The Famous River Market and a New Brewery for Us

 Kansas City, MO

Donna enjoying a Cheeky Chav at Strange Days Brewing

River Market

River Market is a short .8 mile walk from our Airbnb.  It's filled with shops and restaurants and has a farmers market on the weekends.  We methodically walked the streets leading to the open air market so we wouldn't miss anything and then explored the market. We bought some fruits and veg as well as a loaf of bread from the bakery there.  I can't compare it to the SF Ferry Building or Pikes Place Market, but it is cool and there is a lot of good things to buy and eat there.  Also it wasn't as close to the river as I had hoped.  I wanted to be able to walk along the Missouri or the Kansas River but that didn't happen today.  It will happen though.  I haven't had my fill of rivers yet.  They are still a unique thing for me because I grew up in SoCal.

We had to cross over I-35 but there was a protected walkway on either side

Lewis and Clark exploring the River Market

I do love a good happy hour.  We might be back.

Foreshadowing

We bought some white egg plant for a recipe later this week

Our tax dollars at work.  Party posse yelling, "Yrma eht nioj.." 

Strange Days Brewing

After checking out everything at The River Market we made our way to Strange Days Brewing.  It was super chill and the beers were good.  They had 3 screens showing shows Might Morphin Power Rangers, Kamen Rider (a crazy Japanese Motorcycle Riding Crime fighting insect), and Community.  

New Brewery for us in Missouri

Cool water dispenser

This one was a hard pass for me

The Dude-ish looking guy abides at Strange Days

We saw a bit more market on the walk back

The KC Streetcar terminates at the River Market and Strang Days Brewing had a screen dedicated to showing its arrivals so you could run out and grab the streetcar after your beer.

After the brewery we walked back through the market and bought a bit of fruit and then stopped by for some ice cream at Betty Rae's.  The ice cream cone was invented in Missouri so we had to get one.

They had albums on the wall that had references to Ice Cream, Missouri, and Kansas City

As we headed home, I took a photo of the back of a Big Green Sign on I-35.

The rest of our day included cooking an awesome quick Coconut Curry Ramen from Budget Bytes and watching Netflix.  

If you missed yesterday's adventure, you can find it here.