Tag: social

Chamber showcase fills Union Station with real-life social networking for small biz owners

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 20:02:44 +0000

Entrepreneur Dane Moss likes to do things a little over the top, he shared Wednesday from inside the Grand Hall at Union Station, noting that simply handing out T-shirts and koozies to event attendees simply doesn’t fit his style.

William Tyler Pours Himself Cereal Mullets

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:00:19 +0000

Illustration: Adam Mazur

On records like Modern Country and Goes West, guitarist William Tyler manages to evoke a feeling of American vastness, a wide-open land filled with possibility.

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‘Never settle’: He started small, now Drue Stewart is bringing TikTok-famous food to former Westport Ale House

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:21:44 +0000

‘Bigger, better, crazier; Never settle; The building had a dark cloud but we are going to bring new life to it’

Less than a year after opening Holy Brunch KC in Westport — and one small expansion — Drue Stewart is making an enormous leap.
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The Dog Days Are Over for Marlow & Sons

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:00:04 +0000
Photo: Joe Fornabaio/The New York Times/Redux
Have you checked on your elder millennials this week? It’s been a rough one for our lost generation.
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The Most Surprising Pastrami in New York

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:05:21 +0000
Photo: San Wei
I am always happy to take credit for discovering a new restaurant through hard-won reporting methods like canvassing a neighborhood in bad weather, scanning social media for hours, and starting impromptu conversations with a lot of strangers.
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Five Ways Non-Citizens With Social Security Numbers Can Scam America

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:28:57 +0000
Once non-citizens living in the United States have a SSN, opportunities to commit fraud become clear.

Fedora Is Reborn

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:40 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
In a couple of weeks, a familiar restaurant in a very familiar space will, after laying dormant for a bit, reopen to the public: Fedora’s neon sign is flickering back to life, with new hosts at the helm.
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Meet the winners: Pitch Black competition rewards founders’ vision with $60K in prizes

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:57:21 +0000

Founder Godfrey Riddle was overwhelmed with emotion Saturday, he said, after accepting the $30,000 grand prize at the Pitch Black Business Summit — a game-changing development for his sustainable, affordable housing venture, Civic Saint.
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Where to Eat in April

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Illustration: Naomi Otsu
Welcome to Grub Street’s rundown of restaurant recommendations that aims to answer the endlessly recurring question: Where should we go? These are the spots that our food team thinks everyone should visit, for any reason (a new chef, the arrival of an exciting dish, or maybe there’s an opening that’s flown too far under the radar).
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This young baker tore up the instructions for starting a business (but kept all the best recipes)

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:09:43 +0000

Overland Park cookie shop gets a new baker behind the counter, adding a frosted twist to familiar favorites

She learned to bake as a child by her grandmother’s side.

So by middle school, Maddie Callicott was so proficient she not only held popular bake sales, she printed up business cards for her “You Take the Cake” operation to generate more orders from family and friends.
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Y’all Street Is Open for Business

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:36:23 +0000
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Bryant Park Grill’s Operators Are Suing to Prevent a Jean-Georges Takeover

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:15:47 +0000
Photo: Shutterstock
Last October, the people behind the 30-year-old Bryant Park Grill rang the emergency bells: Help save our restaurant.
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The $15 Cocktail Is Back, Thank God

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:00:32 +0000
Photo: Justin Sisson/
Will Wyatt, an owner of the cocktail bar Mister Paradise, was on a bar crawl in London with a fellow bartender recently
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Neighborhood smart cans help Kansas Citians save the planet from their kitchens

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:19:20 +0000

Newly introduced composting technology is already turning new ground in Kansas City, Kristan Chamberlain said, with more solar-powered compost cans arriving later this spring across the metro’s urban landscape.
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Voodoo Volleyball bounces back in OP: Father-daughter duo doubles as new venture’s setters

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:45:03 +0000

Quinn Austin put several sports to the test as a preteen — racing from basketball practice to softball to volleyball.

But she latched on to just one.

“Volleyball. It was my sport. Everyone was having a good time,” she said. “We just loved the cheers — a cheer when we got a hit, a cheer when we got an ace. It was the camaraderie. I just committed to volleyball.”
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