Blogs about KC visits

[DaveKCMO]

we're tall. awesome.

[staubio]

I hosted this guy on his walking journey across the country. Awesome guy to hang out with and it sounds like he left with a great impression of our city. Certainly consider making a small contribution to his cause if you are so inclined.

http://nickwalksamerica.blogspot.com/20 ... ay-72.html

[bbqboy]

http://theeatenpath.com/
another bbq visit.
  "The French fries— not just any fries, but fresh potatoes deep fried in pure lard— told a different tale. According to Bryant (according to Trillin), “Pure lard is expensive. But if you want to do a job, you do a job.” Cold as they were, the fries piled next to my short ends confirmed the value of the most heart-clogging, PETA-insulting work ethic in America. Where most fries would have chased the light, crisp archetype of that classic McDonald’s side, Bryant’s lard fried potatoes delivered a punch of meaty heft that could have constituted its own meal. It was as if the founders of In-N-Out had decided to turn their noses at health-conscious California and plant their fry baskets in the Buffalo graveyards of the Oregon Trail."

[NDTeve]

"plant their fry baskets in the Buffalo graveyards of the Oregon Trail"

- "Very Cosmopolitan"
  - Doc Holliday in Tombstone

[DaveKCMO]

canadians invade and notice all of our parking lots!

http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2008/1 ... nsas-city/

The dominant mode is, of course, the car. Freeways carve up the landscape. There is a grid of arterials. And mostly low density residential, single use neighborhoods, which get much less dense as you get further from the centre. The roads get much faster and wider too, with large commercial centres that seem to be mostly parking lots.

The great draw is the creation of a shopping and dining area near the major hospitals. The Country Club Plaza is designed to look like Seville, KC’s twin city in Spain.

[bbqboy]

http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/200 ... nsas-city/
Kansas City has many interesting monikers. Home to KC Masterpiece, this city has been lovingly dubbed as the”Barbecue Capital Of The World.” Also known for the Kansas City Strip cut of steak, K.C. is not exactly the kind of town you’d think would be big on organic dining. Well, you’ll be surprised to find, amongst the European-style boulevards and fountains that have given this city the names “City Of Fountains” and “Paris Of The Plains,” there are some stellar choices for connoisseurs of fresh, local and healthy, cuisine. cont....

[staubio]

I thought this was an interesting account of the types of total random and interesting things that can happen when you visit a city. I'd love to have an experience like this:

http://www.runofplay.com/2008/11/03/mls ... re-i-went/

[MightyKC]

Great find staubio but have you ever heard of this place??  I'm always embarrased when someone comes to town and ends up getting shitty BBQ.  At least they had live Jazz...

[scooterj]

Is this person sure they were in KC?  I can't find a reference to a place by this name anywhere, and his description of the neighborhood doesn't match anyplace I know.

[staubio]

Is this person sure they were in KC?   I can't find a reference to a place by this name anywhere, and his description of the neighborhood doesn't match anyplace I know.

Well, it is a blog about the Columbus Crew and he was here the night the Crew were playing the Wizards. Not sure what place he is talking about but I imagined 18th and Vine when he described it. I too looked for a match on the name but I can't figure out what he was talking about. I'll try to contact him.

[scooterj]

Well, it is a blog about the Columbus Crew and he was here the night the Crew were playing the Wizards. Not sure what place he is talking about but I imagined 18th and Vine when he described it. I too looked for a match on the name but I can't figure out what he was talking about. I'll try to contact him.

18th & Vine was my guess too but Bryant's is the only place I know of near there.    I even checked restaurant inspection reports and found no place with remotely close of a name.

[moderne]

I could imagine a BBQ joint in Carolina or Memphis with pork in its name, but in Kansas City?

[ComandanteCero]

FAAAAAKE!!!



which would be too bad, cause it sounded like a cool place 

[loftguy]

It seems like a stream of unconsciousness work.  Kind of like some of the post-bar postings I find on this forum some mornings.

[phuqueue]

Man, a "secret noir-movie barbecue district" sounds like the coolest place in the world.  The post may be fake, but let's make this happen.

[Beermo]

i figure he never left columbus and had to make up some kind of story to get his expense money.

[scooterj]

Any idea how much time I wasted in Google Street view trying to find this mysterious, nonexistent BBQ joint? 

[bbqboy]

Street Sweepers?

[Tosspot]

- sort of related here -

occasionally i'll have dreams that i'm walking through or flying above non-existent but awe-inducing parts of Kansas City. I've dreamed that KCK had an ornate and moderately dense built environment with architecture totally unique to this region of the country and from the founding of that area. Along with discovering some amazing neghborhoods, buildings, and districts that, in the dreams I have had, are in Kansas City but in fact never existed to begin with. Maybe the best one was when I dreamed I was returning home on leave to Kansas City from some kind of deep space military assignment several centuries in the future, flying towards the city in a ship/shuttle craft vehicle with the interior like a normal room, where we're all standing up, surrounded by windows - we could all see the skyline of buildings and edifices erected over those intervening centuries, flying above and into it all, and making our way to a landing pad on top of a skyscraper that probably won't be built for a few hundred years or more. Thrilling. If I woke up suddenly in the 24th Century or the 30th Century or even the 1000th Century - first thing I'd ask is to let me have a look at KC - the old hometown.

[trailerkid]

Great find staubio but have you ever heard of this place??  I'm always embarrased when someone comes to town and ends up getting shitty BBQ.  At least they had live Jazz...

Can we get over this already?

If a BBQ "expert" comes to town and hates Kansas City it may be worth a mention, but having Ted from Dallas have a bad experience at Famous Dave's DOESN'T MATTER. Kansas City needs to invent new and surprising experiences for visitors instead of dwelling on the validity what we already do quite well.