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KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 2017
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Caitlynn Salazar/KANSAN Port Fonda restaurant experimented with new creative menu items as part of Downtown Lawrence Restaurant Week, which started on Jan. 20.
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Foodies flock to LFK for Restaurant Week
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HANNAH COLEMAN @hecoleman33
residents and tourists arrived this weekend for the beginning of Downtown Lawrence Restaurant Week, which started Friday, Jan. 20. The third annual event celebrates culinary creativity and will last until the end of Saturday.
The restaurants participating in this event, the majority of them located on Massachusetts Street, put up their specials and deals for the week on the official Restaurant Week website. Popular options include 715, Free State Brewery, Genovese, RND Corner Grille, The Jayhawker, Ramen Bowls, and many others.
Many restaurants are experimenting with new creative menu items as well as three-course meal options that come with a set price per person.
Port Fonda, a Mexican food restaurant located on New Hampshire Street, is featuring a three-course meal for lunch and dinner: appetizers, a main entree and dessert for $15 per person for lunch, and $33 per person for dinner.
The manager of Port Fonda, Jen Young, said its unique menu has received high praise throughout the busy weekend. Some of its Restaurant Week exclusives include a chimichanga with braised chicken and a seared salmon served with Mexican grits.
"We created a menu, we've brought on some more staff for each day and night to prepare, and just prepping food and making sure we have employees that are ready to roll because it's been a bit busier, so that's kind of cool," Young said. "The specials have been really catching on, we've had a really busy weekend."
Similar to the popular
Restaurant Week in Kansas City that occurred last week, Lawrence has attracted attention advertising its event by posting signs on windows of all of the participating restaurants. Lawrence Restaurant Week is a growing event, with only 17 restaurants participating last year and now up to 23 participating in 2017, according to its website.
Rachel Buckner, a manager at Limestone, a pizza kitchen on 814 Massachusetts St., has made an effort to make sure her staff is well trained to inform customers of their menu specials and make them aware of the event's unique features.
"Our chef decided to feature locally grown ingredients," Buckner said. "In past years we have done a three piece style menu, and this particular year they decided for Lawrence Restaurant Week that they would stop making that a requirement. We decided to offer our features as individual, à la carte style."
We're expecting a lot more people to be coming in the door throughout the week."
Rachel Buckner Manager at Limestone
Buckner said she believes this culinary event should
In preparation for the week, Buckner went over specific Restaurant Week training with the staff and opened the specials Friday night, which she said brought in a large crowd.
"I would say that a lot of people have started catching on, and especially at the beginning of this week, and we're expecting a lot more people to be coming in the door throughout the week," Buckner said.
be recognized as a unique opportunity to discover rare dishes and a meal that intentionally aims to make dining an experience. For Buckner, one of those unique meals has been a chicken confit pizza.
"The idea of having local food and having a reason to go out is something special," Buckner said. "It's something different, something we don't normally do."
Other specials that Limestone will offer throughout the week include a bowl with local pork, hominy, oven fired tortillas and other fresh ingredients. Their special menu also features a "snack" which allows you to choose a daily selection of three-to-four cheese bites on a plate.
Kendra Strum, a customer dining at Port Fonda on Monday night, also feels that Lawrence Restaurant Week has been a rare opportunity to experiment with different dishes.
"I think [Restaurant
Week] is great, I think it's fun to try a lot of different dishes that I wouldn't normally try," Strum said. "This is our third restaurant this week, we've been hitting them all."
Carol Dodge, a Kansas City local, started her restaurant week at Fuzzzy's Taco Shop at 1115 Massachusetts St., where she ordered the special menu item, a Colorado green chili burrito, stuffed with either chicken or pork for $8. Dodge intends to visit Genovese's and The Mad Greek later in the week.
"I looked it up, and there seemed to be a good variety of deals," Dodge said of Lawrence Restaurant Week. "This special is very good, and so is the martini."
Downtown Lawrence Restaurant week will last until Saturday, Jan. 28. All participating restaurants with their menus and specials can be found on their official website.
- Edited by Casey Brown and Erin Brock
'Balloonacy' at Arts Center
▶ JOSH MCQUADE
@L0neW0lfMcQuade
Sarah Wright/KANSAN Bruce Smith looks happily at a balloon as it returns with a newspaper in "Balloonacy."
The Lawrence Arts Center showcased the children's production "Balloonacy" on Jan. 21 to raise money for its Financial Aid Fund, which allows children in need to attend the Center's art-based preschool and kindergarten programs as students.
Linda Reimond, who has been the director of early childhood education at the Lawrence Arts Center for more than 30 years, said that 20 percent of students within the program qualify for financial aid, an important option for parents hoping to expose their children to art in the community.
"The play did not only benefit the financial aid fund," Reimond said. "It also allowed the children to engage with a live theatre performance appropriate for them."
The Center gave children in attendance a front row seat for "Balloonacy," allowing them to come onstage in order to view the entire show up close, while parents stayed in their seats.
The story of "Balloonacy" featured an old man on his birthday, whose neigh
bor played the soundtrack to his life. A balloon that is shown to be alive appears at the man's house and begins to annoy him. However, throughout the play, the man and the balloon begin to bond over a variety of games and tricks.
It also allowed the children to engage with a live theatre performance appropriate for them."
Linda Reimond Director of Early Childhood Education
ful in drawing both parents and other adults. The director of the show was Samaria Fleig, technical director and production manager at the Lawrence Arts Center. Fleig intended for the show to be interactive for the children, but also touch the adults emotionally.
The show was success-
["Balloonacy] was a wonderful experiment for the entire group together," Fleig said.
Like the production of "Ballonacy," the Center's education programs are interactive and hands-on for the students. They receive various opportunities to work with actors, artists and chefs in class.
Edited by Allison Crist
Associated Press Janelle Monae (left), Taraji P. Henson (center), and Octavia Spencer (right) star in 20th Century Fox's "Hidden Figures"
Associated Press
Review: 'Hidden Figures' inspires
▶ CAMERON MCGOUGH @cammcgough
With the current prevalence of technology,it's strange to think back to a time when computers,as we know them today,did not exist. During such a time,the human brain,alone,was responsible to process complex information.
Academy Awardnominated "Hidden Figures" tells the story of three African-American women who through insurmountable odds, helped NASA achieve that goal.
In the 1960s, it was up to talented engineers and mathematicians to crunch the numbers that would open the door for NASA to put a man into space.
The film's spotlight is rightfully placed upon Taraji P. Henson's character, Katherine Jackson, an exceedingly gifted mind who breaks down racism and sexism in the workplace, while managing to outperform her white male coeileagues.
Katherine, along with her friends Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) and Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer), were known by NASA as "colored computers." Considering this time in history, it's surprising to see that NASA acknowledged their skill, despite the color of their skin or their gender (even though they still called them "colored computers").
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