Tag: social

Dan Rosen Sees Ghosts in the City’s Coffee Shops

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:00:45 +0000

Illustration: Adam Mazur

“I have a no-bad-meals policy,” says comedian and Middlebrow co-host Dan Rosen. “If I’ve had a bad meal, it haunts me for the rest of the day. It’s a very dumb and expensive rule, but it’s something to look forward to.

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How to See Grub Street’s Food and Restaurant Coverage First in Google

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:15:39 +0000
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There are many places to find restaurant news. You can make sure New York’s team of experts and critics show up first in your Google search results thanks to a new feature called “Preferred Sources.” Google now lets you manually select which outlets will appear first in the “Top Stories” section on search-results pages, as well as in a dedicated “From Your Sources” section.
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Meta’s billion-dollar KC data center just came online; here’s what the region expects it to generate

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:02:12 +0000

As Meta officially flipped the switch this week on its Kansas City Data Center — making the $1 billion project part of the company’s global infrastructure — the move positions the metro as a hub for cutting-edge tech, said Quinton Lucas.
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Bean around the block: How this Westport coffee shop is cherry picking roasts from its own farm in the Andes

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:26:19 +0000

A hemisphere away from Brett Janssen’s former job at General Motors in Kansas City’s Northland, the now-budding Westport coffee shop owner found a fresh batch of opportunities: his wife, business partner and a transcontinental farm-to-cup Columbian coffee operation.
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Hori Is an Invite-Only Izakaya

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:57 +0000
Illustration: Sunny Wu
Down a narrow flight of stairs off a nondescript stretch of East 50th Street, past a ceramics studio and behind a clothing boutique, is the 14-seat restaurant Hori.
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Hori Is an Invite-Only Izakaya

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:57 +0000
Illustration: Sunny Wu
Down a narrow flight of stairs off a nondescript stretch of East 50th Street, past a ceramics studio and behind a clothing boutique, is the 14-seat restaurant Hori.
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Five Virginia School Districts Are Losing Federal Funding Because They Won’t Stop ‘Trans’ Social Experiments On Children

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:18:54 +0000
After five far-left Northern Virginia school districts refused to stop forcing “transgender” policies on their students, the U.S. Department of Education is proceeding with suspending or terminating federal funding.
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Bong Is Cambodia by Way of Crown Heights

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:16 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
That opening a restaurant — even in a restaurant-mad town like this one — is a fool’s errand is so well established it barely needs saying. The costs are high, the rewards few, the work grinding, the success rate minuscule. Want to make money with a restaurant? Sell it to the next sucker.
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This Ex–Enron Employee Thinks He Can Revolutionize College-Football Recruiting

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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Startup Crawl returns Sept. 19, marking Startland’s 10-year anniversary with KC innovation focus

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:02:09 +0000

Kansas City’s largest startup open house is back this fall — celebrating a decade of innovation alongside emerging builders and newsmakers.

Set for Sept.19 and organized by Startland News, Startup Crawl will mark the newsroom’s 10-year anniversary with a high-energy showcase of the city’s entrepreneurial community. The event, presented by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, places dozens of startups — from sports tech to AI — on display in venues across the Power & Light and Crossroads districts.
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Saga Is Starting Fresh

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:08 +0000
Photo: Courtesy of Saga
When Charlie Mitchell worked at Clover Hill, the 20-seat Brooklyn Heights tasting room where he earned his first Michelin star and was named the best chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation, his days began and ended in the kitchen.
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Plaza food hall returns with Lula’s, Guy’s, J. Rieger and more KC foodie favorites inside

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:37:03 +0000

A hotel food hall — just up the hill from a main artery of the Country Club Plaza — is planning a restaurant rally this week; reopening its shared culinary experience with some of the Kansas City food scene’s biggest local brands and a food hall rarity: full-service.
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It’s the Summer of the Status Melon

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Photo: Patricia Howard/Courtesy of Lord's
In the most recent issue of the magazine, our critic Matthew Schneier reviews Smithereens in the East Village.
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Fit Truk shifts gears, building mass by scaling custom-built mobile gyms across US

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:36:39 +0000

Fit Truk has traded its hometown workout circuit for a manufacturing floor and an international sales map. The Kansas City-born company is now producing custom-built mobile gyms for clients across the country and abroad.

“We have three different models of trucks,” said Josh Guffey, co-founder of Fit Truk. “We have trucks going out all over the U.S., and we’re going to be going out globally soon, working on several deals.”
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Mary Beth Barone Has Sworn Off Hot Coffee

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:17 +0000
Illustration: Clay Hickson
After coming off of the press tour for Benito Skinner’s comedy series Overcompensating, comedian and patron saint of gay guys Mary Beth Barone has been back to working on stand-up. The break from the stage was nice, but it was time to return.
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