Tag: Eric Flanagan

Shawnee’s new chef-driven sports bar serves retro with a side of Spam fries and banana ketchup

By Tommy Felts / March 20, 2025

Serial Kansas City hotspot founder opens door to Hank’s Garage with chefs Howard Hanna, Zac Sachs Eric Flanagan’s latest venture turns a former Shawnee auto shop into the resurrected downtown entertainment district’s newest destination — a casual neighborhood sports bar, complete with an innovative and elevated menu, classic beers, craft cocktails, and an outdoor patio…

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I’m with Hank: Meet the tribute-turned-brew child of these beer-drinking serial entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / July 25, 2024

A limited-release craft lager at Jim’s Alley Bar and Alma Mader Brewing pays homage to classic American brewing traditions and a shared family name, said Nick Mader and Eric Flanagan. The duo joined forces this summer to release “Hank” — in honor of several family relatives with the middle name “Henry,” as well as Flanagan’s…

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Founders want answers for investors after crowdfunding platform fueling emerging bars, restaurants unexpectedly shutters

By Tommy Felts / May 18, 2024

News this week that peer-to-peer business lending platform Mainvest would cease operations within a month “came out of left field,” said Jhy Coulter. “We got the email just like everyone else, and it was pretty surprising,” the owner of Orange By: Devoured and Devoured Pizza said, adding that she feels “sad because I felt like…

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Look up for ‘King Me’: How Rif Raf Giraffe’s colorful new mural paints a full circle moment on this Crossroads corner 

By Tommy Felts / July 15, 2022

The chaos created by an unexpected building collapse that sent Jason Harrington’s East Crossroads apartment crumbling to the pavement below ultimately made room for an even larger canvas, said the famed graffiti artist also known as Rif Raf Giraffe. In 2018, the building now home to King G — a neighborhood bar and deli —…

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Eric Flanagan, King G

How King G plans to rule a rebuilt Crossroads corner with a muffaletta and glass raised to perseverance

By Tommy Felts / May 15, 2021

Rum, rye, and a retail renaissance are headed for the business district that sits just east of the Crossroads Arts District, teased Eric Flanagan. “I’m passionate about sandwiches; I’m passionate about beer; I’m passionate about good service, good music. All the stuff I love, I’m trying to bring that into this place,” said the Kansas…

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