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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Don't forget--Restaurant Week starts tomorrow!
That's right, tomorrow begins Kansas City's second year of "Restaurant Week", benefiting Harvesters, the Community Food Network.
From their website:
10% of the cost of each meal purchased from KC Restaurant Week menus will be donated to Harvesters in an effort to fight hunger in the Kansas City area. In 2010, this event raised more than $55,000, providing some 275,000 meals to our neighbors in need.
Diners can enjoy delcious and budget-friendly meals at 100 participating restaurants during the 10-day event. Select from multiple course prix-fixe menus, with lunch for $15 and dinner for $30.
So if you're going to eat out anyway, please do what you can over the next week to patronize one of the 100 restaurants in town that are participating in this very worthy project.
You can check on your favorite participating restaurant here: http://www.kansascityrestaurantweek.com/restaurants/
Links: http://www.kansascityrestaurantweek.com/; http://www.visitkc.com/; http://www.inkkc.com/; http://www.morestaurants.org/; http://www.harvesters.org/; http://www.kj.com/; http://www.discover.com/; http://www.boulevard.com/; http://www.kansascity.com/; http://www.spaceskc.com/; http://www.pepsirefreshproject.com/;
http://kansascity.usfoodservice.com/SitePages/Home.aspx; http://www.theroasterie.com/;
http://www.kcoriginals.com/; http://nightlifekc.com/dining; http://www.opentable.com/home.aspx;
http://airealmobile.com/
From their website:
10% of the cost of each meal purchased from KC Restaurant Week menus will be donated to Harvesters in an effort to fight hunger in the Kansas City area. In 2010, this event raised more than $55,000, providing some 275,000 meals to our neighbors in need.
Diners can enjoy delcious and budget-friendly meals at 100 participating restaurants during the 10-day event. Select from multiple course prix-fixe menus, with lunch for $15 and dinner for $30.
So if you're going to eat out anyway, please do what you can over the next week to patronize one of the 100 restaurants in town that are participating in this very worthy project.
You can check on your favorite participating restaurant here: http://www.kansascityrestaurantweek.com/restaurants/
Links: http://www.kansascityrestaurantweek.com/; http://www.visitkc.com/; http://www.inkkc.com/; http://www.morestaurants.org/; http://www.harvesters.org/; http://www.kj.com/; http://www.discover.com/; http://www.boulevard.com/; http://www.kansascity.com/; http://www.spaceskc.com/; http://www.pepsirefreshproject.com/;
http://kansascity.usfoodservice.com/SitePages/Home.aspx; http://www.theroasterie.com/;
http://www.kcoriginals.com/; http://nightlifekc.com/dining; http://www.opentable.com/home.aspx;
http://airealmobile.com/
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Bad Intentions---or how not to do a restaurant
Pardon me while I digress a bit today. I went to a restaurant last evening with family and came away stunned at the train wreck of ideas that it is and just had to write about it. I'll keep it brief.
The restaurant is "Intentions" in downtown Overland Park. Wow. Talk about a melange of bad ideas put together, poor things. Who would ever think of doing a--mostly--sushi restaurant with really loud rock and roll music and bright, nearly blinding lighting (forgive that last slight exaggeration there) but that's what they've done.
It's at 80th and Metcalf (7316 W. 80th St). I don't know how long they've been open--I don't think very long. And they spent a great deal of money to make the place look good inside, albeit way too much fire engine red for my tastes but that's subjective, for sure. Maybe lots of other people would like it that way.
The menu has lots of different sushi items from which to choose and each item is named after a popular song. For example, a "Start me up" is a house salad with ginger dressing, it says, while an "R.E.S.P.E.C.T" is an asian wrap. You get the idea. And they also have burgers, steaks and pasta on the menu, too, for those of us who don't know our sushi from sashimi.
The sushi we had consisted of sticky white rice that felt and tasted starchy. If it weren't for the sauce we dipped them in, I don't know that I'd have gotten any flavor. I will say that the presentation on the plate, when we were served was nice. It looked good to the eye.
Out wait staff were nice and pleasant. The young man (with trendy embedded ear ring hoops, I might add) was cheerful and knowledgeable. He was also training a new young lady for the job at the time.
After searching for them on the internet, I see they not only have a Facebook page but they also have--stunningly to me, 815 friends. Who knows? Maybe trendy, young, twenty-somethings like this place and the mix of sushi and loud music and it really gets going on the weekends.
So we gave it a try, decided it was either for a completely different age group or just a patently bad idea. Again, from the website: "popular live music venue committed to bringing you the best in cover bands. From Motown to Rock and Roll, we have it all." If it works, it will be because of the music, young people and whatever they eat. We took bets they're closed by this Winter, not that we're wishing it on anyone.
In the meantime, right around the corner from this place is "Taste". Go check it out. A nice, quiet place with great food and quick service that is sophisticated without being stuffy---very pleasant. (Get the chef's sampler. It's terrific). This place can save the evening for you. I know it did for us.
Links: http://www.intentionsnightlife.com/default.html;
http://www.taste-kc.com/
The restaurant is "Intentions" in downtown Overland Park. Wow. Talk about a melange of bad ideas put together, poor things. Who would ever think of doing a--mostly--sushi restaurant with really loud rock and roll music and bright, nearly blinding lighting (forgive that last slight exaggeration there) but that's what they've done.
It's at 80th and Metcalf (7316 W. 80th St). I don't know how long they've been open--I don't think very long. And they spent a great deal of money to make the place look good inside, albeit way too much fire engine red for my tastes but that's subjective, for sure. Maybe lots of other people would like it that way.
The menu has lots of different sushi items from which to choose and each item is named after a popular song. For example, a "Start me up" is a house salad with ginger dressing, it says, while an "R.E.S.P.E.C.T" is an asian wrap. You get the idea. And they also have burgers, steaks and pasta on the menu, too, for those of us who don't know our sushi from sashimi.
The sushi we had consisted of sticky white rice that felt and tasted starchy. If it weren't for the sauce we dipped them in, I don't know that I'd have gotten any flavor. I will say that the presentation on the plate, when we were served was nice. It looked good to the eye.
Out wait staff were nice and pleasant. The young man (with trendy embedded ear ring hoops, I might add) was cheerful and knowledgeable. He was also training a new young lady for the job at the time.
After searching for them on the internet, I see they not only have a Facebook page but they also have--stunningly to me, 815 friends. Who knows? Maybe trendy, young, twenty-somethings like this place and the mix of sushi and loud music and it really gets going on the weekends.
So we gave it a try, decided it was either for a completely different age group or just a patently bad idea. Again, from the website: "popular live music venue committed to bringing you the best in cover bands. From Motown to Rock and Roll, we have it all." If it works, it will be because of the music, young people and whatever they eat. We took bets they're closed by this Winter, not that we're wishing it on anyone.
In the meantime, right around the corner from this place is "Taste". Go check it out. A nice, quiet place with great food and quick service that is sophisticated without being stuffy---very pleasant. (Get the chef's sampler. It's terrific). This place can save the evening for you. I know it did for us.
Links: http://www.intentionsnightlife.com/default.html;
http://www.taste-kc.com/
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