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Papu's Cafe in Waldo at 75th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue is located in the Shell gas station that Khalid Sirhandi owns and operates. About a year ago, Sirhandi decided to open his Middle…
Date : 2010-12-29
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article profiles Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig, 33, a finalist in the Bravo network series "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." Honig was chosen from a field of more than 1,000…
Date : 2010-08-11
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
One of Kansas City area's highest-profile companies, Applebee's International Inc., is being sold to IHOP Inc. Article includes "Applebee's Through the Years" and a…
Date : 2007-07-17
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article on John DiCapo, co-owner of DiCapo foods and son of civic leader Carl DiCapo, and his plans for resurrecting the Italian Gardens as a franchise.
Date : 2011-12-02
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Review of the Phoenix Piano Bar and Grill, located at 302 W. 8th Street. Includes background information about previous proprietors of the Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant, which opened at the same…
Date : 2006-06-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describes the opening of the City Ice Arts Center located in the old Kansas City Ice Building at 2029 Campbell Street in the Crossroads Arts District. Sean Kelley, owner, sees it as "a…
Date : 2011-01-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Richard Nadeau who died August 5, 2010, "is remembered as 'a crazy, eccentric, wonderful fighter' for real art." Article includes a picture of Nadeau and one of the many artworks…
Date : 2010-08-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describing the history of hotels and the food service they offered over the years in Kansas City. Includes a description of the Ormond Hotel, once located on the southwest corner of Linwood…
Date : 2006-08-27
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Discusses ther various aspects and current status of fiber art, fiber artists, and companies associated with fiber art in the Kansas City area.
Date : 2000-06
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Breif article describing the building at 528 Walnut, which became home to a Dos Hombres mexican restaurant in 2006. The author writes that over the building's 135 year life, it has been home to…
Date : 2006-05-18
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Review of The Bamboo Hut, a restaurant located at 10111 East Highway 40. A "combination saloon and dining room," the restaurant has had only five owners since opening in 1932.
Date : 2005-02-24
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article chronicles the state of Prospect Avenue by focusing upon three restaurants that are thriving despite the street's negative image. The author interviews Dave Crane, owner of Jim's…
Date : 2014-12-11
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Feature article on Teresa's Drive-In located at 6450 Truman Road and owned by Tony Gallo. New features include a drive-through window.
Date : 2002-02-13
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Obituary for Notzie Rotolo, "78, of Kansas City, Mo.," a restaurant owner and operator dying on June 5, 2001. Born in 1922 and serving in World War II before establishing "Joe's…
Date : 2001-06-13
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Postcard image and short article about Sni-A-Bar Gardens, described as the "largest and best appointed dinner dance place in the central west." The entertainment venue was located at 40…
Date : 2012-04-11
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The Cordish Co. is to announce a new restaurant which is to be a part of the Power and Light District downtown. "Vinino, a bistro with cuisine from southern Europe and an extensive selection of…
Date : 2006-08-21
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article discussing the experimental film series Electromediascope at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Date : 1999-04-22
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describing a final visit to the original Stroud's Restaurant location at 85th and Troost by George Brett and Rush Limbaugh, who became a fan of Stroud's during his years working for…
Date : 2005-12-19
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The Peachtree restaurant located in the 18th and Vine area is moving to the new Kansas City Power & Light District in the spring. The soul food restaurant is looking for a location with more…
Date : 2007-12-14
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Brief interview with Danny Edwards, proprietor of Lil' Jake's Eat It & Beat It (1227 Grand), a downtown barbecue restaurant known for its famous pink concrete pig. The author writes…
Date : 2007-01-04
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Obituary for Harry Weiss, a restaurant operator here more than 40 years dying in 1965.
Date : 1965-11-16
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Review of the Power Plant Restaurant and Brewery.
Date : 2000-03-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article on the art collection of John "Topper" Johntz of Prairie Village. Johntz has over 800 pieces by 105 artists in his home, including works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Francisco…
Date : 2012-11-24
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Obituary for George Cascone, owner of the Cascone family restaurants in North Kansas City, Kansas City, and Overland Park, who died February 22, 2010. Cascone first was a teacher at St. Charles…
Date : 2010-02-25
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
The Irish pub, Raglan Road, one of the pioneering businesses in the Power & Light District, filed for bankruptcy protection after three years of operation.
Date : 2011-09-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)