Tag: Startland News Year 2021

Kinley Strickland and Calvin Vick, KC Daiquiri Shop: Bistreaux

KC Daiquiri Shop: Bistreaux bringing a second line of family-focused Cajun flair to Overland Park

By Tommy Felts / April 2, 2021

When a second KC Daiquiri Shop goes marching into the Overland Park faubourg (suburb) later this month, family and flavor will round out the goals of its expansion — a passion project of its owners who are committed to meeting a rising local demand for authentic Cajun cuisine, they said.  “When we first started with…

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Brian Roberts, The Black Pantry

Black Pantry coming to Midtown: Boutique for Black-owned essentials opening storefront in shared space with Made in KC

By Tommy Felts / March 23, 2021

When an opportunity pops up, make it permanent, said Brian Roberts, teasing the opening next month of The Black Pantry’s first brick-and-mortar storefront. The 650-square-foot space on the revitalized Martini Corner in Midtown is expected to open in early April: the product of an evolving partnership with the team at Made in KC. Roberts originally…

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Lisa Peña, Urban Hikes KC

Outside routine: KCK native’s Urban Hikes reveal unseen Kansas City hidden in plain sight

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2021

Traditional paths aren’t for Lisa Peña — and her latest business venture (or adventure) is proof, aiming to show Kansas Citians on both sides of the state line an unfiltered version of two cities they might think they already know.  “It really perpetuates getting to know your city more,” Peña, founder of Urban Hikes KC, said…

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Jasper Sanders, Deposit The Work

KCK trainer launches lifestyle, fitness app that pays users cashback for burning calories 

By Tommy Felts / February 18, 2021

Investing in your health just got a lot more literal with Deposit The Work — an app that pays users when they burn calories — explained Jasper Sanders. “I was trying to come up with a way for people to stay with fitness,” said Sanders, the app’s Kansas City, Kansas-based founder. “A lot of people…

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Downtown Royals ballpark design by Pendulum Studio

Why an award-winning KC firm designed a downtown Royals stadium (sky pool included) for free

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2021

Architecture is more than design — it’s a business, the founder of Pendulum said: the business of balancing what’s possible with what actually works. When Jonathan O’Neil Cole and his team at Pendulum Studio released concepts in July 2020 for a potential — and long-talked-about — downtown stadium for the Kansas City Royals baseball team, the…

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