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Bottled Legacy
Shatto is still doing it the old-fashioned way — and Kansas City can't get enough. Article and Photography by Jennifer Kirby Shatto Milk Company, tucked into the rolling farmland north of Kansas City, does more than just sell a product. Their business tells a story and has been doing it for over a hundred years. The land itself tells the first part of the story. Barb Shatto grew up on this farm. Her parents milked cows here. The property has been in her family for more than a century, and...
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Real Estate
More Than A Shopping Center
25 years of Parkville Commons and the partnerships behind it Article by Dale Brouk | Photography by Photos courtesy of Dale Brouk Today, most people know Parkville Commons as the place to go for their everyday needs. From its flagship tenant, Price Chopper, to some of Parkville’s favorite restaurants — such as Nick and Jake’s, Acre, Sakae Sushi, Pizza Hut and Jimmy John's — Parkville Commons has it all. “The developer had a great vision and a great plan for Parkville Commons, and we were...
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Food + Beverage
A Novel Cafe
Provis Coffee hopes to be North Kansas City's new third space Article by Reilly Atkins | Photography by Hannah Schreiner Ronni Kurtz and Josh Brown had always loved visiting coffee shops together. Starting their own always felt like a pipe dream–a fun mental exercise for an uncle and nephew who, only four years apart in age, were more like brothers. At each new cafe, they would discuss the things they loved and the things they’d do differently: more comfortable chairs, great coffee, more...
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Food + Beverage
Dream It, Bake It
Erin Jeanne McDowell encourages bakers to create their perfect baked good with the building blocks in her fourth cookbook Article and Photography by Katie Currid Erin Jeanne McDowell has a busy month ahead of her. Her fourth cookbook, “Bake Anything,” was just released, and she’s got a whirlwind book tour ahead of her throughout October and November, with stops all over the country. But the stop she’s probably most excited about? The one in Overbrook, Kansas. The New York Times bestselling...
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