Tag: Parlor

Cheese, chips, and cheers: Deez Nachos joins Parlor with its first fixed location

By Tommy Felts / December 13, 2023

Dwight Tiller II is taking his family’s loaded nacho business from wheels to brick-and-mortar with its new spot — parked on the first floor of Parlor, Kansas City’s first modern food hall.  Previously at the Crossroads-based Parlor as the former co-owner and head chef of KC Mac and Co., Tiller now is taking Deez Nachos…

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Sicilian legacy meats its match: Why this rising star on KC’s food scene was DiCapo’s pick to take over family pizzeria after nearly 100-year run

By Tommy Felts / August 31, 2022

As a teenager working in downtown Kansas City in the 1990s, Theresa Santos found herself spending her breaks and spare time at the Italian Gardens restaurant on 12th and Baltimore, she recalled. Growing up in New York City and infatuated with Italian culture and food, Santos quickly became friends with the staff — then the…

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Theresa “Ting” Santos, Ting’s Filipino Bistro

Ting’s takes a page from grandma’s cookbook, bringing Filipino fare to KC; second ‘dream’ location coming to 39th Street 

By Tommy Felts / February 22, 2022

Filipino food goes hand-in-hand with Theresa “Ting” Santos’ fondest memories, she said. Wherever her family gathered to celebrate or just simply be together, food followed.  “It’s always been a passion of mine to feed a lot of people. My grandma in the Philippines had her own little eatery. When I was little, I would go…

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Roman Raya, Taco Tank

Streets to tableside eats: Taco Tank gets off the ground, rolling into Crossroads food hall

By Tommy Felts / November 6, 2021

Streetside tacos are a thing of the past for Kansas City-stuffed Taco Tank, but a brick-and-mortar expansion into Parlor’s Crossroads food hall means the potential of its authentic, Mexican street food is just hitting the grill, Roman Raya said.  “We were sharing a kitchen before with four other food trucks as our commissary. It was…

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Chicken Kalguksu; photo by Ashlin Wang

Limited run, limited risk: Sura Eats chef tests appetite for expansion with Korean noodle bar 

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2021

One of Crossroads-cooked Parlor’s longest serving tenants is getting an extra helping of success, launching a limited-run concept just feet away from its original counter.  Keeyoung Kim, chef and owner of Sura Eats, plans to formally open Sura Noodle Bar Thursday — the result of a growing hunger for his Korean cuisine and a strong partnership…

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