Dozens of friends of Melvin “Lee” Mecker, owner of Buddies gay bar on Main Street in Kansas City, gathered Saturday at Side Street Bar & Grill to celebrate his life. Friends say Mecker died in ...

A one-time West Side carriage house, later an auto repair shop, will get new life as a coffee shop and bar. Cosmo Ltd. is the holding company for the yet-to-be-named venue at 709 W. 17th St.