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Kansas City is home to scores of locally owned breweries, each with its own identity and approach to crafting one-of-a-kind beer. Here’s where to find some of the metro’s most crisp lagers, juiciest IPAs and richest imperial stouts.
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Bliss Restaurant in Florissant allows only women over 30 and men over 35 to dine there — saying they want an older audience. Some experts are wary of the rule’s legality and ethics.
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The Overland Park City Council approved an updated plan to develop a new public market area between Overland Park Drive and Marty Street centered around an indoor pavilion. But the high price tag is a point of contention.
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Rob Connoley was a finalist for "Best Chef Midwest" at this year's James Beard Awards, sometimes referred to as “the food Oscars.” His lauded St. Louis restaurant Bulrush gained national recognition for its food inspired by traditional Ozark cuisine.
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Clinton’s Soda Fountain has been a pillar of the Independence community since the 1980s for its ice cream and nostalgic feel. As a teenager, President Harry Truman worked in the same building at a different ice cream shop.
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At least eight lawsuits have been filed by customers after an employee at the Hereford House in Leawood was arrested and charged with 33 felonies. Jace Hanson allegedly contaminated food in the kitchen by urinating and rubbing his genitals on it, and then posted videos of himself doing so online.
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Middle Eastern food is bright, fresh, and aromatic, and represents a vast geographic region and an array of diverse cuisines. Here’s where to find the metro’s best shawarma, falafel, baba ghanoush and so much more.
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Produce auctions, which have been around for hundreds of years, allow farmers who need to travel via horsepower to sell into a larger, more profitable market.
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Across the Kansas City metro, you can find businesses selling spices and sweets, curries and tandoori dishes, reinvented classics and quick bites — spanning the cuisines of India, Nepal, Pakistan and more.
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Gerald Dunn is director of entertainment at the American Jazz Museum, a jazz saxophonist, radio personality and now pitmaster. Although Dunn Deal BBQ in Grandview is the "new kid on the block" in the competitive barbecue scene, there's not a lot of close options in its corner of the metro.
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Jon Szajnuk, who sells bread on weekends at the Brookside Farmers Market, is quickly outgrowing his Kansas City home and looking to move into a full bakery. Szajnuk sources his flours from West Bottoms business Marion Milling, which works directly with local farms.
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In the city of Liberty, Missouri — the second town to ever be incorporated west of the Mississippi — you'll find history, hiking, ghost hunting, and a quaint town square with plenty of shopping and dining.