Eats & Drinks
Freezing Moo is Edible Performance Art
Tommy Tang, who co-owns Freezing Moo Ice Cream (6936 W 135th Street, Overland Park, Kansas) with Truman Yeh, places fresh strawberry and mango onto a cold metal plate set to 16 degrees. Tang is about to make Mucho Mango, one of ten ice cream flavor combinations available. Watching from behind a plexiglass screen, a sweet…
Torn Label’s Second Anniversary & Other Weekend Possibilities
Torn Label Brewing Company (1708 Campbell) is having a big week. Fresh off its release of cans, it holds a second-anniversary party at its taproom, starting at noon Saturday. Expect to see all 12 taps going, including its first-ever double IPA. Gustucide is an impressive 9.6 percent ABV and is hop-loaded. Also on offer: a barrel-aged…
Heartwood Pizzeria Pops Up at Plowboys BBQ
Jonny Doelling sat at the bar in a Miami restaurant, stopwatch in hand, watching pizzaiolos load pies into the wood-fired oven. Pizza In. Click. Pizza Out. Click. Over. And over. And over. Doelling was determined to discover the exact amount of time it took to get a perfect Neapolitan-style pizza. On a recent Wednesday afternoon…
On Tap | Brew Lab Prepares to Launch Own Brewery
After three years of helping would-be brewers learn how to make beer, Overland Park’s Brew Lab is getting ready to make a few beers of its own. The brew-on-premises shop is moving into a larger space in February, with plans to add a taproom, a brewery and a kitchen. “We want this to be a…
Happy Gillis’ Breakfast All Day & Other Weekend Possibilities
Happy Gillis Cafe & Hangout (549 Gillis St.) unveiled a New Year’s resolution — breakfast all day — that one hopes will last all year. “People would be on the verge of tears that they couldn’t get our breakfast sandwich,” co-owner and chef Josh Eans said. “We thought this could make people happy and make…