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New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2007 | Comments Off

Still looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve?  Check out all of the event listings from the Pitch and from the Star.  Some of the bigger events are at Union Station, the Westin and Hyatt Hotels in Crown Center, the President Hotel in the Loop, and at Bartle Hall.

Dec

27

Crime down across most of the city

December 27, 2007 | 8 Comments

Last weekend the Star published a big report showing that crime has dropped significantly in most KCMO neighborhoods since 2001.  Areas seeing big decreases include much of the East Side, parts of the Westside, and the central corridor from Downtown to Waldo.  Crime was up in parts of the Old Northeast and post-WWII suburban-type neighborhoods [...]

Dec

26

More Mediterranean for West 39th

December 26, 2007 | 10 Comments

Westport’s popular Jerusalem cafe is opening a second restaurant in Kansas City’s “restaurant row” on West 39th Street in the Volker neighborhood. This will be the third Mediterranean restaurant in the neighborhood. The location between Wyoming and Genessee is across from Alladin’s Cafe, which is owned by the folks that bought Jerusalem’s old Lawrence, [...]

Dec

21

Village West gets a lump of coal for the holidays

December 21, 2007 | 11 Comments

KC Business magazine’s blog reports that restaurant operators are struggling to survive in The Legends shopping center at Village West in KCK. They cite numerous reasons like a dearth of customers during the week, a sprawling development pattern that keeps in their cars instead of on foot, too many competing restaurants, and new dining [...]

Dec

20

Forsee to UM System Today

December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

Media in KC and St. Louis are reporting that the University of Missouri Board of Curators is voting today to hire ex-Sextel CEO Gary Forsee as the new system president.  Rumors are already swirling that one of Forsee’s first moves will be to relocate UMKC to a new campus in southern Johnson County…

Dec

18

RecallTheFunk.com

December 18, 2007 | 6 Comments

Update: Now we have dueling web sites!  A commenter tips us off to defendthefunk.com
I suppose this was only a matter of time once the talk of recalling the mayor started. The person behind the Not Ready For Prime Buzz blog has started recallthefunk.com. It appears Not Ready for Prime Buzz is the work of [...]

Dec

17

Peachtree moving to Power & Light District

December 17, 2007 | Comments Off

The Star reports that the Peachtree Restaurant is leaving 18th & Vine for a new spot in the Power & Light District.  It’s kindof a good news/bad news story.  The chain-heavy P&L District certainly needs a lot more local flare, but the loss of its only restaurant will be a big setback for 18th & [...]

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