While I was visiting Indianapolis this week, my younger brother wanted to go out for dim sum. "It's served in this dumpy little restaurant on the west side of town," my brother said, "but the food is really good."
I was game, so we drove to the dumpy little restaurant, Shen Yang, out near one of those dying suburban malls. The building didn't look familiar to me, but the faux Colonial-style doors and the spartan interior of the restaurant looked vaguely familiar. As I bit
Chinese New Year was two weeks ago but don't tell that to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which hosts its Chinese New Year celebration tonight. There's a multitude of events for everyone from dance enthusiasts to fashion lovers to children. There's also food. The Museum Cafe hosts an extended Cultural Cocktail Hour from 4 to 8 p.m. In addition to food by Bo Lings, there will also be a full bar stocked with plum wine.Rozzelle Court also features a Chinese New Year Dinner that includes a choice o
If this building looks familiar, it should. For many years, the low-slung, brown brick structure at 1403 W. 39th Street was the home of the late restaurateur Tommy Macaluso's namesake restaurant, Macaluso's. Then Macaluso's chef Scott Warren took over the lease and opened it, in 2007, as Scotty's on 39th. Then two young restaurateurs opened it, all too briefly, as Bella Restaurant & Coffee House. By the end of 2008, it was empty.
There's a new restaurant in the space, although I us
Please don't eat the babies
Note: As this post goes live, Fat City blogger Jonathan Bender and his wife are awaiting the birth of their first child.
The prevailing wisdom is that once you have a baby, you'll never eat out again. Or on those occasions when you do eat out, you can forget going anywhere but a chain restaurant. Well, in an effort to debunk that myth, Fat City set out to find some family-friendly joints where everything didn't come from the fry-o-lator an
Two General Tso's battle it out for carry-out supremacyTwo popular Chinese restaurants -- Bo Lings at 4800 Main Street and Kin Lin at 314 E. 51st Street -- are only an eight or nine blocks distance from each other, but in many ways these two restaurants are worlds apart. Bo Lings is well-established, glamorous and not inexpensive. Kin Lin, adored by UMKC and Rockhurst college students and families in the surrounding neighborhoods, is modest, tiny and cheap.
Both restaurant
Whether you're tailgating or parked on the couch, food goes with football. There is something satisfying about overeating while watching someone else operating at peak physical efficiency.
With college football headed for its second weekend and the National Football League slated for kickoff tomorrow night, you need to get serious about your snacks. The preseason is over, so it's time to crack out the starters and the entrees. Here's Fat City's list of the Top 10 essential game fo
