Jaimie Warren Grunauer doesn’t shy away from strong flavors. Sauerkraut juice is no longer just for the septuagenarian set at Whole Foods. Grunauer’s Wonder Bar, where cocktails range from classic to adventurous, is trying to bring the sexy back to kraut juice (if the sexy ever was in the brine). The Splendid Table dives into Grunauer’s use of pickle water,…
Are you under the impression that Sum 41 is washed up, forgotten, yesterday’s news? You are as wrong as singer Deryck Whibley was when he thought his marriage to Avril Lavigne would last forever! You are as wrong as Whibley was when he thought, There’s no way my ex-wife will take up with that blond singer with the permed mullet…
Olassa Olassa We’ve been tracking Olassa over the last six months while awaiting the release of the upbeat folk group’s debut EP, I Love You, Come Back to Me. It sees the light of day this Saturday in Lawrence. The group balances a little melancholy with rowdy, whiskey-soaked grins, which makes the Replay Lounge an excellent venue for sending Olassa’s…
pennuja Sometimes, eating alone can be a very public affair. This is a question we’ve asked frequently here in Fat City: Do you ever go out to eat alone, and if so, where do you go? There are some people who will stand in the middle of their kitchen and eat a miserable peanut butter sandwich rather than go to…
Vagabond Swing Nobody can accuse Vagabond Swing of false advertising. As its name suggests, the Lafayette, Louisiana, group cooks up a funky mix of Depression-era sounds: ragtime, bluegrass and spunky jazz. The group is joined tonight at the Brick by Jorge Arana Trio, a local outfit that plays a kind of extremely loud jazz built from polyrhythmic drumming, screeching guitars…
Bake Magazine Consider it an audition for your wedding or next party, but Bake Magazine’s Web-based Cake Show (the Search for America’s Best Cake Decorator) has just posted the first part of the episode it filmed in Kansas City. The baking show is a challenge in three parts: cupcake decorating, quarter sheet cake decorating and tiered cake creations. In the…
Bell’s Some hype is worth it. Bell’s Hopslam is the Wonka Golden Ticket for beer nerds. Bell’s considers Hopslam Ale a Double India Pale Ale. And as they explain, it’s made with “six different hop varietals added to the brew kettle & culminating with a massive dry-hop addition of Simcoe hops.” The only place stating that it will definitely be…
Facebook: Crypticon Kansas City Winston will be here this summer. With the talks of a third Ghostbusters movie refusing to die, perhaps it is only appropriate that Ernie Hudson is among the actors who will be attending Crypticon Kansas City. The annual horror con is slated August 16-18 in a new location that will be “announced soon.” Hudson, who played…
Re/Max Commercial Solutions The Midwest Hotel finally has a new owner. The Midwest Hotel, a five-story slab of blight at the intersection of 20th Street and Main, has been sold. Re/Max Commercial Solutions real-estate broker Gibson Kerr says the building was sold Wednesday in a foreclosure auction on the Jackson County Courthouse steps. “Great American Bank is now the proud…
Bowe knows catching. It turns out that ESPN is worried about who will catch the football for the Kansas City Chiefs. And they’re right to do so. In a new article entitled the “Five Must Keep Free Agents,” Dwyane Bowe tops the list. I considered three receivers before settling on Bowe as the guy who would be hardest to replace….
Facebook: Twisted The mahi mahi tacos at Twisted for your consideration. You should read Fat City. We know what we’re doing . Back in 2010, we wrote about Twisted – a new sandwich shop in Shawnee (22030 W. 66th St.). Here’s what we told you then: We all could be witnessing the birth of the next great local sandwich chain….
It’s like we’ve lost the hair in Harry. Just as Liberty Memorial stands silent, watching out over downtown, there has always been another local sentinel overlooking the KC landscape: sportscaster Jack Harry. When I first moved here, I understood right away that this was a man of righteous indignation held in check by just one thing: his flattop. And then…
What kind of monster would steal a Trucker’s guitar? UPDATE: The guitar has been returned to Hood. Hooray! I’d planned to drive down to Columbia on Tuesday night to see Drive-By Truckers at the Blue Note. But then I got tied up (a friend offered me a free meal) and didn’t go. Maybe if I had gone, I could have…
Because of its terrible name and the people on my Spotify feed who stream its songs, I assumed that Trampled by Turtles was another shitty Mumford & Sons knockoff band. As it turns out, that’s not entirely true, although it does employ a lot of acoustic instruments. The group, which formed in 2003 in Duluth, Minnesota, plays fast-paced bluegrass (“newgrass,”…
The North and South Central Regional Barista Competition brought baristas from across the Midwest to Kansas City in an attempt to determine the finest shot puller in the land. At the end of three days of competition, Friday, January 18, through Sunday, January 20, Charlie Habegger of Intelligentsia Coffee and Pete Licata of Parisi Coffee were crowned the winners of…
You know, Valentine’s Day isn’t far off. In just a few weeks, you’ll try to cram a year’s worth of romantic aspiration into a dinner reservation and a hastily selected greeting card. We’re not about to make fun of all that. Ritual has its place, after all, and we’ll be right behind you in line at Target come 4 p.m….
A pair of new 24-hour diners, Huddle House and Sosa’s 39th Street Diner, are serving breakfast and comfort food late into the evening or just as your day is beginning, depending on when you wake up. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Police are still investigating the shooting. Details are still not entirely clear this morning, but reports say a boy fired a gun at a Kansas City school bus this morning. Police say a school bus might have hit a boy, who then shot at the bus. KMBC Channel 9 reports that a police spokeswoman says in a release: “A third…
Celina Tio Tio (left) and Symon do battle in Kitchen Stadium Sunday. Celina Tio, the owner and chef at Julian who is now managing the Kansas City Cafe, will discover if her cuisine reigns supreme on the next episode of Iron Chef America. That’s when she takes on chef Michael Symon and has the chance to exact a bit of…
Grady Keller; Rural Harvest Design Weichert has big plans for Kansas City. For nearly as long as people have walked on Earth, they’ve done so with a beer in one hand. Micah Weichert, the 35-year-old head brewer at 75th Street Brewery, is keeping our long, shared beer history in mind as he launches his new venture: ManKind Brewing Co., which…
Sheriff Denning, big authority The Johnson County sheriff does more than just run the jail and send deputies to serve foreclosure paperwork. In fact, if you’re Sheriff Frank Denning, you do way more than that. Denning, still partying after his 2012 re-election (“You’re welcome, Kansas!”), last Friday posted a Second Amendment manifesto to his department’s official website. The money shot:…
Christina Lundeen, left, and Sara Sullivan know how to party in an artistic manner. Names: Sara Sullivan and Christina Lundeen, Party Arty Chairwomen Occupation Sullivan: Pilates instructor. I’ve been on a contract assignment with Google Fiber since early June as well. Lundeen: Owner of Christina Lundeen Photography Current Neighborhood Sullivan: WaldoLundeen: Brookside Who or what is your sidekick? Sullivan: My…
