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Every day is a good day for pie. Whether you're on the hunt for pumpkin, pecan or something else, here are our food critics' top recommendations for the season.

Howard Hanna loves being a chef with every fiber of his being, but he won't bring back the Rieger unless he can figure out how to make restaurants better for the people who work in them.

The indictment is the latest in a series of criminal woes to befall Brian Douglas Smith, who owned the popular burger joint at 1611 Genessee St. and ran it for nearly five years.

It's comfort food season and KCUR's food critics are here for it. Here are their top recommendations for autumn-appropriate soups, pastries, pastas and yes, even ice cream.

A Kansas City producer's new movie tells 13 eerie real-life stories and the food critics recommend great fall restaurant dishes in Kansas City.

The list of restaurants closing will get longer as patio dining becomes less of an option in the fall and winter, predicts restaurant critic Liz Cook.

We run down the Kansas City restaurants that have closed since the pandemic started, the Missouri Nurses Association is still asking for a statewide mask mandate, and the painstaking investigation of a Kansas City pharmacist who diluted cancer treatment drugs.

The pandemic has upended the dining industry. Call it a silver lining or just survival, some restaurateurs are finding the time and energy to think about the hospitality industry of the future.

Once reliant on the lunch rush and big events, food truck operators are rethinking their business model in the pandemic.

Restaurant owners are simultaneously dealing with employees testing positive for COVID-19 and less business than usual, and the experience of eating out doesn't provide the same feeling of camaraderie.

How two Kansas City eateries are weathering the coronavirus pandemic, an update on the $25-million renovation at the Truman Presidential Library, and how UV-C light is helping fight COVID-19.

The Kansas City Health Department is offering free coronavirus testing for restaurant employees during a three-day testing event.