Pete Dulin
Reporter
Pete Dulin is a food, beverage, business, and culture writer and the author of "Last Bite: 100 Simple Recipes from Kansas City's Best Chefs and Cooks," "KC Ale Trail," and "Kansas City Beer: A History of Breweries in America's Heartland." He has written for Recommended Daily, Feast, Thinking Bigger, Visit KC, The Kansas City Star Magazine, The Boston Globe, and many other publications.
Stories by Pete Dulin
Mana Bar Believes It’s Time for Tea
Kava, a mood-altering tea native to the islands of Polynesia, Hawaii, and Micronesia, is coming to Kansas City. Mana Bar (1412 Westport Road) will prepare kava in house, along with kombucha and a variety of teas, when it opens in mid-to-late March in the former Westport location of Sheehan’s Irish Imports. “We believe Mana Bar is…
Kaw Point Meadery Sweetens Prospects for Hometown Mead
In the cool basement of a Kansas City, Kansas, home, Daniel Bauer, John Zumalt, Jr., and Sam Suddarth, are working to perfect a series of mead recipes. This is where Kaw Point Meadery starts and it’s a long journey. Kansas City’s first dedicated mead-making business may not be open until late 2017 or early 2018….
Freezing Moo is Edible Performance Art
Tommy Tang, who co-owns Freezing Moo Ice Cream (6936 W 135th Street, Overland Park, Kansas) with Truman Yeh, places fresh strawberry and mango onto a cold metal plate set to 16 degrees. Tang is about to make Mucho Mango, one of ten ice cream flavor combinations available. Watching from behind a plexiglass screen, a sweet…
Brewindie Hopes to Get KC Buzzing
Kelly and Todd Walden created Brewindie, a startup monthly subscription service, to help others discover the city’s diverse selection of craft beer and coffee. The idea for the service originated from their own sense of curiosity about the bounty of local brewers and coffee roasters in their new city of residence. “We moved to Kansas City…
On Tap | Boulevard Veteran Neil Witte Takes Beer Quality on a Field Trip
There are two kinds of beer-nerd palates: yours and Neil Witte’s. Witte oversaw field quality and training at Boulevard Brewing and Duvel Moortgat USA for most of the past 20 years. He is one of the 11 people on the planet to have passed the Master Cicerone exam. And he has an unsparing assessment 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…
Aep Thai Restaurant Opening December 1
West 39th Street may become an even hotter dining destination this winter with the planned December 1st opening of Aep (pronounced “ape”). Chef Jakob Polaco revealed plans in September to open his Thai restaurant in the former Thomas space (1815 W. 39th Street). Since the September announcement, Polaco has been joined by Adam Northcraft. They have…
Hammerhand Coffee Finds Its Place in Downtown Liberty
Alex Merrell, co-owner of Hammerhand Coffee, didn’t originally plan on opening on a corner spot (22 N. Main Street) in downtown Liberty’s historic square. Merrell and three investors had selected a space at 1 N. Water Street, based one block east and south around the corner of the Clay County Courthouse. But earlier this year, the…
Brioche Pastry Shop rolls into The Crossroads
The unmistakeable scent of fresh-baked cinnamon rolls and croissants fills Brioche, a brightly lit bakery and coffee shop, that opened two weeks ago at 2000 Main Street in the Crossroads. Owners Ida Kelley and pastry chef Brandon Kelley relocated to Kansas City from Jefferson City, bringing their baking business with them. In 2009, the couple…
Hot Chicken Turns Up The Heat on Fried Chicken in KC
The Nashville Hot Chicken trend is heating up in Kansas City as the spicy cousin to fried chicken. Hot chicken popping up on local restaurant menus, including Third Street Social (123 SE 3rd Street, Lee’s Summit) and Lucky Boys (1615 Genessee Street, Kansas City). Local lore in Nashville, Tennessee, points to the family of Andre Prince,…