Avenues Bistro – Leawood
Avenues has not been on my list of places in KC that I want to try, but not because I haven’t heard good things. Actually I have been there several times already, but it was never an ideal situation. Previously I had been there for a business lunch or two and found the menu to [...]
Our First Cookout Party
This weekend, we had a couple of family members in from out of town. We decided to have a get together with everyone in my wife’s family, which is a large family. It was decided that we would have a cookout and our house was offered as the venue. In the end, it worked out [...]
ingredient
Sunday afternoon was my first time to visit ingredient restaurant on the plaza. I don’t know anything about the history of the restaurant, but I thought it was interesting that the sign says “Chef Owned!”, especially now that I see on their website that there are nine locations and that this is a franchised concept. [...]
Justus Drugstore
If you’re not familiar with Justus Drugstore, you need to be. Chef/Owner Jonathan Justus and his wife Camille opened a restaurant several years back in the old pharmacy that his mother had worked at for decades. This is just one of the many things that makes dining here a memorable experience. Situated in an [...]
Culinary Center of Kansas City
I attended my first class tonight at the Culinary Center of Kansas City. No, this is not a large university culinary program, but a small building with two demonstration kitchens in a turn of the century buggy barn in the heart of downtown Overland Park. This place seems to have a little bit of a [...]
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