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Tap List | Gluten-Free Beers, Ciders & Mead in KC
The narrative on gluten free beers is, at times, an unfair one. They are often relegated to the corner of the cold case reserved for non-alcoholic beer or seen as an oxymoron. But gluten-free, locally-produced options have increased dramatically in Kansas City over the past five years and that means we need to be having a conversation…
Midwest Tea Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday. It’s a mix (pun most certainly intended) of seminars, tastings and bartenders competing. It’s a chance for you to nerd out on spirits, mixers or simply watch others make you well-balanced, interesting cocktails. Karaoke and mixology get mashed-up tonight at the…
Sunflower Fest & Other Weekend Possibilities
After more than 50 years operating as a chili parlor, Fritz’s Chili (6737 W. 75th St., Overland Park, Kansas) closes this Friday. It was originally a Dixon’s Chili parlor that opened in 1966. Three years later, the Fritz family purchased the business and later renamed it Fritz’s Chili. The dining room is lined with counter…
Maker Faire & Other Weekend Possibilities
Maker Faire Kansas City, the festival for creators and inventors, is Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at Union Station. KCPT will have a Kids Zone with interactive activities for kids, there is a pop-up craft fair from Strawberry Swing, scale models of R2-D2, beekeepers and food trucks…
Tap List | Boulevardia: A Guide To Eating & Drinking
Boulevardia is about to take over the Stockyards District for a weekend. The fifth annual mashup of a music, food and beer festival, thrown by the Boulevard Brewing Company, is Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. “We want the food to compliment the beer and music, so it’s a three-headed monster of enjoyment,” said Chris Phelan,…
Best Kentucky Derby Party & Other Weekend Possibilities
All the holidays collide this weekend. It all kicks off with May the 4th — the one day each year dedicated to all things “Star Wars.” HopCat (401 Westport Road) is encouraging folks to come dressed in costume and you can feel free to order a Solo Saison from Zipline Brewing. The Westport beer bar opens at 11…
Go All In on Gin & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Restaurant at 1900 (1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway) is now open in Mission Woods, Kansas. Chef Linda Duerr is joined by Pastry Chef Elizabeth Paradise (most recently of Story), General Manager Keith Thompson (formerly with Café Sebastienne and Corvino Supper Club) and Beverage Director Doug Frost, who was the host of “Check Please” and “Ferment…
Northland Ethnic Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Guadalupe Center’s Taco Dinner is back. Get four fried tacos and rice ($6) at the benefit for the center’s recreation program. Dine at the center (1015 Avenida Cesar E. Chavez) or take dinner home. The world is your oyster or, in this case, your egg roll. The Northland Ethnic Festival is from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m….
Snake Saturday & Other Weekend Possibilities
Jeff Stehney has long maintained that he won’t open another Joe’s Kansas City, but that doesn’t mean he’s done experimenting with smoked meats and barbecue. In the past several years, he’s gone back on the competitive barbecue circuit and now has a new concept featuring his barbecue. County Road Ice House (100 E. 14th St.) opened last…
My 5 | Savannah Northcraft
My 5 is a series wherein Flatland asks someone to show us five items from their life that help them do their job or tell their story. It’s a chance to learn more about the people in our community by getting a peek at what’s in their drawers, kitchens, briefcases, or desks. In the latest…