Restaurateurs of the Year

By CHARLES FERRUZZA

Richard and Theresa Ng, owners of the six Bo Lings restaurants in the Kansas City metropolitan area, will be honored as 2008 Restaurateurs of the Year by the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association at that organization’s dinner and awards ceremony on November 12 at the Hyatt Regency Kansas City.

Richard Ng and his wife Theresa (who grew up working in her family’s restaurant, the venerable Dragon Innin downtown Overland Park) opened the first Bo Lings at 9055 Metcalf in 1981. The success of the first venue gave the couple — who are still very hands-on restaurateurs — the capital to open five more restaurants: in the Plaza Board of Trade building, 4800 Main; across from Oak Park Mall at 95th and Quivira in Orchard Corner Shopping Center in Lenexa; at 135th and Metcalf; and in the Zona Rosa Shopping Center at 1-29 and Barry Road in North Kansas City. The sixth and newest Bo Lings, in Kansas City’s City Market, was recently voted “Best Place to Dine Alone” in The Pitch‘s 2008 Best of Kansas City issue.

For ticket information or reservations, call 816-753-5222. The deadline for reservations is November 5.