8 Comments so far

1. john on July 7, 2007 11:48 am

   Could you please explain the Westport situation? There’s a lot of KC history I’m not aware of yet.

2. mainstream on July 7, 2007 8:48 pm

   Does anybody know what grocery store will be there?

3. DaveKCMO on July 8, 2007 1:04 pm

   the grocery store is tentative based on “market conditions”. i think it would be safe to assume if it happens it will be something from whole foods or the cosentino’s… smaller, yet more upscale than a typical supermarket.

   i am also not sure what the westport reference is about. was it the spot where that apartment complex is next to the new fire station?

4. Tim on July 8, 2007 4:28 pm

   A grocery near the Plaza would be great, just don’t let the Marshes have any part in it. Their ScumFresh is a terrible store.

5. William Rockhill Nelson on July 9, 2007 8:04 am

   The Westport reference is to the CityPlace apartments along 43rd Street. Before the apartments were there it was a neighborhood of single family homes, bungalows, etc.

   Over the course of several years DST bought up the entire neighborhood and turned every house into a rental. They then neglected the maintenance and allowed the area to go down hill. A few years ago they were able to get the neighborhood declared “blighted” and awarded tax breaks to replace it with the apartment complex.

6. kcguy on July 9, 2007 8:47 am

   The neighborhood that DST bought up and destroyed to make yuppie lofts was the old Steptoe neighborhood. It was the only black exclave in Kansas City east of Troost for a long time and developed it’s own mini-culture and housing/community style.

   Is there a plaque? A statue? A monument? The city has done nothing to preserve this bit of Kansas City collective memory. DST has done ZERO to preserve this bit of Kansas City heritage for us, and now you’d never know it was there. You can, however, check with the Jackson County historical society to find out more about it. But don’t count on DST. Or the city.

7. john on July 9, 2007 9:14 am

   Would the proposed landlord licensing law prevent situations like this or at least make them more transparent to the city at large?

8. Roger on July 18, 2007 5:43 am

   SunFresh on 40th and Mill is probably the most deceptive bit of irony in the grocery world EVER. I have yet to have anything but a horrible experience from there.

   Let’s examine the store name a bit:
   SunFresh. Implying some bit of goodness. Like vibrant produce, clean aisles, lively and upbeat atmosphere.

   Reality: Last time I was there, my produce rotted and molded within, and I am not making this up, within 24 hours. Bread which appeared fresh in the store was purchased premolded. I don’t mind mold on my Brie, but a loaf of wheat should be brown. Not green. And lettuce needs to be green, not brown and slimy. Somehow, the Fresh part of SunFresh means, “Eat this stuff within the next 12 hours or you will be SunCrapping for the next day.”

   Topping off my grocery experience was running the gauntlet of police and MAST people who were on scene scooping up some urine-soaked street urchin who drank himself stupid, pissed himself, and passed out on near the entrance of the store. It had a lovely perfume with a nice BO and fecal tang to it.

   I gave the SunFresh more than enough tries. I figured the first time I got home and found my food one step above a public health crisis that maybe this was just an off experience. Oh no. Who needs the fun of lottery tickets when I can play the “Sick or not sick” game.

   Forget that place. I now drive way up north to get groceries off 169.