If you can find it, there’s good eating in Englewood
The Englewood Theater – which turns 63 years old this summer – is probably the primary tourist draw for the hamlet of the same name. It would be nice if the old movie house was open again, but it’s been closed since the weather turned cold last year: “There were boiler problems,” said the owner of a store near the theater. “You can’t operate a theater without heat.”
“Yes, the boiler shot craps in January. We should be reopening the theater in a few weeks,” says the theater’s owner, Wade Williams. “We just haven’t decided if we’re going to show classic films or first-run movies.”
But even without a theater, there are a few delicious reasons to visit tiny Englewood, a kind of miniature downtown within the boundaries of Independence. There are three really fine little restaurants (and an antique store that serves tea and pastries). Englewood is still a charming place to visit, even after the passing of the five-and-dime store (the latest incarnation is having a going-out-of-business sale). There’s even a Third Friday Art Walk in the neighborhood. And it’s actually pretty easy to find: Englewood is located between Truman Road and 23rd Street just west of Sterling Avenue.
So what about the food?
