These may all be old news, but they're new to me and I didn't see anything recent on this site.
From south to north...
Last night on my way to bowling I noticed a new sign up on Swift and a lot of bar tables in the windows. Velo Garage & Tap House, 1403 Swift. (The short building immediately north of the old costume store.)
Tapcade is working on a second location in the former Shock Treatment building at the southeast corner of 18th & Swift.
Chicken n Pickle is getting moving on a rooftop deck.
A few weeks after I asked if they were going to take over the empty storefront next door for the brewery operation and they said "no, just one of the bathrooms", Colony Espresso & Beer has taken over that empty shop and is working on turning it into event space.
And, Christine's Firehouse will be moving out of the current building behind CVS this summer to a new location with better visibility on Swift. The new location is a few doors north of 20th. "The dining area will be separated from the music area, so now you can come down for steak night and not have to complain that the band is too loud," I was told by a staffer who knows all too well that I'm a grumpy old man who likes good food but hates having to shout over too-loud music.
I think NKC is the hidden diamond of the metro.
It's a central, easy access location, has great skyline views and now getting back to it's urban roots.
Small village - big amenities.
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I agree. It is very KC in its blue collarness, but has a strong development trend with quite a few interesting spots to visit these days. If the streetcar ran to Armour, NKC would explode.
And NKC has 'free' Gigabit internet to all residents (after $300 activation fee) that they built with casino money. Any raggers using it?
Maybe they should have used that to extend streetcar. NKC was once one of wealthiest small town munis (treasury) due to having a casino and large corporate tax base. Is that still the case?
BTW, KC metro as a whole has had more white collar leaning jobs than blue since the 80s, especially compared to most of midwest. Though take away JoCo and metro would be much more blue collar.
