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Title: Pryde's Old Westport
Description: The "About Town" column features Pryde's Old Westport store, now run by the founders' daughter Louise Meyers. John and Connie Perucca started the store taking the name from Connie's middle name. The building the store is now in on Westport Road was built in 1922 and was formerly the Helen Thomes School of Dance. A bakery called The Upper Crust is now located on the first floor of Pryde's.
Date: 2007-04-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Restaurants
Description: File contains information on various restaurants.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Joe Z saves The Flea
Description: When residents were battling developers who wanted to replace The Westport Flea Market with a Hooter's Restaurant in 2005, restauranteur Joe Zwillenberg came to the rescue. The former owner of Joe Joe's Italian Eatery bought the Flea Market.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The City Window: Pig Snoot Heaven
Description: News of the latest Westport restaurant, at 303 Westport Road, actually called Pig Snoot Heaven and serving sandwiches made from pig snouts.
Date: 1978-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Jack Straw's Courtyard
Description: Elevated view of Jack Straw's Courtyard, a restaurant area. Architect Stuart Hutchinson, of McCoy, Hutchinson Stone Architects, received an award for his work in making the location among the most enjoyable small urban landscapes to be found nationwide.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: David Max Golad Obituary
Description: Death notice for David M. Golad who died December 21, 2006, at the age of 85. "In 1952, Mr. Golad opened Dave's 423 Club, one of the first taverns in Westport. In 1972, he relocated to 316 Westport Road as Dave's Stagecoach Inn..." He was awarded the first lottery license in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes his picture.
Date: 2006-12-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: To the End of the Rainbow by Stagecoach
Description: Article about the history of Dave's Stagecoach Inn, a bar in Westport "on Westport Road between Main and Broadway," established in 1952, owned, and operated by Dave Golad, with photo.
Date: 1978-10
Object Type: Magazine Article