today regarding what happened, via their Facebook page. Categories: Music Tags: cancellations, Cinderella, crossroads kc
Hyatt Crown Center getting a new name — 30 years after the skywalk collapse
Thirty years after the skywalk collapse, the Hyatt Crown Center is getting a new name. NBC Action News reported that the Hyatt is being rebranded as the Sheraton Crown Center and will receive a “significant upgrade.” The upgrade is mostly cosmetic: “a new front drive, overall lobby improvements and the brand’s signature guest experiences.” However, just days after the anniversary…
Royals’ farm club pitchers toss back-to-back no-hitters with controversy!
Pitchers in the Kansas City Royals farm system have made the bold choice to not allow opponents to get hits anymore. On Monday, Triple-A affiliate Omaha Storm Chasers’ Luis Mendoza hurled a no-hitter against the Memphis Redbirds. The no-hitter was a first in the club’s 23-year history. Then, last night, two pitchers for Double-A Northwest Arkansas combined for a no-hitter….
Fresher Than Fresh Snow Pops now available at One More Cup
If the heat has sapped your will to go downtown, hope has arisen in the form of snow pops at One More Cup (7408 Wornall). The Waldo coffeehouse began selling Fresher Than Fresh Snow Pops on Monday, joining Hammerpress as one of the few spots in town to get the upscale version of the classic freezer pops. And since the…
Jeneé Osterheldt to divorcing friend: ‘Wrestle, damn you!’
As a butterfly flaps its wings in Malaysia and frogs rain down on Costa Rica, so it goes that Kansas City Star columnist Jeneé Osterheldt picks up her remote control a few hours before deadline and causes a flood of clichés. In today’s wet lump of rah-rah, the bromide cyborg says a friend’s recent announcement of impending divorce made her…
Lawrence’s CVLTS, Bruce Hornsby, and more in this week’s Pitch
In this week’s Pitch: Spacek on Lawrence experimental duo CVLTS, who’ve been getting European blog love. I chat with Bruce Hornsby about Bon Iver, Jerry Garcia and Bela Fleck. Plus the Forecast — you know we’ve got Sade coming this week, right? Categories: Music
Allen Mitchell charged with murder in the death of Carlos Hernandez
Kansas City, Kansas, police believe they’ve found who is responsible the June 25 shooting death of Carlos Hernandez. Wyandotte County prosecutors charged 29-year-old Allen Mitchell yesterday with first-degree murder. Mitchell, 29, is also charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, possession of cocaine and criminal possession of a firearm. Categories: News Tags: Allen Mitchell, Carlos Hernandez, cocaine, homicide
People gelatin, it’s hopefully not what’s for dinner
The jigglers are people!!! The jigglers are people!!! Keep your spoons close, we could have our very own Soylent Green moment in the future. Fast Company has the story of how human gelatin genes could provide a more stable, safer version of gelatin than pig and cow bones and skin (the current raw ingredients). The question is whether you’re ready…
tUnE-yArDs coming to the Jackpot Saloon
Merrill Garbus for canceling on us earlier this year. The weirdo, indie darling, known better as tUnE-yArDs, has announced a show at the Jackpot in Lawrence, on November 7. No word on the ticket price or who’s supporting. Garbus recently released w h o k i l l in the spring. Categories: Music Tags: tUnE-yArDs
Brandon Wright, 18, dies in drive-by shooting Friday night; 57 homicides in KCMO in 2011
UPDATE (July 20): Brandon Wright, 18, has been identified as the homicide victim in Friday night’s drive-by shooting at 26th and Euclid. Witnesses saw someone in a gold Chevy Blazer shoot Wright. The Star reported that Wright’s friend, who was also injured in the shooting, isn’t cooperating with the investigation. Wright is Kansas City, Missouri’s 57th homicide victim of 2011….
KC ranks sixth in the country for money spent on fast food
When I was wondering last year why the national burger chains suddenly seemed to be converging on Kansas City all at once, I never thought to look at the receipts of my fellow citizens. But according to Bundle (see the full-size chart here), the proof lies in the purchases. The average Kansas City household ranks sixth in the country in…
Police in Independence arrest suspect in attempted home invasion of Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell
A suspect in the attempted weekend home invasion and robbery of Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell was arrested Tuesday in Independence. Authorities arrested 20-year-old David Dewberry following a manhunt, according to All Headline News. He’s reportedly locked up on a federal warrant and awaiting extradition to Iowa where he’ll face felony burglary and assault charges for allegedly breaking into Boswell’s home…
If you had your own brand of beer, what would it be?
All of us have vanity projects — the restaurant we would open, the bar we’d buy — if we suddenly came into money. But Kid Rock might have the best idea of all: He hired the Michigan Brewing Company to contract brew American Badass beer. It’s the beer he drinks everywhere, the way you might travel with a bottle of…
Listen to half of Fag Cop’s Whimpers from the Pantheon
Fag Cop, in addition to being part of a long line of local bands with names that you can’t share with your mom (see also: Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Cocknoose, Cuntalope, and Filthy Jim), is also a band cloaked in mystery. Has it broken up? Will it be breaking up soon? Why the hell has it played in what looks…
Developers’ plan for Troost includes a new name for neighborhood
“Troost Avenue has a negative image,” says developer Greg Patterson. “And it doesn’t deserve that image.” Patterson and a business partner, John Hoffman, think they have a plan to change that negative perception for, at least, three blocks of the street. On Monday night, Patterson held a meeting to share his vision with residents of the Rockhill Ridge neighborhood, which…
Babies supposedly appear in clouds above Lou Engle speech site (video)
If you’re a fan of cheese pizza Jesus or grilled cheese Jesus (or even potato chip Abraham Lincoln), get a load of this. Some guy was in Michigan at a church where local whack-a-mole and accessory to Uganda’s “kill the gays” law Lou Engle was holding court. And what appeared in the clouds over the church? BABIES!!!! Engle was leading…
Out of Time & Space Astrology
Cancer/Leo time … oscillation between self-awareness and our need for relationship. Leo/Leo Rising* (July 22-Aug 22): When you possess the type of self-assuredness that you do, you must become aware of your impact on the rest of us. Your confidence can amount to arrogant and cockiness in the male and the essential bitchiness or snobbishness in the women. Bemoan, but…
The story of 1016 Paseo
The mansion at 1016 Paseo sits empty but is still full of memories. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
What’s better? Old diners or new diners?
Are new diners really better than the old standbys? The same week that the Pitch reviewed the new 119th Street Diner in Olathe, another home-style restaurant — this one in midtown — closed. The family-owned Carly Sue’s Family Diner at 120 East Gregory lasted nearly a year. Fat City noted, last September, that the neighborhood diner had its distinct eccentricities…
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