Has anyone else been wondering about the old Matsu Japanese Restaurant space in Westport? The windows have been papered over for several months, and Joyce Smith reported in a November 22 Kansas City Star column that the restaurant was "closed for remodeling" and would "reopen in a couple of weeks as East." That venue, she wrote, was to have "sushi, a small-plates menu and a sake bar."
Well, it's been way more than a couple of weeks, and there's not much activity going on behind the brown paper taped to the windows. What's going on?
"The owners are pretty occupied right now with their new Domo restaurant
in Olathe," one of the other restaurateurs on Westport Road tells me. "But
they insist that East is going to open."
And then there's the long-vacant Corner Restaurant location. The space is choice enough -- it sits on the busy corner of Westport Road and Broadway -- but in the year since the iconic diner shut down, no one has stepped forward to lease the spot.
Word is that milkshake maven Otto Miller -- who recently closed down his Czar Bar malt outreach after a short-lived stint cooking big gay hamburgers at Hamburger Mary's -- is reportedly taking over the old Corner Space. Fat City hears that Miller and his wife, Ruthie, aim to open a new Otto's Malt Shop in the spring. Miller is preparing to open a new dining spot in the Eighteen22 nightclub -- the former Tootsie's location -- at 1822 Main. That venue will have a Cajun- and Asian-influenced menu but also feature a few signature Otto's dishes.
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Any word on Otto's or the Corner Restaurant space? I drive by frequently and it doesn't look like anything's going on there.
Seriously, sort of makes your tongue sort of curdle just thinking about it. Add Hamburgers and shakes to the mix and it reminds me of one of those awful super buffets.
FUNNY CAUSE OTTO IS AT 1822 ULTRA LOUNGE NOW AND TOOK OVER THERE KITCHEN....HMMMM
I went to Slo-mo for lunch during the work week and could not believe just how slow it was for a not-so-crowded late lunch (an hour and a half for a two-roll lunch special with soup). Everything that could go wrong went wrong. Granted, this was not long after the location opened, but as a guest of the Brookside location many times, I think it's time to officially rename both locations Slo-mo.
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