Kansas City's restaurant community has rallied to raise money for college funds for the two daughters of the late Kansas City Star restaurant critic Lauren Chapin, who passed away last December of a brain aneurysm at age 50. Chapin was survived by her husband, the Star's music critic Tim Finn, and daughters Brenna, 16, and Maren, age 14.
The event, Four Stars for Lauren, is scheduled for Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Boulevard Brewery, 2501 Southwest Boulevard. Ti
The first time I met Lauren Chapin, the restaurant reviewer for The Kansas City Star, neither of us was writing about restaurants, and we probably never thought that we ever would. I was a feature writer for the Sun Newspapers in Johnson County (and a part-time waiter), and Lauren was a photographer. She might have been freelancing at that point -- this was more than 20 years ago -- because she was in the old Sun offices at 107th Street and Metcalf. She needed a ride to midtown, and
State of the Line introduces the "Funkhouser Adjective Alert System," giving us a color-coded warning system of the mayor's status. "So right now we're somewhere between 'beleaguered' and 'embattled,' " State of the Line forecasts. "Let's just hope we don't reach the last two on the list." Now if we could just get some Gloria Squitiro warnings. Squit Beacon red, racist comments ahead. Squit Beacon white, bathroom rendezvous in sight. Squit Beacon blue, Joe Miller's tears flow anew.
KC Star rock critic Tim Finn comes back from an absence and pens this absolutely fantastic post about his late-wife, KC Star food critic Lauren Chapin. [Back to Rockville]A special post-holiday recipe of cold-cheese-dip that's actually hot that's so good/bad the poster's wife will not eat it. [Hot Blog on a Stick]Lunch counters aside, this sushi-on-the-go place shows it can do Korean well. Plus, it's close, so close, to Johnson County. [Kansas City Lunch Spots]Hey, it's another predictions-about
The fundraiser/remembrance for former Kansas City Star food critic Lauren Chapin has sold out. If you didn't buy tickets in time, there's another event tonight you can go to instead.Extra Virgin's opening was moved back a couple of times, but since owner Michael Smith opened the tapas bar in December, he's kept the events coming. Tonight he hosts an Argentine Wine Dinner. Smith will be in the kitchen cooking up the five-course meal that includes crab-stuffed peppers, braised pork cheeks, s
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Unlike the Kansas City Star's late restaurant critic Lauren Chapin, who often brought her two young daughters to dine with her on her restaurant excursions, I rarely take children to eat with me. For one thing, I don't have children. And, I have to confess, I prefer not dining with small children. As a waiter, I would beg and cajole a hostess not to put a family with lots of little tots in my station; I just didn't have the patience required for that daunting task.
But I do hav
