Author: Freddie Ramirez

Hop Up Back in 2015, Ryan Triggs and two business partners started growing hops in Kansas. The small green flowers, which look like pine cones, are the bittering agent in beer and contribute to the floral, citrusy and fruity flavors that make IPAs so popular. “Things are going really well, but we’re only growing three acres of hops down there, so it wasn’t really enough to be a full-time job,” Triggs says. Eventually, they decided they either needed to up their acreage or add another line of business by opening their own microbrew taproom—which they did with Tall Trellis Brew…

Spring is bringing new foliage and new food—specifically, ice cream, beer and tacos. From State Line to Raytown and back to 39th Street, here’s the latest in KC eats. Coming in Cold The best-kept secret in Westwood Hills is ready for prime time. In a town where proper gelato is scarce, Sheri Weedman started making it at Annedore’s Fine Chocolates, her shop on State Line Road in the plaza north of Hi Hat Coffee. During the pandemic, word spread through the neighborhood about Annadore’s gelato, which Weedman, with some reluctance, admits to making in a “very fancy Italian batch freezer”…