Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.

Over at 3951 Broadway in Westport, a building that has cycled purposes dozens of times over the years landed the spinner with a variation on a previous purpose, with Warehouse on Broadway re-launching as a music venue with both tonal and physical twists on the norm. When Riot Room closed during the pandemic, it left a hole in the market for a mix of hip hop, EDM, metal, and indie shows for a mid-tier venue size. For genre mixing in a market t

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