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Tweet Yo, Villagers: Do you have a 1989 dual tape deck boombox in your basement? It was pretty sweet back in the day, wasn’t it. But it’s time to face facts: that thing’s time has passed. And the day has come to say goodbye. Well sir, the good people from Goodwill can help. They will [...]
Tweet Prairie Village residents can expect for major renovations at the Village Shops to rev up very soon. After lengthy debate Monday, the City Council approved the final plat for the redevelopment of Mission Lane and the replacement building for Waid’s, clearing the way for major construction to begin. The sticking point with the plat [...]
Tweet Tulip, the women’s clothing boutique on Tomahawk Road, announced Monday it was closing its Village Shops location after five years in business. Tulip will keep its second location at the Country Club Plaza open, and said in an email to customers that it would honor gift card and “Petal Points” — part of a [...]
Tweet Dineplex International’s Frank Rash announced last week that the company has hired Erik Hess to be the general manager of the first-ever STANDEES restaurant and theatre concept, which is scheduled to open at the Village Shops in Prairie Village in late May. Hess has experience as a marketing executive for Sysco Corp., where he [...]
Tweet Construction work is in full swing at the Village Shops as crews make strides to finish the substantial interior and exterior renovations necessary for the scheduled opening of STANDEES, a first-in-the-country restaurant and movie theater concept, this May. STANDEES principal Frank Rash says progress is on schedule to be able to open the facility [...]
Tweet The rumor mill is run amok with word that Einstein Bros., which was displaced at the Village Shops in November to make way for the start of construction on Standees, is set to take over the space currently occupied by Starbucks Coffee, with Starbucks moving in to the new building that will be built [...]
Tweet Five Prairie Village eateries are among the 125 throughout the metro participating in Kansas City’s fourth annual Restaurant Week, which kicks off Friday. The Blue Moose, Story and Tavern in the Village at the Village Shops, and BRGR and Urban Table at Corinth Square will be offering special menus and pricing as part of [...]
Tweet A decades-old Village Shops building met its demise yesterday as construction crews demolished the old Waid’s Restaurant to make way for new retail spacethat will be funding in part by the Community Improvement District. Bulldozers knocked down the building Tuesday, leaving piles of twisted metal and crumbling concrete. LANE4 Property Group president Owen Buckley [...]
Tweet “What are these guys going to do without you?” On Friday, with just ten minutes left in her 30 year career at Euston Hardware, Beverly White’s customers were worrying about how her co-workers were going to cope. Starting as a part-time cashier in 1983, White eventually moved up to becoming store manager at the [...]
Tweet Mady and Me Children’s Boutique will close at the Village Shops Dec. 28, with owners moving operations to a new location and under a new name in 2013. The store will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 26-28, with all merchandise for sale at 50 percent off listed prices. The company was purchased by [...]
Tweet Come Jan. 1, LANE4 Property Group will no longer be the property manager at the Village Shops and Corinth Square. Though the company will maintain its role as the leasing agent for the centers, a new company called LegaC will take over property management responsibilities, Prairie Village Assistant City Administrator Dennis Enslinger told the City [...]
Tweet The parade of accolades for Village Shops restaurants continues. Cafe Provence, which last month received a Top Restaurant rating from Zagat, has been named to OpenTable’s Diner’s Choice Top 100 Restaurants list. The Capital Grille on the Plaza was the only other Kansas City area restaurant to make the list. Cafe Provence’s neighbor across [...]
Tweet A longtime Village Shops fixture has closed its doors in preparations for a construction project that will bring a first-in-the-nation eatery/entertainment concept to the center. Einstein Bros. Bagels ceased operations at its Village Shops location over the holiday weekend, but representatives of the property owner say talks are still under way to try to [...]
Tweet Cafe Provence isn’t the only Village Shops’ restaurant getting national attention this month. OpenTable, the popular online restaurant reservation and review service, this week released its list of restaurants serving the Best American Cuisine, based on more than five million review submitted by OpenTable diners. Among the top 100 in the United States: Story. [...]
Tweet A Prairie Village fine-dinery has found its way onto an elite list of national restaurants. Zagat Guide this month released its annual Top American Restaurants Survey, featuring the renowned ratings guide’s top food-rated restaurants in the country’s 46 largest markets. For the Kansas City metro, Zagat tapped the Village Shops’ Cafe Provence. It’s an [...]
Tweet STANDEES got the green light from the Prairie Village planning commission Tuesday, but an eight-foot trail through the Village Shops didn’t fare as well. The restaurant and theater combination that will move into the old Macy’s home store and Einstein Brothers bagel shop had no problem getting its site plan approval and cleared [...]
Tweet It will definitely have a drive-thru and it most likely will be a Starbucks. That’s the plan for the new building that will replace the demolished Waid’s structure at Prairie Village shops in the near future. The city planning commission approved a conditional use permit for a drive-thru at the new building Tuesday night [...]
Tweet Ai’ght, everybody: Here’s what I need you to do. Go into your computer’s operating system dashboard and find the “Software Updates” tab. Click “Update Software.” It might take a while. But it’s going to be worth it. Because if your computer doesn’t have the most up-to-date cuteness processing software, there’s a pretty good chance [...]
Tweet “AHHHHHHHHH! CANDY!!!!! GIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMMEGIMME!!!” That, dear readers, is what the sugar-addled homunculus who lives inside each and every child is screaming this morning in preparation for the annual Festivity of Fructose (This holiday is also sometimes called “Halloween”). Anydoodle, don’t forget that the the parade of costumed cuteness descends on the Village Shops from 4-7 [...]
Tweet A group of employees at Goodcents Deli Fresh Subs at the Village Shops have stepped up to help a neighbor in need. When the workers heard that frequent customer Suzie Bowman, a bank teller, had lost her husband of 27 years, the decided to lend their support and help her handle mounting bills. The [...]
Tweet “I can hardly wait,” was the prevailing sentiment of the sparse group of neighbors who turned out Tuesday for a briefing on STANDEES, the restaurant and movie theatre concept planned for the Village Shops. As part of the city’s public participation policy and in preparation for its upcoming planning commission project review, STANDEES invited [...]
Tweet The first renovation at the Village Shops will begin in November with streetscape work on the north end of Mission Lane at Tomahawk Road. The Community Improvement District agreement between the city and the shopping center owner required renovation work to begin by November 2012 and be completed by late 2015. The Prairie Village [...]
Tweet Attention bargain hunters: It’s time to fill some shopping bags. The Village Shops’ annual one-day Tent Sale kicks off Thursday at 9 a.m. The event typically features deep discounts from the majority of Village Shops tenants. Per usual, the fun starts with breakfast offerings at 9 a.m., and at 4 p.m. the merchants will [...]
Tweet When Bill Spangler opened his store at the Village Shops in 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the Oval Office and the big news was Marilyn Monroe marrying Joe DiMaggio. Fair to say that a lot’s changed since since Spangler’s opened its doors — and it’s hard to imagine that anyone back then would have [...]
Tweet When Village Active closed its doors at the Village Shops Tuesday, it was for the last time. Owner Cassie Schmidt confirmed Wednesday that the store was going out of business. Originally opened as Jake’s in the Village in 2007, the store went through a rebranding in June 2011 to become more focused on performance [...]
