We don’t have to tell you that your fall Saturdays are booked from here to early December with the road trips, game-day get-togethers and tailgates that accompany college football. But we’re saying it anyway: Football is finally back in Manhattan, Columbia and Lawrence. And whether you pledge allegiance to royal purple, black and MU gold, or crimson and blue, one…
Are they gone? The All-Star Game lookie loos, the drive-bys from the rest of the Plains states, the California in-laws and the East Coast pass-throughs from college — all home again. Now it’s just us, just the way we like it. And just in time for a fall that’s more than football and pumpkins. This season in KC is so…
Grünauer Restaurant (101 West 22nd Street) presents an early Oktoberfest celebration Friday, September 28, and Saturday, September 29, sponsored by the beermaker Hofbrau, in two tents outside the historic freight house. Expect traditional German food and drink, 4 p.m.-midnight both days, and a variety of live entertainment (including polka dancing). Admission costs $10 and includes a Hofbrau draft. Another early…
Remember the time when you dreamed of being an actor? For Emily Peterson, 23, that childhood wish never went away. So it’s a good thing that she has become one of KC’s most visible — and accomplished — young performers. She was “around 12” and already drawn to the arts, she says, when her dad took her to see School…
New York City style is about to hit 13th Street and Main. But don’t expect a harsh East Coast vibe. This block party — with a designer meet-and-greet, silhouettes strutting behind screens, swag bags and plenty of bubbly — aims for the warmth of a community festival. The pairing of big-city ambition and Midwestern heart is the work of Annette…
Bon Appetit This is blue cheese mousse for those scoring at home. My greatest college culinary achievement was putting cold Dinty Moore beef stew over warm noodles. It wasn’t good then and it didn’t save me effort, but I gave up at least several of my final years on this Earth to that dish. In that vein, Bon Appetit has…
Best of the Road Construction costs continue to rise at the Capitol in Topeka. The State Finance Council voted yesterday to take $7 million in funds from the Kansas Department of Transportation as part of a $17.4 million financing package to pay for a visitors’ center and the continued renovation of the entrance to the Capitol building in Topeka. The…
Find out why there’s buzz over getting buzzed. Coffee nerds have a lot more choices these days around the city. And you can benefit from their fanatical devotion to single-origin, pour-over brews when the Caffeine Crawl returns next month. The event, which visited a dozen coffee shops in 2011, has expanded to a two-day tour (tickets are only available for…
Karl Rove thinks Akin will lose big. Perhaps this isn’t too shocking, given that his super PAC bailed on embattled Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin, but Karl Rove told Politico today that he thinks Akin will suffer a record-setting defeat to Sen. Claire McCaskill. At the beginning of the Republican National Convention, Rove told Politico that Akin hasn’t responded well…
This is a combo at Freddy’s. The spread of custard continues unabated. Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is about to significantly increase its presence in the Kansas City area. The Wichita Eagle reports that the location under construction at 11775 S. Black Bob Road in Olathe will open next month, and another restaurant at 107th Street and Roe will be…
Michael Wilson I typically don’t love new country, so I’m surprised that I actually enjoy Lyle Lovett’s music. A few years ago, l watched Lovett perform with His Large Band at Starlight. The two-hour show was great, filled with ballads that resembled classic country rather than anything recorded in the last 15 years. Take a listen to Lovett and his…
Jason Whitlock is not a fan of Joe Posnanski’s book. The reaction to former Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski’s hefty biography of deceased and disgraced Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been mostly bad. Before the book was released, Posnanski was widely seen as an outstanding sports columnist and journalist, who left The Star to write for Sports…
The loss of Bunbury will sting SKC. There’s bad news out of Livestrong Sporting Park. Sporting Kansas City announced Monday afternoon that forward Teal Bunbury tore his ACL and damaged his LCL in his left knee during Sunday’s game against the New York Red Bulls. It’s expected that he’ll miss six to eight months. The loss is a big one…
locusolus Done? Pay your bill and get out. We’ve got to turn this table. “Mediocre food, it turns out, pays.”That’s a line from Forbes magazine writer Caleb Melby’s upcoming Forbes profile on uber-successful corporate restaurant owner Tillman Fertitta (his empire includes the Joe’s Crab Shack, Rainforest Cafe and T-Rex Cafe chains, among others). The headline says it all: “The World’s…
Sunday night’s Sporting Kansas City tilt against the New York Red Bulls had plenty of hype. Heading into the nationally televised game, Sporting was atop the MLS East, just two points ahead of the Red Bulls in the standings. Immediately, SKC looked like the better of the teams, as Kei Kamara scored on a long header off a wild play…
Landon Speers Purity Ring is set to perform at the Jackpot tonight. Hit the jump for a video about the Canadian electro-pop duo’s live show and lighting effects and a performance of the ethereal, hip-hop-beat-laced “Fineshrine.” Categories: Music Tags: Cousins, Headaches, Purity Ring
Flickr: BuzzFarmers He no longer has to slog it on on the treadmill. Kansas City is finally getting serious about addressing the issue of puppy obesity. The Swope Park off-leash dog park, on the site of the former nursery, had its grand opening Saturday. The second off-leash dog park in the city — the other has been open at Penn…
Portrait Art Bowe is not quite back yet. It’s hard to give up 40 points to another NFL team. You really have to work at it. It tends to require an abject level of failure. The kind of game where you allow a punt return for a touchdown, have an interception returned for a touchdown, and help a rookie quarterback…
This is the first stop. The best burrito in Kansas City will require two stops. You should know this up front. You should also know that you will make these stops again. You would make 2,000 stops if that’s what it took. These two stops are only 207 feet apart, 45 seconds from door to door. And those 207 feet…
Twitter: PopfestKC Conatser shouldn’t look so surprised. His drinks are on point. Every year he has competed, he has ended up on the podium. And at the end of the Paris of the Plains Bartending Competition last night at the Uptown Theater, there was no finer cocktailian in the land than Chris Conatser. The bartender at the Justus Drugstore bested…
Facebook: Twisted Doughnut The maple bacon doughnut is a balanced breakfast, right? Twisted Doughnuts (14383 Metcalf), a new concept from the creative couple behind Smallcakes, is now open in Overland Park. And to prove that this doughnut shop is not like the others in town, owners Jeff and Brandi Martin have teamed with BBQ Addicts to turn the Bacon Explosion…
