Ever since it opened three years ago, 715 has earned a reputation as the best restaurant in Lawrence, though fans of Pachamama’s and one or two other places might beg to differ. For Kansas City eaters, the question becomes, Is it worth the drive? Short answer: What are you waiting for?
A vast restaurant space and former home of the 810 Zone sports bar and the Canyon Cafe has struggled to find the right tenant. Now Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants has cut it to a more digestible size by offering several operations in one.
Minsky’s Pizza and barbecue places were among the area restaurants “trending” this year.
Panini are what Cupini’s Italian Restaurant in Westport calls its version of a sub. The salsiccia panini is a savory delight made with house-made mild Italian sausage, spinach and sauteed garlic. It is served hot so it will warm you up when the wind has chilled you out in a bad way.
The vegan restaurant Café Gratitude at 333 Southwest Boulevard is the first to put down roots outside the chain's California home base. With dishes named I Am Gorgeous, I Am Whole and I am terrific, such earnestness works only if the food can stand up to the sentiment. And, happily, Café Gratitude is more than just another feel-good dining spot.
The Kansas City Health Department temporarily closed two restaurants.
The Kansas City Health Department temporarily closed Sung Son a Vietnamese Bistro late Friday afternoon due to “excessive” roaches.
Wasabi Sushi Bar, a sushi bar and Japanese restaurant chain from St. Louis, plans to open in Overland Park’s Prairiefire development. The 3,000-square-foot Wasabi has scheduled a spring 2014 opening in the center, at 135th Street between Lamar Avenue and Nall Avenue.
James Beard Award-winning chef Celina Tio already has taken over management of Kansas City Café. She also wants to buy the building at 1532 Grand Blvd. and open a new restaurant there.
American food culture has come a long way from the simple menu that lists food items and prices. Today’s menus serve as a connector between the diner, the food and the dining experience, and creating menus with the right look and feel for a particular restaurant is more complicated than reciting a list of ingredients.
In August, Men's Health magazine named the nine finalists in its manliest restaurant in America competition. Out of several categories, such as manliest taco stand and manliest brew pub, the magazine named the manliest barbecue joint — Oklahoma Joe's in Kansas City — the manliest restaurant in America.
Another day, another list of popular Kansas city restaurants. This one, released in recent days, comes from Zagat, the restaurant guide people. Editors named 10 restaurants (two with multiple locations) rated highest for food in its most recent survey of Kansas City eateries. It's an eclectic group of high-end and down-home places.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited these restaurants for six or more critical health code violations. Most critical violations are corrected at the time of the inspection.
A steaming-hot bowl of soup accompanied by a generous hunk of crusty baguette for $4.97 is a soothing, stick-to-your-ribs repast anytime. When it’s served in a cute neighborhood cafe with a worn checkerboard linoleum floor and glass cases full of buttery French pastries, it’s totally worth driving across the river into old downtown North Kansas City to get it.
Given their natural woodsy flavor, I’m not sure why you would batter and fry oyster mushrooms like some otherwise bland bar food. But unpredictable experiments seem to be part of the aesthetic at the Jacobson in the Crossroads Arts District.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited these restaurants for six or more critical health code violations. Most critical violations are corrected at the time of the inspection.
Kansas City is a Midwest mecca for fine dining, but sometimes when your belly is empty your pockets are light. Browse more than two dozen local, cheap dives (and a few respectable restaurants) that dish up delicious fare for $5 or less. Bookmark it and check back often — we'll add recommendations as we find them.
Trezo Mare opened in Briarcliff Village back in 2006 as an upscale seafood emporium. Several attempts were made to tweak the concept. Now under different ownership, the restaurant’s dishes are generally well-prepared, but service is spotty, restaurant critic Jill Wendholdt Silva writes.
Emmanuel and Megan Langlade, owners of Aixois Bistro in Crestwood, have planted a satellite in a street-level space in the Commerce Bank building downtown. It’s a challenging location, but word must be getting around.
Fans love Pyramid Pizza for its braided crust, which you can slather with the packaged honey that comes with it. But The Star’s Cindy Hoedel has always thought the secret to the seductive power of the legendary Lawrence pie is the sauce.
On first approach, Remedy, the “gastropub” that opened this summer in Kansas City's Waldo neighborhood, acts like most bar/grills: Fried foods dominate the menu. But you’ll also find a lineup of unexpected surprises and possibly ironic takes on bar food emanating from Max Watson’s kitchen.
Fans of Jim’s Fat Burger on Prospect, rejoice: The daughter of founder Jim Reed is grilling up a reincarnation of her daddy’s trademark juicy beef burger in the historic 18th and Vine jazz district, which is a lot closer to get to for workers in both downtown Kansas Citys.
It’s 11:55 p.m. on a Monday, and most of Kansas City’s restaurants have been put to bed. With one big exception: The lights are still on at the Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange in the Crossroads Arts District, where 32 of the city’s culinary night owls perch at the bar waiting for an after-hours dinner series known as the Crossroads Social Club to get rolling.
Sometimes you can have your steakburger and eat it, too. That’s what Winstead’s offers. Here you have a really terrific burger from a local restaurant with a tradition dating back to 1940 and you can get it 24 hours a day from a drive-through window (at the Plaza location).
Woodsweather II Restaurant and Lounge on Vivion Road has a different look but offers breakfast, lunch and dinner just like the original West Bottoms restaurant.
