Eats & Drinks
Tap List | Boulevardia: A Guide To Eating & Drinking
Boulevardia is about to take over the Stockyards District for a weekend. The fifth annual mashup of a music, food and beer festival, thrown by the Boulevard Brewing Company, is Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. “We want the food to compliment the beer and music, so it’s a three-headed monster of enjoyment,” said Chris Phelan,…
Recipe | America’s Test Kitchen’s Barbecued Tempeh Skewers With Grilled Romaine
Cooking protein-packed tempeh on the grill gives it great smoky flavor and char. We cut it into cubes and thread the cubes onto skewers with firm, sweet bell peppers and meaty mushrooms, then brush the whole thing with sweet barbecue sauce, which helps temper the slightly bitter tempeh. [FLEX-CONTENT] A portion of the barbecue sauce,…
Downtown Days Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Downtown Days Festival is Friday through Sunday in downtown Lee’s Summit. There will be a talent show, live music, science demonstrations, a beer tent and lots to eat (KC Kona Ice, The Filling Station) and drink (Keck’s Longhorn Root Beer). Cobbler Night is back at Dolce Bakery (3930 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas)…
Tap List | Beer, Buns, Brilliant
It’s a solid four-pack of beer. Literally a solid. Farm to Market Bread Co. has teamed up with Boulevard Brewing Company to make Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Hot Dog Buns, which are out now and will be available until Labor Day. “Boulevard was gracious enough to work with us,” Farm to Market Vice President John Friend…
Banksia Blossoms Serving Tasty Aussie Dishes to Hungry Yanks
By Kevin Collison If downtown Kansas City had an award for friendliest new business of the year, Banksia, the new Australian bakehouse & cafe in the former Sasha’s space at 105 W. Ninth St. would be the front-runner. Even a break-in two days before in which his cash drawer was stolen couldn’t dampen the spirits…
Recipe | America’s Test Kitchen’s Honey-Glazed Roasted Peaches
It might seem impossible to improve on a perfect peach, but we decided to try. We wanted a simple, warm dessert that amplified the peaches’ flavor. To achieve tender, flavorful peaches with a lightly sweet glaze, we began by tossing peeled and halved peaches with a little sugar, salt, and lemon juice to season the…
Browne’s Irish Street Faire & Other Weekend Possibilities
Browne’s Irish Market (3300 Pennsylvania Ave.) is hosting an Irish Street Faire from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday. The festival will feature performances by The Elders and Eddie Delahunt, as well as an Irish whiskey tent and Browne’s Reubens. Tickets are $20 (free admission for those under 12 years old). Good things happen when you…
Yoli Tortilleria is Making Scratch Tortillas in the East Bottoms
This is a love story….about tortillas. Marissa, left, and Mark Gencarelli are a husband-and-wife duo making corn tortillas in the East Bottoms. Mark grew up in the Kansas City area, his father started Movies at Home (a company poster hangs behind them). Marissa is originally from Sonora, Mexico, where her family ran a meat company (see the…
Building Housing Crossroad’s Favorites YJ’s, Birdies Sold
By Kevin Collison The red-brick building at the corner of the Crossroad Arts District‘s funkiest retail scene has been sold, leaving unclear the future of its creative collection of tenants including Birdies. But for artist David Ford, whose run YJ’s Snack Bar for 20 years, the sale means good-bye to the whimsical, bohemian Crossroad scene…
Tap List | Martin City Mission Farms Opens This Week
Pizza and beer is back at Mission Farms. Martin City Mission Farms (4000 Indian Creek Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas) opens Wednesday, May 23, in the former Pizzabella space. “We made it work in the corner of the universe in Martin City, and we hope we can make it work here,” co-owner Matt Moore said. Martin…