Happy Friday! I love the sight of freshly fallen snow, but when it turns into half-melted brown slush (AKA where we are right now), it makes me excited for springtime.
🕺🏾 11 things to do this weekend
🥩 A new steakhouse is coming to Leawood
🏠 House Hunch
📲 This week’s most-clicked stories
Events
Weekend Roundup 🕺🏾
KC Daily
Don’t let the dead of winter keep you from enjoying our city. Here are 11 ideas for this weekend:
All Weekend Long
🩰 New Moves - The Kansas City Ballet showcases contemporary works from visionary choreographers in the 180-seat Frost Studio Theater at the Bolendar Center. Five shows throughout the weekend.
🏡 Johnson County Home + Garden Show - Three days of home & garden exhibits, vendors, speakers & celebrities, giveaways, and more at the Overland Park Convention Center.
🎻 Beethoven and Beyond - The Kansas City Symphony performs the iconic sounds of Ludwig Van Beethoven at Helzberg Hall, with three shows throughout the weekend.
Friday
⚽️ Comets vs. Strykers - The Kansas City Comets take on the Empire Strykers in a MASL showdown at Cable Dahmer Arena at 7:05pm.
Saturday
⚾️ Royals Rally - The preseason celebration returns to Kauffman Stadium, featuring player autographs, reports from the front office, and ballpark food, before the Boys in Blue head to Spring Training in Arizona.
🍫 Chocolate Walk - Stroll through the historic Independence Square while sampling unique chocolates and shopping at local businesses from 11am-3pm.
🎉 Party Arty: Painted Night - The Young Friends of Art’s signature fundraiser at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, featuring open galleries, food & drink, dancing, and more until midnight.
🎸 Winter Jam - Some of the biggest names in Christian music descend on the T-Mobile Center starting at 6pm. No tickets required, except a $15 donation at the door.
❄️ Winter Saturdays Market - City Market hosts a winter Farmers Market + River Market Flea from 9am-3pm. Local vendors, food & drink, flea market finds, and free admission!
🐉 Chinese New Year Gala - A night filled with Chinese performing arts, traditional dances, folk songs, contemporary pop music, and captivating instrumental performances at Helzberg Hall.
Sunday
💞 Valentine Making Party - A benefit for The Cupid Project, create heartfelt cards and crafts to donate to local nursing homes at Limitless Brewing from 2:30-5pm.
Have some upcoming events you’d like to share with Kansas City readers? Let’s chat.
Opening
New “High-End” Steakhouse Coming to Leawood
Rakar Dumpling House
A new “high-end” steakhouse called Dick’s Steak & Oyster is coming soon to Leawood.
Dick, Nick, & Jake: Dick’s Steak & Oyster will be opened by Doug Watkins and Kevin Timmons, who are also co-founders of Nick and Jake’s. The restaurant will be located at 4971 W 135th St., the former Rakar Dumpling House (closed in late December), which was previously a Winstead’s.
Steak Your Claim: The name of the restaurant is an ode to both Watkins’ and Timmons’ fathers; both were named Richard. The restaurant will seat around 150 people, and serve a menu of prime and wagyu steaks, oysters, and cocktails. The current drive-thru lane would be converted into an outdoor patio and green space.
The Leawood City Council will review the project on February 16th. Dick’s Steak & Oyster aims to be open this summer.
Real Estate
House Hunch 🏠
Listing by Becca Hageman - Grid at Compass Realty Group
Can you guess the price of this Kansas City area home based on just one photo?
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ICYMI
This Week’s Top Stories 📲
Slow Rise has softly opened its first brick-and-mortar in Overland Park. They open at 9am on Saturdays until they sell out of their sourdough doughnuts.
The Independence Chocolate Walk kicks off from Wild About Harry on the Independence Square this Saturday at 11am.
Audrey’s Wine + Bourbon softly opened in Waldo this week, and is open from 4pm until midnight this Friday and Saturday.
Lone Jack-based Cajun restaurant Bayou Box will soon open a location in Waldo. Location & opening details are coming soon.
Soda Hunt, a gamified local business scavenger hunt, is launching during the World Cup this summer.
Thanks for reading today’s newsletter! If you enjoyed it, share it with someone who lives in Leawood. Bonus if they love steak & oysters.
— Nick Hageman | Co-Founder @ KC Daily
