Tag: small

From ravioli to revenue: How Pasta La Fata became a fresh pasta powerhouse in mid-Missouri

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Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it.

A Tiny Texas High School Football Team Hasn’t Won a Game in Years. They’re Not Giving Up.

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Charlie Bardey Is Working on Being a Better Host

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:00:11 +0000

Illustration: Maanvi Kapur

A lifelong New Yorker, comedian Charlie Bardey grew up downtown and continued to cohabitate with his brother until recently. Now that he lives alone in Brooklyn, he’s trying to feel more comfortable cooking for guests. “A big journey for me has been learning not to be self-conscious about it,” he says.

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Change Makers: About Episode 106 of ‘Texas Monthly Presents’ on PBS

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:14:01 +0000
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Le Chêne Is a Movable Feast on Carmine Street

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:00:19 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
The thing about Paris is that it never ages — like great cheese, it is pre-aged.
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When farmers get paid faster, everyone eats; HitchPin brings fintech to ag, good to humanity, founder says

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:41:42 +0000

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.

The fintech revolution typically overlooks agriculture, Trevor McKeeman said, noting that any move to bring tools — like a payment platform within a digital marketplace — definitely breaks ground for farmers attempting to turn soil, or a profit.
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Chocolate maker (and coffee roaster) earns bean-to-bar accolades from his Grandview base

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:47:11 +0000

Kansas City has plenty of confectioners, but it’s rare to find true bean-to-bar work, Mike King said. That distinction makes Encore Coffee and Chocolate’s process both resourceful and extraordinary.

“There’s only a few of us that are making our own chocolate,” said King, founder of Grandview-built Encore Coffee and Chocolate. “I consider myself a chocolate maker, which is starting from the raw ingredients and making the base chocolate.”
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Who Wants New York’s Gooiest Mozzarella Sticks?

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:05:00 +0000
Illustration: Igor Bastidas
On Instagram and TikTok, anything worth eating comes with a line. Whether social-media fame is sparked by an influencer or is the result of a concerted marketing effort to engineer a food’s digital moment, timeline domination does not always correlate to actual quality.
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A Midland Mexican Restaurant Aims to Put “Something Different on the Table”

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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New York’s Giant Fall Restaurant Preview

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Photo: Jeremy Liebman
There is something comfortingly familiar about the batch of high-profile bars and restaurants getting ready to debut before the year is out. Rather than wild conceptual swings, the places below are enduring models — a coffee shop, a bakery, a very nice cocktail bar — from established industry vets.
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These Cowboy Boots Were Made for Gawking

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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Where to Eat in September

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 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). This month: tripe, rice balls, Wienerschnitzel, and Peruvian canchita.
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Court clutter on trial: Olathe legal tech startup puts boxes of evidence one touch away

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:16:11 +0000

A Kansas-built innovation is reshaping courtroom outcomes with its one-touch trial prep platform that already has helped attorneys secure billions in verdicts with ease, said Jay Rutler.
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Why a City Market favorite is jumping the state line — to the food court at Oak Park Mall

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:55:10 +0000

Its Brazilian dishes — using recipes the owners grew up eating in São Paulo — have been a City Market draw for more than a decade. Now Taste of Brazil restaurant is expanding to Johnson County, but as a quick-serve kiosk with a limited menu.

Taste of Brazil Express plans a late September opening in the food court of Oak Park Mall, 11149 W. 95th St., near Macy’s.
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At Texas’s School for the Blind, an Inventive Band of Outsiders Takes the Stage

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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