Beth Myers - HERLIFE Magazine

herlife | cravingsMaker's MarkBOURBON HOUSE & LOUNGEby charity ohlund | photography by brooke vandeverdo we never go tothe Power & Light District?” Iwhined to my husband as Iarrived home after a visit to“WhhyyyyyMaker’s Mark BourbonHouse & Lounge.“Because parking is ridiculous, and you hatewalking five blocks in heels,” he quipped.“I know, right? That’s what I thought, too,” Isaid. “But I just ate at Maker’s Mark after parking inthe lot right underneath the KC Live! Block and…wait for it…I paid $2 to park. Two. Dollars. We can’tbe the only ones who didn’t know about this.”I’m embarrassed to admit that, until recently,there were lots of things I didn’t know about thePower & Light District, and, more specifically, aboutMaker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge.For example, “your father’s steakhouse” is acliché I took so literally that my only previous visithad indeed been with my father, for his 60th birthdaythree years ago. A manly steakhouse with a manlymenu named after a manly liquor summed up what Iimagined Maker’s Mark restaurant to be.In reality, Executive Chef Zachary Alft’s menuhas evolved into a contemporary, fresh and localmix of small plates, salads, flatbreads, seafood50 HERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM