Eats & Drinks
Tap List | Calibration Brewery’s Back to Black IPA
Behind the Beer: Calibration Brewery Goes Back to Black IPA Calibration Brewery (119 Armour Road, North Kansas City, Missouri) put Back to Black IPA on tap in mid-July as a special release that’s still available. Previously, brewer Jack Owen once made 10 gallons of a black IPA using a homebrewing recipe. When brewery owner Glen…
Downtown Treat: Free Scoop of Ice Cream to Serve a Good Cause
Here’s a sweet downtown challenge. Denali Flavors will donate $10,000 to the Salvation Army of Kansas City if it can attract enough ice cream lovers to the Power & Light District to eat 10,000 free scoops of its Hiland Moose Tracks Ice Cream between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). All you have to…
Tomato Tasting, BLT Challenge & Other Weekend Possibilities
Give summer a proper sendoff with a pair of tomato-focused events. The ninth annual tomato tasting is at Local Pig (2618 Guinotte Ave) from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Think of it as a tomato potluck — bring a tomato dish or ripe tomatoes from your garden — and then dive into the bounty of fruit. Later…
Gordon Biersch Pulls Plug on Downtown Power & Light Location
One of the downtown Power & Light District’s original tenants, Gordon Biersch brewery and restaurant, is closing after anchoring a strategic corner at 14th and Walnut since 2008. In a release, company officials described the departure as a “natural end at this location. “We have enjoyed being a part of the renaissance of downtown Kansas…
Order Up | Paleterias Tropicana’s Paletas
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