Charles Ferruzza Marshall Roth says he’s out of the food-truck business Facebook and Twitter were practically barking this afternoon — including a warning from a certain Kansas City socialite who is friends with the the chef — about the latest dogfight featuring Dog Nuvo co-owner chef Marshall Roth, who has been fighting a dog-eat-dog lawsuit filed by his former boss…
You can listen to jazz while eating steaks and crab cakes at 1911 Main For the last seven years, there has been some kind of saloon-restaurant in developer Diane Botwin’s L-shaped, gray-painted building at 1911 Main, beginning with the legendary Missy Koonce’s Bar Natasha in 2004 and ending, even more theatrically, early this year as Flo’s Cabaret, the first combination…
The Hold Steady The headline up there pretty much says it all. The date is Thursday, October 27. Tickets are $9.65 and on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. More info here. Question: Is Halloweenie Roast a more embarrassing event name than Kanrocksas? Categories: Music Tags: halloweenie roast
The Walnut Valley Festival (most people just call it “Winfield”) is a camping and folk music festival in southern Kansas. It turned 40 years old this year, and its biggest attribute is that it is basically customizable, and thus appeals to a wide variety of ages and dispositions. Some brave (and dirty) souls camp for a week; most just come…
Bishop Finn spoke to grand jurors last week. Bishop Robert Finn testified before a Jackson County grand jury last Friday, the Star reported. Of course, this all comes back to the child pornography charges (both state and federal) against the Rev. Shawn Ratigan. The grand jury began meeting last month, and the Star reported that “the lineup of grand jury…
Kansas Travel Earl Quick’s has another convert. It’s nice to discover that Andrew Zimmern isn’t always eating durian or an unconventional part of an animal. The host of Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel is known for literally getting into the guts of a place’s food culture, eating insects and blood pudding for our entertainment. Zimmern is looking for the…
Garden City, Kansas, native Victor Ortiz wore a Kansas Jayhawk logo on his trunks during Saturday night’s fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Rock Chalk spirit didn’t help him as Mayweather knocked out Ortiz, albeit in controversial fashion. Watch for yourself in the YouTube video above (via NESW Sports). UPDATE: HBO had the video pulled. You can see clips at…
Sawgrass Tiki Bar Rum might help you get in the holiday spirit. If your IT guy is singing sea chanties this morning and your neighbor’s walking your dog in a matching pair of skull-and-crossbone bandanas, you’re not losing it. Today, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. As a result, things might get a little weird. But since…
A judge says Phill Kline retaliated against a former JoCo prosecutor. We’re not quite done with Phill Kline yet. The fallout continues from Kline’s tenure as Johnson County District Attorney. The latest: An administrative judge in Washington, D.C., found that Double-L was retaliating against a Johnson County prosecutor when he fired her a month after she submitted allegations of sexual…
Angela C. Bond In June 2008, Dave Grohl and the rest of Foo Fighters played two sold-out shows on a rotating stage at Wembley Stadium in London. At the very end, as fireworks lit up the skies above the stadium (which holds approximately 90,000 bodies), Grohl stopped and covered his eyes with his hands. He appeared to be crying —…
The play on the field is all too sobering. A restaurant owner admitted to me the other day that it’s difficult when the Kansas City Chiefs are doing well because then nobody goes out for Sunday brunch. As a result, he felt guilty but he was pleased with the results of the past two weekends because the abysmal scores meant…
Kansas City Chiefs Tony Moeaki and Eric Berry now have someone else to rehab their torn ACLs with. Running back Jamaal Charles’ season likely ended after suffering the injury in his left knee during Sunday’s 48-3 blowout loss to the Detroit Lions. Charles tweaked his leg when running toward the Detroit sideline for a first down. His left leg appeared…
Kansas City, Kansas, cops arrested a homicide suspect after a standoff. Kansas City, Kansas, police arrested a homicide suspect after a standoff early Saturday morning. Around 4 a.m., police found a black woman in her 20s shot to death in the 3000 block of South Eighth Street. Police received a tip that a possible suspect had barricaded himself inside a…
The fame-seeking trolls of the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Foo Fighters’ show at Sprint Center last night. Ordinarily this would not be news. But! Foo Fighters staged a kind of protest of their own, pulling up to the God-Hates-Fags crowd in front of the venue and performing a country song while dressed in trucker garb. “I don’t care if…
Downtown Overland Park Partnership There’s still an organic, sustainable snack shop in downtown Overland Park Fat City finally has an answer for the readers who have been bombarding me with the same question for the last couple of weeks, including today’s e-mail from Chris Whitmore: “What’s going on with the Snak Shack in downtown Overland Park? It’s been closed for…
Ryder Spillman was shot through the heart. A Wyandotte County jury found Stephen Reed guilty today of shooting and killing 16-year-old Ryder Spillman. Jurors returned the guilty verdict against Reed, 17, around 1 p.m., KMBC Channel 9 reported. Stephen Reed was facing charges of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a juvenile, but jurors found him guilty…
Elsa’s Ethiopian Restaurant is dishing up classic Ethiopian fare in Overland Park. It’s food you won’t be able to keep your hands off, which is the whole point. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Fellow nerds: Audio Reader’s annual “For Your Ears Only” sale is happening this weekend in Lawrence. For sale: tons of vinyl, CDs, and vintage and modern audio equipment. Most of the records go for a dollar. This is a good event. Categories: Music Tags: for your ears only
Check out this awesome photo from the University Daily Kansan’s Chris Neal of Big Jay planking on a moving Honda CRV. The UDK reported that Big Jay’s foray into Internet meme occurred around noon Thursday on Jayhawk Boulevard without the knowledge of KU’s media-relations folks. I think I know a mascot who’s going to be in timeout for quite a…
