For people who don’t have room at home to comfortably socialize, entertain, or host events, the need to have a third place to relax and celebrate with friends is important. With that…
News
With free delivery on all orders over $30 or more, Colorado-based Modern Market Eatery has built its business model around making healthy delicious dishes the new standard in fast food. The menu…
For the last three years, Jordan and Emily Fox have worked hard to create a warm and welcoming spot in Kansas City, Kansas, for both plants and humans alike. The Garden House…
Restaurants
Bryan Alley’s longtime love of mushrooms is coming to life. Later this summer, Alley will open Mushroom Culture, a vegetarian deli and butcher shop, serving quick and easy grab-and-go style meals featuring…
In a world that feels so divided, perhaps the one thing we can all still agree on is the nurturing feeling we get when we sit down and delight in a bowl…
If Kansas City is a town that can appreciate the joy of eating barbecue inside of a gas station, then surely, we can celebrate the desire to dine on dumplings and other…
Bars
It’s been 25 years since Kansas City’s historic Union Station reopened to the public, after renovations to the interior of the Beaux-Arts style depot that had fallen into disrepair after years of…
Celebrating 12 years at Mission Farms in Leawood this year, Rye continues to be a beloved, local chef-driven dining destination in Kansas City. Whether guests come for the crispy fried chicken or…
As a new year dawns for Kansas City’s dining and drinking scene, it’s time to put together our annual list of places that we anticipate will open sometime this year. As with…
Chefs
Bryan Alley’s longtime love of mushrooms is coming to life. Later this summer, Alley will open Mushroom Culture, a vegetarian deli and butcher shop, serving quick and easy grab-and-go style meals featuring…
Johnny Leach didn’t set out to be a chef. “I was working in a record store with no huge life plan in front of me,” he says. “A friend got me into…
In case you haven’t heard, Pam Liberda’s got serious skills. The executive chef at Waldo Thai was nominated as one of last year’s James Beard Award’s Best Chefs in the Midwest, and…
As we enter the spring party season, Merrily offers guidance for properly inviting friends to all manner of parties. I don’t know about you, reader, but for me the routine task of…
Merrily offers advice—and a few confessions—about feeding guests who have…
“What I don’t like about office Christmas parties,” Phyllis Diller…
Food and Drink Snowglobe at Calaveras The newest restaurant in…
Recipes
It’s been 25 years since Kansas City’s historic Union Station…
I have been a fan of lentils since I first…
Everyone I know has a distinct and favorite chili recipe…
If you’re looking to cocktail like the celebs—this recipe from…