Eats & Drinks
Recipe | America’s Test Kitchen’s Flank Steak Tacos
Charred corn salsa combined with cumin-scented flank steak is a winning match. We wanted all the char and perfectly seared steak without having to step outside to grill, so we turned to our cast-iron skillet. We cut the steak into fourths to increase its surface area and seasoned it with ground cumin, salt, and pepper…
Cheese Slipper Saturday & Other Weekend Possibilities
See if the cheese slipper fits as Cheese Slipper Night has returned to Fervere (1702 Summit St.). The Saturday summer special (the doors open at 6 p.m., but the line typically starts before then) is warm ciabatta out of the oven topped with all manners of cheese, seasonal vegetables and an occasional egg. Wine and…
Songbird Cafe Spread its Wings on Grand to Offer Lunch and Dinner
By Kevin Collison After a soft opening last August, the Songbird Cafe at 1529 Grand celebrated its grand opening recently, taking flight with a full lunch and supper menu targeted to health-conscious diners. The cafe is a family affair, the creation of Chris Geil, a former Grandview special education coordinator, his wife Amy, son Wesley…
Order Up | Eden Alley’s Avocado Sammy
Order Up is a regular series that takes a layered look at drinks and eats across Kansas City. You can see previous selections here. Got a dish you think we should feature? Drop us a note below or on Twitter @FlatlandKC.
Tap List | East Forty Brewing Set to Open in Blue Springs
When East Forty Brewing opens this Thursday, you can add Blue Springs to the local craft beer map. “There’s not a lot of places to get a craft beer here,” founder and brewer David Mann said. “We heard from a lot of people that this is exactly what Blue Springs needs.” East Forty Brewing (1201…
City Barrel Brewing Finds a Home in The Crossroads
“This just feels like a place where you should drink beer,” said James Stutsman, co-founder of City Barrel Brewing. He is standing just inside a set of rolling garage doors at 1740 Holmes St., the future home of City Barrel. Brewery visitors will enter into what will become the beer hall, where exposed brick walls and…
Recipe | America’s Test Kitchen’s Whoopie Pies
Made up of two cookie-like chocolate cakes stuffed to the gills with fluffy marshmallow filling, the whoopie pie is a sweet indulgence. For the cake component, we drew inspiration from devil’s food cake, creaming butter with sugar, adding eggs and buttermilk for tenderness, and using all-purpose flour and baking soda for the right amount of…
Patio Party for Karbon & Other Weekend Possibilities
There’s a patio party from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Sturgis Materials (550 South Packard St.) to raise funds for chef Rachel Rinas, who is opening Karbon in Parlor KC. The party comes with a unique twist: Jarocho’s Carlos Falcon will be cooking with meat, while the Local Pig’s Alex Pope will be using seafood…
Food Halls Are Having a Moment in Kansas City
The Lenexa Public Market may have put downtown Lenexa, Kansas, on the map. It’s one part food hall, one part retail, but it’s the food hall concept you need to hear about, as developers from Atlanta, Denver, and New York City are looking at Kansas City as the next great food hall destination. [FLEX-CONTENT] Food…
Roasterie Opening Cafe in H&R Block Headquarters
The Roasterie is heralding the arrival later this summer of its new cafe inside the H&R Block headquarters Wednesday with a “Block Party” offering free food and coffee. The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the H&R Block lobby, will give people a taste of what to expect when The Roasterie…