Big Rip Brewing Co. is getting into the bottle business. The North Kansas City brewery will begin selling its beer in 22-ounce bottles starting on Christmas Eve from 9 a.m. to noon. The first beer to be bottled is ORC – Oatmeal Raisin Cookie – brown ale, which will be available in bombers as well as on tap and in growlers. …
Yesterday, Mac Lethal posted a new music video. It’s a parody of Taylor Swift’s hit “Blank Space,” apparently inspired by a fan from Ohio named Darryl. Darryl deduced that his gluten-free girlfriend was cheating on him after discovering a bowl of Cheerios in the kitchen sink. Crushed, Darryl solicited Mac to compose a break-up song. That’s the story, anyway. Obviously,…
Two downtown restaurants — on the polar opposites of the cultural spectrum — hosted their final nights on Saturday, December 20. The more famous venue of the two, the Golden Ox, ended its 65-year run in the West Bottoms with a reservation-only final night. The two-year-old Hamburger Mary’s wasn’t taking reservations for its last night in the big purple building…
The five-year-old Accurso’s Italian Restaurant at 4980 Main closes tomorrow. The restaurant’s owner, Anthony Accurso, is in negotiations with a local restaurateur to sell the venue, which he purchased from his cousin, Joe Accurso, in 2011. Joe Accurso, who still runs a popular catering company, opened the first Accurso’s restaurant as an Italian delicatessen at 5044 Main in 1984 and…
Students may learn about civil rights at Kansas City Public Schools, but they may also have to think twice about exercising them on school property. The American Civil Liberties Union in Missouri claims that an administrator at Lincoln Preparatory Academy admonished student protesters during a November 25 visit by Gov. Jay Nixon, telling them that they made the school look…
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Boulevardia is coming back for the second round. Boulevard announced Monday that the three-day West Bottoms street festival would return Father’s Day weekend, June 19-21. That’s good news, and it gets better. Taps and Tastes, the one-day craft beer fest, is also returning. Last year’s Taps and Tastes featured a killer lineup — Off Color, Jolly Pumpkin, Funkwerks, Side Project, Russian…
The Black Keys with St. Vincent Sprint Center, Kansas City Sunday, December 31 For more photos from last night, go here. What I wouldn’t give to go back to about 2006, when the Black Keys had just released Love Potion and were still getting booked at mid-sized theaters. Or even in 2010, when their breakthrough album, Brothers, came out. I…
On Saturday, two New York City police officers lost their lives in what appears to have been a targeted, premeditated action rooted in outrage over the well-publicized killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner by law enforcement. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was quick to comment on the tragedy. He issued the following statement Sunday morning, about 20 hours after the officers…
Glass Animals, Bleachers, Banks, Misterwives, Outsides The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas The Midland Saturday, December 20 For everyone in attendance at the Midland on Saturday, Christmas came a little early. Night two of the 96.5 the Buzz’s annual “The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas” show featured a well curated lineup with Outsides, Misterwives, Banks, Bleachers and Glass Animals. New…
I ask Missourians to join me in reflecting on the sacrifices our men & women in law enforcement make to protect our communities— Governor Jay Nixon (@GovJayNixon) December 21, 2014
The wait for Torn Label Brewing Co.’s beer ends Monday. Torn Label has sold its first keg to Waldo Pizza, which will tap it on the first day of the work week. Torn Label’s Rafi Chaudry tells The Pitch that he’s unsure which beer will be the first to be tapped. Waldo is getting three kegs: Alpha Pale (a hopped-up, sessionable pale ale),…
Week 16 isn’t just an ordinary game for the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers. With the AFC West out of reach for KC, the Chiefs badly need to get a win in hopes of winning out and sneaking into the playoffs. The Steelers, meanwhile, still have a shot at the AFC North title, yet could also miss out on…
One day. Twenty-eight taps. Two firkins. Consider it a late Christmas present. Bier Station’s Best of the Midwest beer fest returns Saturday, December 27, and this year’s lineup is a jaw dropper. On one of the 28 taps will be Perennial Artisan Ales’ 2014 Abraxas. That would be enough to please any stout lover, but there’s more to love. Bier Station…
Predictably, the news is bad for Kansas in the latest jobs report. Kansas lost 4,400 private jobs in November, while most states saw their job numbers increase. It’s the latest bit of sour news on the Kansas economy, one in which lawmakers in January have to slice and dice the state budget in order to balance a projected $280 million…
When the new Cleaver & Cork restaurant opens in the Power & Light District in February 2015 — it will take over the six-year-old Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge — the menu will be designed by Kansas City’s busiest butcher and restaurateur, Alex Pope. Pope, who took over the former Bridger’s Bottle Shop in Westport in October (the name officially…
Glass Animals brought their sexy, sweaty tropical indie rock to KC twice this summer, selling out Czar Bar and the Riot Room in July and returning to open for the Head and the Heart at the Midland in September. The Oxford lads are back, this time playing the sold-out second night of the Night the Buzz Stole Xmas at the…
Kansas City has kept relatively calm in the wake of national fury over the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York City. Mayor Sly James has encouraged peaceful protests. KCPD chief Darryl Forte is also saying the right things. There is nevertheless a lot of anger out there on the topic of local police…
