Friction Beer Co. Wants To Bring a Little Heat To The Crossroads

Co-founders Nathan Ryerson and Brent Anderson have been working on Friction Beer Co. for the past two years.

Nathan Ryerson and Brent Anderson know that some Kansas Citians may not like Friction Beer Co. when it opens in 2019. And they’re OK with it. “I think choice can be daunting to people,” Anderson said. “We don’t want to be everything to everybody. We want the people who love us to really love us.” The…

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A Vehicle for Culinary Creativity

A man ready to serve food out of his food truck.

Justin Clark didn’t think of Urban Cafe as a restaurant initially, but when the space next to his wife’s salon became available, it just made sense to start there, pushing off his dream of a food truck. Clark opened his brick-and-mortar restaurant serving vegan fare and locally-sourced foods at 4101 Troost Ave. nearly a year…

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How Do Real Estate and Art Overlap?

the gallery hosted a trunk show on Nov. 30

Despite the popularity of Kansas City’s gallery-saturated Crossroads Arts District and its First Fridays mania, the cultural hub retains some of its image as a starving artists colony. Kim Weinberger, owner of Weinberger Fine Art, is challenging that perception with a business model that is decidedly unromantic, though what came before has the underpinnings of…

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The Weekend Starts Today

A man singing into a microphone.

Fall officially starts this weekend, but it sure won’t feel that way. Yes, the autumnal equinox is tomorrow, but temperatures are expected to hit a decidedly un-autumnal 90 degrees. In other words, it’s faux-fall, and Flatland has a few ways to get out and enjoy it. An entertaining, if frustrating, Royals season is winding down.…

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