IN THE NEWS: The Star’s Joyce Smith details the opening of Fogo de Chão Brazilian steakhouse in the former George Brett’s restaurant (222 W. 47th St. on the Country Club Plaza). www.kansascity.com … The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza checks out pastry spots, including Jay WaLe’s Bakery-Bistro (503 North Sixth Street, Kansas City, Kansas) and reports the […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Star’s Joyce Smith reports the closing of the Kansas City Power & Light District’s Famous Dave’s Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que (131 E. 14th St.) and also, “Tim Caniglia has sold The Granfalloon Bar & Grill in the Northland. The operation — which opened in 2006 in The Shops at Boardwalk, 8614 N. […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Star’s Joyce Smith reports the closings of Golden Harvest Bakery in the Crown Center, Oak Park Mall’s Rainforest Café, Sushi House (14178 W. 119th St. in Olathe), and The Pastry Goddess locations in Briarcliff Village and Independence. www.kansascity.com … The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza reviews Copa Room (14944 West 87th Street Parkway, […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Dallas-based Fogo de Chao has been renovating the former George Brett’s restaurant on the Country Club Plaza for much of the year and is to open in mid- to late-January (210 W. 47th St.), the Kansas City star reports. www.kansascity.com … The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza reviews Café Tempo (Nerman Museum of […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star’s Mark Wiebe reports, “Kansas City, Kan., the largest city in the metropolitan area without a smoking ban, approved one [Dec. 18] after mulling the issue for nearly two years. The Unified Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., approved an ordinance that bans smoking in […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star reports the death of its dining critic, Lauren Chapin, on Dec. 10. Chapin, who recently turned 50, collapsed while working out two days previously. Her death was caused by a ruptured aneurysm that developed within an AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, at the base of her brain, family members […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star’s Joyce Smith details the scheduled Dec. 9 opening of Michael Smith’s highly anticipated Extra Virgin, a Mediterranean tapas bistro next to his namesake restaurant, Michael Smith, at 7 W. 19th St. … Smith also reports, “The Raphael Restaurant will close after breakfast Dec. 14 for a remodeling, the […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star’s Joyce details the slated Dec. 5 reopening of Napoleon Bakery (706 Westport Road), whila Laura Chapin reports the openings of Zest (10681 Mission Road in Leawood), Copa Room (14944 W. 87th St. Parkway, Lenexa) and Grinders West (415 E. 18th St.). www.kansascity.com … The Pitch’s Charles Ferruzza reviews […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Kansas City Star’s Joyce Smith reports the long-awaited opening of Peachtree Restaurant at the Kansas City Power & Light District (31 E. 14th St., on the southeast corner of 14th and Main streets) and the reopening of Margarita’s North (7013 N. Oak Trafficway, Gladstone), while Lauren Chapin reports the opening of […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Star’s Joyce Smith details the opening of 801 Chophouse in the Power & Light District and the closing of Mortons steakhouse at the Crown Center, while Lauren Chapin reviews J.L. Stephenson’s Santa Fe Inn (6600 Blue Ridge Blvd.) and Velvet Dog (400 E. 31st St.) and reports the opening of Songbird […]

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