Adam Horner and Tate Roberts want to take EBT Restaurant to the next level. You don’t hear much about EBT Restaurant these days. Missouri Valley Special Collections The big store, before the wrecking ball. Adam Horner, the 28-year-old general manager of the upscale restaurant located inside the United Missouri Bank building at 1310 Carondelet Drive, would like to change that….
Forester Michael Markus Lee was killed in KCK. Markus Lee was the victim of a homicide Sunday evening in Kansas City, Kansas, The PItch has confirmed. Lee was found shot to death in the 1000 block of Ann Avenue. Lee, believed by authorities to have strong ties to East Side gangs, was best known for beating three murder raps in…
Instead of sacrificing a cat in the name of Satan/J-Woww, spend your Halloween with these Best Bets. Cyndi Lauper, with the Bo-Keys at Midland EOTO at Liberty HallHalloween Show with the Goodfoot at the Riot RoomEveryday/Everynight, Parts of Speech, Molly Picture Club at RecordBarHalloween & The Brick’s BDAY, Karaoke with NanciPants! at the BrickThe Club Is Open (Guided by Voices…
Nick Spacek “What some musicians forget, is that there’s not an us and them — it’s we,” jazz legend Herbie Hancock said from the stage last night. He was referring to the idea that, while it might seem like it was just he onstage at the Lied Center, it wasn’t. He had the audience on his side. Hancock spoke before…
Puddle of Mudd without mud. Do you yearn to rock…ish? You’re in luck! Kansas City’s own pseudo-alternative rock, “nu-metal” band Puddle of Mudd will perform at the Midland on December 8. Tickets went on sale Friday. I’m betting you can still purchase a ticket. Support from Halestorm, Adelitas Way, Black Tide, and Landsdowne. Other notable shows coming to the Midland:…
WordRidden It might all be gone by now… If you’ve never eaten at restaurateur John David DiCapo’s drive-through dining concept, Italian Gardens To Go, you better hurry. Like…now. Today is the final day for the two-year-old venue at 7121 N.W. Barry Road. And DiCapo started giving away free food — spaghetti and meat sauce, lasagna, pizza — at 11 a.m….
It was spooky and it was scary. No, it wasn’t a werewolf bar mitzvah. KC Creepfest gave Westport the chills on Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, at the Tivoli Cinemas and the Westport Coffeehouse.
Raise a cup to The Roasterie tomorrow. Those coffee shops sure grow up fast these days. The Roasterie Cafe at the One Nineteen Shopping Center (119th and Roe) in Leawood celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow. Each customer will receive a 1.75 ounce bag of coffee and the real party is from 1 to 2 p.m. because that’s when the free…
Serious Eats: Kenji Alt The mailman could be bringing you this. This morning you will once again wake up to discover that you are outside the delivery radius of In-N-Out Burger. Because at 501 miles away from the nearest distribution center, we’re right at the border of where the California chain will deliver its never-frozen patties. Tomorrow, that all changes…
Bradley Cooper can’t help you right now. Halloween falling on a Monday is a dangerous thing because you could be looking at four consecutive nights of dressing up and downing drinks like Skittles. Also, Halloween parties are when the drinks of your youth suddenly get back together inside your liver. Oh, hello Jello Shots, I see you’ve found Rumplemintz. I’ll…
David Bazan’s Lawrence show at the Bottleneck is fast approaching. It’s, like, this Saturday (November 5, doors 8 p.m., all-ages, $12). If you’re not familiar with Bazan’s soulful indie folkness, take a listen to his recent Daytrotter session. It’s worth the click. Categories: Music Tags: david bazan, Daytrotter
T. Ester Mason was killed Sunday night. UPDATE (November 1): The victim of Sunday’s homicide near Missouri and Maple has been identified as 42-year-old T. Ester Mason of Kansas City, Missouri. Original Story (October 31): A double shooting at Missouri and Maple has left one man dead and another in serious condition. Around 10:12 p.m. Sunday, a shooting victim waved…
Ashford Stamper Chef Alex Pope and Test Kitchen guru Jenny Vergera are going Vagabond for the second time. If you didn’t get the opportunity to sample the pop-up restaurant experience known as Vagabond two months ago — it was the debut temporary restaurant-as-art installation created by chef Alex Pope and food writer and founder of the Test Kitchen Jenny Vergera…
Let the good people know that in Lawrence, upon some dead fall night, a man named Dan Davis rose from the corner stage of the Replay to become Living Ghost — a guitar-slinging beat boogieman with a mic that hurls echoes to the depths of hell and back. Curiosity drove me to downtown Lawrence. I wanted to finally witness the…
You can do better than this. Once again, I have neglected to plan a Halloween outfit and will probably end up spending three hours on Saturday afternoon driving to picked-over pop-up costume shops, thrift stores, that weird U.S. Toy on State Line, and god knows where else trying to assemble some half-assed costume that ultimately nobody gives a shit about….
If jazz, swing dancing, and heated competition strike your fancy, head to Californos’ Ballroom Sunday evening (6 p.m.) to watch Grand Marquis and David Basse’s band compete in the battle of the swing bands. Both bands will compete for four hours, trading 30 minute sets. At the end of the night, the audience will vote to decide the winner. Attendees…
Facebook: Cajun Bistro The Cajun Bistro is up and rolling. In today’s economy, it seems like everybody knows someone who has packed up their whole life in a trailer. You probably just don’t know two guys like Scott Krecker and Randy Guerin, who in August bought a trailer to launch their mobile restaurant — the Cajun Bistro. “We were kind…
Angela C. Bond Mazatlan serves up Mexican fare in the Northland. Charles Ferruzza climbed a bluff in the Northland to reach the restaurant for this week’s review. Mazatlan in the Northland is dishing up shrimp quesadillas, carnitas and the kitchen sink in the form of the Botanas Platter (chicken fajita nachos, quesadillas, taquitos, guacamole and queso). Read the review here….
CBS Sports is reporting that West Virginia has been formally invited to join the Big 12. So that brings the conference to 11 institutions … until the SEC can put up all of these press releases on its website. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said in a statement: “I think West Virginia is a great addition (to the Big 12…
This is possibly the best installment of the Dead Wait zombie web series yet. And if you haven’t already, check out show runner Justin Parlette’s interview in this week’s edition of The Pitch (or read it right here). Categories: A&E, News Tags: Dead Wait, Justin Parlette, zombies
Halloween weekend is this weekend, guys. All sorts of sexy something-or-others, zombies, and bloodied freaks will fill bars and drunkenly dance to “Thriller.” If you yearn for something a tad more frightening and definitely more interesting, head out to KC CreepFest. The two-day festival will feature freaky horror films directed by Midwestern directors/producers, a short film festival, and other devilish…
Sonoma State Law School You can make a comment without fire. At some point we forgot that people are on the other side of our order. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the story of a man who apparently lobbed a molotov cocktail at a Taco Bell drive through window in Georgia after calling to complain that his Chalupa XL didn’t have…
Ben Askren hopes Mizzou doesn’t go to the SEC. Undefeated Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren is ready to fight. The curly haired destroyer who dominated the mat at the University of Missouri has been equally dominant in the world of mixed martial arts. He’s perfect 8-0 record and Welterweight Title are on the line Saturday night when he defends against…
