Restaurant review: Neither old-world stuffy nor showy avant garde, the Restaurant at 1900 hits all the right notes Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant review: Ron Rico attempts to bring the Caribbean to the Crossroads Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterMuslim life, Islamophobia, and Kansas City, explored in Tomorrow, Inshallah at the Living Room Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsLiking and sharing the incredibly Instagrammable food at the Russell Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterTheater review: Hir, the Unicorn’s season-ending stunner on family and gender Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsReview: Brookside Poultry Company’s savory, no-fuss birds squawk for themselves Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterTheater review: Welcome to Fear City, at the KC Rep, tries to do too much with 1970s New York Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & Drink, Restaurant ReviewsRestaurant review: Black Dirt, Jonathan Justus’ long-awaited second act, is germinating on the South Plaza Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterTheater review: Messy politics and infectious charm in the Spinning Tree Theatre’s Once on This Island Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsReview: Plaza newbie Parkway Social Kitchen tries to ride the comfort-food wave Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Beer & SpiritsBKS Artisan Ales is making great beers. But they’re not easy to come by. Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterTheater review: Sex with Strangers, at the KC Rep, misses the #metoo moment Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & DrinkReview: Tavernonna seeks to transcend the trappings of the hotel restaurant Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterAn evening of meta-theater at the KC Rep, courtesy of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
TheaterProstitutes (and the criminal justice system itself) are on trial at the Unicorn’s Project Dawn Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & DrinkWhile Joe West pauses his pop-up dream, Guroux Khalifah raises his Distrikt Biskuit House Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Beer & SpiritsBuilding a foolproof KC sixer leaves me drunk on the possibilities Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & Drink, Restaurant ReviewsRepeal 18th pours style and ambition into the Northland but needs a little something more Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterSpinning Tree’s Casa Valentina makes the most of the play’s soft touch and rough edges Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterDisgraced, at the Unicorn, questions respectability in mostly unexpected ways Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterKCAT’s A Lie of the Mind is a fitting, wounding elegy for Sam Shepard Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsKCK’s Mockingbird Lounge could make a Cheers-style regular out of me Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterSpinning Tree Theatre’s Finian’s Rainbow is an entertaining throwback Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterChecking in with Heidi Van and Shea Ketchum, whose Fringe gambles we covered in June Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsMass St. Fish House & Raw Bar ups the fresh-seafood game in landlocked Lawrence Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterThe KCAT’s And Then There Were None serves a delightfully poisonous cocktail of murder and style Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterHeidi Van and Shea Ketchum — a Fringe veteran and a first-timer at the 13th annual fest — share a common goal: make winning theater Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Corvino Supper Club and Tasting Room shows brilliance across an array of price points Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsStock Hill, the Plaza’s platinum-card steakhouse, nails a lot — just not the red meat Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterThe Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe delivers vintage charm at the Living Room Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterFun Home gives mostly strong musical voice to Alison Bechdel’s memoir Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Restaurant ReviewsBrown & Loe brings polish and a (mostly) strong menu to the City Market Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterI’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard, at the Unicorn: an actors’ showcase that ultimately plays too safe Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & Drink, Restaurant ReviewsKomatsu Ramen goes big but needs to get better Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterThe KC Rep’s A Raisin in the Sun finds new relevance in a classic Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterFive Guys Named Moe jumps to life at the Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterThe Rep’s charming Constellations makes the most of its possibilities Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Food & Drink, Restaurant ReviewsPlate: half neighborhood haunt, half fine dining, full price Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
Stage, TheaterMeltingpot’s Dutchman revival summons old ills — with sad new relevance Liz Cook, March 16, 2020
