Eats & Drinks

Guy Fieri Driving Into KC Live! Next Year with New Restaurant

Guy Fieri, the flamboyant host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” is rolling out a new “one-of-a-kind” restaurant at the Kansas City Live! block next year. “Let me just put it this way: If you like to party, and you like tacos, this is gonna be your kinda dive!,” Fieri said in a release from the…

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Brew Lab beer

Tap List | Brew & Chew, Boo ‘N Brew, & Brew at The Zoo

The beer calendar has turned to winter, even as the outdoor beer festival goes strong. Get ready for dark, strong ales, and plenty of spice in your pint glass. Help yourself to a glass of #TapList.  Tap Notes New Axiom Brewing Co. (949 NE Columbus St., Lee’s Summit, Missouri) has a host of new brews…

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West Bottoms Whiskeys Adds New Spirits to Historic Industrial District

By Kevin Collison The West Bottoms’ massive old industrial buildings are an inexpensive haven for hundreds of downtown creatives living their dream and Alex Lindsey plans to add whiskey to the mix soon. He’s working on opening his West Bottoms Whiskeys in what looks like a garage bay at 1321 W. 13th St. A century…

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America's Test Kitchen recipe for 11th-hour harvest pumpkin soup

The Trick to Getting Velvety Pumpkin Soup is Canned Pumpkin

This velvety pumpkin soup is surprisingly easy and fast thanks to canned pumpkin. The trick is getting rich, balanced pumpkin flavor out of a can. We started by creating a deeply flavorful base for our soup by softening onion and then adding cumin, coriander, and nutmeg, which gave us a warm-spiced flavor that paired well…

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East Crossroads Rolls Out the Barrel for Big New Brewpub

By Kevin Collison The East Crossroads, already home to several microbreweries, is about to add another that promises to be the biggest in downtown outside the mother of all local brewers, Boulevard. City Barrel Brewing Co. expects to open at 1728 Holmes St. before the end of the year and co-owner James Stutsman says it…

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