Eats & Drinks
Joe’s Kansas City-Style Brisket You Can Make at Home
Brisket has been a constant in author and “Project Smoke,” host Steven Raichlen’s life and now he wants to show you exactly how to get the most out of the versatile cut in his latest book, “The Brisket Chronicles.” “I didn’t grow up in Texas and Kansas City. I didn’t learn to smoke at my…
Tap List | Cats & Beers and Beers & Cats
The Crossroads is really going to the cats. Caturday in the Crossroads, a benefit for KC Pet Project, is from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. The pub crawl, which has nine stops (five breweries and a winery), includes prizes for the best cat-themed outfit. Tickets are $25 until May 10 and $30…
Blue Milkshakes, Rooftop Bocce & Other Weekend Possibilities
We can’t all afford an island vacation, but you can have a moment when you feel like you’re gazing out at the ocean with an umbrella drink in your hand. TikiCat, the tiki cocktail lounge in the basement of HopCat, celebrates its second anniversary from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday. They’ll have commemorative…
Bar + Rec Plans Lively Entertainment Center in Old KC Star Building
By Kevin Collison Bar + Rec, the first tenant announced for the ongoing redevelopment of the old Kansas City Star building, has a year-old pile of sand and months of work ahead before its planned opening at year’s end. Partners Mark Musselman and Luke Wade continue to push forward with their ambitious plan to create…
Thou Mayest Returns, Buys Quay Coffee and Plans New Concept
By Kevin Collison Thou Mayest, the popular East Crossroads establishment that shut down in December, is returning downtown, but with a new game plan. The coffee shop, roaster and cultivator of creative thinking is opening an outlet called “Thee Outpost” next month inside a building housing a new “creative collaboration space” called Collective Ex at…
Tap List | Welcome to Beer Festival Season
This is why you drink on Tuesdays. And why you drink that beer you find in the back of the fridge. This is why you drink out of crowlers, growlers and really whatever beer-filled vessel someone hands you. Welcome to Beer Festival Season. Spend an afternoon in downtown Lee’s Summit with the Strother Beerfest, so…
Wind Shift Brewing Offers a New Spin on Making Beer in The Garage
Tony DiPlacito’s hands and forearms are smudged black, the streaks stretching nearly to the cuffs of his auto technician’s shirt. When he sees a visitor walk into the bays of the Jefferson Service Center in Blue Springs, Missouri, he half-waves and cracks a big smile from beneath a sedan that’s on a lift a few…
New River Market Restaurant ‘Chicken Please’ Goes Beyond Brazil
By Kevin Collison Two Brazilian volleyball buddies who brought a “Taste” of their home country to the River Market six years ago are opening a new restaurant aimed at a larger audience, “Chicken Please.” “We always wanted to expand,” said Cristian Maciel. “Taste of Brazil is doing great, but we talked about what we could…
Eric Person is Working to Create a Culture of Agriculture at East High School
It’s Saturday — the first warm day of spring — and there’s work to be done in the gardens at East High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Eric Person, owner of KC Aquaponics and a community partner with East’s agriculture program, is here with a friend to tend to the grounds just north of the…
Brisket and Waffles, Pizza Shuttle & Other Weekend Possibilities
Pizza Shuttle (12094 W. 135th St.) has landed, Overland Park. Over the past three decades, Pizza Shuttle is the spot that’s been on the other end of many a late night call in Lawrence, Kansas. The new location brought Brobecks BBQ Chicken pizza along for the ride, as well as cheesesticks, sweet sticks (cheesy rectangles…