Quick Bite: Betty Rae’s Pies and Cakes to Be Available All Year
A chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream cake with birthday sprinkles at Betty Rae’s in the River Market. Photo by Evan Pagano Betty Rae’s ice cream pies and cakes returned for the holiday season, and...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Sierra BBQ
In 2017, the the chef Ryan Edwards, his wife, Marichris Edwards, and his father, Kelly Edwards, opened their first casual dining restaurant, Sierra Grill, a small restaurant (only 50 seats) in Lenexa,...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Le Lounge
When Spencer Sight opened his eight-room hotel, No Vacancy, on the top floor of a two-story red-brick building at 1717 Wyandotte in the Crossroads in 2020, he combined his own bohemian...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Museum of BBQ
Jonathan Bender, a Kansas City-based Emmy Award-winning writer, has covered the barbecue scene for more than 15 years. He had the idea to open the Museum of BBQ in Kansas City in 2019, but the world...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Outdoor Dining Enhancement Grants
In 2024, Kansas City created a $200,000 Outdoor Dining Enhancement Grant to allow restaurants and bars to build and maintain outdoor dining areas in preparation for the World Cup in 2026. Of the 120...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Mud Pie Vegan Bakery
The much-loved vegan bakery, Mud Pie Bakery, has moved again, this time reopening in a shiny new location in Mission where Nothing Bundt Cakes formerly operated. The owners, husband-and-wife duo...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Chettinad’s
The chef Vijay Kumar Poennusamy started his culinary career in southern India 15 years ago. After immigrating to the United States in 2011, he established himself in Kansas City, working as a caterer...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: UMKC’s Epperson House
In 2023, 100 years after the Epperson home was built, the University of Missouri-Kansas City began the hunt for a developer to engage in a public-private partnership to restore and reopen the historic...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Overland Park Farmers Market
When the Overland Park Farmers Market opens next month for its 2025 season, it will be operating outside the Matt Ross Community Center at 8101 Marty, the same location of the market during the...
View ArticleIn Culinary News: Cortadito Cuban Café
When you can’t find the culture you want, sometimes you just have to create it yourself. That’s what Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez did when they decided to open KC’s newest Cuban café, Cortadito, in...
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