Tag: small

Two Carnivores Walk Into a Vegan Sichuan Joint

admin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:00:46 +0000

Dolly Faibyshev

Michael Musto, the legendary nightlife and gossip columnist and one of my closest pals, has several reasons for hating vegan food, or more specifically, for hating vegans. “Part of my distaste for vegan food all these years,” he says, “is that I demonize vegans as being holier-than-thou and patronizing about their choices.” I stifle an eye roll as Michael continues.

Omaha-based Elevator expands its co-working with warehousing model to North Kansas City

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:16:24 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was published by Silicon Prairie News, an Omaha-based publication of the Nebraska Journalism Trust. Click here to read the original article or here to subscribe to SPN’s newsletter.

Superstars pack KC Chamber celebration with gratitude; thankful for a space to belong when many feel lost

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:42:03 +0000

Julie Cortes beamed as she took in the energy of Kansas City’s small business community Tuesday evening — surrounded by hundreds of her fellow Small Business Superstars and a crowd eager to build an emerging spirit of entrepreneurship.

As Trump Clamps Down On Immigration, an El Paso Cafe for Migrants Continues Its Services—but Quietly

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:46:07 +0000

Coffee cluster percolating on one Troost block; will business support the buzz of six spaces to sip?

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:50:09 +0000

A new stretch of coffee shops in the 5500 block of Troost will test the caffeine tolerance of folks seeking a fix. Six options soon fill out the menu along this bustling corridor.

Blackhole Bakery, High Hopes Ice Cream and The Littlest Bake Shop currently offer coffee along with their core menu items.

But Blackhole is expanding with a coffee and bagel bar. Kaveh Coffee Co. is opening just to the north, and Polished Perk Coffee Co. is going in across the street. Start at Zero is expected offer coffee in its new play cafe near the southern end of the block.

Pizza Sushi Is a TikTok Hit — Is It Any Good?

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:43:11 +0000

Illustration: Igor Bastidas

On Instagram and TikTok, anything worth eating comes with a line. Whether social-media fame is sparked by an influencer or is the result of a concerted marketing effort to engineer a food’s digital moment, timeline domination does not always correlate to actual quality.

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Rooftop Austin’s Bar & Grill just one step in unlocking Olathe’s ‘downtown renaissance’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:33:58 +0000

A century-old building in downtown Olathe will get new life as an indoor/outdoor restaurant complex known as County Square Commons — anchored by the popular Austin’s Bar & Grill.
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How Trump’s win on DEI means fewer fresh foods for KC’s east side; USDA rakes back critical grant for farmers market

admin — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:05:20 +0000

An ambitious plan to create greater food security through urban farming won’t be entirely uprooted by efforts to dry up federal funding for projects linked to equity and access, said Alana Henry — but its harvest likely will yield dramatically less.
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‘Black-owned dining passport’ launches in response to Trump’s attacks on diversity

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:29:31 +0000

A new effort encouraging support for local, Black-owned businesses — many in Kansas City’s historically redlined neighborhoods — is a timely reminder of the purchasing power in each diner’s hands, said Brandon Calloway.
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Protein-packed pallets: Sam’s Club deal pushes SimplyFUEL balls to record production (and Mitzi Dulan is rolling with it)

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:08:35 +0000

Juggling more than 50 million protein balls in 2024 is paying off for SimplyFUEL, Mitzi Dulan said, noting production quadrupled during the past year after adding retail giant Sam’s Club to its wholesale lineup.
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Torrey Peters Always Spatchcocks Her Chicken

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:00:14 +0000
Photo-Illustration: Maanvi Kapur
For the last four years, writer Torrey Peters has been splitting her time between Colombia and New York City.
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Author Torrey Peters Always Spatchcocks Her Chicken

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:00:14 +0000
Photo-Illustration: Maanvi Kapur
For the last four years, writer Torrey Peters has been splitting her time between Colombia and New York City.
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Building a movement: How empowering one small business can change their world (and ours)

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:17:02 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Brandon Calloway is CEO and Co-Founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (G.I.F.T.), and now writes a weekly blog, The Equity Advocate.
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Meet KCSourceLink’s trio of ‘navigators’ now embedded in KC business support hubs

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:33:24 +0000

A new initiative from KCSourceLink that places three experienced business leaders in strategic locations across Kansas City will help aspiring entrepreneurs better connect with the resources and answers they need to start and grow businesses and side hustles, said Becca Castro.
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NXTUS launches bracket-style pitch competition for Kansas startups with $20K in prizes

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:34:03 +0000

A new, high-energy pitch competition is expected to help startup founders collide with angel investors and innovation leaders from across Kansas — all set against the excitement of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring.
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