Archives: December 2015

Chocolate and drinks are what’s new at Mulberry & Mott

%{}% The last time The Pitch checked in with sweets mogul Natasha Goellner, in August, she was in the process of closing down the temporary location  of her Plaza candy and pastry shop, Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott. When Halls vacated the Plaza, she and her mother, Vicki Goellner, with whom she owns the business, had relocated to 320 Ward Parkway, with…

Wings Café now serving its celebrated chicken in Westport

%{}% There’s a new tenant at 3927 Broadway and, for the first time in four years, it’s not a Middle Eastern restaurant — though the place has multicultural leanings. The month-old Wing’s Café has traditional Buffalo-style wings, of course, but among the dozen or so choices of saucy or dry-rub-seasoned wings, you can also order smoked Sriracha and Shanghai bourbon…

Helzberg project in Crossroads is Exhibit A for why the TIF process is dysfunctional

%{}% It’s too bad that Tuesday’s special meeting of the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City wasn’t broadcast on television. It was a disastrously run meeting. TIF Commission chairwoman Cindy Circo called the meeting to order, then promptly called for a vote without discussion. The vote was whether the TIF Commission should rescind a decision it made in November…