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Chilli n Spice Indian Bistro doesn't deliver on the promise of its name or ambitious menu "You have to admire a restaurateur who will open a new business in this economy," said my friend Dan as he and Larry and I were driving to 133rd... More>>
Published: November 05, 2009
Mezzaluna and Frank’s put homespun comfort before Continental glamour – and that’s fine I have a friend who lives in Paris. She keeps a tiny flat in an old building on an old street that's steps away from many of the expensive,... More>>
Published: October 29, 2009
Lee Chai’s new Hot Basil gets us all worked up Plenty of things attracted me to Hot Basil, restaurateur Lee Chai's cozy little Thai dining room hidden away in a remote corner of the Rosana... More>>
Published: October 22, 2009
Ra Sushi is saucily seductive There's a scene in The Hunger in which David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve — playing two of the most elegant, seductive vampires ever —... More>>
Published: October 15, 2009
Parkville’s Iron Horse bistro is on the right track T he romantic days of dining on trains — real dining, with good food and cloth napkins and waiters — went the way of Pullman porters... More>>
Published: October 08, 2009
All is not well at Maxwell’s Downtown Grill It's been awhile since I've eaten in a restaurant that was so ridiculously understaffed that I was tempted to get up out of my chair and help the... More>>
Published: September 24, 2009
Can promise conquer problems at the Westside Local? Here’s hoping so The Westside Local opened in July amid lots of buzz. Managing partner Troy McEvers had worked at the popular Free State Brewery in Lawrence, and... More>>
Published: September 17, 2009
Zest needed help, and Chef Linda Duerr came to the rescue Zest opened just nine months ago, and I reviewed it in February ("Zest to a T," February 3, 2009). Why, then, would I return so soon?
In that... More>>
Published: September 10, 2009
In an old neighborhood, a couple of new favorites It would be easier to flip a dong than to choose my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Kansas City — I have several. But recently, I've... More>>
Published: September 03, 2009
Everything’s better at Café Trio’s new Plaza location If local restaurants got the same gossipy tabloid coverage as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, then Café Trio's move from 35th Street and... More>>
Published: August 27, 2009
Eddie Adel takes a gamble with R.A. Long’s Sawmill – and builds something unique I flipped on the TV last week to see, on a local news station, a man who had seen a funnel cloud — cloud, not cake — briefly touch... More>>
Published: August 20, 2009
Be patient with Oak 63’s eccentricities and you’ll be richly rewarded I love independently owned restaurants. I loved working in them, and I certainly prefer eating in them. At big chains, the food is uniformly... More>>
Published: August 13, 2009
Flo’s ambitious menu might be a bigger draw than the drag shows Anyone who has ever worked the front of the house in a busy dining room knows that the restaurant business is a form of theater — sometimes... More>>
Published: August 06, 2009
C’mon, Caliente Grille:Make us hot!
No, no, the new Caliente Grille on 39th Street has no connection to the short-lived Cuban restaurant, Caliente, which came and went so quickly at... More>>
Published: July 30, 2009
Chung’s Rainbow Korean Restaurant could use a visit from Doraemon A few years ago, my friend Carol Ann traveled to South Korea to spend a couple of weeks visiting a friend. She came back loaded down with... More>>
Published: July 23, 2009
Ignore its name — Café Europa is all-American I don't care what Café Europa calls itself — it may be the most American restaurant in midtown. And I'm not just talking about the... More>>
Published: July 16, 2009
Tannahs moves tosweeten Leawood
Paradise has a new name — in Leawood, anyway. A few months ago, husband-and-wife restaurateurs Nathan and Mendy Tannahill took over the... More>>
Published: July 09, 2009
Shawnee’s Caribbean-inspired Infused mostly left us confused Two people walk into this bar and grill on a Monday night. They sit down and see this big sign — a poster, really — on the wall that... More>>
Published: July 02, 2009
This return to Ophelia’s is a classic tale of forgiveness and redemption I don't know if there's any connection between Ophelia's, the attractive, upscale restaurant across from the historic Independence courthouse,... More>>
Published: June 25, 2009
Café Augusta creates a “new world bistro” in a Lenexa strip mall I don't know Micheline Burger or her daughter, Mijanou Cackler — I've never spoken to them — but if they had come to me with... More>>
Published: June 18, 2009
The Bombay Palace is palatial enough for Lee’s Summit Some day I want to walk into a restaurant with palace in the name and discover that it really is palatial. Something out of a movie, I guess,... More>>
Published: June 11, 2009
The Mainstreet Theatre’s Marquee Bar & Grill gets top billing I ate lunch at the new Mainstreet Theatre with "Miss Cinerama." Trust me, it wasn't planned. For a meal at the sleek Marquee Bar & Grill in AMC's... More>>
Published: June 04, 2009
Kate's Kitchen is like First Watch, only better This is an embarrassing admission, but it's true: I always
wake up on the wrong side of the bed. One of the reasons I'm not much
of a breakfast... More>>
Published: May 28, 2009
A move and a modernization only improve Accurso’s Last week, I watched a bulldozer smooth over the surface of the
northwest corner of 51st Street and Main. A red-brick building that had
stood... More>>
Published: May 21, 2009
If Lawrence, Kansas, seems an unlikely place for fabulous sushi, you haven’t found Wa I've always said that the aural quality — the music and the noise level — are important components in the dining experience. God... More>>
Published: May 14, 2009
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