This is the first of hopefully many entries in a new segment here on kcrag. Our own galavanting restaurant afficionado, known on the forum by his moniker, “mean,” had this to say about our first entry: Cheesehead Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Enjoy!
Went with three coworkers. I had the Chicago dog, one coworker had the “vee” and two had the club. We were all quite happy with our sandwiches, and the two of us who got cole slaw were pleasantly surprised to find that it is not nasty, overly-sweet, mayo-based slaw with practically pureed cabbage, but is instead more of a Carolina slaw, a tasty cabbage salad with a slightly sweet and tangy dressing. Tasted like an apple cider vinaigrette. Good stuff.
The Chicago dog grilled cheese was great, they even have the crazy neon green Chicago relish in effect. I’m always up for a Vienna Beef dog, and it was as good as I expected. The Texas toast was tasty and well-caramelized, with a great buttery crunch. I was a teensy bit wary of the Cheddar and mozzarella combo, thinking provolone might be a better fit, but my fears proved to be for naught; it was quite tasty. The only (minor) disappointment was that I couldn’t really taste the onion or celery seed which were supposed to be there. The sandwich was delicious even without their presence being noticeable, but it would have been that much closer to sandwich perfection with them. It also would have been quite cool if they could have somehow put the sandwich on Texas toast with poppy seeds baked into it, but that’s probably asking a bit much.
The prices seemed a touch high for what you get, but certainly not unreasonable, and the quality is definitely there. I’ll gladly pay 10-15% more for a really good sandwich. None of us had been to Cheesehead before today, and the verdict was unanimous: we will be back.
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It has occurred to me that instead of fielding an endless stream of emails and private messages(to which most of the senders unwittingly attach their passwords), it might be more productive to openly state, for everybody, how this site’s forum works for new users. When this forum started to get pretty busy, people with valuable information about how to get the best out of the Nigerian scams, cheap prescription drugs, replica watches, male potency, effortless money, pornography, stock tips, and various other topics saw fit to start flooding the site with spam.
I say people, but I mean robots. Robots running undetected on people’s compromised desktops all over the world, using ingenious forum-spamming and blog-spamming software to post spam “messages” beyond count, in an effort to peddle their ridiculous wares. Some people still insist on using software that makes them easy marks for spreading software virii. Software like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Kazaa, AIM, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, and whatever other damned dangerous software people unfortunately use.
Anyway, we found that the best way to combat these robots would be to require a login to post anything. That worked for a while, but the robots figured out how to register users, and then spam us. The current requirement is that any new user is restricted from starting new threads(topics) on the forum, before they have at least 3 posts. This has brought the spam down to nothing. Barring any further intelligent posturing by the robots, this will be the preferred method we use to prevent spam from being posted on the forum.
For the record, new users aren’t allowed to send or receive private messages, or vote in polls, either.
If you still have questions, feel free to email me.
Mark Funkhouser, having advanced to the general election as a mayoral candidate, was surprised to hear what was apparently some kind of campaign song while auto-seeking through radio stations as he drove home from the grocery store yesterday. “It was a very hip and urban,” Funkhouser said in an interview, “but I was pretty sure we hadn’t commissioned a campaign song.” Just to be sure, he asked his wife, Gloria, who manages the candidate’s campaign.
“I haven’t talked to anybody about creating a song,” Mrs. Squitiro said. “This is a bit peculiar, we are trying very hard to find the source of the song so we can ensure that the artist is not violating campaign law.”
The song, which Funkhouser describes as “A very catchy, hip, urban, modern tune, almost like an evolution of that ‘hip hop’ stuff,” apparently contains the following refrain:
We want the Funk, give us the Funk
We want the Funk, gotta have that Funk
According to Funkhouser, the song refers to “tear(ing) the roof off the mother, sucker,” which is indicative of Funkhouser’s attitude toward implementing drastic change at City Hall. The song also states that, “we gonna turn this mother out,” apparently in reference to outgoing mayor Kay Barnes.
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KANSAS CITY, MO - In the vanguard of many promised changes to funding sources and infrastructure of Kansas City, mayoral hopeful Mark Funkhouser unveiled his first point of policy, should he capture the popular vote on March 27th. He proposes to completely close off downtown.
Funkhouser called the proposal, “prudent,” in a brief campaign press conference held Tuesday night at the Westport Flea Market in Kansas City.
“Seeing as how I oppose tax-increment financing in any form, I can see no more effective solution to our problems than stemming the flow at its most expensive point: Downtown Kansas City.”
Opposition has made itself known very quickly. The Kansas City Private Alliance for Public Funds(KCPAPF) has issued an incendiary statement to Funkhouser’s campaign, and to the community at large.
“Mister Funkhouser was a ravenous city auditor, but his proposal to take the publicly-funded food right out of our mouths will not stand.”
The statement, viewable in full on the website of the KCPAPF, cryptically went on to say, “Funkhouser will not be mayor for very long, if he is elected.”
Despite opposition, Funkhouser remains resolute in his promise. An avid opponent of progress and development, Funkhouser promises the elimination of all functioning elements inside the downtown loop within six months, through the use of minimal cost-containing measures. Chief among these measures is the permanent garrisoning of the Missouri National Guard’s elements of the 35th Infantry Division, into the proposed “no habitation zone.”
“These remarkable men and women in uniform will have standing orders to shoot on sight any interlopers that try to sneak into Downtown Kansas City with intent to perform any miscellaneous commerce,” Funkhouser said.
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With the Kansas City mayoral primary less than two weeks away, the candidates are putting their campaigns into high gear. Katheryn Shields is no exception, and I believe she has the skills and experience to lead Kansas City into the future. I caught up with Katheryn as she was leaving the courthouse after a preliminary hearing for her ongoing mortgage fraud case, and asked her whether she thought she had a chance to win.
“Absolutely,” she said. “Even if the fine citizens of the jury elect me to serve prison time for mortgage fraud, I believe the citizens of Kansas City should elect me to serve as mayor. Kansas City has never had a mayor serve a term from behind bars, and it is this kind of blatant discrimination that fragments and undermines our society.” The freedom-fighting environmentalist went on to compare her various entanglements with the FBI, including a 2005 near-indictment for bribery, as, “just like slavery and racism,” and herself as, “fighting for [her] freedom, like Kunta Kinte.”
“I have been the subject of numerous federal investigations,” Shields acknowledged, but maintains she has done nothing illegal. Her vision and leadership, coupled with her knack for stirring the ire of federal investigators, demonstrates beyond any doubt that Shields is the clear choice for mayor. “We all want Kansas City to be a prominent player on the national stage,” she said, “and I promise to make national headlines on a regular basis.”
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The forum cutover from KC Skycrapers to KCRag is running as this entry is being typed. (Semi-)Extensive testing has led us to believe that everything’s going to be hunky dory in the new location. We’ll see how true that turns out to be. But while you’re here, feel free to have a look around.
This site will begin to get its first real load soon, and hopefully, it’ll take it well.
This is the new home on the web for local information, regarding Kansas City. This site is still finding its feet, and to be honest, still doesn’t even have much of a plan yet. Nevertheless, we are forging ahead in true Kansas City style: headfirst without knowing what we’re getting into.
We’re still working out the kinks of the default theme and appearance, but the links on the side should work nicely for you.
Please let us know if anything would excite you about this site. We’ll be brainstorming on the john in the meantime.
This is KCRag, a local site designed to act as a portal for all things Kansas City. It was born out of the wild success of KCSkyscrapers.com, which served for a number of years as the unofficial authority on urban development in Kansas City. Over time, it grew to be much more than that, though what it was was almost entirely embodied by its very active forum, which is now hosted here.
The goal of KCRag is to continue the fine work of the original Kansas City Skyscrapers site, and to focus the very impressive enthusiasm and energy that was once focused on a forum into more interactive, informative, entertaining, and organized pursuits. We want KCRag to be the main site that locals can search for just about anything having to do with Kansas City, whether it has to do with development, politics, art, infrastructure, culture, nightlife, education, dining, music, sports, current events, or anything else that might interest locals.
We know that people often visit Kansas City, and can find it to be difficult to explore and hence, appreciate. We want this site to be just as useful to outsiders looking for information as it is for locals posting information. We want people in bars who overhear visitors asking about things to do, see, or visit in Kansas City to know that they can refer people to KCRag.
So feel free to have a look around. The entire goal of the site is the open exchange of ideas in a completely friendly, cost-free, ad-free environment. Please enjoy.