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Nick’s Picks | Royals Stadium and Housing Issues
A Royals stadium town hall, housing issues in Johnson County and Kansas City and a would-be president’s rally top the news agenda this week.
Chef Lidia Bastianich: Beyond Food
Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich reflects on the relationship between food and America, and discusses her new PBS special, “Flavors That Define Us.”
White Castle Didn’t Just Invent Sliders. The Kansas Chain Created a Playbook for American Fast Food
White Castle began in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, where its ingenious small hamburgers kicked off a national craze and inspired imitators of all shapes and sizes.
Inside KC’s Creepiest Haunts: The Other Side of the Scare
Come inside, if you dare, some of Kansas City’s creepiest Halloween haunts to learn more about the folks scaring the barbecue sauce out of you.
curiousKC | Who was D.A. Holmes and Why Was a School Named After Him?
A curiousKC reader reached out wanting to know more about the Rev. D.A. Holmes, and why a school was named after him. This is his story.
curiousKC: Home Sweet (12th Street) Hotel
The Dean Hotel – in Kansas City’s famed 12th Street thoroughfare – housed lots of riff-raff and lots of stories. This woman decided to share hers of growing up in a hotel.
Pizza Hut Started With a $600 Loan from A Mom In Wichita
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Sympathetic Vibrations | The Goodbye Girls
In September, the Facebook page for local blues rock trio Katy Guillen and the Girls was hit with a torrent of crying emojis from fans – 243 to be exact – in response to a post announcing that the band would be going on “an indefinite hiatus.” The Kansas City band of six years wanted…
Tap List | Limitless Brewing & Black Squirrel Friday
This is why you’ve been drinking all these years, Lenexa. Limitless Brewing (9765 Widmer, Lenexa, Kansas) is planning its grand opening Wednesday at 4 p.m. as long as the brewery receives its final permitting today. Limitless will open with a trio of brews on tap: Biere de Garde (strong pale ale), English session ale and…
You Won’t Believe Eskimo Pie’s Connection to Kansas City
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