1+ week, 4+ day ago   (238+ words) Kansas City, Kansas is rolling out its first-ever Black Restaurant Week from Sept. 7 through Sept. 13, with 11 Black-owned culinary businesses across Wyandotte County taking part. Select participating restaurants will offer special menu items priced at $9.13, and the week leads directly into…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago   (203+ words) Another Broken Egg has closed its Prairie Village location — for good this time, it seems. The company confirmed in an email to The Star on Friday that it had shut down the 5358 95th St. location in Meadowbrook Village. The company said…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (700+ words) From expired soup to moldy mozzarella, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week. Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (410+ words) Foodies, get your stomachs and wallets ready. Restaurant Week is officially back. For the 17th straight year, Kansas City Restaurant Week will highlight the flavors of the metro, with over 240 establishments participating. With a wide range of food options, as well…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1290+ words) The invention of the Reuben sandwich is grilled in controversy. One theory states that the first Reuben sandwich was created for Reuben Kulakofsky in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1925, during a weekly poker game, he asked the chef of the Blackstone Hotel…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1342+ words) Nearly 5,000 miles from Switzerland, a small group toured the inner sanctum of an iconic 70-year-old Kansas City company — a family-run brand that helped redefine accessible luxury in the Midwest, one Swiss chocolate-covered almond at a time. “What people get excited…...