How Meshuggah Bagels ‘built a bakery without a recipe’ — now expanding to Liberty, Lawrence
Pete Linde tested 72 bagel recipes before hitting perfection with number 73, said Janna Linde. She knows because she tried every single test bagel. “Pete worked on that recipe for about a year. He had a notebook and took notes on every little tweak and modification he made. I’d see the big hand mixer come…
Read MoreRoyals preview ballpark of the future: Now they need to decide where to put it
Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. The Royals are choosing between a stadium and entertainment district in Kansas City’s East Village or in North Kansas City. The…
Read MoreChingu Coffee blends ‘familiar with not-so-familiar’ in a shop that embraces its neighbors alongside Korean heritage
Keeyoung Kim’s latest concepts — Chingu and Chingu Coffee — revolve around community, the Sura Eats chef and owner shared. Chingu means “friend” in Korean, he explained, and friendship is the recurring theme between the restaurant — which debuted July 2022 in Westport — and the coffee shop — which soft opened in mid-May in…
Read MoreSerial entrepreneur jumps back into the founder seat with smart online advertising platform
Two years after becoming a twice-exited startup founder, Matt Watson is back at the helm of a new venture: At Capacity — a smart advertising platform geared toward small business owners who offer home services like plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work. Serving as co-founder of At Capacity alongside Meg Stapleton, Watson said the company officially…
Read MoreTikTok’s favorite moving company pivots to full-time influencer business, growing LGM Boys brand
Kansas City’s highest rated moving company has packed up its operations. The group of friends who started the business — Let’s Get Moving — made the strategic move to pivot their venture to full-time digital content creation. “We started a moving business to help make money to allow us to do what we wanted to…
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