Boobies vs. Burgers

So the big stink in KC these days is whether or not Hooters might be trying to buy the Westport Flea Market, one of the coolest dive bars in town. It’s a combination bar/restaurant/flea market. The only such combo I know of anywhere, and certainly some of the best burgers on Earth.

While I’m all for Hooters, I sure don’t want to lose this local institution. And Westport already has too many chains as it is. One of our most unique and historic neighborhoods has been overrun by Starbucks, Chili’s, Sonic, Blockbuster, etc. over the last ten years. It’s beginning to look too much like the suburbs, but with bums. While everyone generally coexists fairly well, the steady chaining of America is causing a death by a thousands cuts to Westport.

At first I was hopefully Hooters might consider the old Johnny Dare’s spot, since it’s ready made for such an establishment, but the news is saying that someone else has already bought that space. So, I say send Hooters to Downtown. It would be a perfect fit in the Power & Light District that is currently under construction. That new party district will already have the usual suspects like Hard Rock, Virgin, ESPN, etc., so Hooters would fit in perfectly. Plus, it’s convenient for the businessmen attending conventions Downtown and near the Penthouse Club that’s rumored to be taking over the Temptations strip club.

Folks, this is America. We should be able to have boobs and burgers.

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Yummy

A lot of people joke about dogs and cats ending up on the plate at Asian restaurants. Gone Mild notices some actual evidence of this in KC’s Old Northeast, a part of town with lots Southeast Asian immigrants and restaurants. Whoa.

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Air America in KC

It looks like there might a possible radio switch that would bring Air America Radio the KC airwaves. For those so inclined, there is a petition to support this possibility.

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Pass that Blunt

Is anyone else secretly hoping for someone with a cameraphone to find Baby Blunt in a booth at Erotic City with his pants around his ankles getting serviced by a trucker? Or instead of a trucker maybe State Senator Matt Bartle? It surely wouldn’t be the first gay sex scandal involving a religous extremist politician…

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…and Bingo was His Name-O

Last night I hooked up with Mom and the grandparents for a fun game of bingo, was turned out be a great way to decompress after a battle with the nasty rush hour traffic on I-70 out to Higginsville. There was something very soothing about the monotone voice of the caller and the low hum of the bingo machine. My $63 jackpot also helped. And you can’t go wrong with a place that still has ashtrays above the urinals.

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