Table Hopping – June 2012
“Eat & Drink like a Local”
THE BUTCHER:
Local Pig
2618 Guinotte Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64120
(816) 200-1639
Chef Alex Pope left the restaurant world to open a butcher shop, along with partner, Matt Kafka. The Local Pig is Kansas City’s only full-line butcher shop dedicated to locally sourced products and humanely raised meats. Working for high-end restaurants like The American and the R Bar, Alex quickly learned where to source the best local meats and how to break down whole animals. The Local Pig offers beef, pork, chicken, duck, turkey, quail, rabbit, lamb and goat. Walk-in, 7 days a week, and check the chalkboard for ready to cook roasts and steaks, burgers and sausages. Call ahead to order a specific cut of meat. GET: on the waiting list to join the “Butcher Box” subscription program for 7 -10 lbs. of meat weekly or bi-weekly at thelocalpigkc@gmail.com.
THE BAKER:
Fervere
1702 Summit
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 842-7272
Owner and baker, Fred Spompinato, has a passion for bread making that was fueled by trips to Europe and his time as a partner/baker in the Farm to Market Bread Company. He soon realized he wanted to create bread on his own terms, producing the finest breads at a scale that still provided him the quality of life he wanted. Fervere uses only the finest organic ingredients, the bread is made mostly by hand, which is baked in their custom brick oven. There is a seriousness to this bread that is reflected in the simple, beautiful loaves. The best bread in town is about $6 a loaf. Try the Orchard Olive Rosemary. CALL: ahead to reserve a loaf of the kind of bread you want, ready to pick it up.
THE WINERY:
Amigoni Urban Winery
1505 Genessee Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64102
(913) 890-3289
For over 5 years, winemaker, Michael Amigoni, and wife, Kerry, have been growing vinifera grapes in Missouri soil and producing high-quality local wines with familiar names: Viognier, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Malbec and Cabernet Franc. They have now closed their original Tasting Room in the West Bottoms and moved across the street into the historic Telegram Building, a stunningly restored space complete with outdoor patio, creating a unique new place to “drink local”. In addition to serving their own wines, they also have 8 kinds of Boulevard beer on tap along with a locally-sourced snack platter to enjoy. CALL: to inquire about renting the Barrel Room (fits 60-100 people) or Tasting Room (50-75 people) or both for any special event, private party, fundraiser or corporate retreat.
THE DAIRY:
Shatto Milk Company
9406 N Highway 33
Osborn, MO 64474
(816) 930-3862
Found in many local grocery stores today, Shatto Milk Company is Kansas City’s local dairy. They are simply bottling local milk from local cows sold in old-fashioned glass jars. This radical idea of selling milk directly to consumers was actually Leroy and Barbara Shatto’s last effort to save their family dairy farm. Now happily expanding, they sell plain and flavored milk, cheeses, ice cream and in partnership with Chef Erin Reynolds of Dolce Baking Co. they are now making delicious ice cream sandwiches called “sammiches”. TOUR: their dairy farm located out in Osborn, MO. The pretty drive is worth it to get up close with the cows and milking process. The dairy bar is where you can sample their products to take home with you.
THE CHOCOLATIER:
Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates
1819 McGee Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 842-1300
Christopher Elbow started his chocolate making career as the Pastry Chef for The American Restaurant. Eventually, he found a space of his own and began making his hand-painted beauties full time. Now, he has moved his whole operation into a sleek space with a retail store on a quiet block on 18th Street downtown. Go in for some customized bon-bon shopping and treat yourself to a glass of Liquid Chocolate for $4. The drinks are spiked with various fruit or spice flavors similar to those he uses in his candies. GIVE: a box of custom chocolates or let them choose for you. Almost too pretty to eat . . .almost. A 4-piece box is $10 and they go up to a 42-piece box for $75.
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