Eats & Drinks

The taproom at Friction Beer Co.

Tap List | Friction Beer Co. Opens Its Doors in Shawnee

The much anticipated Friction Beer Co., located in the former Hartman Hardware building in downtown Shawnee, opened to the public on Saturday, June 24.

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Beer glasses designed for Missouri Pint Day.

Tap List | June Is Missouri Craft Beer Month

The Missouri Craft Brewers Guild has designated June as Craft Beer Month. Many local breweries are participating.

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Seven glasses of Range 23 beers in a row.

Tap List | Range 23 Brewing To Open New Taproom

Range 23 Brewing has been a fairly low-profile enterprise situated on a farm near Bonner Springs. But plans for a taproom in town suggest things are changing.

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Front entrance of East Forty Brewing.

Tap List | June is a Big Month for Brewery Anniversaries

June is a popular month for opening breweries. Saturday marks the anniversaries of both East Forty Brewing in Blue Springs and Grains & Taps in Lee’s Summit.

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Co-owner Deana Bellamaganya at Core Coffee & Eatery.

Businesses Welcome KC Neighbors to Taste, Tour the Northeast

The Taste & Tour event on Friday offers a way to showcase the diversity of businesses, particularly in the food and drink industry, in Northeast Kansas City.

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Exterior of the red concrete building that is the home of Big Rip Brewing Co. in North Kansas City.

Tap List | Big Rip Brewing Co. Turns 10

Big Rip Brewing Co. is celebrating its 10th anniversary in business with a big event featuring nine new beers, food and music on Saturday, June 3.

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Beer toast

Tap List | Missouri Named No. 2 Beer State

Missouri and Kansas City were highly ranked in a new study of the best craft beer cities and states.

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Interior view of Casual Animal, one of the stops on the Caturday in the Crossroads bar crawl.

Tap List | Crossroads Businesses Come Together For Cats

Many of the bars, breweries and distilleries in the Crossroads are banding together to throw a huge party, or shall we say “pawty,” to help KC Pet Project.

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The front entrance of Outfield Beer Co. in Bonner Springs.

Tap List | New Owners Party at Outfield Beer Co.

A party for the new owners of Outfield Beer Co. tops the weekly news roundup from the Kansas City craft beer scene.

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Jay Sanders of Drastic Measures in Shawnee, Rick Mullins of Redbud Kansas City and Raney Yelenich, an amateur mycologist, head into the woods to forage for cocktail ingredients.

Where the Wild Drinks Are: Foraging for Cocktails

A chef, a mycologist, a journalist and a James Beard-nominated bar owner walk into the woods. They come back with exotic cocktails using foraged ingredients.

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