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Jenny Vergara

Kansas City

Contributing Editor at Feast

Food Columnist at IN Kansas City Magazine

Food Columnist, IN Kansas City Magazine, Founder of Test Kitchen Underground Supperclub. Co-Host of Hungry For MO podcast. she/her

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  • 1 month ago | inkansascity.com | Jenny Vergara

    Kansas City is in the midst of a transformative development boom, with billions of dollars in projects breaking ground across the metro. From the city’s urban core to its bustling suburbs, cranes are rising and concrete is pouring, as once empty fields seem to be manifesting buildings made from steel and glass right out of thin air.

  • 2 months ago | citylifestyle.com | Jenny Vergara

    The journey from being a cottage baker—legally baking and selling pre-ordered items to friends and family from your home kitchen—to opening a retail bakery storefront comes with a steep learning curve. That’s certainly been the case for Atsuko Hammann, who ran her cottage bakery business for two years before opening Sour Rabbit Bakery in Platte Woods. She and her husband, Rolf Hammann, leased the former home of Anita’s Famous Rolls on January 1.

  • Mar 28, 2025 | citylifestyle.com | Jenny Vergara

    Waldemar Sebastian Uhl was a hard act to follow. As a certified master pastry chef, Wally Uhl owned and operated Wally’s Pastry Shop in the Northland for over 54 years before his wife Martha, and his son, Manfred—also a certified master pastry chef—took over the business after Wally’s passing in 2016. Together the family built a rock-solid reputation for exquisite wholesale cakes and high-quality, custom European desserts.

  • Feb 28, 2025 | citylifestyle.com | Jenny Vergara

    If we think of a home as a vessel that holds the history of every person who has ever lived there, then every milestone celebrated within its walls becomes forever etched into its very foundation. It is almost as if the house itself was built to safeguard those memories. Those fleeting moments linger—whispered in the creak of a floorboard or glimpsed in the flutter of a curtain at an open window.

  • Jan 28, 2025 | citylifestyle.com | Jenny Vergara

    There are people in this world for whom every day is a reason to celebrate. These joyful souls raise a glass and make a toast to mark all kinds of occasions, big and small. For these individuals—and those who aspire to join their ranks—there’s Blanc Champagne Bar, located at 3835 Main Street in Midtown Kansas City. Owner, Jordin Johnson, spent two years transforming the former Canary space into her first bubbly bar and restaurant, which opened last fall.

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Jenny Vergara
Jenny Vergara @jvergara
18 Aug 24

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Jenny Vergara
Jenny Vergara @jvergara
28 Jan 24

As @chefbenjaminwood prepares for his role as the Pizzaiolo at the new City Barrel Pizza in Waldo, Chef Stuart Aldridge has now stepped into the kitchen at @CityBarrel in the Crossroads, from the December issue of @inkansascitymag. https://t.co/orc5Xve0wX

Jenny Vergara
Jenny Vergara @jvergara
28 Jan 24

The Crestwood Shops are now home to a handsome new wine bar. Ryan and Jenny Sciara have finally opened Vita’s Place serving wines by the glass and bottle, and a surprising selection of hearty small plates from the December issue of @inkansascitymag. https://t.co/OItQg4YANY