Weekend Possibilities

Barbecue ribs

Pi Day, Burnt Ends Reuben & Other Weekend Possibilities

Here are the five words you’ve been longing to hear … corned beef burnt ends Reuben. The limited-run sandwich is back at Joe’s Kansas City on Thursdays in March and this Saturday, March 16. [FLEX-CONTENT] The U.S. Coffee Championships will be in Kansas City this weekend. The championships will crown the top barista, brewer, roaster…

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classic buttermilk pancakes

All The Pancakes, All The Coffee & Other Weekend Possibilities

I hope you’re drinking coffee right now, as we have a lot of coffee news to get through this week. Go get some. I’ll wait. Checks email. Signs up for Flatland’s newsletter. Follows Flatland on Twitter. Just kidding, I follow Flatland and you do, too. Got a cup? Good. Let’s go. Ever wonder how coffee…

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The Burger Stand at The Casbah

Chicken & Waffles, Lime Daiquiris & Other Weekend Possibilities

The last eggs will be cracked at Cascone’s Grill (15 E. 5th St.) today. The long-time diner will close after more than 80 years in the River Market. Next up for the space, CitySceneKC reported that Anton Kotar, the owner of Anton’s Taproom on Main Street, will open Estelle’s Diner in the space. [FLEX-CONTENT] It’s a concept…

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The chicken curry, rice and hummus at Kinzi Mediterranean Restaurant.

Tea Time, A Drinking Circus & Other Weekend Possibilities

Hummus and pita and baklava and oh, why are we not yet eating? Kinzi Mediterranean Cuisine is open at 5329 Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas. Get gyros, falafel, kabobs or curry. Kinzi is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Genovese is now the 1856 Bar and Grill (941 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas). The…

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Cafe Equinox has its grand opening this weekend as is brunch at The Campground.

Party Like It’s 1860 & Other Weekend Possibilities

Do you long for a simpler time when butter was still churned by hand? The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Historic Farm site in Olathe, Kansas, is hosting a dinner ($49) straight out of the 1860s from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Staff in period garb will take you by stagecoach to the historic home and to…

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