Bubble tea, also known as boba milk tea, is a refreshing drink favored by many. For those who enjoy tea yet want something with a little more excitement, boba can be a superb option. However, not all boba establishments are created equal. Despite each having that iconic fat straw, some…
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Fern Bar: A new bar coming to Kansas City
This summer, a new bar named “Fern Bar” will be coming to Downtown Kansas City. Fern Bar is an agave and sugarcane-centric bar. Although the bar is stil being renovated, it appears there is a strong sense of what the future business will be. On Fern Bar’s website, it states…
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Photo Feature: Vietnam Cafe
The following photo gallery is from the Vietnam Cafe located at 522 Campbell St., in Kansas City, MO. The cafe is open daily from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and closed on Tuesdays. The cafe offers a variety of menu items and specialty coffee, soda and tea, and is an inexpensive way…
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Restaurant Review: PH Coffee
Comfortably nestled in Pendleton Heights, PH Coffee delivers on both fronts important to a successful coffee shop – coffee and aesthetics. It’s an unassuming place that you might accidentally drive by if you’re not aware of where you are going, but once you find it, you won’t be disappointed. The…
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A Love Letter to Soup
When cold weather comes, there are many recipes that bring comfort and respite from the frigid Midwest winter and annual polar vortexes. Chicken and dumplings, pot pie, lasagna, chicken paprikash and tamales are all popular cold-weather comfort foods. But none of them compare to my favorite thing to cook up…
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How to cook up Christmas magic
As the classic holiday carol proclaims, Christmastime is here. We all should be decking the halls, enjoying the golden days of yore and getting our yule logs ready to go – whatever that means. However, getting into the spirit while the stress of school and a global pandemic drag on…
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How to prepare the ideal Thanksgiving feast
As assignments, a deadly pandemic and post-election tensions fill us with fear, I find solace in filling my mind with warm carbs instead. Thanksgiving may look a little different this year, but quarantine baking has prepared Americans for cooking up a dreamy feast – even if we can’t share it…
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The State of Restaurants in Kansas City: Pirate’s Bone Burgers
The restaurant industry has been hit especially hard throughout 2020. Many restaurants cannot re-open due to COVID-19 precautions, and many patrons do not go to those that are open in an effort to reduce risk in the community. Since the first lockdown in March, the food service industry has lost…
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