Fat Mouth

  • Sober Up! - December 28, 2006
    If you can’t stomach tripe as a hangover cure, we have other options for you.
  • Copy Cat - December 21, 2006
    Todd Wilbur’s Top Secret Restaurant Recipes aren’t exactly top secret – they’re made up.
  • So Long, Iliki - December 14, 2006
    Surrounded by the Northland's boom, the Iliki Café's owners close up shop to create a boom of their own.
  • Wake-up Calls - December 7, 2006
    Here’s the latest news on the city’s ever-evolving Sunday brunch scene.
  • A Good Inspection - November 30, 2006
    The Royal China Restaurant redeems itself.
  • Chillin' - November 23, 2006
    Fric & Frac's Rudy Ross jumps out of the fryer and into the freezer.
  • Table for Toe - November 16, 2006
    An expedition to Chandler’s leads through Raytown’s dining desert.
  • Flight Time - November 9, 2006
    A week of dining nostalgia brings us back to downtown Kansas City.
  • Missed Fortunes - November 2, 2006
    Just because a restaurant's aging, that doesn't make it a classic.
  • Living La Vida Poco - October 26, 2006
    Poco Guitterrez gets out of someone else's kitchen and into her own.
  • Stove Songs - October 19, 2006
    A singing waitress heads to the kitchen.
  • Late Show - October 12, 2006
    The city loses one all-night diner but gains another.
  • Nara, Tomorrow? - September 21, 2006
    We want some sushi now, damn it.
  • Mex Mix - September 14, 2006
    We can hardly keep up with all the current action on the Boulevard.
  • Bite-Sized World - September 7, 2006
    Two things understood all around the globe: sports and food.
  • Vintage Veg - August 31, 2006
    KC vegetarianism has always been Inn.
  • Java Jive - August 24, 2006
    We take a Coffee Break to celebrate one shop's anniversary.
  • Sea Changes - August 17, 2006
    Chef Michael Peterson is shipping back to town.
  • Cole Case - August 10, 2006
    No matter how many restaurants fill the old Café Allegro space, we always miss Steve Cole.
  • China Feats - August 3, 2006
    While we wait for Bo Lings in the River Market, we taste-test a White Fungus Bird Nest soda.
  • Room Service - July 27, 2006
    Check out this bit of Kansas City hotel-dining history.
  • Wake-up Calls - July 20, 2006
    A couple of new breakfast places open up on Troost.
  • Fish Tales - July 13, 2006
    Can anyone really blame Robert Salsman for indulging in a Twinkie now and then?
  • Kids or Cigs? - July 6, 2006
    The Shakespeare Festival's food vendors rough it in the park.
  • Casa de Pupusa - June 29, 2006
    The food transcends the language barrier at Sabor Centro Americano.
  • Friends of Bill - June 22, 2006
    The Shakespeare Festival's food vendors rough it in the park.
  • Hula Scoop - June 15, 2006
    Using his noodle, Max Chao opens a new Ohana Hawaiian Barbecue.
  • Combo Plates - June 8, 2006
    These married restaurant owners offer two-for-one specials.
  • Hoochy Coochie - June 1, 2006
    And now, a bit more of Kansas City's saloon history.
  • Child-Free Zone - May 25, 2006
    The screaming kid in the next booth made these diners want to cry.
  • A New Hombre in Town - May 18, 2006
    The new River Market location makes more than dos Dos Hombres.
  • Craw and Order - May 11, 2006
    LaCroix shells out its second annual crawfish boil.
  • A Lil' Silly - May 4, 2006
    Lillies on 17th gets the smack-down from the Marriott's Lilly's.
  • Masterpiece-a-Roni - April 27, 2006
    Attention, cable-TV cooking shows: KC Masterpiece is not the Kansas City treat.

  • Strange Arrangement - April 20, 2006
    Cue the freaky music: this combined Mediterranean restaurant and fried-chicken place should have been named The Twilight Zone.

  • Popeye Quiz - April 13, 2006
    The Eddys play a game of chicken with new products.
  • The Inn Crowd - April 6, 2006
    Independence's Trolley Inn keeps on trackin'.
  • Continental Affair - March 30, 2006
    Side effects of Pangea may include Nutella crépes and Guinness pie.
  • Fire Down Below - March 23, 2006
    There's fire at the reborn Ryan's but not much else.
  • Space Odyssey - March 16, 2006
    Fast-casual shouldn't mean carrying your own plate.

  • Mid-East Excess - March 9, 2006
    Café Rumi's the real thing when it comes to the Mid-East - even with its lack of liquor
  • Culture Clash - March 2, 2006
    A familiar midtown restaurant site is still an international house.
  • Cheese Whiz - February 23, 2006
    The cheese and sausage may have disappeared, but George and his paprika shaker haven't.
  • Act Two - February 16, 2006
    Straight from Crestwood, Hallmark employees get a new place to lunch.
  • Capote, Over Easy - February 9, 2006
    The Keith Richards of Kansas City diners turns 84 this year.
  • Bar Food - February 2, 2006
    As even the 'burbs go upscale, this greasy spoon puts out some fine grub.
  • Requiem for a Dream - January 26, 2006
    A goodbye to woks, karaoke and Grace.
  • Shoe Inn - January 19, 2006
    Antojitos Mexicanos Tierra Caliente is a small place with a big footprint.
  • Pour It On - January 12, 2006
    There are more of you cheapskates out there than we thought.
  • Fried Resolutions - January 5, 2006
    McCalamari? I'm not lovin' it.

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