20 Teambuilding Activities in KC & Shots by Miko is on the List!

Check out this list created by museumhack.com and features 20 options for teambuilding activities and our cocktail class is listed! Here’s the opening to the article: You found our list of the best team building activities in Kansas City, KS & MO. Team building activities in Kansas City are experiences ideal for corporate outings and events.…

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2022 Rising Star

Our owner of Shots by Miko, Miko Blackman (Richardson) has been awarded the awesome accolade as being labeled part of the 2022 Rising Stars of Food & Beverage by local Feast Magazine. In the article they chat with her about Shots by Miko’s start, the journey, how the pandemic has changed service. We also talked…

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Black Mixcellence: A Book

Did you know there is a growing number black mixologists taking the industry by storm with all their creative cocktails, mocktails, methods & more? Well Ms. Tamika Hall (@Ladyblogga on IG) has put together a book (both physical & digital format) highlighting a few within this industry taking some cool drink recipes, asking great questions…

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We’ve Got Something In Common

The We’ve got Something in Common duo is a love story, inspired by the R&B artists Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston’s track by the same name. It is a chat of dainty lightness and smooth ruggedness, utilizing common ground to bring it all together. The commonality in both beverages is the use of Orgeat (Almond)…

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Caught Up In the Newness

Caught Up in The Newness is a girl’s night out exploration in to herb-utilized bourbon cocktails. In the song, The Newness, Eric Roberson is speaking to freshness, fun & excitement he’s having when starting a new relationship. This cocktail creates that feeling for women who don’t usually forage into the space of bourbon especially alongside…

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Hot Stone Massage

Kansas City is a small and calming town, but we’ll continue to surprise you with our spice. The Hot Stone Massage includes refreshing notes of cucumber & lychee with the unexpected heat of jalapeno and featuring Maker’s Mark® smoothness; your taste buds will be reinvigorated to have you back in tip-top shape! -Glassware: Highball glass…

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#PowerofThePalate Virtual Cocktail Competition & #ShotsbyMiko advances to the NATIONAL BRACKET of 16 to represent KANSAS CITY, MO!

Shots by Miko, more specifically our owner Miko Richardson, has advanced the the national bracket to represent KANSAS CITY MISSOURI for Black Restaurant Week’s Power of the Palate Virtual Cocktail Competition presented by Maker’s Mark. The call for the best black bartender in the country went out in late June/early July. They were looking in…

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Cross Seasonal Beverages

There are beverage options available that can be enjoyed year ’round! How about those that impart a flavor profile, calling back to slow sips and warm moments by the fire with a loved one? Or those that cause you to reminisce about that vacation with the sand, between your toes, the blazing sun and the…

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