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Fiesta Kansas City & Other Weekend Possibilities

Fiesta Kansas City runs all weekend at Crown Center. The 16th annual event, put on by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, is a great mashup of music, food and drinks. There’s also a jalapeno-eating contest and tortilla-rolling contest.  It’s free admission before 4 p.m. and $10 per day ($20 for a weekend…

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cheese slipper

Fervere and Ibis Bakery Merge Daily Bread Menus

Fervere (1702 Summit Street) is about to embark on a new path forward. The bread shop, which opened on the Westside in 2000, will begin offering a regular assortment of pastries tomorrow. It’s a small, but subtle shift, at the bakery that was intentionally built to produce a limited amount of bread because of its…

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The Westport Beer Festival and Other Weekend Possibilities

The Westport Beer Festival returns for its sixth year on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. The event is in front of McCoy’s Public House and benefits AIDS Walk Kansas City. Try samples from more than three dozen breweries (Perennial Artisan Ales and Founders Brewing Co. among them), along with a few local distilleries (J. Rieger…

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Pork spare ribs

5 Bar Bites to Help You Travel the World Without Leaving KC

Maybe you’re kid free and have booked passage for a month in Malta. Maybe the whole family is heading to the Lake for a long weekend this summer. Either way, we take you around the world on a bar stool, as food writer Pete Dulin details five local bars with international flair.

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Roller Food and Craft Beer label

Roller Food. Craft Beer. The Pairings That Were Never Supposed to Happen.

In the name of food science, we’re pairing roller food and craft beer. These six videos will help you discover beer pairings for everything from the Cheeseburger Bite Bite to a taco and cheese taquito. For this project, we engaged the nice folks at Boulevard Beer, who delved into the world of egg rolls and macaroni and cheese…

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This photo shows food commonly served during Ramadan, including an entree of beef or chicken, a salad, and rice.

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

Are you a non-Muslim interested in exploring the sacred month of Ramadan with local Muslim families? The Kansas City branch of the Dialogue Institute — a regional organization dedicated to increasing interfaith communication — wants you to join them at special dinners (and breakfasts) during the monthlong observance of Ramadan. The first dinner is set…

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A pair of pork skewers over rice.

Green Dirt Farm’s Creamery Opening and Other Weekend Possibilities

What’s it called when we all scream for cheese? Green Dirt Farm is opening its creamery and tasting room (1099 Welt St.) this weekend in downtown Weston. It means more of their sheep’s milk cheese and yogurt, as well as cow’s milk ice cream (sheep’s milk ice cream is in the works for the future)….

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Four pastries.

Cafe Europa Expands to Union Hill Neighborhood

A new neighbor is coming to Union Hill this fall that may quickly become one of the most popular residents in the area. Chef Nate Feldmiller and general manager Dan Weber recently announced expansion plans for Café Europa, which opened its original location (323 E. 55th St.) in the Crestwood shops in 2008. The second…

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A shot of butter beer and barrels.

Story’s Whole Roasted Pig and Other Weekend Possibilities

Story (3931 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas) celebrates its fifth anniversary in style on Sunday with a whole roasted pig from 5 to 10 p.m. That pig will be turned into heaps of pork tacos with Santa Maria pinquito beans. The special dinner is $10 (the full dinner menu also is available). Make reservations by calling…

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Event | Float, a Fun Twist on the Root Beer Float, is June 25 at KC Bier Co.

Here in Flatlandia, it’s all hands on deck for FLOAT, our ice cream and soda-and-coffee-and-beer-yes-beer party of the summer. Come enjoy our fantastic local partners and beat the heat the new old-fashioned way. (Tickets: kcpt.org/events)

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