Jonathan Bender
Reporter
Jonathan Bender is a former KCPT Food Content Editor and the founder of the Recommended Daily. He is the author of "LEGO: A Love Story," "Cookies & Beer" and "Stock, Broth & Bowl." He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where has judged the American Royal World Series of BBQ, eaten sandwiches for a month, and pitched grain as a brewer’s assistant — all in pursuit of learning more about what Kansas Citians eat and drink.
Stories by Jonathan Bender
Best Eat In the House | Anton’s Dry-Aged Steak
Best Eat in the House features dining recommendations from people in and around Kansas City. For this episode, Kasim Hardaway, founder of the TKG Agency, stopped by to chat about the dry-aged, grass-fed beef at Anton’s Taproom (1610 Main St.) We traveled along the Streetcar line to talk to owner Anton Kotar about his space where they cut and…
Duck Donuts & Other Weekend Possibilities
Duck Donuts (3630 W. 95th St., Leawood, Kansas) has arrived in the Kansas City area. The North Carolina-based donut shop is a concept centered on customization. Your job is to figure out how to top a vanilla cake donut. The donuts are served warm, which means they’re best eaten onsite, although the carry-out boxes come…
Tap List | Sandhills Brewing Coming to Mission
Just four months after its first canned beer release, Sandhills Brewing has announced plans for a satellite location. The microbrewery in Hutchinson, Kansas, intends to open a nanobrewery and taproom at 5612 Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas, in early 2019. Sandhills is a collaborative effort from brothers Jonathan and Charles Williamson. The brewery, which is…
Dive-In Movie & Other Weekend Possibilities
A new food truck season kicks off at Farm to Market Bread Co. (100 E. 20th St.) from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Flatland contributor Jill Silva hosts a gathering of trucks with Food Truck Friday in the bakery’s Crossroads parking lot. Magnolia’s on the Move, Cirque du Sucre, Beauty of the Bistro, Crave, and El Tenedor…
Tap List | Welcome To The Neighborhood Brewery
Kansas City is in the midst of a neighborhood brewery boom — where brewers aren’t looking to make it just a few blocks off Broadway, but are instead opting to build a space that reflects the place they live or the drinkers they think could use a beer a little closer to home. Back in…
Boba KC Is Open & Other Weekend Possibilities
Take a moment to admire the llama beach towel or a neon pink minidress. Then walk another hundred feet inside the Midway Shopping Center and discover the newly opened Boba KC (4305 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas). “We want to welcome everybody in and make sure we have something for everyone,” co-owner Mike Her said….
Origin Story | Bomb Pop
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Tap List | Callsign Brewing Close to Opening in North Kansas City
Steve Sirois was pouring his homebrew at a festival in Zona Rosa when he realized the impact he could have with a conversation over a beer. “Our beers are named after fallen aircraft, and we had one of the widows of a flight engineer come up to where we were pouring,” Sirois said. “She told…
Recipe | Steven Raichlen’s Bacon-Grilled Onion Rings
Where there was once smoke, there is now fire. Author and television host Steven Raichlen has a new show and book that share a name: Project Fire. Raichlen was in town for a live event at Smoke ‘N’ Fire last week and Flatland sat down with him to talk about his current project and what’s…
Maker Faire & Other Weekend Possibilities
Maker Faire Kansas City, the festival for creators and inventors, is Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at Union Station. KCPT will have a Kids Zone with interactive activities for kids, there is a pop-up craft fair from Strawberry Swing, scale models of R2-D2, beekeepers and food trucks…