Eats & Drinks
Maker Faire & Other Weekend Possibilities
Maker Faire Kansas City, the festival for creators and inventors, is Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at Union Station. KCPT will have a Kids Zone with interactive activities for kids, there is a pop-up craft fair from Strawberry Swing, scale models of R2-D2, beekeepers and food trucks…
5 Ways to Get More Bourbon In Your Life
We are still a few weeks away from when sweet corn is stacked as high as an elephant’s eye at farmers’ markets, but there is a way for you to enjoy corn in the interim. And that way is bourbon. The spirit of Kentucky must be distilled from grain that is at least 51 percent…
Tap List | Black Labs Craft Meadery to Debut at Brew Lab
The black raspberries came in June to the fields behind his grandparents’ house in Kansas City, Kansas. Carl Hinchey remembers braving the thorns or sweating in long sleeves, all in pursuit of the tart, dark berries. “We’d pick them and make them into cobblers and jam,” Hinchey said. “They grew wildly and they were just…summer.” The berries…
19 Hours at Boulevardia [Slideshow]
[FLEX-CONTENT] The lights of the Ferris wheel blinked out a welcome to people headed to the West Bottoms for the fifth annual Boulevardia. The two-day beer, music, and food festival from Boulevard Brewing Co. was Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. Boulevardia runs for 19 hours and Flatland folks were there for the entire…
Golden Ox Glows Again in West Bottoms
By Kevin Collison The famed Golden Ox, one of Kansas City’s legacy restaurants, has returned to the West Bottoms in all its stockyards-steeped glory, ready for a new generation of steak eaters. “Honestly and candidly, hundreds of people have asked me when the Golden Ox was going to open,” said Bill Haw Sr., the owner…