Before it even opened, the buzz was all about Port Fonda. Aside from being one of the most exciting-sounding restaurants to open in more than a year, Chef/owner Patrick Ryan has an impressive pedigree. He worked with Rick Bayless at Frontera Grill in Chicago, one of the country’s most highly acclaimed Mexican restaurants, and Ryan’s [...]
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The Green Room is located in Westport, fittingly next to a theatre (green room, get it?). It also tries to be green in terms of our environment, thus the double-entendre…. Recently opened, it aims to provide a comfortable place to have a good burger at an affordable price, while also perhaps washing it down with [...]
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Walking into the Boot is such a pleasant experience. Someone will quickly greet you and guide you to your table while you look around and take in the very charming interior. The side walls are brick. Old wooden ladders hang sideways and their rungs are interspersed with flower vases. On one wall sits a painting [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Young Restaurateurs Hungry For Success
I love these guys! It was a really fun story to write; I only wish I had more words…Aaron and Rich have interesting backgrounds that I wanted to share with our readers more fully. From Wednesday’s Food section: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/25/3675383/young-restaurateurs-are-hungry.html Young restaurateurs are hungry for success Aaron Confessori and Richard Wiles seek their fortunes in Westport, [...]
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Sama Zama, a new twist on owner Erika Koike’s now closed One Bite Grill in Overland Park, recently opened on Westport’s restaurant row. It’s on the same stretch of Westport Road that houses the Boot, Westport Cafe, Jerusalem Cafe and the Beer Kitchen, among others. Sama Zama is very clean, sleek and modern, and with [...]
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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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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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Until last month I had never been to Pot Pie for dinner. I’m not sure what took me so long, but I’m very glad I finally made it. With its brick walls, subtle lighting and lively buzz, it’s very cozy, and an ideal winter locale. (My apologies for the poor quality of the photos, it [...]
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Westport Cafe and Bar is a new player on the Westport scene, but unlike most of its neighbors on the block, its emphasis is as much on the food as the drink. Blanc Burger’s orange and white motif is out– the space now has a distinct French cafe flair, with white subway tiles on the [...]
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