Subject: Joan Crawford

• KC Made Billie Into Joan

  May 10, 2007

• Alias Beings

  November 8, 2001

• The Twilight District, Episode Eight

  January 3, 2002

• Taco restaurant loves Ernest Borgnine

  A story in today's New York Times explains why Tortilla Flats, a Mexican restaurant in the West Village neighborhood, celebrates its 17th annual Ernest Borgnine Night next week. The festivities include an Ernest Borgnine Look-Alike Contest open to both men and women. Since there couldn't be a better time for local restaurants to lure customers into their dining rooms with festive promotions, why doesn't some clever restaurateur host a night devoted to one of the many celebrities who ha

  February 14, 2009

• The Academy Awards ... and restaurants!

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts & SciencesThis Sunday won't be a terrific night for many restaurants -- at least for the ones patronized by men and women devoted to staying home and watching the annual Academy Awards ceremony. Sunday night is the airing of the 81st annual award ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which first began presenting the familiar gold trophies on May 16, 1929, at a black-tie dinner (yes, there was food in those early days)

  February 17, 2009

• Best Handmade Crafts

  October 7, 2004

• Two opposable Thumbs Up

  April 9, 2009

• The Women

  September 11, 2008

• Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge needs a shot of humility

  August 7, 2008

• Respect Your Mama's

  January 24, 2008

• Charles S. McVey

  Modern Living
  (self-released)

  November 1, 2007

• Smut Onstage

  September 20, 2007

• Crackers & Cheese

  June 28, 2007

• A Foreign Affair

  February 8, 2007

• High Art

  Why don't we get drunk and screw?

  September 16, 2004

• Wailin' Jenny

  Sandwiched between jam bands, Jenny Carr and the Waiting List were peanut-buttery good.

  August 31, 2006

• So Far Away

  This isn't the Tapestry we remember.

  May 26, 2005

• Wonder Woman

  One man's obsession with a classic film becomes a manic romp.

  June 10, 2004

• Counter Spin

  The Ameristar's Falcon Diner is worth the gamble.

  April 15, 2004

• Cock-a-Doodle, Too

  Opal's Kitchen brings fried chicken back to downtown Kansas City.

  July 24, 2003

• Swap and Chop

  After Platters cracked up, the Hotel Phillips turned its dining room into a high-priced Chop House.

  July 10, 2003

• Stitch in Time

  Vintage clothing was always popular in Kansas City, even when it was new.

  August 8, 2002

• Duh Press

  Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket.

  June 20, 2002

• Best Waitress

  Audrey Anderson

  October 18, 2001

• High Steaks

  Steak lovers find a happy home at The Range.

  July 26, 2001

• Montezuma's Revenge

  Chita Rivera is evil but not bad in Casper -- The Musical.

  July 12, 2001

• Well-Aged Beef

  The Golden Ox weathers its golden years in style.

  April 26, 2001

• Tea Room Sympathy

  Our reviewer eats humble pie -- and fabulous pastries -- at Andre's Confiserie Suisse.

  November 2, 2000

• Thank You, Thank You

  KC needs to thank more than Disney?

  July 20, 2000

• Talking New Cult Canon with The Onion A.V. Club's Scott Tobias

  Scott Tobias, film editor for the satirical newspaper The Onion, is in town next week to talk about his A.V. Club essay series "The New Cult Canon." He'll speak at the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, which is gearing up for its summer Off-the-Wall film series. The connection: This summer, the library's outdoor screenings focus on titles with the Tobias seal of new-cult approval. To go to the talk (at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6), RSVP here. Meanwhile, here's The Pitch's e-mail i

  May 1, 2009

• Drunk guy with football torments AMC ticket-scorers

  AMC Theaters certainly got their money's worth out of this gimmick. The theater chain celebrated the opening of the new, downtown location, AMC Mainstreet, by giving away 52 free movie passes to the first 100 people to show up at the theater's doors before 8 a.m. today, costumed as their favorite actor or movie character. More than a hundred people showed, plus Shawn Edwards and Fox News ... and the cops. Police showed up to cart away one drunk individual whose antics had kept other, sleeping-b

  May 1, 2009

• Coming Soon: Cafe Trio (Seriously!)

  Greg Morey, the perpetually upbeat publicist for Cafe Trio, sent out an e-mail yesterday saying that the new Plaza location for the restaurant -- which officially closed up shop in the old 3535 Broadway space on May 9 -- probably won't be opening until June 8. Cafe Trio partners Chris Youngers (right) and Tai Nguyen had hoped to have the new place open for business by June 1 at the latest, but a heat sensor in one of the kitchen hoods needed to be replaced to meet city codes. "We've ordered

  May 21, 2009

• This week's "Best of Fat City": The Best of Everything

  ​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

  October 2, 2009