Ingrams June 2023

Wining & Dining (continued)

BEST BUSINESS DINNER A different dynamic altogether, the perfect business dinner combines great food, unique ambiance, stellar service, and an element of relaxation that serves as a reward for busi ness achievement. A consistent Gold win ner here is THE CAPITAL GRILLE , which does it again by offering everything from ap petizers to desserts and drinks, with a palette of protein possibilities in between. Silver goes to EDDIE V’S PRIME SEAFOOD on the Plaza, bringing the ocean’s bounty to the heartland. Sharing the Bronze : CORVINO SUPPER CLUB & TASTING ROOM and J. GILBERT’S WOOD-FIRED STEAKS & SEAFOOD in Overland Park. BEST CATERER Kansas City’s chops as a culinary center are just as evident with its catering scene, and the best among those enterprises by a slim margin, readers declare, is BRANCATO’S CATERING . Balanced, sea- sonal, and exceptional: Andrew Bran cato and his team strive to bring them all to the buffet, mastering the challenge of fine food delivered at scale for weddings, business events, and other celebrations. LON LANE’S INSPIRED OCCASIONS ,

for Gold distinction here—house-made salads and soups, fresh breads, and a wide range of meats and cheeses—all come to gether to enhance the deli experience in North Kansas City. MILWAUKEE DELI CATESSEN CO. walks off with the Silver honors, and D’BRONX snares the Bronze . The number of companies that are unde feated Gold winners continues to shrink this year—but STROUD’S isn’t among them; it just racked up its 15th top honor since the introduction of this category. Why? Something about that family-style delivery of fried chicken, plenty of sides— even a cinnamon roll. Almost like Grand ma’s still working in your kitchen. THE BIG BISCUIT scores Silver here, with a vote total obviously tilted by families who dine together early (it’s breakfast, brunch, and lunch only). Combining calories with the physical exertion to burn them off is Bronze -winning CHICKEN N PICKLE . BEST GROCERY STORE The vote totals prove it: Kansas City has plenty of HY-VEE fans. With roughly 20 BEST FAMILY RESTAURANT

a perennial favorite in this category, gar ners Silver . Divvying up the Bronze are FIORELLA’S JACK STACK BARBECUE and GRANDMA’S CATERING . BEST COFFEE HOUSE Some outfit from Seattle transformed the coffee-drinking experience long ago, but you won’t find them in this roster: Ingram’s readers say the morning coffee ritual is a decidedly local affair. It starts at Gold with MESSENGER COFFEE CO. , which daz zles with all the baked goodies that go with artisan brews Downtown, on the Plaza, or at the new KCI. Another Downtown fix ture, MILDRED’S , grabs a steaming cup of Silver for its diversity of blends. Mes senger’s corporate cousin down South west Boulevard, THE ROASTERIE , snags a share of Bronze along with Lenexa’s BLACK DOG COFFEEHOUSE . BEST DELI Four generations deep, with nearly a cen tury into its sausage-making excellence, SCIEMECA’S DELI has evolved from a deli to include regional grocery distribu tion and now nationwide delivery for on line orders. But the ingredients that make

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38th Annual Corporate Report KC’s Fastest-Growth Companies

Getting Bigger? Enter your organization for Corporate Report 100. Continuing a Kansas City tradition, Ingram’s will salute the region’s fastest- growing companies in its 38th annual Corporate Report 100 competition, to be published in the July 2023 edition. The report will measure growth between fiscal 2019 and 2022. Public and private for-profit companies HEADQUARTERED IN KC’S 22-COUNTY METRO, WITH AT LEAST $200,000 IN SALES IN 2019 AND $1 MILLION IN SALES IN FISCAL 2022, ARE ELIGIBLE. CORPORATE REPORT 100 NOMINATION FORM (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT LEGIBLY)

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To be considered for CORPORATE REPORT 100, Return or Submit at Ingrams.com or email to Editorial@Ingrams.com by Friday, June 30, 2023 2049 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64108 n Phone 816.842.9994 n Fax 816.474.1111 Fiscal 2019: ______________________________________________________________ Fiscal 2021: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Fiscal 2020: ______________________________________________________________ Fiscal 2022: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Full-time or full-time (equivalent) employees as of 12-31-2022:________________ Company Name:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CEO’s Name:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ City: _________________ State: _____ Zip:___________ Phone: ____________________ Fax: _______________ E-mail: ________________ Web site: _____________________ Communications/Marketing Manager:__________________________________________________________________________ e-mail: _________________________ Where is your company headquartered? ( Must be “headquartered” in KC’s 22-County Metro Area) _______________________________________________ GROSS REVENUES_ ___________________________________________________ Consolidated from all operations/subsidiaries. Please DO NOT round dollars to nearest thousand. Show revenues to decimal . (must have had at least $200,000 in sales in fiscal 2019 and $1 million in sales in fiscal 2022):