These may not be the most ideal economic times to open a new restaurant -- even one serving Kansas City's most iconic dish. After all, the new Famous Dave's Barbecue in the Power & Light District (yes, an ill-chosen non-local chain, but that's not the point) didn't last a year -- it's already being turned into one of those raucous, saloon-like Old Chicago Pasta & Pizza operations.
But Steven Dawkins had a dream. "I wanted to own my own restaurant," he says, "and the opportunity prese
