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The Kansas City Star article highlights how cultural cuisines are building community connections across Kansas City. Among the featured chefs, Swetha Newcomb, founder of Of Course KC, stands out for using food as both a personal and cultural bridge. A classically trained chef with South Indian roots, Newcomb blends Indian heritage with American culinary creativity, offering dishes like egg curry toast and fusion burgers that make Indian flavors approachable to all diners. Located in Overland Park, Of Course KC aims to bring a downtown-level dining experience to a suburban setting, while fostering deeper connections through private dining and community engagement. The restaurant exemplifies how culinary innovation can celebrate heritage, educate diners, and create shared experiences—turning meals into opportunities for connection and understanding.
Is Kansas City Still the Barbecue Capital of America? explores how Kansas City maintains its influence in American barbecue, even as Texas and the Carolinas gain national attention. The piece highlights the city’s signature style—smoky meats with thick, ketchup-based sauces—and its legacy through iconic establishments like Gates Bar-B-Q, Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, and innovators such as Buck Tui BBQ. Kansas City barbecue is defined by variety, creativity, and openness, blending traditional cuts like brisket and ribs with global influences, including Thai, Indian, and Mexican flavors. Modern chefs and pitmasters continue to experiment, expanding the city’s barbecue canon while honoring its history, showing that Kansas City remains a vital and evolving hub for smoked meats.
Swetha Newcomb, chef and owner of Of Course Kitchen & Company in Overland Park, has been named one of the 2025 “NextGen Leaders” by the Kansas City Business Journal. Launching her Indian-American fusion small-plates restaurant in 2023 while navigating new motherhood, Swetha blends tradition and innovation—her cuisine reflects her immigrant roots, cultural heritage, and a commitment to intentional hospitality. The recognition highlights her entrepreneurial spirit and her contributions to elevating the Kansas City culinary scene.
Overland Park native Swetha Newcomb is opening her first brick-and-mortar restaurant inside Bluhawk.
"This mixing of cultures is not just seen in Newcomb’s cooking, but also in the décor of her tasteful and intimate restaurant, which blends a modern American aesthetic with small subtle touches of Indian decor."
"...we’re officially classifying Of Course as a fine dining Indian fusion restaurant. We’re also naming it our 2023 Restaurant of the Year...There’s no mistaking it: Of Course is in its own lane."
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