Eats & Drinks
SantaCon & Other Weekend Possibilities
No, that’s not your imagination. Santa is taking over Lawrence this weekend. SantaCon is back at The Sandbar (17 E. 8th St., Lawrence, Kansas) on Saturday from 2 to 11 p.m. It’s a pub crawl and meet up and there are more beards on ladies than you can believe. Santas are asked to contribute $5 to…
Spokes Café and Cyclery Wheels into Quality Hill
Kansas City’s attraction to the pairing of coffee and bikes is more than a cyclical development. Spokes Café and Cyclery, a new café and bike shop in Quality Hill (1200 Washington St., Suite B), is the latest in a collection of bike and coffee-related businesses under one roof. Maps Coffee Roasters produces small-batch coffee roasted…
On Tap | Brewery Emperial gearing up to open in the Crossroads
After 20 months, an urban beer garden is nearly ready to open at 1829 Oak. Brewery Emperial, a joint project from Room 39’s Ted Habiger, brewmaster Keith Thompson and Rich Kasyjanski, joins the growing microbrewery district in the east Crossroads this month. “I’ve always liked what a brewpub represents for the community and neighborhood,” Thompson…
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party & Other Weekend Possibilities
This is why you buy Christmas sweaters and wear them in public. The 12th annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party is tonight from 8:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Tower Tavern (401 E 31st Street). The party is a benefit for Operation Breakthrough. General admission tickets are $50 and VIP tickets, which include entry at…
On Tap | Rare Pairs: Brown & Loe’s Doughnut & Tusker
Brown & Loe (429 Walnut Street) opened in the City Market in August. The American bistro offers up refined takes on comfort dishes. So, for the first edition of Rare Pairs, we asked executive chef James Paul and sous chef Aaron Salinas to dive into their beer cooler. They decided to pair Tusker, a Kenyan…




