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
Goat Hill Coffee and Soda Trots Into The Westside
The departure of Little Freshie (811 W 17th street) from the Westside earlier this year left a gap for regulars that stopped in for sodas with house syrups or afternoon coffee. Last week, Goat Hill Coffee and Soda opened in the space to provide refreshments once again. Co-owners Tanner Stevens and Levi Holland are shaping the…
Goodbye Thomas, Hello Aep Thai Restaurant on West 39th Street
A Kansas City chef driven to discover the secrets of street food in Thailand is about to bring that knowledge home. Chef Jakob Polaco plans to apply his globe-trotting cooking experience to Aep (pronounced “ape”) — a Thai street food-style restaurant slated to open December 1 in the former Thomas restaurant space (1815 W. 39th Street). Before…
Chef Carlos Falcon Announces Plans for Jarocho South
As Jarocho Pescados y Mariscos (719 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, Kansas) approaches its second anniversary in October, owner-chef Carlos Falcon shared details for a second restaurant named Jarocho South. Falcon spent months searching the metro area for a possible location before settling on a spot at 13145 State Line Road in Kansas City, Missouri. He…
Craft Beer Jerky is Here. Please Snack Responsibly.
It sounds like an idea hatched over a few beers. Or perhaps, an idea that just needed the right beer. Craft Beer Jerky, which debuts this weekend at the Festival of the Lost Township in Raytown, is a new product putting a twist on the classic combination of salty foods and a beer. Friends Danny…
Crane Brewing Company is Making Beet Beer
Hot pink cold beer are four words that are seldom found together. When Crane Brewing Company’s Beet Weiss officially debuts next month, the shocking magenta brew will certainly catch the eyes of drinkers across the metro. But Beet Weiss is more than just a conversation starter, it’s the beer that set the Raytown brewery in motion….
Colony Espresso and Beer to Launch Nanobrewery
Another brewery is destined to open in North Kansas City. Homebrewer Rodney Beagle and Colony Espresso and Beer, a coffee shop and taproom (312 Armour Road, North Kansas City, Missouri), have initiated plans to launch a nanobrewery within Colony’s 2,400 square-foot space. They filed an application in late July with The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax…
Koko Thai Introduces Tastes from Northern Thailand and Laos
Koko Thai (1513 Grand Boulevard) introduces a range of classic and regional dishes that deliver balanced flavor with representative influences from Laos and northern Thailand. Owner Steve Srivisay, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu’s culinary arts program, explored Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam on a three-month culinary tour prior to opening the downtown eatery. “We’re a…
Shang Tea Transforms Into 1+1 Dim Sum Tea House
Shang Tea has turned over a new leaf. The tea house and retail shop has sold and served fine loose-leaf tea from its serene first-floor shop in Crown Center (2450 Grand Boulevard) for nine years. Now known under its new identity as 1+1 Dim Sum Tea House, the shop has been serving four housemade dim sum…
Rock and Run Brewery Reopens in Liberty, Plans to Expand in Kearney
History has a way of writing its own story. Rock and Run Brewery and Pub owners Gene DeClue and Dan Hatcher had initiated plans to expand into an adjacent space in the 130-year-old Bedinger Building near Liberty’s historic downtown square. But then that building collapsed into rubble on Tuesday, May 3, destroying the future expansion…
Calibration Brewery’s Hefeweizen Needs a Name
Calibration Brewery (119 Armour Road) quietly opened in North Kansas City last weekend with seven beers on tap. Each style except one bore the name of a song. For example, “Beast in Me” Brown Ale refers to a Martin Sexton song covered by Johnny Cash and many others. However, the brewery is still seeking a song…