Eats & Drinks
Tap List | The Kids Are All Right
Should brewery and craft beer taprooms welcome parents and their children? A recent Vinepair article titled “If You Don’t Want Kids at Your Local Taproom, You’re Missing the Point,” explored the question and looked at a new trend across the country. The article cited brewers and brewery founders around the United States who established taprooms…
Casual Animal Now Crowling the East Crossroads
By Kevin Collison It took a bit longer than anticipated, but Casual Animal has joined the microbrewery herd in the East Crossroads and proprietor Kyle Gray hopes to add some Fort Collins friendliness to the neighborhood. “My inspiration came from living in Fort Collins,” he said. “It’s a small town, but there’s about 20 breweries….
Let’s Wine About Winter & Other Weekend Possibilities
Liberty hosts its eighth annual Let’s Wine About Winter celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s a shop crawl with 25 downtown Liberty businesses each having a different wine to sample. Tickets are $20. Celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Plaza branch (4801 Main St.) of the Kansas City Public Library from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday….
Shawarmar Brings Mediterranean Wraps And Bowls to Linwood
Abeer Jari arrives at Shawarmar (23 E. Linwood Boulevard) a little over an hour before sunrise. She has spices to blend, marinades to check, and tahini sauce to mix. She tries not to think about her two-and-a-half year-old son, who is in daycare for the first time, as she preps for the day. “I mix…
Tap List | Kansas City Bier Company Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
Kansas City Bier Company (310 W. 79th St.) will pour more than 30 different beer styles at its fourth anniversary celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. For the occasion, look for year-round and seasonal beers as well as special releases and rare one-off brews. Spontaneously fermented cider or dry-hopped, red lager at 11-percent…
Award-Winning Chef Michael Smith Opening New Crossroads Restaurant
By Kevin Collison Renowned Chef Michael Smith is celebrating his passion for Italian cuisine by opening a new restaurant in the Crossroads Arts District next door to his current namesake establishment. “Farina by Michael Smith” will be located at 19th and Baltimore in space formerly occupied by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Smith said…
McLain’s Cookie Decorating Party & Other Weekend Possibilities
Your garden is still there under that snow and ice. And it never hurts to get a jump on planning for what you’ll be growing this season. Kansas City Community Gardens (6917 Kensington Ave.) hosts a seminar on planting fruit trees and berry bushes from noon to 2 p.m. Friday. The workshop is free, but you…
Farmers & Friends Meeting & Other Weekend Possibilites
Meet a farmer this weekend. Or meet someone who wants to meet a farmer. Cultivate Kansas City is holding its 13th annual Farmers & Friends Meeting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Second Presbyterian Church (318 E. 55th St.). It’s a chance for the community to connect and discuss the state of…
Recipe | Brunch Strata
It’s Saturday night and you know you’re not going to want to leave the house on Sunday morning. You love breakfast and going out to brunch sounds tempting, but we all need a day to just chill out in the morning. Making a trip to the grocery store? Might as well go out for brunch….
Tap List | Experiment With Beer and Food Pairings at Brew Lab
Brew Lab launched with the idea that you could experiment with small batches of beer. Now with its brewhouse up and running, you can take the same leap with its food and beer menu. Last year, Brew Lab (7925 Marty St., Overland Park, Kansas) combined a brewery, homebrew supply shop, taproom and restaurant under one roof…