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KC is About to Get Bagel Crazy
The man opens the glass door to a suite in a Pleasant Valley industrial park. Before the couple seated at a wooden table by the front door can even respond, he’s apologizing and explaining that he just had to visit the space for himself. “I saw your ad on Craigslist,” said the man. “I don’t…
Bloody, MO | Sharon ‘La Pistolera’ Kinne
Welcome to “Bloody, MO,” a Civil War-through-modern day video peek into Kansas City’s bloody past – starring equally notorious and unknown gunslingers, fire-starters, and godfathers. Today: Sharon “La Pistolera” Kinne Sharon Kinne was known to shoot her way out of a situation she didn’t want to be in, earning her the nickname “La Pistolera.” Connected to at least three…
New Executive Chef Tapped at Rye
The torch was quietly passed at Rye in January. Co-owner Colby Garrelts – the only name that has ever been at the top of the kitchen ladder at the Leawood restaurant – promoted John Brogan from chef du cuisine to executive chef. It was a quiet move – the fried chicken dinners and hanger steaks still…
Sympathetic Vibrations | The Right Way Through Wrong Turns
Taryn Miller has enjoyed a speedy rise to national recognition in the last three years, due in large part to simply not overthinking things. And to hear her describe the sequence of events that led her from Winfield, Kansas to a major label release, you almost feel sorry for all the bands out there meticulously…
The Weekend Starts Today
Ah, Super Bowl Sunday. America’s greatest secular holiday, our national orgy of overconsumption, is almost upon us. Assuming that you’re not a fanatical contrarian who plans to spend the day eating cucumber sandwiches and shopping for fragrant bath soaps, we know what you’ll be doing come Sunday. You’ll be eating chicken wings and nachos while…