You’re clever…win this book! If you’re passionate about summer grilling but would like to up your game, a new book from Kansas City-based Andrews McMeel Publishing, The Grilling Book: The Definitive Guide From Bon Appetit ($45) has 432 pages of grilling tips, cool cocktail ideas and recipes (including lobster paella). The Fast Pitch will award the book to the first…
The Department of Transportation wants Midnight Express shut down Olathe’s Midnight Express LLC is no longer riding after the U.S. Department of Transportation ordered Tuesday that the party-bus company cease operations. Midnight Express was the bus company used by a group of partygoers that ended with a ghastly incident in Kansas City on May 4. Jamie Frecks, 26, fell out…
Parisi Licata holds the trophy he won in Melbourne. After eight years on the competition circuit, Pete Licata is walking away as the best barista in the world. The quality assurance manager for Parisi Coffee won the World Barista Championship held on May 26 in Melbourne, Australia. The Pitch caught up with Licata, 34, via e-mail to find out what’s…
Facebook: Lamar’s Donuts Doughnuts are a classic for a reason. One should never look a gift food holiday in the mouth. Instead, you should cram your mouth full of doughnuts this Friday, June 7. That’s when Lamar’s Donuts (a list of all locations is available here) wants to help you celebrate National Donut Day with a free doughnut. In exchange…
The xx. A brooding, British band that wears all black and stands more or less motionless in the dark while playing ambient music is basically the opposite of what I’m looking for in a live show. The xx’s textured, minimalist songs – in which you can hear a bit of Portishead’s watery trip-hop, the indie-rock R&B of the Weeknd, and…
Nixon has no time for the Civil Liberties Defense Act Gov. Jay Nixon got out his veto pen today to strike down one of the more bizarre and meaningless bills that the Missouri General Assembly actually passed this year. At issue: Senate Bill 267, better known as the “Civil Liberties Defense Act.” The name makes the legislation sound good, but…
Facebook: Harry’s One of the best bars in America is apparently in your backyard. Esquire likely doesn’t drink in Kansas City often, but when it does, you can rest assured that Manifesto and Harry’s Country Club are on the to-drink list. The lad mag (that gives one respectability simply by placing it on the nightstand) named both KC bars to…
Facebook: New Belgium Discover the bike equivalent of the drive-in. There’s nothing like watching a movie outdoors with a cold beer in hand. New Belgium Brewing’s Clips Beer and Film Tour – a series of short films (including works from local filmmakers Brady Anderson and Jeremy Collins) paired with craft beer – returns to Kansas City on Thursday, June 6….
