Fat City has received an e-mail from Celina Tio, the former chef at The American Restaurant, announcing that she has signed the lease for the restaurant space at 6227 Brookside Plaza -- last occupied by Joe D's Wine Bar.
Tio, who plans to make a more formal announcement tomorrow, writes that her new restaurant will be called Julia(n) and will be a casual dining venue.
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Conwell in the foreground, cooking in front of fellow Johnson County Community College studentsThis past February, Johnson County Community College student Kelly Conwell was ecstatic to go to Illinois and be able to compete against her Midwestern peers for the American Culinary Federation's central region student chef of the year. At the time, she told Fat City she was "completely happy just to even get to regionals." She went on to win, with a complex menu that earned her a trip to the ACF's na
It's Best Of Kansas City week here at The Pitch. No question the biggest issue of the year -- full of profiles (KU center Cole Aldrich, urban planner Kevin Klinkenberg,chef Celina Tio and more). On the Plog, we've added video extras and a closer look at one of the readers choices: Best Media Personality and KSHB Channel 41 meteorologist Gary Lezak. Oh, and there's Matt Hawkins' amazing paper toy Pitch box.Also this week, Martin gives his take on pop quiz enthusiast Jan Marcason and Stretch an
The American Dream, in the 1950s, was to have the best of everything -- it was even the title of a 1959 movie! And guess what, people still want the best of everything, even in a difficult economic climate. And, damn it, that's what The Pitch wants you to have, providing lots and lots of enticing suggestions in this week's annual Best of Kansas City issue.
Naturally, in Fat City, we're most concerned with the culinary choices offered in the issue, both the choices selected by The
