There is another bar/restaurant opening along the east side of Main Street north of Bazookas that is called Bulldog Bar and Grill. Bar Natasha to the north of Dixie Bell Complex also appears to be about to open (if it's not already) too.
With the entertainment district plan taking so long, it appears that the Crossroads area will become the defacto entertainment district long before any new arena and entertainment district is developed.
Most successful entertainmnet districts happen naturally, rather than when a government and developers come in with a big plan and pretty drawings. Look at West 39th St. - virtually no "assistance" from city hall and it's one of the most popular destinations in the city.
I could have swore I heard or read somewhere that Bazookas was opening a restaurant of some sort, somewhere -- and I presume that "right next door" to Bazookas would be the most logical place to have it.
I frequent "Retro Infirno" (the mega-cool vintage furniture store right across the street), and initially I thought it was odd that a bar/restaurant would be opening so darn close to Bazookas. (But then I figured that Bazookas was behind the bar/restaurant in the first place.)
10-year resident of KCMO, who lives in the Volker neighborhood, near the West 39th Street corridor. I grew up outside of St. Louis, on the Illinois side of the river (near Belleville, IL).
The Bulldog???? Sounds like they have a nice tossed salad off the menu.
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