Eats & Drinks

Rockcreek Brewing Co. is hosting the Taco Tank food truck this Friday from 5 - 8 p.m.

Tap List | The Cosmic Alignment of Beer and Tacos

By Marco Camacho | March 30, 2021

Tap List features two events this weekend combing tacos and beer.

Justin Easterwood of Chef J BBQ in the West Bottoms manages the fire.

KC’s Craft Barbecue Scene Heats Up

By Jill Wendholt Silva | March 26, 2021

Since March 2020, three Kansas City area craft barbecue restaurants – Chef J BBQ, Fox & Fire Barbecue and Night Goat – have opened as pop-ups, part of a new generation of young pitmasters using offset smokers and cooking with wood.

Jackie Nguyen, owner of Cafe Cà Phê, says she's taking a stand for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Kansas City. "If I plan to be part of this city, I want the city to feel like home. And if I can't live in a place and I can't feel like I'm at home, if the Asian community is being erased like that," said Jackie Nguyen, owner of Cafe Cà Phê. That's why she agreed to sponsor a vigil on Sunday. (Contributed photo)

Sunday’s ‘Stop Asian Hate KC’ Vigil Offers a Safe Space for Healing

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | March 25, 2021

Jackie Nguyen, owner of Cafe Cà Phê, says she’s taking a stand for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Kansas City. The vigil she is sponsoring on Sunday is a way for the community to find support and healing.

Patio Pale Ale on Border Brewing's new patio

Tap List | Spring Means New Beginnings for Border Brewing Co.

By Marco Camacho | March 23, 2021

Spring 2021 offers signs of new life in the Kansas City craft beer scene.

Le Chronic Cafe Serves Aunt Kathy’s Eclairs, Comfort Food

By Kevin Collison | March 22, 2021

By Kevin Collison In opening Le Chronic Cafe at the City Market, chef Bryan Merker is fulfilling a promise he made to his Aunt Kathy years ago. As a kid in Kansas City, he always enjoyed the wonderful eclairs his aunt prepared. “My aunt was an amazing baker,” Merker recalled. “She always made eclairs so…