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Archive for March, 2012

Westport Street Fare

Aaron Confessori and Richard Wiles are busy men. They own Westport Cafe and Bar, the recently opened Boot, and they are operating the Westport Street Fare, a food truck parked at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania in the parking lot just to the west of Harry’s Bar and Tables. The truck serves up mostly […]

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Visit KC 2012 magazine

The 2012 Digital edition of Visit KC magazine is hot off the presses. Click the link below to read all about our city’s incredible resurgence. Included are several interviews I conducted with people employed in various industries around town who shared their favorite haunts and activities in Kansas City. www.maddenmedia.com/digitalbooks/MOKCVG12

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Rudy’s Tenampa Taqueria

For the longest time, Rudy’s was our go-to Mexican restaurant. A favorite of my younger son’s, it was always his “pick” when it was his turn to choose what restaurant our family would visit on the weekend. But once I started reviewing restaurants we stopped frequenting our old haunts, spending our time instead checking out […]

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Grand Street Cafe

Grand Street Cafe has been a favorite off-Plaza destination since 1991. At the time, its wallpaper with willow branches protruding in 3D fashion and striped rattan chairs created an imaginative botanical scene which captivated diners. Though originally owned by the very successful PB&J group of restaurants, it was bought in 2009 by Rick and Kristi […]

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Fo Thai

Walking into Fo Thai for the first time, I was briefly disoriented. In addition to the very dark setting, I wondered if I was in Las Vegas or at Epcot Center in Florida’s Disney World complex. When I asked the hostess where the bathroom was, she told me to go “past the Buddha and over […]

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