Kansas City Restaurant Openings, Closings, and News – August 2023
Let’s look at the restaurant openings, closings, and other news for August 2023.
Chuck Munson
What Bygone Shopping Mall Dining Do You Miss?
What food and restaurants do you miss from bygone malls like Bannister, Metro North, and Metcalf South? Do you miss classic food court stands? Quirky snack places? Fast casual destinations? What did you love as a kid? Teenager? Adult?
The Brick: Music and Eats in the Crossroads
It’s been five or six years, but recently I got a chance to visit and dine at The Brick for a friend’s birthday party. The Brick has long been one of my favorite spots to see live music and eat high quality bar food. I’ve probably been visiting the Brick for shows and dinners for nearly 15 years.
New Newsletter: What Bygone Shopping Mall Dining Do You Miss?
The new Chuck Eats KC newsletter is out! Chuck looks at favorite restaurants at bygone indoor shopping malls.
Café Gratitude: Healthy Vegetarian Dining in the Crossroads
Café Gratitude offers classic vegetarian dishes, kicked up a notch for restaurant diners.
BARBECUE IN KANSAS CITY: NFL DRAFT EDITION
Chuck recently released his first Youtube video, this one being an overview of Kansas City barbecue. Chuck Eats KC will be publishing more reviews and takes on our famous cuisine.
First Looks: Betty Rae’s Ice Cream
My first visit to this popular local ice cream parlor. The Youth Review Crew helped me try out their ice cream.
Bygone Kansas City Restaurants: Joe’s Barn
Joe’s Barn was a long running family style restaurant in Stanley, Kansas, a suburb in the southern KC metro. It looked like a barn. Was it a barn?
Vivilore
If I were taking visiting friends or relatives to a fancy restaurant in Kansas City with excellent food, service and an eclectic atmosphere, I’d take them to Vivilore in Independence.
Bygone Restaurants: Victoria Station
Do you remember the restaurant where you dined inside actual train cars and the signature dish was prime rib? There were two Kansas City locations of this international chain, which had 97 restaurants during its heyday of the 1970s and 1980s.
The Joys of Ordering the Same Thing
Do you have a dish that you order every time you go to specific restaurant? Do you have a favorite style of dish whenever you go to a certain style of restaurant? Even when the restaurant has dozens of dishes that you’d really like to try? Are you the type of diner who loves trying new things, but you have the default comfort order?
Bygone Restaurants: Yellow Sub
I was a resident of Lawrence, Kansas from 1983 to 1989. During most of this period, I was a student at the University of Kansas. This look back is biased a little bit towards this era. Even though I have lived in the area since the early 2000s, I don’t think I’ve dined at any Lawrence restaurants since then. I need to change that!