Archives: January 2012
On “Meatless in the Midwest,” vegetarians have an issue with perception as much as meat
NY Times This story won’t stop showing up on my desktop. This is, in some ways, a post addressed to A.G. Sulzberger. But it is, in many ways, a post that has very little to do with him. His essay this week in The New York Times, “Meatless in the Midwest: A Tale of Survival,” has sparked no shortage of…
Do we have unrealistic expectations for breweries?
Flickr: Bernt Rostad Dogfish Head should be bigger. The story of small breweries is that of indie rockers. The public loves them when they’re small and “discoverable.” But if they agree to go with a major label (distributor) and suddenly start becoming too mainstream, we’re quick to suggest that they are not (and never will be) what they once were…
Don’t let the Lyric Theater be another Kemper Arena
Command Opera The Lyric Theater can’t be allowed to sit fallow. The redevelopment of the building that formerly housed the Lyric Opera took a potential step forward yesterday as the Kansas City Council signed off on a tax-increment financing request for a $27 million rehab of 1029 Central. As the Kansas City Business Journal reported, DST Realty Inc., a division…
The Coffee Encounter and other weekend possibilities
Flickr: Pasakaru76 May the caffeine be with you. You can finally get the answers to all the questions you’ve ever had about coffee but were afraid to ask at the Coffee Encounter (3185 Terrace Street) — a free event at the offices of About the Coffee and The Lab on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. You can even sample…
Watch Irv Da Phenom’s kind of violent new video for ‘Disguise’
Irv’s latest tape, Allnighter, is available for download over at Datpiff. Up above, there is a video for “Disguise,” one of the tracks on it. Spoiler alert: Some people get shot! Heavy subject matter, tense visuals. Check it out. Categories: Music Tags: Irv Da Phenom
Are vegetables really that boring?
Flickr: kawanet Not all vegetables are boring — or are they? Well, they can be. I’ve yet to taste any preparation for lima beans that disguises the starchy quality of this New World legume. Not even succotash. I have friends who love spinach salads but won’t taste cooked spinach. And it wasn’t that long ago when the traditional vegetable offering…
When does an owner get to tell a diner to shove it?
Yelp When Yelp becomes yelling. Yelp finally broke someone, and it came with the public outing of a regular person trying their hand at online restaurant criticism. Fat City reader Jerry pointed me to an ABC piece about the owner of Boners BBQ (settle down, children) in Atlanta, Georgia. The owner, apparently frustrated by a negative review on Yelp, responded…
Magnolia’s Catering & Cafe moving into former Cafe Seed space
By spring, this space will be Shanita McAfee’s Magnolia’s Cafe. There are little white paper signs on the windows at 2932 Cherry, the yellow-brick building that formerly housed the cozy vegan bistro known as Cafe Seed. You have to stop your car, get out and stand in front of the building to see what’s printed on the signs: Magnolia’s Catering….
So what’s the news on Nu Nu’s?
Nu Nu’s will have a new name but the same menu later this month. Three months after restaurateur Karen “Nu Nu” Harris moved her namesake home-style restaurant, Nu Nu’s Cafe, from its original location in Edwardsville, Kansas, to 3535 Broadway — which has had at least three short-lived tenants since Cafe Trio moved out in 2009 — the new Nu…
Alive Records founder Patrick Boissel on his label’s new compilation, Where is Parker Griggs?
Rick Hall Patrick Boissel This Tuesday, Alive Records releases the compilation Where Is Parker Griggs?, featuring many of the label’s current acts, like Radio Moscow, Buffalo Killers and Black Diamond Heavies. The label is tied into the legendary Bomp! and is celebrating 17 years in existence. Label head and founder Patrick Boissel was kind enough to talk with the Pitch…
Taking in the view from the Lakeside Tavern (slideshow)
Angela C. Bond There’s no shortage of burger choices at Lakeside Tavern. In the review in this week’s Pitch, Charles Ferruzza visits Lakeside Tavern and forks through chili-cheese tater tots, burnt ends, and a host of different takes on pub classics like pigs in a blanket (“frankfurters wrapped in flaky phyllo, baked and cut into tidy segments,” served with jalapeño-cilantro…
Former employee accuses Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph for fostering a ‘sexually hostile workplace’
The Catholic Diocese is facing another lawsuit. In late November, a whistle-blower named Larry Probst accused the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph of fostering a “sexually hostile workplace.” Two months later, Probst is the latest person to file a lawsuit against the diocese. Probst worked at the diocese as a part-time archivist at the Chancery office. He started in…
Watch Hermon Mehari and friends do an acoustic rendition of ‘Niggas in Paris’
The ‘Ye/Jay show in November really challenged my listening threshold for the Watch the Throne jam “Niggas in Paris.” But here’s a fresh local take on the song, courtesy of trumpeter Hermon Mehari, Brad Williams and Ben Leifer. It’s note-for-note, and they pretend to be in France, even though they’re obviously at Broadway Cafe and the tennis courts at Loose…
Cable Execs: Stop Overcooking the Drama
Flickr: .reid Chefs are getting too big for our TV sets. And now, an open letter to those who create programming for food-related television. To whom it may concern: I haven’t voiced a complaint since Land O’Lakes switched its butter wrapping from gold to silver foil — the same color as its margarine wrapping — thus leading to much confusion…
CES Cru officially sign to Tech N9ne’s Strange Music
It has seemed like a foregone conclusion for almost a year, but it’s now official: Local rap duo CES Cru are now a part of the Strange Music family. Could be big for Ubiquitous and Godemis — the Strange clan is fiercely loyal to, and supportive of, its artists. LIsten to Tech talk about it above. Categories: Music Tags: CES…
Kansas City police investigating first homicide of 2012
KCMO police are investigating the year’s first homicide. UPDATE: Kansas City police say the victim of the homicide at 71st and Monroe has been identified as 54-year-old Cornell Maxwell of Kansas City, Missouri. Maxwell’s gold, four-door, 2003 Ford Taturus was believed to have been taken during the homicide. Police are looking for the car, which has license plate number is…
The Clementines ripen, and America’s Pub wilts, in this week’s Pitch
Sabrina Staires The Clementines In print this week: Getting to know bluesy acoustic duo the Clementines. Also! A look at post-America’s-Pub Westport. And the Forecast. Get involved! Categories: Music
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