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Kauffman earmarks $32M in grants to boost entrepreneurship, workforce, education efforts

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 17:00:52 +0000

Just-announced Kauffman Foundation funding for a cohort of 27 organizations — each focused on advancing economic mobility in Kansas City — reflects the grantees’ “relentless commitment to innovation and equity,” said Allison Greenwood Bajracharya.

PMI Rate Pro exits: KC fintech calls acquisition the ‘natural next step’ for its mortgage tech solution

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:16:19 +0000

MIAMI — A strategic acquisition between a software leader and a Kansas City fintech startup brings together two innovators in mortgage tech to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive platform, said Nomi Smith, co-founder of PMI Rate Pro.

Park Slope’s Pecking House Is Closing This Week

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 17:22:33 +0000

Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

This Friday will be the last day to get a chile-chicken sandwich and dirty fried rice at the Park Slope location of Pecking House, the Sichuan-meets-southern fried-chicken spot — at least for a while. Rumors started bubbling up this week that the restaurant would close because of a rent dispute, but it sounds like something more complicated is afoot.

The New Wegmans Restaurant Is Entry-Level Sushi

admin — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:00:35 +0000

Photo: Grub Street

I’ve never met a Stop & Shopaholic or a dyed-in-the-wool Gristedean, but I definitely know some Wegmaniacs. The Rochester-based grocery chain inspires a kind of fanatical devotion that few retailers can match — besides Publix in Florida and maybe Trader Joe’s, I can’t think of one.

This duo plans to takedown one of female wrestlers’ most ‘mortifying’ foes: the wrong kind of exposure

admin — Tue, 06 May 2025 19:05:08 +0000

Two women-owned Kansas businesses are teaming up to ensure that female wrestlers don’t get pinned by a wardrobe malfunction mid-match, shared Deb North and Frankie Elder-Reedy. It’s a pairing that shows for these sole sisters, entrepreneurship is more than an individual sport.

White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week

Brothers bringing Jerusalem Cafe, Chick-In Waffle, sober bar mashup to Power & Light

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:00:58 +0000

The Kansas City Power & Light District is getting a new flagship venue that will combine two popular local restaurant brands and a new mocktail bar/coffee shop concept.

Brothers and second-generation restaurateurs, Dennis and Adam Alazzeh, are taking a 6,300-square-foot space at 131 E. 14th St. and — after a major renovation — plan to open the three concepts in late August or early September. (Famous Dave’s Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que had once operated in the spot, between what is now Blue Sushi and Rally House.)

Does This Chef Owe You Money?

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:00:52 +0000

Photo: Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com

Vinny Milburn runs the seafood wholesaler Greenpoint Fish and Lobster, and he’s used to restaurant owners who don’t pay for their fish on time: “I joke that I am not a seafood provider — I’m a source of capital who offers a zero percent interest loan.” This is because chefs don’t buy ingredients like most people. Restaurants run on credit lines.

15 Gifts To Celebrate Your Favorite Graduates That Aren’t Cash

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Comedian Kyle Gordon Starts His Passover With Bacon

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:00:03 +0000

Illustration: Ryan Inzana

It’s been two years since comedian Kyle Gordon went viral for the techno parody song “Planet of the Bass,” and, since then, he’s built a career out of satirizing through song.

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Look inside: North KC brewery adds game bar to the block (plus one of KC’s favorite sandwiches)

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:15:57 +0000

A game bar with a vintage national park theme is coming to North Kansas City next month — with Bay Boy sandwiches packed for the short trip.

The Commons is an extension of Cinder Block Brewery at 110 E. 18th Ave.
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The Best Rockefeller Center Restaurant Is Actually Two

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:00:01 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
When the annals of developer-led neighborhood “revitalization” are written — and what annals they’ll be — the Rockefeller Center chapter will be a meaty one. New York history and New York amnesia meet there (and who were more megadevelopers than the Standard Oil, Chase Manhattan Rockefellers?).
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Real-life KC startup bros create virtual basement gaming vibes, turning once-isolated streaming into a familiar party

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:46:21 +0000

In today’s connected world, gaming with or against relative strangers — or “friends” a player only knows from a specific game or platform — is the norm. A Kansas City startup’s new streaming venture aims to recreate old school gaming-with-friends-in-the-basement vibe in the digital world.
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One Hype Bakery, Hold the Lines

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:05:00 +0000
Photo: Natalie Black
Friday was opening day at Birdee, the latest and arguably most pedigreed of the city’s hype bakeries: Located on the ground floor of the building officially dubbed the Refinery at Domino, but which everyone calls the Domino Sugar building, on the manicured Williamsburg Riviera, Birdee comes from Kent Hosp
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City Market eats: Master roaster hopes hungry Kansas Citians will flock to Murmuration

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:38 +0000

A new eatery and cocktail bar that now shares a space with the popular City Market Coffee Roasters is designed to reflect a vision of bringing people together, fostering connection, and embracing the diversity that makes the City Market so special, said master roaster Nikole Ammer.

Plus, the people are hungry — from day to night, she added.
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