Temporary restaurants, or pop-ups, are on the rise. Have you heard of them but are still a bit confused? Let your Kansas City packing and moving providers give you the rundown. A pop-up restaurant is usually an upscale eatery that is open for just a few days, and it typically requires a ticket or invitation to dine. For Kansas City, it all started when Jenny Vergara and Chef Alex Pop (temporarily) opened Vegabond, a series of Kansas City pop-up restaurants.
As of late, Dinner Lab, the membership-based social dining experiment, plans to open up (temporary) shop in Kansas City. If all goes according to plan, about half of Dinner Lab’s pop-ups in town will feature food by local chefs, which is great exposure. Successful pop-up chefs from other cities will also be featured by Dinner Lab in Kansas City, and our town’s successful chefs have a shot at traveling the country too.
If you are interested, the Dinner Lab system requires members to pay an annual fee. For Kansas City, that fee is $125. Once you are a member, you get invited to all the pop-up restaurants sponsored by Dinner Lab, but you will have to pay to attend the meal (they usually include drinks, by the way). The venues are usually strange places like warehouses or garages since they will only be there for a few days. And locations are usually kept pretty quiet until 24 hours before the event. The first Kansas City Dinner Lab event will be held May 8th. It will feature a meal by Chef Danny Espinoza and what he calls “modern Mexican cuisine.”
If you are looking for something fun to do in Kanas City, you should consider becoming a member of Dinner Lab. Since you are new in town, it is a great way to meet new people and try new things—dinner, venue and experience included!