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Not Surprisingly, the Port Fonda Restaurant is Really Cool

From the Department of Not News: The Port Fonda restaurant is cool. I told myself I wasn’t going to brave the early crowds at Port Fonda, which sort of surprise-opened its doors for cocktails and half-price appetizers for the first time last night. As much as I love food — and Patrick Ryan’s food in [...]

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Horchata Ice Cream

Today is the first full day of summer. That has me thinking about ice cream. Next week is the first week Kansas City will be blessed with the opening of Port Fonda, the restaurant. That has me thinking about horchata. For those not in the know, horchata is a nutty rice drink served in Mexico [...]

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Port Fonda Restaurant Set to Open Tuesday, June 26

Even though he says they don’t, I’m convinced that the chilaquiles that Patrick Ryan serves up at Port Fonda have crack in them. And I’ve been waiting a damn long time to put them in my mouth — since last fall, when the Port Fonda food truck was still parking outside The Rieger. In the [...]

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Imitating Port Fonda

Getting a reservation for Port Fonda’s six-person dining room, el Comedor, is hard. Recreating the meal for eight is a little easier.

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