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This Kansas City chef who runs a gourmet butcher shop loves gizzards and burgers

Thanksgiving is, without a doubt, the best food holiday on the calendar. It’s also chef Sarah Nelson’s favorite holiday. This is despite the fact that she is put to work on Thanksgiving, given her skill set. “I actually negotiated with my family this year a way for us to do just family gatherings on Thanksgiving, and then do an actual sit-down meal on Black Friday so I can actually enjoy it and not try to be catching up with family while I’m doing all the food,” Nelson said. The holiday is a favorite, she said, because it brings all the comfort foods she enjoys onto the table for one glorious day of gorging. She happens to have access to some of those foods, given that she runs a butcher shop and gourmet grocery store in the Northland with her husband, Louis Guerrieri, the duo that also used to run the Ombra restaurant before it closed in late 2024. Carne Diem just celebrated its second anniversary of being open in the Village at Briarcliff, providing its customers a whole-animal butchery of Missouri-sourced meats like Angus beef, lamb, duck and more. What it means to be a whole animal butchery is to

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CJ 4DPlex Pacts With B&B Theatres To Equip Single Missouri Site With 3 Premium Large Format Screens

EXCLUSIVE: In a deal billed as a first for U.S. theatrical exhibition, CJ 4DPlex and No. 5 U.S. exhibitor B&B Theatres are equipping a single Missouri multiplex with three premium large format auditoriums. 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' To Play At Cosm As Disney Teams With Shared Reality Firm Work will be completed on a second ScreenX theater as well as one using the 4DX format at B&B’s flagship Grand Screen location in time for the December 18 opening of Disney’s Avengers: Doomsday . The superhero installment will screen globally in a Disney format developed by the studio called InfinityVision, squaring off against Dune: Part 3 in Imax. The first ScreenX auditorium opened in 2018 and has the largest screen in the Liberty, MO complex. ScreenX utilizes the side walls of the auditorium in concert with the main screen to create a 270-degree viewing experience. 4DX uses motion seats and 21 environmental effects including water, wind and scents. Audiences feel wind, light, fog, fragrance and vibration, and their seats move in sync with scenes in the movie. Formats like ScreenX and 4DX are in high demand from Hollywood studios looking to capitalize on widespread audience appetite for

Liberty, MO · 2d

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Club Culinary’s Greatest Hits: Jacob Picking

Club chefs spend their careers honing their skills, crafting plates that members will insist upon long after the special has ended. Jacob Picking, CEC, Executive Chef at Blue Hills Country Club in Kansas City, Mo., and the 2026 Club + Resort Chef of the Year (read more here), shares members’ favorite plates, paired alongside a personal favorite, and the stories behind them.

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USA Today list ranks the best of Kansas City BBQ. Which joint is No. 1?

Declaring the very best version of Kansas City barbecue coming out of the many beloved joints in the metro area is often a futile and controversial task — it depends on one’s preference and the day and time a diner goes to a restaurant, and you best be prepared to defend it. But each year, publications, influencers and anyone online with an opinion tackle the scary job of ranking our barbecue and sharing their findings. USA Today, the national media company that owns newspapers across the country, including in Missouri and Kansas, published the 2026 readers’ choice list of 10 best Kansas City-style BBQ restaurants on Oct. 28. Last year the publication’s readers voted, strangely, to award a non-Kansas City joint (Stateline Road Smokehouse in Napa, California) with the No. 1 spot on a Kansas City BBQ list — though to be fair, owner Darryl Bell is originally from Kansas City. But it seems those readers righted their wrongs, with a Kansas City-based barbecue restaurant earning the most votes to claim the top spot. That best barbecue restaurant is Slap’s BBQ , a KC spot that’s often considered one of the best to ‘cue and has produced a loyal following

Kansas City, MO · 5d

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This Old-School Missouri Supper Club Has Been Hand-Cutting Steaks Since 1946

A salad named for the year 1957 still lands on tables at one Missouri steakhouse, and people keep ordering it by name. I love when a menu carries its own birthday like that. The prime rib gets talked about more than anything else here. Carrot cake comes in a strong second, which tells you folks save room.

Kansas City, MO · 5d

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Missouri’s best breweries? These 2 Kansas City spots just took top honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City breweries have bragging rights. Two were just named best in the entire state of Missouri. The Missouri Craft Brewers Guild named KC Bier Co. the best large brewery in the state. BKS Artisan Ales was named best small brewery of the year. The...

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This Weekend in Kansas City: November 13–15

November 13–15 After the Framers wrote the United States Constitution, they produced 500 prints for the states and Congress to review. Only 14 prints are accounted for today, and soon, you can view one of them for free in the lower-level lobby of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

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17 Must-Visit Antique Shops in Kansas City

Kansas City’s antique shops display dozens, even hundreds, of individual histories. The things you leave with—an armoire, a record collection, a stack of baseball cards—helps build yours. We explored the West Bottoms, Gillham Road, and beyond to find KC’s top spots for antique hunters. River Market...

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Dish & Drink KC: Chaider in the Garage, Kielbasa in the House

Coffee people are wired differently. After an extremely intense hot Pilates class at Eastbrook Studios with Rachel McNally, the last thing on my mind was steamy caffeine. However, my friend who attended with me is very much a coffee person, and before I knew it, we were at Java Garage sipping, you guessed it, steamy caffeine.

The Kansas City Star

Mice droppings on shelves, gnats under sink: Latest KC-area restaurant inspections

From moldy food on grocery displays to roaches under a soda machine, 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 have to release those inspections to the public. In Kansas City and Independence, each city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections. The lower the number of violations, the better. Most restaurants correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly after. The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations. They are available for Kansas City at inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm and Johnson and Wyandotte counties at portal.kda.ks.gov/Food/FoodInspectionSearch. Here are the restaurants in Kansas City, Johnson and Wyandotte Counties that received seven or more priority and priority foundation violations from Oct. 25-31. No eateries in Independence met the threshold during this time period. Midtown Market-Desi Dhaba 3967 Main St. Nine violations found during Oct. 26 inspection Roaches were seen on a wall, while dead roaches were seen in paper towel dispenser. An employee was seen cutting cilantro

Kansas City, KS · 5d

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Hollywood movie artifacts to be permanently displayed at Trail Theatre

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- In an effort to celebrate the Trail Theatre's 75 years of movie magic, a few different Hollywood movie artifacts will be displayed in the theater permanently. Beginning Saturday, Nov. 14, visitors can view a vintage military jacket used in the Cary Grant classic Gunga Din...

St Joseph, MO · 3d

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KC sushi restaurant named one of the best new restaurants in the country

Kansas City’s restaurant scene is once again in the national spotlight, this time giving recognition to a high-end sushi restaurant. Eater, a national food publication, included Akoya Omakase in its list of the 15 best new restaurants in the country. The omakase restaurant from chef Peter Hoang was one of three Midwest restaurants to make the list. “‘You went to Kansas City for sushi?’ I was asked more than once — with some derision — after returning from Missouri, so I can only imagine the uphill battle chef Peter Hoang faces at Akoya Omakase,” the review began from Eater editorial director Missy Frederick. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Akoya Omakase (@akoya_omakase) Akoya opened in August 2025 inside Hotel Phillips with Hoang and his team of sushi chefs behind the counter cutting chu toro (bluefin tuna) and curing snow crab in white miso, as à la carte dishes or as part of a set course menu. To ensure fresh fish and that the food he serves is high-quality, Hoang told The Star he picks up his ingredients six days a week at the airport from longtime trusted vendors. In a statement over email, Hoang said the recognition

Kansas City, MO · 2d

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Buc-ee’s is moving closer and closer to Minnesota

Buc-ee's , the mega-convenience store opening across the country, is getting closer and closer to Minnesota. It will open its first store in Wisconsin in early 2027, with hopes of opening another one in the Badger state as soon as it jumps through a few hurdles. The giant gas station and convenience store is also headed to the south of Minnesota, with plans to open the company's first travel center in Indiana and another in Kansas City. What to know about Buc-ee's in Wisconsin A Buc-ee’s travel center will be built along Interstate 94 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The store will be the Texas-based chain’s first Wisconsin location. Oak Creek is on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee County. The location will feature a 73,370-square-foot convenience store, 120 fueling stations and 20 electric vehicle chargers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Buc-ee’s — known for its Beaver Nuggets and large supply of snacks — has said the Oak Creek store could open in early 2027. It will be housed on approximately a 30-acre property and will employ about 200 to 250 full-time workers earning $18 to $20 per hour plus benefits. Buc-ee’s, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, also will

Minnesota · 3d

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10 Missouri Fried Chicken Dinners Folks Would Argue Over Before Any Fancy Steak

One Missouri restaurant has been tossing hot dinner rolls across the dining room since 1942. Servers fling them, and you catch them. I love that a fried chicken trip can come with a side of outfield practice. That same spirit runs through this whole list. One spot sells mashed potatoes...

Kansas City, MO · 6d

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This Missouri Deli Builds Its Famous Overstuffed Sandwich On A House-Baked Onion Roll

A great sandwich starts with great bread. This Missouri deli understands that better than most. The onion roll is baked fresh in-house every morning, soft and fragrant, with a subtle sweetness that sets the stage for what comes next. Then comes the filling, piled high with premium meats and cheeses,...

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Popular OP antique furniture booth moving to new Brookside shop: ‘Really beautiful'

A popular antique furniture and interior design store that was previously a booth inside a Johnson County antique mall, is moving to its own storefront this week. Hydrangea House , which has over 11,000 social media followers, opened inside the Glenwood Antique Mall at 9030 Metcalf Ave in Overland Park last year. Mother and daughter duo Jessica Carpenter and Abigail Gaughan initially got a 164-square-foot booth and quickly expanded to a 2,000-square-foot space to better serve shoppers looking for curated vintage furniture and carefully reupholstered couches and chairs. “We just want to sit and talk to people, and it’s really hard to do that in an antique mall. If you’ve ever tried, it’s very challenging to have a conversation with somebody and sit down with them and talk to them about their house,” said Gaughan, the owner of Hydrangea House. Carpenter, the Hydrangea House’s Chief Creative Officer, is an interior designer by trade. Customers regularly seek her advice on anything from basic interior design tips to what color to paint a house’s exterior. “We have somebody who drives from Iowa the first weekend of every month to come see us, and she’s just adorable,” she said. Gaughan and Carpenter came

Kansas City, MO · 5d

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Akoya Omakase Named One of America’s Best New Restaurants by Eater

Kansas City has something to celebrate. Hotel Phillips’ omakase sushi restaurant Akoya Omakase has been named one of the nation’s best new restaurants by the national food and dining publication Eater. Akoya Omakase (106 W. 12th St., KCMO) joins 14 other restaurants around the country — including Somssi...

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Arts News: Bird N.E.S.T., a music and more venue, opens in the West Bottoms

Jam Session during the grand opening of the Bird N.E.S.T. (photo by Paul Murphy) If you dream about that mythical treehouse where all the cool kids hang out, Kansas City’s newest entertainment venue is for you. Bird N.E.S.T. or “Nexus for Expression, Sound and Transformation” is up a flight...

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Reformation clothing store coming to Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza welcomed Reformation, a popular women’s fashion retailer. The new store opened on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based retailer is known for its mission to make sustainable fashion more accessible without compromising on style or quality. “Reformation is one of...

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Baby news: Patrick and Brittany Mahomes announce baby number 4!