Eats & Drinks
The Elements of Sandwiching & Other Weekend Possibilities
Your restaurant week journey doesn’t have to end Sunday. It’s the final weekend for Kansas City Restaurant Week, but after Sunday, you won’t have to go back to ordering things a la carte. Friday kicks off the first weekend of the fifth annual Downtown Lawrence Restaurant Week. [FLEX-CONTENT] Restaurant week works a bit differently in Lawrence,…
Historic 909 Walnut Building in New Hands, Second Spokes Rolling In
By Kevin Collison The historic 909 Walnut apartment building has a new owner, and one of the first changes will be the opening of a second downtown outlet for Spokes in the former Scooters coffee shop space. The 35-story tower at Ninth and Walnut, the tallest residential building in the Midwest outside Chicago, has been…
Pizza Hut Started With a $600 Loan from A Mom In Wichita
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City Barrel to Washington: Free Beer
Kevin Collison When life hands you 500 gallons of IPA you can’t sell thanks to the sour mashup in Washington, what’s an aspiring Crossroads brewmeister to do? You tap that time-tested crowd pleaser, free beer. And while you’re at it, you offer a special invite to the party to all those furloughed federal employees sidelined…
Tap List | Crane’s Nightmare Machine & KC Restaurant Week 2019 Beer Edition
The growth of Kansas City’s brewery scene could hit an unexpected speed bump in the first part of 2019. As the government shutdown moves into its third week, the backlog of beer label approval requests continues to stack up as the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has suspended its review process in…