Eats & Drinks
It’s Time We Stopped Shaming Patrick Mahomes For Loving Ketchup
I never thought we’d be fighting about ketchup for a month. But here we are, and the world has stopped revolving because Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, likes to arm curl his ketchup onto a bowl of macaroni and cheese. People assume all the time that I’m judging them for what…
BBQ Duck Tacos, Christmas Sangria & Other Weekend Possibilities
Say it with me. BBQ. Duck. Tacos. Mission Taco has opened its second area location at 5060 Main St. (the original is in the Crossroads at 409 E. 18th St.). The drinks range from Tiki (rum-fueled, tropical concoctions) to mezcal and tequila cocktails. The food is just as playful with carne asada on top of…
Tap List | 12 Beers of Christmas & an Invitation To a Puppy Party
Forget partridges. Forget pear trees. Tapcade (1701 McGee St., Suite 200) is celebrating 12 Boulevard Beers of Christmas through Monday, Dec. 24. Each day features a new, limited-release Boulevard beer (Saison Brett is today, Rye on Rye 2017 is Friday) for $4.50, alongside specials on more than a dozen other Boulevard beers. Limitless Brewing Co….
Poi-ō Brings Wood-Roasted Chicken to West Side
By Kevin Collison Carlos Mortera comes from a long line of restauranteurs, going back to his childhood days in Querétaro, Mexico. “I’ve been cooking for awhile,” he said. “My dad and grandpa had restaurants in Mexico.” Now, his dad Carlos Sr. is helping him fire up the oven with cherry wood at his new place,…
SantaCon, Game of Thrones-Inspired Whisky & Other Weekend Possibilities
Hold onto your sleighs. Pull on your red hat, and leave some cookies and milk on the front doorstep. SantaCon KC 2018, the bar crawl ($40) that encourages folks to don their best Kris Kringle get-up, begins at Kelly’s Westport Inn at 4 p.m. After checking in, party buses equipped with Jell-O shots will be…
Best Eat In The House | Sura Eats’ Bibimbap Bowl
Best Eat in the House features dining recommendations from people in and around Kansas City. For this episode, digital producer Craig Smith has a moment with the bibimbap bowl at Sura Eats (1707 Locust St.) on the second floor of Parlor, the food hall that opened this summer in the Crossroads. Flatland chatted with chef…
Tap List | Order Martin City’s Donut Stout By The Half-Dozen
Humankind has finally invented a drinkable doughnut. Martin City Brewing Co. has a new dessert stout — Donut Stout (6% alcohol by volume) — out in six-packs. It’s all breakfast in the nose with maple syrup being followed by chocolate malt and a vanilla punch that will have you thinking of a chocolate glazed. The beer…
KC Pinoy Serves a Taste of the Philippines in the West Bottoms
By Kevin Collison Chrissy Nucum helped her mother, aunt and grandmother prepare meals growing up in Manila, but it took persistence to wrangle the recipes for her new West Bottoms restaurant, KC Pinoy. “My grandmother was the cook in the house and keeper of the recipes,” she said. “In 2013, she visited the States and…
Remembering McCoy’s: The Famed Public House Will Close in Westport on Dec. 23
My hand hit the side of the glass. It rocked back and forth before deciding to tip on its side, root beer cascading toward my daughter. McCoy’s Public House is where we spent my daughter’s seventh birthday. It’s where I knocked a full pint of the house root beer in her lap. It’s where a…