Mar 2, 2021 | bourbon, champagne, city guides, cocktails, gin, Kansas City, lists, mezcal, rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey
If you’ve visited Kansas City before, you know that it’s a food and beverage town. It has great breweries, some high quality distilleries, many incredible restaurants and BBQ. While I have recently written about several other cities, I have neglected to...
Feb 23, 2021 | city guides, cocktails, Day Trips from Kansas City, gin, ingredient travel, Kansas City, lists, rum, tequila, vodka, whiskey
Although I’ve lived in Kansas City for nearly 18 years, I didn’t know that much about its history. While Kansas has always had stricter liquor laws than Missouri, they were polar opposites during prohibition. Kansas enacted prohibition voluntarily in 1881,...
Feb 16, 2021 | city guides, cocktails, Kansas City
I had my first cocktail-paired dining experience in Bali. It was incredible and delicious. Six months after I returned home to Kansas City, I saw that one of my favorite bars–The Hey! Hey! Club–was offering a supper club with a cocktail pairing. I had to...
Jan 8, 2021 | city guides, cocktails, Kansas City, Missouri
From the team behind The Monarch Bar and Verdigris, comes The Mercury Room. This the second bar the Exit Strategy has opened during a pandemic, the first being Verdigris in June 2020. The Exit Strategy includes David Manica, Christian Moscoso, Dominic Petrucci, and...
Dec 16, 2020 | Aruba, city guides
The last nine months have been a bit wild. I’ve fully enjoyed getting out of my basement office with a once-a-month roadtrip. Seeing the world pass by from my car as I made my way to Nashville, Duluth, Colorado, and Chicago. Recently, a friend invited me to...
Nov 20, 2020 | city guides, cocktails, lists, oklahoma
Despite living only five hours away, and driving through many times, I had yet to stop and explore much of Oklahoma. I started looking into the cocktail scene in nearby cities for my monthly road trips and quickly added Oklahoma City to my list. Not only is there a...