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by auntbigdog
Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: City Trip Reports
Topic: austin, texas.
Replies: 43
Views: 13991

Re: austin, texas.

Austin city council does away with parking minimums.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/02 ... -shortage/
by auntbigdog
Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Noka
Replies: 8
Views: 1772

Re: Noka

I ate at the kitchen bar. Tasty, imaginative cocktails and I loved the edamame toast. Pleasant service. But for the price and the theater of breaking apart its terracotta casing with a mallet, I'd have expected the duck not to be dry. The bathroom was something else. Once I wrassled the enormous cry...
by auntbigdog
Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 262425

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

Meanwhile, September & October at the Uptown is great, plus I feel like they've invested a little bit of money into it recently, was in much better shape than the last few times I've been. Ok, I’m being old and set in my ways. I’m going to break my boycott of the Uptown and give them another sh...
by auntbigdog
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:25 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Best Local Trails
Replies: 57
Views: 13850

Re: Best Local Trails

Roanoke Park has volunteer-built trails all around it.
https://www.roanokeparkkc.org/plans/trails

Maybe it's less wild than you're looking for, but I do love Cliff Drive/Kessler Park. It's been my pandemic sanity saver.
by auntbigdog
Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: COVID-19 Casualties
Replies: 222
Views: 157269

Re: COVID-19 Casualties

Freshwater could not catch a break. https://www.kansascity.com/news/busines ... 73827.html
by auntbigdog
Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:17 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: COVID & Carryout
Replies: 62
Views: 25533

Re: COVID & Carryout

I've had good carryout experiences with places already mentioned (Affare, Il Lazzarone, Ravenous), a couple of breweries (Alma Mader, Strange Days), and tonight Bob Wasabi. It wasn't like sitting at the counter and watching Bob work, but we do what we have to do. And it was delicious.
by auntbigdog
Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:09 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Layoffs at The Star
Replies: 546
Views: 163758

Re: Layoffs at The Star

by auntbigdog
Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:42 am
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Open Spaces - Kansas City Arts Experience
Replies: 29
Views: 12739

Re: Open Spaces - Kansas City Arts Experience

grovester wrote: Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:27 pm
taxi wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:29 pm If I can give anyone advice, it is this: do not miss Nick Cave's Hye Dyve.
I can't amplify this enough. Do not miss this.
Agreed. I saw it a month ago and still think about it nearly every day. I keep nagging my friends go so I can talk about it with someone.
by auntbigdog
Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:34 pm
Forum: City Trip Reports
Topic: Jefferson City
Replies: 11
Views: 24867

Re: Jefferson City

Really impressive. Beats the hell out of Topeka! Topeka has quite a few interesting things to look at and do such as the North Topeka arts district, you can also tour the beautifully renovated state capital, they have a railroad museum in their old depot north of the river, they have several beauti...
by auntbigdog
Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Hong Kong
Replies: 7
Views: 4843

Re: Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities. I'd love to see what you've got.
by auntbigdog
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:18 pm
Forum: City Trip Reports
Topic: Slovenia for 7 nights
Replies: 8
Views: 9865

Re: Slovenia for 7 nights

The parts of Slovenia I saw were lovely. We stayed at a charming cottage on Lake Bohinj and wandered around, ate a lot of the local trout and went on a terrifying (to me) horseback ride in the mountains. Very nice people everywhere we went. Then again, you wouldn't be *that* far from Salzburg or Vie...
by auntbigdog
Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:42 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Freshwater - Midtown
Replies: 53
Views: 23983

Re: Freshwater - Midtown

If I'm going buy it on the trafficway (which does seem like a possibility, given the amount of time I spend on it or near it or crossing it), I want to be eating at Freshwater. My one meal there was so imaginative and delicious, and very reasonably priced.
by auntbigdog
Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!
Replies: 596
Views: 179627

Re: wtf is happening to w. 39th?!

Meatball District has reopened, but Sultan's has closed, which makes me very sad. They'd branched out from their delicious pastries into shwarma and falafel, both of which were quite good.
by auntbigdog
Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:42 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Midtown Apartments
Replies: 30
Views: 10955

Re: Midtown Apartments

The obsession with being able to park 10 feet from wherever you want to be --work, restaurant, home -- is fascinating to me, and something I hadn't come across until moving to KC. Friends in Longfellow had a neighbor who would leave a nasty note on the windshield of anyone who had the temerity to pa...
by auntbigdog
Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:39 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Dog friendly patios and places
Replies: 34
Views: 20417

Re: Dog friendly patios and places

Xroads: Cellar Rat doesn't have a patio, but dogs are welcome inside and will get treats and fussing. (Would not recommend this when it's crowded for a tasting or First Friday, though.)
by auntbigdog
Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: favorite under-the-radar mexican places in the kansas city area?
Replies: 153
Views: 55052

Re: favorite under-the-radar mexican places in the kansas city area?

Has anyone ever gone to Jarocho's seafood? Love this place (the KCK one). You're right -- it doesn't look like much from the outside, but there's very high quality food inside, reasonably priced. There's a lot of interesting stuff you won't find anywhere else in town. And watch for dollar oyster ni...
by auntbigdog
Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Dog friendly patios and places
Replies: 34
Views: 20417

Re: Dog friendly patios and places

Ollie's on 31st has a nice shaded patio and will bring water for your dog.
by auntbigdog
Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Dog friendly patios and places
Replies: 34
Views: 20417

Re: Dog friendly restaurant/bar patios

W. 39th:
Miami Ice has a water bowl
Fric & Frac has outdoor seating for all and the occasional piece of bacon for favored pups.