Pending Sale of Crossroads Building Housing YJ’s Stirs ‘Hate Mail’
By Kevin Collison The pending sale of the building housing longtime Crossroads favorite YJ’s Snack Bar has stirred up strong passions, prompting the expected buyer and current owner of the property to speak out. “There’s so much misinformation out there,” said Spencer Sight, whose father Dan Sight has a contract to buy the building on…
Food Halls Are Having a Moment in Kansas City
The Lenexa Public Market may have put downtown Lenexa, Kansas, on the map. It’s one part food hall, one part retail, but it’s the food hall concept you need to hear about, as developers from Atlanta, Denver, and New York City are looking at Kansas City as the next great food hall destination. [FLEX-CONTENT] Food…
Big Apartment Plan for Armour and Troost Wins City Plan Commission Endorsement
By Kevin Collison A “transformational” plan that would add hundreds of apartments and new businesses to the rundown intersection of Troost and Armour has been unanimously endorsed by the City Plan Commission. Chicago-based MAC Properties, which has developed more than 1,500 apartments along Armour Boulevard over the last decade, wants to invest $78 million in…
Roasterie Opening Cafe in H&R Block Headquarters
The Roasterie is heralding the arrival later this summer of its new cafe inside the H&R Block headquarters Wednesday with a “Block Party” offering free food and coffee. The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the H&R Block lobby, will give people a taste of what to expect when The Roasterie…
Tap List | Boulevardia: A Guide To Eating & Drinking
Boulevardia is about to take over the Stockyards District for a weekend. The fifth annual mashup of a music, food and beer festival, thrown by the Boulevard Brewing Company, is Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. “We want the food to compliment the beer and music, so it’s a three-headed monster of enjoyment,” said Chris Phelan,…
Monster and Music Greets Streetcar Riders Thanks to Art in the Loop
By Kim Mueller Streetcar riders are discovering an extra surprise this summer: a Stranger on a Train riding a Party Car. The soft sculpture monster created by local artist Megan Karson is one of seven art installations, two art performances and eight musical presentations on the streetcar line that started last week as part of…
Treatment, Grief — and Insurance
Lizzy Huffman was 5 years old when she first began to consider herself overweight. It would take nearly a decade before practitioners officially diagnosed her with a multifaceted eating disorder that combines elements of bulimia and anorexia. That was two years ago, and the Lenexa woman is now 18 years old. But for Lizzy and…
Resurrection Opens First New Downtown Church Built in Over a Century
By Kevin Collison If you’re looking for a symbol of how downtown Kansas City has revived in recent years, search no further than the new Church of the Resurrection which opens this weekend at 1601 Grand. “When I moved here from Detroit in 2009, the Downtown Council’s slogan was ‘live, work and play,’” observed the…
Hello Atelier | Elevating the Everyday
Lizzy House was determined from a young age to be a fabric designer, a goal she realized before she was even out of college. Her career brought her more than a creative outlet – through her work as a quilting instructor, she has traveled the globe, encouraging confidence and creativity through sewing. In this episode,…
To Preserve the Species, Eat It
A decade ago, Leawood native Amy Dunn was living in Kansas City, Missouri, and selling books at Barnes & Noble. And even though she was apprenticing as a horse trainer, she was no more country than a suburban horse. Her boyfriend, Michael Billings, wasn’t much different. He was a city-dwelling software engineer who also boarded…
Recipe | America’s Test Kitchen’s Barbecued Tempeh Skewers With Grilled Romaine
Cooking protein-packed tempeh on the grill gives it great smoky flavor and char. We cut it into cubes and thread the cubes onto skewers with firm, sweet bell peppers and meaty mushrooms, then brush the whole thing with sweet barbecue sauce, which helps temper the slightly bitter tempeh. [FLEX-CONTENT] A portion of the barbecue sauce,…
Two Light Art Evokes Kansas City Cool
By Kim Mueller One hundred years after leaving Kansas City, Ernest Hemingway’s spirit returned when Two Light apartments opened its doors earlier this month. Images of the famous author as well as other celebrated Kansas City residents are immortalized in the tower’s artwork decorating its floors, walls and ceilings. Upon entering the recently-opened luxury apartments‘…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Fits for the King
Hip-hop and testosterone-filled bravado have run hand-in-hand since the genre’s inception. And save a few brave acts over the decades, few rappers are willing to spit bars about something as vulnerable as their feelings. That’s where KC-native Joe Stanziola, aka Second Hand King, is different. Stanziola, 28, began writing tracks for his new album, “Frankie,”…
Downtown Days Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Downtown Days Festival is Friday through Sunday in downtown Lee’s Summit. There will be a talent show, live music, science demonstrations, a beer tent and lots to eat (KC Kona Ice, The Filling Station) and drink (Keck’s Longhorn Root Beer). Cobbler Night is back at Dolce Bakery (3930 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas)…
Downtown Stanford Comedy Club Struggles to Recover from ‘Incident’
By Kevin Collison General Manager Richard Montano is upfront about how a shooting incident Feb. 25 has hurt business at the Stanford 813 comedy club, which had been open just a couple months. “We were doing better before the incident,” he said. “We stopped the dance club and we’re now strictly a comedy club and…