A couple of months ago, there was a rumor flying around Kansas City -- as fast as the Concorde, actually -- that French-born restaurateur Patrick Quillec (Hannah Bistro, Cafe Provence, Cassis) had run away for good. The rumor started after Quillec's upscale bistro, Cassis, had closed at Leawood's Town Center and he had, by all reports, left town.
It's true, Cassis did close last year and Quillec did leave: He was hired by the owners of an inn in Massachussetts to turn a
