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The Story of Town Topic
The Story of Town TopicIf you were forwarded this email, click here to subscribe (it's free!) ​Read this story online | Sponsor this newsletter | Shop 📸 Town Topic Hamburgers began in 1937 when Claude Sparks opened a small white diner at 2442½ Broadway in Kansas City, selling 5-cent hamburgers cooked with onions and served on steamed buns. Modeled after White Castle, where Sparks had once worked, the tiny 24-hour stand became an instant success during the Depression by offering affordable meals and friendly service. Over the years, Town Topic added new locations, including its well-known diner at 20th and Broadway, which continues to operate around the clock. The menu has remained largely unchanged, featuring its signature hamburgers, chili made from Sparks’s original 1937 recipe, and classic diner fare like breakfast plates, pie, and malts. Over the decades, Town Topic has drawn an impressive mix of visitors, including Harry Truman, Bruce Springsteen, Al Gore, Anthony Bourdain, Walt Bodine, and Gerald Ford. What's your favorite historic restaurant in KC? Reply and let me know! This Week's Featured Home4600 W 87th Pl, Prairie Village, KS​
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The Story of Holladay Distillery If you were forwarded this email, click here to subscribe (it's free!) Read this story online | Sponsor this newsletter | Shop 📸 In the hills of Weston, Missouri, just north of Kansas City, Holladay Distillery has been producing whiskey continuously for nearly 170 years. Founded in 1856, it is the oldest distillery west of the Mississippi River still operating at its original location. The distillery traces its origins to Ben Holladay, a Kentucky-born...
The Story of a Failed Downtown Stadium Proposal If you were forwarded this email, click here to subscribe (it's free!) Read this story online | Sponsor this newsletter | Shop 📸 Courtesy KC Public Library. In the latter half of the 1960s, Kansas City found itself at a crossroads of ambition and practicality, as civic leaders and sports enthusiasts dreamt of a downtown baseball stadium that would redefine the city's landscape. The dynamics of football were shifting dramatically in the early...
The Story of Thomas Swope's Unsolved Murder If you were forwarded this email, click here to subscribe (it's free!) Read this story online | Sponsor this newsletter | Shop 📸 Portrait of Thomas Swope. Courtesy: Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO Thomas Hunton Swope was a highly influential figure in Kansas City's history, renowned for his success as a real estate developer and philanthropist. Born in Kentucky in 1827, Swope graduated from Yale...