Multitudes have descended upon the Power & Light District to explore theme restaurants and slam $9 vodka drinks. Good thing, too. The city took out a $295 million mortgage on the place.
Downtown Kansas City has come alive, all right. But the party doesn't necessarily extend beyond the seven-block Cordish Companies development. By the Department of Burnt Ends' tally, 13 bars and restaurants have bitten the dust since the city prepared a downtown restaurant guide in October 2007.
Our cemetery map omits two venues. The Peachtree at 18th Street and Vine closed but will reopen at P&L. An investor in Sarah's, a failed bistro on Grand, re-emerged in the same spot with Twist Urban Eatery.
P&L hasn't created a total vortex. A few businesses — Kansas City Blues and Jazz Juke House (1700 East 18th Street), Soho Café & Bakery (314 West Eighth Street) — have come to life outside its secure perimeter.
But below, we pour a cold one for our fallen establishments.
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Glad we traded all that small business and culture for the Wal Mart of good times. That's not part of our city, it's an amusement park, an embarrassment. The smoking ban was pretty much a key to the city for the Cordish Group. They bought the legislation, and they bought our city. It's kinda piercing that Springsteen just played the Sprint Center. That place has caused a lot of good people their jobs and gave out of towners Kansas City's revenue.
Glad we traded all that small business and culture for the Wal Mart of good times. That's not part of our city, it's an amusement park, an embarrassment. The smoking ban was pretty much a key to the city for the Cordish Group. They bought the legislation, and they bought our city. It's kinda piercing that Springsteen just played the Sprint Center. That place has caused a lot of good people their jobs and gave out of towners Kansas City's revenue.
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