Month: December 2021

Three new eating and drinking places to enjoy at Legends Outlets

The Legends Outlets have recently added Jousting Pigs BBQ, Love Tea and Dancing Crab as places serving food and drinks.

According to a spokesman, the three have ties to locally owned restaurants.

At Jousting Pigs BBQ, meat is smoked daily with hickory wood in a traditional all-wood fire smoker.

John Atwell and Rod Blackburn have more than 10 years of combined experience in award-winning competition, as Jousting Pigs, which first opened in Liberty, Missouri, has won many competition awards, particularly for chicken and brisket.

First opening in Missouri in 2019, the new location at Legends Outlets is in a 7,468-square-foot building adjacent to the center at 1702 Village West Parkway. Formerly at this location was Arthur Bryant’s Barbecue.

Regular hours for the Jousting Pigs Legends Outlets location: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; and closed Monday and Tuesday. Check social media for holiday hours. Online ordering is available.

More information about the restaurant is at https://joustingpigsbbq.com/.

Love Tea is a locally owned bubble tea shop in a 507-square-foot space at 1811 Village West Parkway, Suite O-123, next to Panera Bread.

The shop specializes in bubble tea, also known as boba milk tea, a cold, frothy drink made with a tea base and shaken with flavors, sweeteners, milk and tapioca pearls.

Love Tea also serves a variety of fruit slushes, coffee, tea punch, fresh tea and dessert bowls.

Hours for Love Tea are Sunday and Monday, noon to 9 p.m.; Tuesday, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 9 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, noon to 10 p.m. Check with the shop for holiday hours. More information is at https://www.lovetealegends.com/.

A new Cajun seafood restaurant and bar, the Dancing Crab, also opened recently at 1713 Village West Parkway at The Legends Outlets. Formerly at this location were Ted’s Montana Grill and Chiusano’s Brick Oven Pizza.

The restaurant serves shrimp, crab, lobster, mussels and more. It is noted for its own blend of Old Bay and Cajun seasonings. A unique seafood boil recipe includes an assortment of seafood and vegetables tossed in a flavorful and aromatic Cajun sauce.

In addition to the seafood boil, Dancing Crab will offer a variety of pastas, fried seafood baskets and grilled seafood.

Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. For more information about Dancing Crab, visit https://www.dancingcrabkc.com/.

Multi-vehicle accident results in injuries

A multi-vehicle accident at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, on eastbound I-70 at I-435 resulted in injuries, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.

A Ford van was pulling off onto the right shoulder, and a Kia Soul was trying to avoid the van, the trooper’s report stated.

The Kia then struck the van, lost control and was struck by an AMG Humvee that was in the middle lane, according to the trooper’s report.

The Humvee struck and went through the barrier wall, the trooper’s report stated.

The Humvee then was struck on the side by a Toyota Corolla, which was eastbound in the left lane, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the Ford van, which was self-insured by the U.S. government, was a 22-year-old man from Lexington, Missouri, who had a possible injury, the report stated.

The driver of the Kia Soul, a 71-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kansas, was taken to the hospital with a possible serious injury, according to the trooper’s report.

The driver of the AMG Humvee, which was self-insured by the U.S. government, was a 21-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, who was taken to the hospital with a possible serious injury, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the Toyota Corolla, a 33-year-old man from Bonner Springs, was taken to the hospital with a possible serious injury, according to the trooper’s report.