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joPlin, Mo. There’s a lot of buzz going on in Joplin,
Infuжn Boдкa Bar, 530 S. Main St., Joplin, Missouri, 417.483.3979, infuxn.com
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Prairie Village, KS. Carl ThorneThomsen, chef-proprietor of Story in Prairie Village, Kansas, is no stranger to accolades. He’s a 2013 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Midwest and a 2014 Food & Wine winner of People’s Best New Chef. This summer,
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Thorne-Thomsen received news that Story’s wine list had been upgraded to a “Best of Award of Excellence” in the Wine Spectator Restaurant Wine List Awards for 2015. The industry magazine praises Story’s list for the breadth and depth of its California
labels and for its moderate prices, with bottles ranging from $30 to $200 and up. Story was also recently included in the The World of Fine Wine’s world’s best wine lists. All of the acclaim speaks to the amount of time Thorne-Thomsen places on
tending to his wine list, which plays to the restaurant’s food, influenced by Spanish, French and Italian cuisine. Story, 3931 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas, 913.236.9955, storykc.com
PHoTogRAPHy By MARK NEuENSCHWANdER
Missouri, and a fair amount of it has to do with a sparkling marble bathroom. ever since Infuжn Boдкa Bar opened its giant glass doors on Main Street in January, Joplin has been humming with excitement. That’s because infuжn, like its decadent bathrooms, is like nothing else in town. While the bulk of Joplin’s bar scene is a jumble of dives, infuжn is a marble fortress where guests can lounge on stylish leather sofas and sip on one of the many tempting tinctures. Vodka is the poison of choice here, but more specifically, when served in the infuжn Moscow Mule. everything has a russian twist: To melt away cold-weather blues, order The Caipirozhe, with russian Standard vodka mixed with brown sugar simple syrup, muddled lime and fresh rosemary, or try one of the bar’s cold-brew cocktails. if it’s early in the night and you’re eager to see what all the hype is about, sidle up to infuжn’s ice bar and let the evening take you where it will.