Eats & Drinks

Interior of Black Labs Meadery.

Tap List | Big Rip Brewing Acquires Black Labs Meadery

North Kansas City’s Big Rip Brewing Co. has announced they have acquired Black Labs Meadery in Olathe.

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East Crossroads Brewers & Friends Band Together to Promote District

(Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in CityScene Dec. 3, 2021) By Kevin Collison Six years after Border Brewing, its first microbrewery, opened, the East Crossroads and its band of merry brewers, distillers and vintners are touting their area as a big regional draw and working together to promote it. “We’ve become a tourist destination,”…

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Callsign Brewing’s main bar.

Tap List | Callsign Brewing Toasts Turning 4 Years Old

Callsign Brewing in North Kansas City is celebrating its fourth anniversary this week with four new releases.

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Conversion of Historic Ozark Building to Hotel Begins at Ninth and Grand

(Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in CityScene Oct. 18, 2021) By Kevin Collison Preliminary demolition work has begun on converting the historic Ozark building at Ninth and Grand into a 249-room AC Hotels by Marriott with completion anticipated in about two years. “In terms of historic buildings, I think it’s in exceptional condition,” said…

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A postcard depicting Putsch’s 210, circa the early 1950s.

‘Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City’: New Book Offers a History of Kansas City Eats

Andrea Broomfield, an English professor at Johnson County Community College, has written “Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City,” a history of local dining culture.

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