The Boulevard tent at the Great American Beer Festival. A belated toast is owed to the Boulevard Brewing Co. and McCoy’s Public House (4057 Pennsylvania). Both local breweries took home medals for their beers at the Great American Beer Festival held earlier this month. A total of six medals came home to Missouri, as our home state continues to show…
Kings Quarters Big City Hot Dogs serve ’em up Chicago-style. With the news last week that Dog Nuvo closed, the hot-dog revolution had a bit of a hiccup. We’re a burger town where hot dogs are typically limited to the tailgaiting arena, and even then are more likely to be sausages or bratwursts. Perhaps we are all just still a…
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The mother of missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin told the Today Show that she was drunk the night that her daughter vanished. Deborah Bradley told Today that she had been drinking “enough to be drunk” on the night of her daughter’s disappearance. Surveillance video recovered from a Festival Foods…
Do you like tractors and hay bales? Does the thought of scantly clad women dancing atop barns get you going? If so, I’d venture to say you’ll feel at home at the upcoming Kid Rock show at the Midland. Also, the show (part of Kid’s Club Tour) is for charity: “Kid Rock, in association with this powerhouse group of local…
Kelli Daniels wants to be out selling her burgers again — soon. One of the most popular local food trucks, the Good You, was robbed and severely vandalized on Monday night. Chef and owner Kelli Daniels is trying to get the truck — she calls it Black Beauty — up and running again, but she has yet to be compensated…
One thief won’t need to go porn shopping for a while. A guy in Wichita held up the Circle Cinema, a local porn theater, and stole approximately 600 adult DVDs and cash on Wednesday, in what almost certainly is the largest porn heist in state history. The Wichita Eagle reports that police say a man entered the theater at 6:50…
Our friends in Austin, Texas’ The New Movement comedy troupe will be making a stop in Mission Saturday night at Lucky Brewgrille. Unfortunately, Chris Trew, our favorite bushy bearded Jesus lookalike and future owner of the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, won’t be in town. But there’s a pretty damn good group joining forces like a league of superheroes to make…
Christian Morgan plays nice with Nancy Pelosi. Occupation: Political consultant at Axiom Strategies Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri Current neighborhood: Live in Raymore; work at Briarcliff Who or what is your sidekick? My BlackBerry and orange Tic Tacs What career would you choose in an alternate reality? A job in the front office of a professional football team Categories: News, Politics…
Brooke Vandever Sporting KC can secure a playoff spot with a win on Saturday. The Major League playoff scheme can be rather confusing. Just take a look at the current playoff standings. But, mercifully for casual soccer fans, things shake out very simply for Sporting Kansas City heading into tomorrow’s game against the New York Red Bulls at Livestrong Sporting…
Bishop Finn: Indicted A Jackson County grand jury has indicted Bishop Robert Finn and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph for allegedly failing to report suspected child sexual abuse in the Rev. Shawn Ratigan child-pornography case. The indictment — issued October 6 — was unsealed today. The actual charges are listed as a misdemeanor count of failure of mandated…
Titan Records dudes Tom Sorells and Mark Prellberg are holding their bi-annual vinyl sale this weekend in Waldo, where you can sort through somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 records. Says Sorells: “We have records of all genres, loads of new stock since our big spring sale. On Saturday we’ll have a guest dealer from Chicago, and on Sunday a…
Pierced Arrows is an intensely cultish garage-roots band that descends from Portland to Lawrence weirdly often. The whole story is long and allegedly includes draft dodging, bear hunting, countless bands, and eventually marriage. The short of it is that husband-and-wife members Fred and Toody Cole formed their first band Dead Moon in 1987, recorded a speculated 20 soulful rock albums,…
Candyland came to Drexel Hall for one night on Wednesday, October 12. The Pitch’s Best Of Party brought together honorees, local celebrities and Pitch staffers to celebrate the release of the annual issue that highlights the best Kansas City has to offer. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
The lineup for KJHK’s Farmer’s Ball is a little different than originally announced. Dishes have had to remove themselves from competition due to “injuries,” but have been replaced by the next highest vote-getter, thePhantom*. That makes the lineup as follows for tonight’s show at the Jackpot: AtillaCaptain Ahab and the Narwhals thePhantom*Fire in the ChurchyardInstant TraditionPanda CircusRoyalStrider In other news…
The Chiefs say it’s still Arrowhead. Calm down, everybody. Fears that Chiefs fans would soon be headed to Google Arrowhead Stadium or Wal-Mart Field are unwarranted, the team says. This morning, blogger and former sideline reporter Bob Gretz sent Chiefs devotees into a panic by reporting that an unnamed source within the team told him that a naming deal was…
Dead Meadow does vintage rock right. The L.A. band (Meadow formed in D.C.) built its hazy vibe on psych-rock staples, such as Hendrix and Zeppelin. It formed in 1998, and in 2010, Dead Meadow released Three Kings, a feature film/soundtrack combo that’s one of the band’s most inspired and trippy pieces of art to date. The Pitch recently spoke with…
In 2009, the Kansas City, Missouri, School District fired a principal who was eventually accused of embezzling more than $58,000 from a student activity fund. She is awaiting trial in Jackson County. You might think that suspicion of felony theft would prevent such a person from resurfacing at another school within the district. Think again. After being removed from her…
The Making of a Foodie There’s always a turkey sandwich on the menu at Cafe Europa. It’s close to lunchtime, and chef Nate Feldmiller feels like having a sandwich. That’s the case most days, as the executive chef at Cafe Europa is constantly on the lookout for the best sandwich in Kansas City. “There’s no good deli in town, and…
Phill Kline’s Kansas law license may be in jeopardy. A Kansas ethics panel has recommended indefinitely suspending the law license of former Attorney General and Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline. Not that it matters much since Kline’s law license has already lapsed, and he has moved to Virginia to teach law at the Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University. Disciplinary Administrator…
Flickr: Oddly Correct Owner Gregory Kolsto is ready to share a cup of coffee with you. Stopping for a cup of coffee is as likely to be determined by your need for caffeine as your route to work. Well, you might want to fire up the GPS or schedule a detour. Oddly Correct has opened its coffee shop at 3934…
You’ve had a few days to digest what turned out to be a hefty issue for the 2011 Pitch Best Of Awards. Here’s where you can let us know what you think of the food, drink and BBQ plate categories. What did we get right and what do you think we missed? Kindly keep it civil because your mom reads…
