Theresa Spencer had a great idea for a Filipino restaurant in midtown, but the deal went sour. Fans of Filipino cuisine were eagerly waiting for the opening of restaurateur Theresa Spencer’s Pinoy Cafe, which she had planned to open this year in the former Grille on Broadway space at 3605 Broadway. Fat City interviewed Spencer last March, shortly after she…
arnold inuyaki Live music and soul food — a delicious combination. The Oklahoma-based nonprofit group Kinfolks Foundation has sponsored a Soul Food Festival in several major cities — this year’s venues include Nashville, Houston, Atlanta and Memphis — over the last five years. The music-and-culinary event will be held in Kansas City’s Parade Park (Paseo Boulevard and Truman Road) on…
Sabrina Staires Ron Marts is in more trouble. Ron Marts, the owner of Westport funeral home Marts Memorial Services, is facing criminal charges from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster. In February 2011, The Pitch wrote about how Marts knowingly gave grieving families cremated remains of deceased people who were not their family members. Marts also had a contract with Jackson…
Here’s how to get Google Fiber in your apartment. Last week, Google finally revealed its plans for Google Fiber, making “fiberhood” a part of the Kansas City lexicon. Google put the onus on consumers to preregister for Fiber or be left without (with a deadline of September 9). There was no time to waste. My fiberhood is Quality Hill —…
If you missed Sporting Kansas City’s loss on Saturday to the Columbus Crew, don’t be too bummed. It was about as frustrating as soccer can get. Down 2-1 in the second half, Sporting had oodles and oodles of scoring chances but couldn’t break through to tie the game. The play that led to the Crew’s second goal really irked one…
What is “sexurity”? Urban Dictionary defines it as “a hybrid desire for sex and security without the associated drama. Sexurity is reached when a person can have sex with someone, have it mean something, more than nothing, and feel good about it short term and long term. Sexurity is much different than love, bypassing the drama.” Todd Akin defended earmarks…
The new Woodsweather II diner and lounge may need a showier sign. Four years ago, restaurateurs John and Joanne Cuezze purchased the iconic Woodswether Cafe in the West Bottoms. In a few weeks, they’ll open a new outpost of the popular diner, Woodsweather II, with partner Tony Civella in an unexpected location: 2510 N.E. Vivion Road. The two-story building, currently…
It’s not a Chanel or a Judith Leiber bag, but it has something extra. It’s never unfashionable for a well-appointed woman (or male, for that matter) to pull out a small silver flask — artfully concealed, of course — at a black-tie affair or business-casual social function for a quick snort of booze. It’s been a Kansas City tradition since…
It’s never too hot out for a chicken-on-a-stick… Tomorrow is National Cotton Candy Day. The sticky, spun-sugar confection is closely associated with carnivals, the circus, festivals and outdoor fairs, like next week’s Johnson County Fair. It runs August 7 through 11 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Gardner, Kansas. I can hardly wait to go wild in that fabulous culinary…
It looks like nobody is getting their power shut off this week. Two unpleasant things about summer: sweating through your clothes and paying high utility bills to run the air conditioner. KCTV-5 reports that one Olathe man decided that he didn’t want to be sweaty and uncomfortable or pay his utility bill. And when a Westar Energy utility worker dropped…
Kansas Citians watching tonight’s screening of The Goonies at the new Alamo Drafthouse (1400 Main) just got their first look at the event’s special poster (which is quite a bit different from the one that originally accompanied the 1985 film). Now you get to see it. Look! It’s right up there! The one-off image is the latest eye-catching souvenir from…
Last summer, 13-year-old Nate Muehe threw a perfect four-inning game on 19 pitches for his Little League team. That would be neat by itself, but it’s remarkable given that he was born without a left hand. This summer, Muehe is going to be seen by millions of people in a Nike commercial aired during tonight’s London Olympics opening ceremony. Local…
Kansas Citians should prepare themselves to — gasp! — pay for news. The McClatchy Co., which owns The Kansas City Star, announced that it had income of $26.9 million, or 31 cents per share, during the second quarter of this year. In a press release, CEO and President Pat Talamantes also indicated that McClatchy was not following the much-derided plan…
I suppose we should all be thankful that yesterday wasn’t as intensely hot as it has been recently. Still, the prospect of spending hours outside at Crossroads KC at Grinders seemed a bit grim. Thankfully, the Avett Brothers did us a bit of a favor last night and spared the audience having to sit through an opening act, jumping right…
Been thinking about Bruce Springsteen on and off all week after reading the New Yorker’s very long, very readable, not hugely enlightening if you’re already a fan but nonetheless delicious profile of him in this week’s issue. Today comes word of Springsteen’s fall tour with the E Street Band, or what’s left of it. It hits the Sprint Center on…
