Food & Drink
Tin Roof Expands to Old Riot Room Space, Site of Westport Tragedy
By Kevin Collison The Westport building heavily damaged in the December 2021 tragedy where three people died in an accident has been rebuilt to house an expanded Tin Roof music club. The new venue opened last weekend and is located where the old Riot Room operated at 4048 Broadway. That well-known music club closed in…
Read MoreBeer Garden to Join Streetcar and Soccer at Downtown Riverfront
By Kevin Collison First it was the streetcar extension, then the new KC Current professional soccer stadium and now a big beer garden is in store for a downtown riverfront that up until the past decade was a pretty sleepy place. The KC Port board approved a development agreement Monday with The Thrash Group of…
Read MoreCafé Cà Phê Stirs Vietnamese Flavor into KC Coffee Scene
(Editor’s note: This article originally was published Aug. 16, 2022) By Kevin Collison A Southern California actor marooned in Kansas City after Covid cancelled her Miss Saigon Broadway tour has taken on a new role, creating a coffee shop in Columbus Park that celebrates Asian-American culture. “I always had an idea of opening a coffee…
Read MoreLate Summer Opening Anticipated for Strang Food Hall at Plaza
By Kevin Collison The new Strang Chef Collective food hall planned for the Cascade Hotel being just north of the Country Club Plaza is considered by its operator a “bullish” vote of confidence in the venerable shopping district. “We’ve always targeted the Plaza as an opportunity to bring our chef-driven concept,” said Shawn Craft, CEO…
Read MoreChef Brings 40-Years of Restaurant Seasoning to Union On The Hill
By Kevin Collison George Atsangbe has been corporate chef at some of the better known names in the local restaurant world including Houlihan’s and Bread and Butter Concepts for 40 years. So the native of Nigeria knew exactly what he wanted to do when he opened his own place, the Union on the Hill, at…
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