Hi, I’m Brenda Geiger — the publisher of Eat Drink Dive in Kansas City.
Before I started Geiger Media & Eat Drink DIve, I worked in PR and marketing for Fortune 100 companies advertising agencies, and hospitals.
My stories have been published in print and online publications, including Animal Fair magazine, Elephant Journal, Tiny Buddha, Kansas City Business Journal, the Tennessean, and the NY Post.
I grew up on a farm but fell in love with the city — Kansas City. Work gigs tempted me to move twice, but I just couldn’t bring myself to abandon this glorious, shiny, seedy, affordable, friendly, naughty and ever-evolving city.
My curiosity fuels me to report on restaurant owners, barkeeps, Inn owners and entrepreneurs who make Kansas City the coolest place to live — bar none.
I got hooked on dive bars while bootstrapping my way through college. I was a cocktail waitress at the Granary in Warrensburg, Mo., and pocketed the money from the pool tables at the Ozark Inn in Excelsior Springs, Mo., to cover my tuition (my stepdad was the owner).
In between road drinking and eating tipsy weenies at Old Barney’s for dinner, I earned a journalism degree.
Noelle Tabor — SEO Savant
Noelle Tabor is a writer, SEO guru, and former Midwesterner currently based in Nashville. You can catch her messy eating Tex-Mex, nose-diving into a book, or traveling the country with her family in search of the nation’s best donuts.
Stephen Talley — Website Developer
Steve is the only web developer and WooCommerce expert with an MBA from Texas A&M University. In his free time you’ll find him catching a baseball game, working on a DIY project or raising four boisterous English Shepherds. He can fix any quirk and elevate your web experience to Ritz quality with the flick of a wrist.
Drink Up Kansas City
A lot of the bar and restaurant posts you’ll read here are about Kanas City’s most endearing pubs that have outlasted some pretty piss poor times. My favorite pub, The Quaff, has survived mafia bombings, recessions, redevelopments, franchise competition, no-smoking laws, and now a pandemic.
Consider this website your gold mine for the latest brews, hidden haunts, cantankerous bar owners, juiciest burgers, and most frivolous entertainment in the greatest city on the planet.
Come take a walk on the wild side with me and share my hunger for all things Kansas City. I eat a paleo diet fortified with wine, gin, and tequila. I have a dive bar fetish as deep and wide as the Missouri River.
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Cheers!
PS Hats off to all Kansas City restauranteurs and entrepreneurs who give me an endless supply of stories, lists and photos to share.