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children of Martin City Brewing co-owner Matthew and Kara Moore

Tap List | The Kids Are All Right

Should brewery and craft beer taprooms welcome parents and their children? A recent Vinepair article titled “If You Don’t Want Kids at Your Local Taproom, You’re Missing the Point,” explored the question and looked at a new trend across the country. The article cited brewers and brewery founders around the United States who established taprooms…

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Casual Animal Now Crowling the East Crossroads

By Kevin Collison It took a bit longer than anticipated, but Casual Animal has joined the microbrewery herd in the East Crossroads and proprietor Kyle Gray hopes to add some Fort Collins friendliness to the neighborhood. “My inspiration came from living in Fort Collins,” he said. “It’s a small town, but there’s about 20 breweries….

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Mad Man's KC BBQ has a smoked Reuben

Let’s Wine About Winter & Other Weekend Possibilities

Liberty hosts its eighth annual Let’s Wine About Winter celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s a shop crawl with 25 downtown Liberty businesses each having a different wine to sample. Tickets are $20. Celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Plaza branch (4801 Main St.) of the Kansas City Public Library from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday….

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Midtown has a new falafel spot.

Shawarmar Brings Mediterranean Wraps And Bowls to Linwood

Abeer Jari arrives at Shawarmar (23 E. Linwood Boulevard) a little over an hour before sunrise. She has spices to blend, marinades to check, and tahini sauce to mix. She tries not to think about her two-and-a-half year-old son, who is in daycare for the first time, as she preps for the day. “I mix…

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Kansas City Bier Company’s bottling line

Tap List | Kansas City Bier Company Celebrates Fourth Anniversary

Kansas City Bier Company (310 W. 79th St.) will pour more than 30 different beer styles at its fourth anniversary celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. For the occasion, look for year-round and seasonal beers as well as special releases and rare one-off brews. Spontaneously fermented cider or dry-hopped, red lager at 11-percent…

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