The Blog

Chef/Owner Howard Hanna competed in a friendly “Food Fight” to raise money for a local charity, and came away the winner vs. John McClure of Starker’s and Charles D’Ablaing of Chaz on the Plaza.  Our friend at Food.Drink.Life shares all the delicious details

http://fooddrinklife.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/hanna-tops-ccvi-food-fight/

The legacy of the Rieger family is covered by Ferruzza in his weekly blog

http://blogs.pitch.com/fatcity/2011/03/ryan_maybee_is_the_unofficial.php#

Great slideshow of Photos from Pitch photographer Chris Mullins!

http://www.pitch.com/slideshow/cafe-up-close-rieger-hotel-grill-and-exchange-32740322/

Cocktail enthusiast Tim, with Mix.Pour.Sip shares our menu and highlights some of his favorites

Manifesto menu by candlelight

http://www.mixpoursip.com/cocktail-menu-manifesto-kansas-city-mo

A first time guest fills you in on what to expect on your journey to Manifesto.

The journey into our lair

http://whatyouremissingkc.blogspot.com/2011/03/manifesto.html

Bars close all the time. Some reopen. Few manage to do both with Manifesto’s flair.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/08/2705825/newly-reopened-manifesto-r

The Pitch restaurant critic Charles Ferruzza gives us a “200 Proof” rating….

http://www.pitch.com/2011-03-10/restaurants/rieger-hotel-grill-exchange200-proof/#

Kansas City Star restaurant reviewer Steve Paul awards The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange 3 1/2 stars on food and 3 each for ambience and service. 

“The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange is a retro moniker for an up-to-date restaurant.”

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/23/2674777/restaurant-review-the-rieger-h

Charles Ferruzza comments on our famous Whiskey Chocolates in this Fat City blog entry….

http://blogs.pitch.com/fatcity/2011/02/rieger_hotel_grill_exchange_ha.php#

Our lovely friend at Food.Drink.Life attended our most recent Kansas City Bartenders Alliance meeting, featuring Camus Cognac.  Read here what she thought about Major Bird’s Brandy Punch, our lasagna paired with a Sazerac, and Cognac, that elusive French spirit.

http://fooddrinklife.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/camus-cognac-primer/