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Title
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Another Iconic KC Restaurant Closes its Doors
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Description
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Article announces that the Golden Ox restaurant, opened in the West Bottoms in 1949, has closed following its final dinner service on Saturday, December 21, 2014. Bill Haw Sr., owner of the Livestock Exchange Building and former landlord for the Golden Ox, discusses the restaurant's closing. Other iconic Kansas City restaurants that have closed or have survived by adapting to the changing restaurant climate in Kansas City are discussed.
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Date
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2014-12-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Home Cooking
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Description
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Article traces the history of the restaurant industry in the Kansas City and its transition from a cow town to "Midwestern mecca for fine dining." Fred Harvey is credited with providing the first high quality dining experience in the region, opening the first Harvey House restaurant in Topeka, KS, in 1876. Some of the restaurateurs who followed Harvey and helped grow Kansas City's dining industry include Jay Dilligham, Al Carder, Myron Green, Arthur Bryant, Ollie Gates, Carl DiCapo, Ed Holland, Joe Gilbert, Paul Robinson, Paul Khoury, and Bill Crooks. An accompanying timeline shows major restaurant openings and closings from 1876 through 2014.
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Date
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2014-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Gaines and Losses
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Description
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Article focuses upon the long restaurant career of Ralph Gaines, the first manager of the Golden Ox steakhouse and founder of the Colony Steakhouse and Lobster Pot restaurants. Gaines' daughter, Karen Gaines, is interviewed and provides details regarding her family's history in the Kansas City restaurant business.
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Date
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2013-11-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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West Bottoms
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Description
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The column "Neighborhoods" examines the West Bottoms and its variety of establishments including restautrants like the Golden Ox (1600 Genesee St., Suite 225), R Bar (1617 Genessee St.), and the Genessee Royale Bistro (1531 Genessee St.), art galleries (Dolphin Gallery), and the Amigoni Urban Winery at 1600 Genessee St., Suite 160.
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Date
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2011-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard of the dining area in the Golden Ox. The postcard is a "genuine 'C.T. Curteichcolor' post card - The Allis Press, Kansas City, Mo." The advertisement reads "at the Kansas City Stockyards 'Where Steak is Born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard with pictures of the interior and exterior of the Golden Ox Restaurant. Photography by Bob Cunningham. Advertisement states "Located at the Stock Yards, 1600 Genesee, Kansas City, Mo., Telephone 816-842-2866 Just five minutes from downtown K.C. Internationally famous for steaks. Seating capacity 300. Banquet facilities available. Also in Washington D.C. and Denver, Colo. 'Where the steak is born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Golden Ox
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting a horse rider waving his hat to a group of people entering the Golden Ox restaurant. The artwork is signed Shortino. The back of the postcard includes an advertisement of the restaurant as "...one of the world's unique dining spots..." The address label for a Mrs. Carl L. Thompson in St. Joseph, Missouri is affixed to the back of the postcard.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Livestock Exchange Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Livestock Exchange building at 1600 Genessee Street in the early 1980s. The building opened in 1910 as offices for the surrounding Kansas City stockyards operation, and was later converted to general office use after the closing of the stockyards. Signs advertise a Boatmen's Bank branch and a snack shop as tenants of the building. Golden Ox restaurant stands at the south end of the building.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
