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You can eat or wear these KC solar eclipse specials

Houlihan’s Throwin’ Shade cocktail “sun and moon” garnish for $5 Monday.
Houlihan’s Throwin’ Shade cocktail “sun and moon” garnish for $5 Monday.

Celebrate Monday’s eclipse with these local apparel, food and drink offerings.

T-shirts

Normal Human’s Total Eclipse of the Heartland T-shirt is $28.
Normal Human’s Total Eclipse of the Heartland T-shirt is $28. Normal Human

▪ Normal Human, 1815 McGee St.: Total Eclipse of the Heartland T-shirt. Designed by Wonder Fair in Lawrence, made in Guatemala with 100 percent “super soft” cotton and then hand-printed by Normal Human. $28.

Total Eclipse of Kansas City T-shirt at Raygun costs $22.
Total Eclipse of Kansas City T-shirt at Raygun costs $22. Raygun

▪ Raygun, 1803 Baltimore Ave.: Total Eclipse of Kansas City T-shirt. Purple screenprint on front in unisex style, or women’s banana cream color, in 60 percent preshrunk combed cotton/40 percent polyester. Cut and sewn by Next Level Apparel in California, designed and screenprinted by Raygun. $22.

The Shatto eclipse Anvil 980 T-shirt costs $12.99.
The Shatto eclipse Anvil 980 T-shirt costs $12.99. Shatto Milk

▪ Shatto Milk Co., Osborn, Mo.: Shatto eclipse Anvil 980 T-shirt in black with the sun’s corona surrounding a Shatto milk bottle. On the back is its cow head logo wearing shades and “8/21/17 even the moon deserves its day in the sun.” The shirts can be purchased at the farm or on its website at www.shatto.bigcartel.com. $12.99.

Shatto also had limited edition bottles of Black Milk with a flavor similar to its cookies and cream version. But Shatto said the supplies sold out within the hour of hitting store shelves.

Treats

Dolce Bakery in Prairie Village is offering moon pies with house-made marshmallow fluff.
Dolce Bakery in Prairie Village is offering moon pies with house-made marshmallow fluff. Dolce Bakery

▪ Dolce Bakery, 3930 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village: Moon pies with house-made marshmallow fluff between two graham cracker cookies with a touch of brown sugar, covered in dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt. $2.

▪ Krispy Kreme: Doughnuts featuring chocolate glaze rather than the original coating. Offered in the evening Saturday through Monday, according to local managers, and from about 5:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at participating locations.

▪ Doughnut Lounge, 4117 Pennsylvania Ave.: Yeast doughnut filled with blackberry/blueberry jam and topped with midnight blue icing. $3.35.

These eclipse-inspired cocktails, the Deep Space (right) and the Mercury Rising, cost $11 each at P.S. Speakeasy.
These eclipse-inspired cocktails, the Deep Space (right) and the Mercury Rising, cost $11 each at P.S. Speakeasy.

▪ P.S. Speakeasy, Hotel Phillips, 106 W. 12th St.: Eclipse-inspired cocktail, the Deep Space, with Belle de Brillet pear cognac, Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, Oloroso sherry, and Brut-Bubbles; and the Mercury Rising cocktail featuring Tres Agaves Tequila, Cherry Heering, Aperol, lemon juice and Del Maguey mezcal. $11 each.

▪ Kilo Charlie Coffee Bar, Hotel Phillips: A Shot in the Dark, a mocha draft affogato with La Colombe mocha draft latte topped with vanilla bean gelato. $4.

Houlihan’s Moon Stuffed ’Shroom’s are available for $1 each with another purchase on Monday.
Houlihan’s Moon Stuffed ’Shroom’s are available for $1 each with another purchase on Monday. Houlihan’s

▪ Houlihan’s: Throwin’ Shade cocktail made with Grey Goose vodka, cranberry juice, Triple Sec, fresh lemon juice and blackberry and a “sun and moon” garnish ($5) and Moon Stuffed ’Shroom’s ($1 each with another purchase), all day on Monday. Each area location will give away 50 protective solar eclipse glasses for dine-in customers only that day while supplies last.

Joyce Smith: 816-234-4692, @JoyceKC

This story was originally published August 18, 2017 at 5:10 PM with the headline "You can eat or wear these KC solar eclipse specials."

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