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The company was founded by Clarence Hayman (1881–1971) who owned several restaurant venues before establishing the concept of a ground floor cafeteria, in 1921, at 1220 Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] He later opened similar branches in other cities of the Midwestern United States.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of the Santa Monica location and the original Westlake site. Most of the restaurant’s memorabilia was auctioned, and the business transitioned to online meat sales. [4] [5] In 2023, the Los Angeles City Council designated the original Pacific Dining Car as a historic-cultural monument. [3]
Until December 2015, a restaurant called EBT, at 103d Street and State Line Road near I-435, housed memorabilia from the store. The firm's warehouse at 16th and Walnut has been converted into residential lofts. [2]
The first restaurant to open at the Freight House was Lidia’s Kansas City. Lidia's is an Italian restaurant that was opened by celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich in October 1998. The interior of the restaurant was designed by architect and designer David Rockwell. [3] Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue was the second restaurant to open in the ...
Seaman's Furniture is mentioned in a song by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.In the song "Electric Relaxation" on their third album, "Midnight Marauders," Phife Dawg utters the ribald lyric: "Let me hit it from the back, girl/I won't catch a hernia/Bust off on your couch/Now you got Seaman's furniture."
The Pitch is a free alternative newspaper distributed in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, including Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas.While known for its investigative stories of the local government, it also covers local sports stories, restaurants, events, visual art, and concerts.
Kansas City briefly had four short-term major league baseball teams between 1884 and 1915: the Kansas City Unions of the short-lived Union Association in 1884, the Kansas City Cowboys in the National League in 1886, a team of the same name in the then-major league American Association in 1888 and 1889, and the Kansas City Packers in the Federal ...
In October 2006, they opened a fourth restaurant on The Country Club Plaza. A fifth location opened in Lee's Summit, Missouri early spring 2015. [1] Seizing upon the opportunity to expand their Kansas City-style barbecue beyond the borders of Kansas City, Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue began shipping their barbecue nationwide in 2000.