Eats & Drinks
Parkville Microbrew Festival and Other Weekend Possibilities
The 13th-annual Parkville Microbrew Fest is Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at English Landing Park. You can enter the festival at 11 a.m., but sampling doesn’t start until 1 p.m. There are live music acts and more than 300 beers from 69 breweries (and seven home brewers) to try. Tickets are $36 in advance (and $45…
Little Piggy Food Truck Hub Opens This Weekend
The 1953 Spartan trailer was in a field outside of Rantoul, Kansas. Chef Michael Foust was returning from a farm visit with every intention of heading straight to his restaurant, The Farmhouse. But the sun winked on metal, he turned around, drove up a farmer’s driveway, and made an impulse buy. “My mid-life crisis is…
KC Pinoy takes Filipino cuisine mobile
KC Pinoy food truck owner-operator Chrissy Nucum, born and raised in the Philippines, knows the secret to her grandmother’s atsara, a pickled papaya salad with carrots, red onion and green onions. The recipe traces back to the family’s roots in Pampanga, a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. “Filipinos from that region…
From the Still to the Barrel
Go behind the scenes with the Shannon family’s Restless Spirits distillery in North Kansas City. Michael Shannon explains the history, and Benay Shannon, the metro’s only female head distiller, puts on her pink boots to walk us through the how-to. The Shannon’s deep connection to Kansas City — and its sordid political history — can be seen on the labels, and we…
Screenland Crossroads Brunch Series and Other Weekend Possibilities
Channel your inner rebel at the Screenland Crossroads’ Brunch Series. This Sunday at 12 p.m., it’s (appropriately) “The Breakfast Club”. Tickets are $18 and include brunch. Next month, on May 22, it’s “Stand By Me”. Happy Earth Day. Powell Gardens (1609 NW US Highway 50, Kingsville, Missouri) has free admission today. Between 9 a.m. and…
Food Fight | The Clash of Carrots
[FLEX-CONTENT] — Food Fight is a new series that pits two locally-available eats and drinks against each other. Anything you’d like to see in the ‘ring’? Drop us a note below or on Twitter @FlatlandKC.
Stockyards Brewing Co. Opens and Other Weekend Possibilities
Stockyards Brewing Company (1600 Genessee Street, Suite 100) makes it debut today in the West Bottoms. The brewery, which took over part of the former Golden Ox space, will be serving its Hefeweizen, Golden Alt, and Saison. Keep an eye out in the near future for its Black IPA. To learn more, read our piece from last…
Donuts and Bánh mì? Bun Mee Phan’s New Take on Vietnamese Food
Jimmy Phan, general manager of Bun Mee Phan (4244 N Oak Trafficway), brings over a basket loaded with a bánh tiêu and a chai waii, along with a pair of scissors. With a grin, he cuts the round bánh tiêu in half and offers a piece. It doesn’t take much encouragement to bite into this mildly sweet, puffy,…
Lawrence Farmers Market and Other Weekend Possibilities
The Lawrence Farmers Market (824 New Hampshire) returns from its winter hibernation this Saturday from 7 to 11 a.m. The market is celebrating its 40th year and it’s a beauty. All of the produce and products are produced within 50 miles of Lawrence and there’s a host of local honey, vegetables, fruit, baked goods. Keep your eye…
Enjoy Pure Food and Drink is Open in Mission Farms
For years, all Staci Cross wanted was a healthy dinner on the road – something that would allow her to keep going while she traveled the country selling her company’s video for new parents to hospitals. In a sea of chain restaurants, she found herself ending up at Whole Foods more often than not, putting…