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Autumn is over: Are pumpkin desserts on the way out?
There was still snow lingering on the ground in Kansas City today as late as 2 p.m. The Old Farmer's Almanac reports that the official first day of winter in 2013 will begin with the solstice on...
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Restaurant trends for 2014? The predictions are in
Would you like some spicy chorizo scrambled eggs with your coconut-milk pancakes? You will if the restaurant predictions made by the 1,300 members of the American Culinary Federation in October and...
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Happy Gillis founder Todd Schulte sells Columbus Park venue
On a frigid morning, Todd Schulte all but pushes me out of the Genessee Royale's warm dining room. Schulte's West Bottoms bistro is at 1531 Genessee, but he keeps an office on the sixth floor of the...
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Stroud's is as old as Joan Collins, but has better legs
Several old birds turned 80 years old this year. Joan Collins, of course.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Start planning for your hair-of-the-dog New Year's Day
Over the years, we've made many suggestions for New Year's Day breakfast spots (and particular dishes, like menudo) guaranteed to neutralize the toxic effects of the previous night's drunken debacle....
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Beena Brandsgard is back and jazzing up Leawood's Carma
Last month, the three-year-old branch of the long-running Brookside restaurant, Carmen's Cafe, received a new name - Carma. It was just the latest change for the Park Place restaurant, at 11526 Ash,...
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Andrea Morrow Joseph had a dream for a local spice shop - and followed it...
When Andrea Morrow Joseph was discussing college options with her 16-year-old daughter, Izabella, she found herself telling the teenager that she had to follow her dreams."That's when I realized what...
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Al Rahman Cafe: Sambusas, chai and Philly steak
The Al Rahman Café's new sign is officially in place above the storefront at 2202 Lexington in the historic Northeast. "Al Rahman" is one of the 100 names for Allah.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Boozefish owner Maija Diethelm-Floyd is bound for France, selling her restaurant
No one expects to find Paris along Westport Road, especially as it bends away from the night lights toward the state line. But for 12 years, Maija Diethelm-Floyd has made her address along this...
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Squeal Like A Pig BBQ team will compete on TV show on Saturday
The winners won't be revealed until tomorrow night, but two local barbecue competitors - brothers Mike and Joe Pearce of the Squeal Like a Pig barbecue team - will be seen in a smoking skirmish on the...
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Succotash opens a second, cash-only dining room at 2601 Holmes
When restaurateur Beth Barden moved her tiny breakfast-and-lunch business, Succotash, from the City Market to much larger quarters in the former Dutch Hill Bar & Grill at 2601 Holmes in 2009, she...
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Chicken wings: Who really serves the best in town?
Q39, the one month-old barbecue restaurant at 1000 West 39th Street, makes a big claim on its menu. The platter of six chicken wings served here, glazed in a tangy chipotle barbecue sauce, are called...
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There's still an Ox in Johnson County, but it's not Golden
A year ago, the co-owners of the iconic Golden Ox restaurant in the West Bottoms - Steve Greer and Bill Teel - told The Pitch that they were taking over the dining room (the setting for the...
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McLain's Bakery changes hands - but not a certain recipe
A McLain's Bakery pineapple roll - that square of puffy, glazed pastry embedded with a dollop of pineapple jam that glistens like a canary diamond - is one of Kansas City's culinary mainstays. In...
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Stumble's Public House: Where steaks and cigarettes still mingle
I was reunited with an old friend last night: a hard plastic Gessner ashtray — the 4-inch diameter "Deep Area Ashtray," not to be confused with the smaller "Fast Food" model or the larger "Executive"...
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The Drop has a new chef and part owner: Hope Dillon
When the Drop — a combination saloon and bruschetta bistro — opened in late 2006, at 409 East 31st Street, the creative team behind the venue was Ernesto Peralta, Eddie Crane and Josh Eans. None of...
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Ibis Bakery in Lenexa to open downtown Kansas City location this fall
Bread baker Chris Matsch and his wife, Kate, who have been selling loaves of their crusty, country-style breads at farmers markets, coffee shops and specialty stores for several years under the Ibis...
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Chicken Macaroni & Cheese restaurant is still open
After receiving several e-mails and Facebook messages last week from fans concerned that the one-year-old Chicken Macaroni & Cheese restaurant at 7025 Prospect was closed, I tracked down the...
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Without a pirate's booty, Pirate's Bone Coffee operates on cutthroat budget
If you happen to know where the young midtown entrepreneur Zaid Consuegra can get his hands on an inexpensive used three-compartment sink, you may save his four-month-old coffeehouse, Pirate's Bone,...
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Up Down Arcade Bar opens tomorrow
There are people, I'm sure of it, who haven't played the video arcade game Tron — named for the 1982 Walt Disney film of the same name — since it was first introduced to mall arcade centers more than...
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