Eats & Drinks
Tap List | An Avengers Beer and Sandhills Brewing Opens Friday
Sandhills Brewing Co. is set to open its taproom in Mission, Kansas, this Friday. Sandhills has a sister location, the original, in Hutchinson, Kansas. It’s a joint project from brothers Jonathan and Charles Williamson, and Joe Cizek (who will run the Mission brewery with Jonathan). Sandhills launched with three brews: Chickadee (Berliner weiss), Sparrow (dark…
Craft Beer Fan Adding ‘Oak & Steel’ to Crossroads Garage
Editor’s Note: Oak & Steel is now open for business at 17th and Wyandotte. Owner Kyle Howard hosted a soft opening event last Friday that was partnered with the reintroduction into the local market of beer produced by St. Louis-based 2nd Shift microbrewery. At this point, no formal grand opening has been scheduled. The hours…
Food Truck Friday, A Milk Bar & Other Weekend Possibilities
Food Truck Friday returns to Union Cemetery (227 E. 28th Terrace) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. this Friday. The initial lineup for the monthly food truck series, put on by the Union Cemetery Historical Society, is The Waffler, Taste of Brazil and Bop N’ Bowl (Korean bowls, fried rice and potstickers). Krokstrom (3601 Broadway)…
Tap List | Alma Mader Brewing is Open & Servaes Brewing is Super Close
Fresh hops and a new spot to hop to on Easter. The local brewery map will have two new pins by the end of this week. Alma Mader Brewing Co. (2635 Southwest Blvd.) opened last Thursday and Servaes Brewing Co. — after a sneak preview for Kickstarter supporters and ticket-holders — will debut to the…
Cinnamon Rolls, Agave Cocktails & Other Weekend Possibilities
Going to a farmers’ market is like a hall pass for the weekend. Once you’ve filled your vegetable crisper, what you actually eat and drink doesn’t count. Stock up on vegetables, eggs and meat at the opening day of the Brookside Farmers’ Market (63rd and Wornall) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The Boulevard…
Tap List | Prairie Mary Will Add Some Pepper To Your Step
Put this one in your burn book. Border Brewing Co. is bringing some heat to the bar with Prairie Fire Chile Saison (7.5% alcohol by volume) on Saturday, April 13. The farmhouse ale is made with fire-roasted poblano and chipotle peppers. It’s a spicy play on the calm universe that is red beer. Fancy a…
5 Coffee Drinks to Get a Cooler Dose of Caffeine
We all have a day in spring when a barista asks if you’d like a coffee drink iced and you take a moment as the sun hits the counter and then you say yes to the espresso reborn as an iced Americano. With a slate of new cold brew offerings in cans and iced creations…
Cake & Wine, All The Sushi & Other Weekend Possibilities
Don’t overthink Friday. McLain’s Market Lawrence (1420 Crescent Road, Lawrence, Kansas) has Cake & Wine from 6 to 8 p.m. The bakery’s cake decorators lead the class ($65), which includes two glasses of wine, snacks and a two-layer, 6-inch white cake to adorn as you see fit. The flowers are starting to bloom and spring…
Tap List |Are You Ready for “Strong Beer” and Sport Beer?
Beers, like Americans, have been on a seemingly never-ending march toward getting bigger. More booze. More glitter. Just more. But this week could signal drinkers’ desire to press pause on that trend. Boulevard Brewing Co. dropped Easy Sport Recreation Ale ( made with tangerine peel) yesterday. The lower calorie (99 on the nose), lower alcohol-by-volume…
Troost Restaurants Strive, Thrive and Help Revive Downtown Neighborhood
By Jill Wendholt Silva Thelma’s Kitchen is a non-profit, pay-what-you-can café. Ruby Jean’s is a for-profit juicery. What do these two businesses have in common? Try food, an address near 31st and Troost on the edge of greater downtown and a people-centered approach to urban redevelopment. “What we need in order to have a resilient…