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Closing time: KC nixes 23-hour drinking plan for World Cup; select bars, restaurants can stay open until 5 am

“The ordinance expands opportunity for our businesses while ensuring the police department, first responders, and the City have the tools to keep residents and visitors safe,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said. 

White Castle invented sliders (and the playbook for fast food); then the Kansas-fried chain vanished from its home state

Editor’s note: The following story was originally published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. For more stories like this one, subscribe to A People’s History of Kansas City on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. The White Castle chain began in 1921…