Woman-led

Cafe Cà Phê returns to the West Bottoms with second location for KC’s popular Vietnamese coffee shop

By Tommy Felts / July 11, 2023

A Cafe Cà Phê satellite location inside 12th Street Post in the West Bottoms is the perfect step for continuing the mission of Kansas City’s only Vietnamese coffee shop, shared founder Jackie Nguyen. Just shy of the one year anniversary of its Columbus Park space, Cafe Cà Phê celebrated the grand opening of its new…

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She wanted to bring her favorite foodie magazine to KC; her mother’s sudden death put this publisher’s plans on the back burner 

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2023

Lauren Cook’s passion for Edible Communities magazine drove her appetite to revive it in Kansas City, she shared, but an unexpected life change has her hoping to hand the publisher’s apron to someone else. Cook purchased the license to publish the city-specific food magazine — each independently run by publishers in metros across the country…

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Her red sauce is dynamite but Ragazza’s owner gives the chef title to her Italian heritage 

By Tommy Felts / July 6, 2023

Family is baked into the core of Laura Norris’ restaurants, she shared, from the Italian recipes served at Ragazza in Westport to the brother-sister duo running the new Enzo Wine Bar and Bistro together in the River Market. She opened Ragazza, which now sits at the corner of 43rd and Main streets, in 2013 and…

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Former Independence mayor named interim executive director for LGBT Chamber

By Tommy Felts / July 6, 2023

An interim leader was announced Thursday as the Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce forms a search committee tasked with identifying the next full-time executive director for the Kansas City-based business advocacy group. Eileen Weir, who served as mayor of Independence, Missouri, from 2014 to 2022, takes on the interim role July 11 after the announcement…

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Depression doesn’t have to ruin your career, but you do need a plan (Holistic Hustle)

By Tommy Felts / July 5, 2023

Kharissa Parker is a news producer, writer, certified health coach, and “Holistic Hustle” columnist for Startland News. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. For more of her self-care tips on how to keep your cup full, visit kparker.co. Businesses have become much more health conscious over recent years. From step challenges…

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