Chain restaurants with sprawling menus and microwave-centric kitchens are a bit of a collective joke these days. Applebee’s, like Nickleback or jorts, has become lazy shorthand for anyone taking a swing at mass-market mediocrity. But I’ve always been fascinated by the melting-pot mashups those restaurants and their novel-length menus inspire. I recall more than one youthful Applebeevening bouncing from “Asian-glazed riblets”…
There’s a lot to love at Parlor, the food hall that opened last month in the East Crossroads. But if we had to pick a favorite vendor in there, it’d be chef Rachel Rinas’ Karbón, which draws influences from both the Yucatán and Turkey, and might just be the most unique concept in all of Kansas City right now. Take…
Yes, we are going to recommend kombucha to you right now, but hear us out for just a second, booch-haters. We know you’re (justifiably!) tired of hearing white ladies talk about probiotics and all-natural whatevers and all the other supposed health benefits of kombucha. And we know that many of the fizzy, fermented versions of kombucha out there taste bitter…
A sliver of a silver lining of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, was that Americans took notice of the fact that the police department there had an awful lot of military-grade weapons: tanks and mortars and other big, scary shit you tend to associate with Middle East wars and African dictatorships. Ferguson police, it turned out, was hardly…
Kansas City punk rock quartet Company Retreat has a new video for its song “Analysis Paralysis,” and we’re excited to premiere it below. %{}%It’s the first track off the band’s new five-song EP, Trust Fall, which is the follow-up to last year’s self-titled debut LP. The Paul Gibson-directed video sees the band doing its best Weekend At Bernie’s, with drummer…
Notice a lot of people Instagramming from Rockhill Grille over this past weekend? That’s because the second floor of the Crossroads bar and restaurant has been transformed into Kansas City’s outpost of Miracle, a Christmas-themed pop-up erected in cities all across the country. From now through December 31, Rockhill’s upstairs will be a sort of boozy winter wonderland, with lots…
There are myriad ways actress Jane Lynch might’ve come into your life. Depending on your age or coolness, you may have encountered her as trainer Christy Cummings in Christopher Guest’s Best In Show, store manager Paula in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, or coach Sue Sylvester in the TV show Glee. In all of these roles (and more), Lynch is a prickly,…
Monday, November 26Many years in the making, the Campground (1531 Gennessee Streeet) opens for its first full week today in the space formerly occupied by the West Bottoms. The American West-themed bar and restaurant specializes in craft cocktails and Belgian beers; it will also be serving a light lunch menu with small plates available in the evenings. The Campground will…
Dear Dan: I’m a recently divorced single mom and full-time student. I’m really beginning to hurt financially and have decided to start working as an escort. I am at a point of great emotional stability, happiness, and confidence — all reasons that led to my decision — and I’m surrounded by people who love me and won’t judge me. (Not…
Under the moniker Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck has spent the last decade and a half making gorgeous records — 2010’s Here’s To Taking It Easy and 2013’s Muchacho among them — that hover around, and often elevate, the alt-country genre. His latest, C’est La Vie, opens up the Phosphorescent sound to vocoders and motorik beats, but the pedal steels and melodic beauty are present as ever.♦PhosphorescentMonday, November…
Almost 50 years ago, a quartet of teenagers walked into Kansas City’s Damon Record Studios on 14th Street to make a record they hoped might be the start of something great. They’d come from a small town called Clinton, Missouri, in the middle of the state, about an hour and a half away. They called themselves The Summit. “The studio…
Netflix now has close to 125 million paying subscribers a month — just over 56 million domestically and 68 million internationally. The streaming behemoth has permanently changed viewing habits across the globe. But staying on top of the market it created won’t be a cakewalk. Competition looms. Disney is expected to launch a new service with three video bundles next…
Monday, November 19Get the week started on a high note with a four-course Riesling-themed wine dinner at Waldo Thai Place (8433 Wornall Road). Chef Pam Liberda will be pairing multiple dishes with the light white wine, including a northern beef curry, chicken with coconut milk and galangal, lump crab, house-roasted brisket, and much more. The meal is $55 a person…
After not-so-secretly filming in the area for the last five months, the cast of Netflix’s Queer Eye appeared Wednesday at the downtown Kansas City Public Library to answer a few questions about Kansas City and their new book, Queer Eye: Love Yourself. Love Your Life. The event was extremely sold out. Over a thousand tickets were reserved in 20 minutes…
Dear Dan: I’ve always wanted to tie girls up, but I can never convince a woman to let me. Lately, I’ve been exploring “bondage singles” sites online, but I’m totally new to this. How do I know which ones I can trust? There are hundreds of profiles, but it’s hard for me to believe I can really just answer an…
Steamboat Willie was made in California and debuted in New York’s Colony Theatre. But the people responsible for Mickey Mouse emerged out of Kansas City.There was Walt Disney, of course: paperboy for The Kansas City Star who produced the breakthrough sound cartoon and even provided Mickey’s falsetto voice. Walt’s brother, too: Roy O. Disney, who worked at First National Bank…
They break into the house, sneak upstairs, and open the safe with the combination. There, I told you. Done deal. If you saw the slick trailer and were going to the new thriller Widows expecting to see an intricately planned heist and a last-minute twist of impossible ingenuity, consider your expectations recalibrated. Now you can enjoy a film that has…
This post was paid for by The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.Meeting Date November 30, 10:00 A.M. – NoonThe Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is holding a public meeting, Friday, November 30, 2018, relating to the Comprehensive Guide as required by Mo. Rev. Stat. 161.092 (14). This meeting will be conducted at the James C. Kirkpatrick…
This post was sponsored by Lead Bank.Meeting Date November 30, 10:00 A.M. – NoonThe Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is holding a public meeting, Friday, November 30, 2018, relating to the Comprehensive Guide as required by Mo. Rev. Stat. 161.092 (14). This meeting will be conducted at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center, 600 W. Main Street,…
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Her food truck will continue to operate out in the wilds of Kansas City, but as of noon this Saturday, November 17, Chrissy Nucum’s Filipino cuisine will be available in a permanent location, at 1623 Genessee — the former home of West Bottoms Kitchen. KC Pinoy will be offering lunch and dinner service there four days a week, from Wednesday…
We last caught up with Chris Garibaldi three years ago, back when Lotuspool, the label he cofounded in Lawrence in 1992, was in the midst of a revival. After releasing beloved indie records by acts like the Weightmen, Bully Pulpit, Panel Donor, and Zoom, Lotuspool went on a decade-plus hiatus starting around 2000. By 2015, though, Garibaldi was working on…
