Touch of tapas: new resturant Broil opens
You don’t have to travel as far as Spain to enjoy tapas, the culinary tradition of smaller portions, with new restaurant Broil serving up an assortment of small plates right in Columbia. The...
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Adventures in The Social Room
If you’ve even considered visiting The Social Room, you definitely should go. I went for the first time Thursday night and absolutely loved it. The Social Room is Jesse Garcia’s newest nightlife...
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A look inside The Bridge
Down a long hallway behind the main stage, Wes Wingate, owner of The Bridge, finds solace from the loud music and rowdy crowds. His office is teeming with a seemingly random collection of items, all...
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A conversation with Katrina Moore
K.A. Parry hadn’t heard his wife, Liz, laugh in years. She had polymyositis, an inflammatory muscle disease, and couldn’t leave their home. Parry had monitors throughout the house in case his wife,...
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A conversation with Justin Bailey and Jesse Graham
When Yin Yang Night Club opened late last month, it was the realization of an idea Jesse Graham pitched to his partner, Justin Bailey. Along with Graham’s cousin Heather Davis and her husband, Jeff,...
View ArticleCavetone Records preserves vinyl tradition
When Scott Walus founded Cavetone Records in Columbia in 2008, he had one goal: to be a 100 percent analog recording studio. In the beginning, Walus sold his car and used the money to buy analog...
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The emergence of mid-Missouri Mead
Illustration by Site Ma Johnathan Breuer extends his arm out the window of his dusty red Ford Ranger. A cigarette rests in his fingertips. He wears a checkered cabbie hat, and tufts of dark brown hair...
View ArticleMama T’s takes the (cup)cake
Natasha Myrick didn’t consider starting a business until she successfully baked 200 cupcakes from scratch for her wedding. Although the process took a week — baking, freezing, more baking, icing,...
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The museum that Crane built
Twelve years ago, Joe Crane’s collecting habit had gotten bad — like, taking-over-the-house bad — and his wife, Marlene, wasn’t having it. Stuff sat everywhere, collected over the years from bouncing...
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Find your Missouri adventure
Bonne Terre Mine Dive deep into the Bonne Terre Mine that National Geographic listed as one of America’s top 10 greatest adventures. The mine, a national historic site,...
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Life as they knew it
Photos by Cody Lohse In 1990, at 25, J.K. Rowling was traveling from Manchester to London by train when the idea for Harry Potter popped into her head. She started writing that night, but seven years...
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How the 2012 drought is affecting beef prices today
Beef prices have been taking larger and larger bites out of consumers’ wallets. In June 2015, the USDA reported the average retail price of beef to be $6.11 per pound. That’s a big jump from the 2009...
View ArticleEat This: The S’More from The Big Cheeze
“You want a s’more?” The Great Hambino from the classic movie The Sandlot taught Smalls and kids everywhere all about how to make a good s’more. But the Big Cheeze’s twist on a s’more might make...
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Utopia Catering: a fresh take for dinner
Kasey Ryan-Forgy was up late writing menus for her catering business when she fell asleep and awoke with the words “farm to go” in her head. This month Ryan-Forgy launched Utopia Catering, her catering...
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Everyone you should follow in CoMo in 2016
What happens when you look through your Twitter feed? Do you casually scroll through, hoping you’ll catch the latest updates from a few of the people you’re following? Well what if you had a way to...
View ArticleBreaking down the bitcoin
Two guys walk into a bar. One pays in cold hard cash. The other pays with bitcoins. Sound familiar? Maybe not yet, but experts say 2016 could be a big year for the digital currency. Bitcoins were...
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