Alejandro Escovedo Kansas City can get pretty lucky now and then. Case in point: As of now, Austin punk/Tex-Mex/roots/badass rock star Alejandro Escovedo only has one show lined up outside the NYC area next year, and it’s at Knuckleheads. Plus, it’s only $18.50, which would be $18.50 very well spent, friends. You might want to get your tickets early. Categories:…
Long before this Plaza venue became Fogo de Chao, it was the snazzy Putsch’s 210 restaurant. The year 2013 will kick off with a new restaurant in a historic location: Sosa’s 39th Street Diner will take over the building at 3906 Waddell that served as the home for Nichols Lunch – for several generations, it was Kansas City’s favorite 24-hour…
The Kansas City Star is reporting that Albert Riederer died of cancer early this morning. He was 67. Riederer, a former Jackson County prosecutor and legislator, ran for mayor in 2007 (finishing third behind Alvin Brooks and the eventual winner, Mark Funkhouser). He had a long legal career in the city. A political force involved in the Save our Stadiums…
Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Lori and Doug Chandler, owners of Take Five Coffee + Bar.”There was no conflict between the two of us over which two experiences this year really struck us as transcendent. One was a show at the…
Five Pro Bowlers and a solid shot at the number one pick in the draft are not enough to convince Tony Dungy to leave his gig as an NBC analyst and coach the Kansas City Chiefs. Dungy, the former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, tweeted his noninterest before any media outlets directly asked him if he’d been approached about…
Sanchez needs to be tech-savvy to keep up with life outside the kitchen. Chefs aren’t just freaks about kitchen gadgets. Some tweet while they stir. Some use iPads as low-budget intercoms between kitchens, and some simply can’t stop getting sauce on their smartphones. Lifehacker talked to Aaron Sanchez, the chef and partner at Mestizo in Leawood, about the technology that…
Angela C. Bond Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Enrique Chi of Making Movies. Best shows: “Los Lobos at Knuckleheads, July 26. First of all, Knuckleheads is my favorite local venue. It feels like it is pulled from some movie. It represents…
Facebook: RyeKC Dinner is served. The fried chicken and lemon pie are officially out of the kitchen. Rye (10551 Mission) – a Midwest-fare restaurant (think chef versions of picnic classics) from Bluestem’s Megan and Colby Garrelts – was unveiled last Saturday in Mission Farms. The space was previously the Lakeside Tavern, Los Cabos and Boudreaux’s Louisiana Seafood & Steaks. Rye…
Sabrina Staires Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Mike Alexander of Hipshot Killer, John Velghe and the Prodigal Sons, Starhaven Rounders, and probably a few other bands we’re forgetting. Best show: Swans at the Beaumont Club, September 19. “I showed up a…
Quiet Corral The Pitch last chatted with Quiet Corral just a few weeks ago, as the band prepares to release its new album in the spring. Quietly (get it? we are hilarious), the band has been building a fanbase around the country, including an appearance on Austin City Limits. If you haven’t yet seen them locally, tonight provides a good…
Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Robert Moore, host of Sonic Spectrum on 96.5 the Buzz. “My favorite nonlocal show was Shearwater at Recordbar – amazingly intimate show. My favorite local show was the Dealer’s Choice Sonic Spectrum tribute – a sort…
Anthony Sosa, chef “Scratch” Lewis and chef KC Weston are ready to start serving breakfast, lunch and dinner next week. There’s a festive red holiday ribbon taped above the service window, right in front of the revolving wheel where, in seven days, the serving staff will be posting their tickets for the kitchen to cook up for patrons of Sosa’s…
Sabrina Staires STRETCH is getting a shot at his own show. Man has always set out to conquer nature and drag it back to the dinner table. He has just never thought to save Mother Nature the same way. STRETCH, the owner of Grinders and recent Pitch questionnaire subject, has a new show, Eating the Enemy, which proposes that exact…
Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Brock Potucek of Lazy and South Bitch Diet. Highlights: “FOKL hosting Light Asylum. Total last-minute planning. I contacted them months ago and thought the show wasn’t going to happen. They said it was the first DIY…
Paul Rudd’s mug is everywhere right now, thanks to This Is 40 (and our Tiger Beat-like sendup), but he stopped by Conan O’Brien’s show to discuss what’s in his mug. Above, he explains what he learned at the brewery in Ireland and exactly how to pour one of the country’s signature brews. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: brewery tour,…
Flickr: Photographus It was the end of times (at least for a little while) for Twinkies. While Hostess has found potential suitors for its Twinkie, the snack cakes’ return date to the shelves is still uncertain. But for at least one night, Twinkies will be back in Kansas City. The Alamo Drafthouse (1400 Main) is holding a screening of Zombieland,…
Before ushering in 2013, we asked members of Kansas City’s music community to reflect on some of their favorite local moments of 2012. Today: Lauren Krum of the Grisly Hand.”My favorite show of the year goes to Sharon Van Etten at the Riot Room. Her set was intense and gorgeous, and both she and her band were incredibly friendly. Helen…
Angela C. Bond Port Fonda has met its pre-opening hype. The number of iconic Kansas City restaurants that closed at the end of 2011 was poignant, including beloved dining spots like the Peppercorn Duck Club, Skies, Benton’s Prime Steakhouse and the Peachtree Buffet. In the waning days of 2012, about the same number of restaurants in the metro ceased operations…
Olassa When we last caught up with Olassa, we were still waiting to hear about a proper release show for I Love You, Come Back to Me. The time has come at last! Well, soon enough anyway, with the show scheduled for January 26 at the Replay in Lawrence. The night’s lineup will also feature the talents of the KC…
Photo by Sabrina Staires Name: Regan Carrizales Occupation: Community builder, Silicon Prairie News Hometown: Osawatomie, Kansas Current neighborhood: Plaza/West Plaza Who or what is your sidekick? My Five Star notebook. Totally reminiscent of middle school, yet it is my lifesaver. Ask anyone who knows me, I am a serial note taker and writer. I can completely lose myself in the…
As of press time, the world had not ended. But 2012 is not yet over. Can any of us say with any degree of certainty that a comet will not crash into Earth on New Year’s Eve and destroy Ryan Seacrest’s Times Square New Year’s Eve countdown — oh, the humanity! — and life on this planet along with it?…
Sonic Spectrum Tribute to the Rat Pack Class is coming out the ass at this special holiday-season edition of the Sonic Spectrum Tribute Series. “The Rat Pack is the main focus, with some tracks from other crooners as well,” organizer Robert Moore says. That includes a set from the Sammy Bacon Juniors, which is not an item on the Wendy’s…
