Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar (Northland)

[!warning] OPERATING STATUS — CLOSED (Compiler, 2026-07-24). Both Mesob locations (this Northland/Zona Rosa page AND the 3601 Broadway original) are marked CLOSED on Yelp (April 2026 updates); the former official domain mesobkc.com is dead and currently serving gambling spam (dead-domain hijack — logged to the audit). Continuation: the concept now operates as Black Garlic Restaurant & Rum Bar at 3601 Broadway (same Ethiopian-Caribbean + rum bar format; listings say “formerly known as Mesob”; own domain blackgarlicrestaurant.com; active Yelp July 2026; The Pitch jerk-ribs feature; owners per listings “Cherven and Mehret”). Per the In-Memoriam/continuation doctrine this is a rebrand-relocation, not a death.

Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar is an Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion restaurant and rum bar at 5225 NW 64th Street in Kansas City’s Northland (Zona Rosa), operated by Chef Cherven Desauguste — a Haitian immigrant who brought both culinary traditions together in what bills itself as “the sole authentic rum bar in Kansas.” A second location (the original 3601 Broadway) is listed as closed on Yelp; the Northland location is the active site.¹²

| Note | The original 3601 Broadway location is reported closed on Yelp; this page covers the active Northland location.² |

Description

Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar is an Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion restaurant and rum bar at 5225 NW 64th Street in the Zona Rosa corridor of Kansas City’s Northland. The restaurant combines the culinary traditions of Ethiopia and the Caribbean — specifically Haitian-influenced Caribbean cooking — in a format that has no obvious precedent in the KC metro.¹

The rum bar component positions Mesob as “the sole authentic rum bar in Kansas,” serving rum cocktails alongside the restaurant’s Ethiopian-Caribbean menu. The kitchen dishes include jerk chicken (from the Caribbean tradition) alongside injera (the spongy Ethiopian flatbread that serves as both plate and utensil), a pairing that reflects the owner’s Haitian heritage and self-taught mastery of Ethiopian cuisine.¹

The Northland location represents an expansion of the concept. The original location at 3601 Broadway (Midtown KC) is reported closed on Yelp as of available data; the 5225 NW 64th Street Northland address is the current active site.²

Ownership and history

Period	Owner / Operator	Notes
(original Broadway) → ~2024	Chef Cherven Desauguste	Broadway location (3601 Broadway) now reported closed2
~2024 → present	Chef Cherven Desauguste + second partner	Northland expansion per Community Voice Aug 2024; second partner joined for expansion1

Chef Cherven Desauguste is a Haitian immigrant who created the Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion concept, bringing together two distinct culinary traditions through personal heritage (Haitian-Caribbean) and self-developed mastery of Ethiopian cuisine.¹ In August 2024, Community Voice reported that Mesob was expanding — including to a second location and a new partner — signaling growth from the original single-location concept.¹

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-14 · Source: Mesob’s own website mesobkc.com — the operator’s food-menu page (/-food-menu) and drink-menu page (/-drink-menu), recovered from the Internet Archive capture of 28 August 2024, the last capture before the domain lapsed and was hijacked.³⁴ · Confidence: High for the historical record, not current. Every item name, price and description below is first-party operator copy from Mesob’s own site. The restaurant is closed — these are the prices Mesob charged as of the 2024-08-28 capture, not live prices. No aggregator (DoorDash, Grubhub, Yelp, Uber Eats) was used.

[!info] MENU CEILING REACHED — do not re-spend. This is the final first-party menu of record for Mesob. The business is closed, the official domain is hijacked (do not fetch it), and the Toast page is dead. A current menu does not exist and cannot be captured, which is why menu_status is partial rather than verified — the capture is complete, the currency is not. Nothing further can be recovered. The living successor’s menu belongs on a Black Garlic page, not here.⁵

Mesob’s site carried five menus behind tabs: a Midtown/Broadway dinner menu, a Broadway happy hour, and three Northland menus — Northland Location (dinner), Northland Lunch, and Northland Happy Hour. This page is the Northland page, so the three Northland menus are reproduced below; the Broadway-tab menus are not, and differed (e.g. the Broadway tab priced a 14oz Hand-Cut Strip Steak at $34.00 against Northland’s 14oz Prime Black Angus Strip at $55.00).³ The drink and rum list was shared site-wide.

Northland — starters

• Banane Pesee — $11.00 — fried plantains served with spicy coleslaw.³
• Guacamole — $17.00 — avocado with onions, jalapenos, cilantro, and fresh lime juice served with plantain chips and baked injera.³
• Blue Crab Cakes — $23.00 — jumbo lump blue crab meat, pickled onions, micro salad and chipotle remoulade.³
• Lambi — $24.00 — crispy pan-fried Bahamian conch lightly dusted in a house-made blend of seasoning flour served with cilantro lime pesto and jerk aioli.³
• Steam Mussels — $22.00 — fennel, pepper piquillo, white truffle oil, cilantro, roasted garlic ciabatta toast.³
• Smoked Salmon — $23.00 — avocado, capers, pickled onion, boursin cream, crostinis.³
• Caribbean Fritters — $16.00 — grated taro root seasoned with fresh herbs, pan-fried served with cilantro sauce.³
• Jerk Chicken Bao Buns — $20.00 — fried onion, cabbage, jerk remoulade, pickled onions.³

Northland — soup and salad

• Smoky Butternut Bisque — $11.00 — butternut squash, ayeb cheese, crostini.³
• Caesar Salad — $12.00 — crisp romaine, garlic parmesan dressing, ciabatta crouton.³
• Avocado Salad — $17.00 — baby arugula tossed in mango vinaigrette dressing with cherry tomatoes, fresh avocado slices, candied walnuts, seasonal berries, and feta cheese.³
• Ethiopian Salad — $10.00 — chopped romaine, tomatoes, and red onions, tossed with red wine vinaigrette dressing.³
• Baby Spinach — $15.00 — baby spinach, candied walnut, goat cheese, raspberry vinaigrette.³

Northland — Caribbean dinner: seafood

• Surf Duo — $36.00 — Atlantic salmon, shrimp, caramelized onions, brussels sprouts, herbed roasted potatoes, lemon butter sauce.³
• Cajun Seafood Pasta — $28.00 — mussel, shrimp, smoked beef sausage, sun-dried tomatoes, rum tomato cream.³
• Whole Red Snapper — $39.00 — pan-fried red snapper, spicy cabbage slaw, arugula salad, fried plantain, black mushroom rice; served grill, fried, or creole style.³
• Seafood Jambalaja — $36.00 — shrimp, mussels, scallops, white fish, bell peppers, onions, celery, tomatoes, cajun-spiced broth, rice pilaf. (Spelling is the operator’s.)³
• Shrimp & Grits — $28.00 — blackened shrimp, smoked gouda, spinach, brussels sprouts, cherry tomatoes, creole sauce.³
• Coconut Curry Shrimp — $26.00 — black tiger shrimp, coconut curry sauce, sweet peas, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and jasmine steamed rice.³
• Branzino Fillets — $39.00 — asparagus, brussels sprouts, beets, yuka, carrots, cherry tomatoes.³

Northland — Caribbean dinner: poultry

• Broadway Chicken — $34.00 — Haitian halved fried chicken, sweet potatoes mashed, green beans, blistered sweet peppers, crispy brussels sprouts, au jus butter reduction.³
• Chicken Jambalaya — $28.00 — blackened chicken breast, Andouille sausage, bell peppers, celery, onions, tomatoes, cajun-spiced broth, rice pilaf.³

Northland — Caribbean dinner: meat

• Oxtail — $30.00 — red wine braised oxtails, sweet peas, collar greens, potatoes, baby carrots, mushroom rice.³
• Baby Back Jerk Ribs — $27.00 — smoked ribs, orecchiette mac & cheese au gratin, green beans.³
• Griyo — $19.00 — bite-size pork shoulder, black mushroom rice, plantain, spicy cabbage slaw.³
• Tassot Cabrit — $30.00 — marinated tender braised chunks of goat, fried, plantain, and diri djon djon; or stewed goat prepared in the house signature okra creole sauce.³
• 14oz Prime Black Angus Strip — $55.00 — asparagus, chianti peppercorn reduction.³

Northland — Caribbean dinner: vegetarian and sides

• Vegetarian Jambalaya — $25.00 — long grain rice, squash, brussels sprouts, sweet peas, celery, green beans, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, cajun spiced broth.³
• Sides: Diri Djon Djon $9.00 · Steam Rice $6.00 · Asparagus $10.00 · Parmesan Fries $9.00 · Green Beans $10.00 · Plantain $7.00 · Brussels Sprout $10.00 · Mac and Cheese $14.00 · Mashed Potatoes $8.00.³

Northland — Ethiopian dinner

Operator’s note on this section: “We serve all entrees with Injera (Ethiopian flatbread) and two sides with the Asmara Pasta is the only exception.”³

Meat

• Doro Tibs — $22.00 — cubed chicken breast sautéed in a blend of house spices, onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, and clarified herb butter.³
• Lamb Tibs — $27.00 — boneless lamb sautéed in a blend of house spices, clarified herb butter, onions, garlic, jalapenos, and tomatoes.³
• Beef Tibs — $24.00 — beef tenderloin sautéed in a blend of house spices, onions, garlic, clarified herb butter, tomatoes, and jalapenos.³
• House Special Tibs for Two — $78.00 — combination of lamb, beef, and chicken tibs, sautéed with onions, tomatoes and jalapenos, seasoned with house spices.³
• Seafood Platter — served for four — $125.00 — combination of salmon tibs, tilapia fillet awaze, shrimp tibs sautéed with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos.³
• Meat and Seafood — served for four — $135.00 — combination of doro tibs, beef tibs, salmon tibs, shrimp tibs sautéed with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos.³

Seafood

• Shrimp Tibs — $26.00 — shrimp sautéed with berbere certified herb butter, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and jalapenos.³
• Salmon Awaze Tibs — $29.00 — Atlantic salmon slightly sautéed with fresh garlic, ginger, jalapenos, tomatoes, caramelized onions, berbere spice.³

Vegetarian

• Ingudai Tibs — $21.00 — portobello mushrooms sautéed with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, garlic, and berbere spice.³
• Vegetarian Platter — $28.00 — combination of red lentils, yellow lentils, collard greens, potato cabbage, and salad.³
• Asmara Pasta — $20.00 — portobello mushroom ragout tossed in with spinach and spaghetti.³
• Misor Wot — $20.00 — red lentils in a rich berbere sauce, onions, garlic, and ginger. (Spelling is the operator’s; spelled “Misir Wot” elsewhere on the same site.)³
• Sides: Collard Green $9.00 · Red Lentils $9.00 · Yellow Lentils $6.00 · Salad $6.00 · Potato & Cabbage $9.00.³

Northland — sweets

• Oreo Bread Pudding — $12.00 — house-made bread pudding with layered Oreo cookies, fresh strawberries macerated in aged Barbancourt rum, topped with vanilla ice cream.³
• Upside Down Rum Cake — $11.00 — house-made red velvet pineapple upside-down cake; add ice cream $4.³
• Cake Mousse Tiramisu — $12.00 — layers of mascarpone mousse, espresso, and coffee sponge slightly dusted with espresso powder.³

Northland lunch

Appetizers and salads

• Baby Spinach — $10.00 — pecan-goat cheese fritters, caramelized onions, house vinaigrette.³
• Salmon Quinoa Salad — $18.00 — quinoa, mixed green, strawberries, candied walnut, green apple, feta cheese, mango vinaigrette.³
• Chicken Ceasar — $15.00 — romaine, jerk chicken, parmesan cheese, house croutons. (Spelling is the operator’s.)³
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts — $13.00 — caramelized onions, candied walnut, red wine vinegar.³
• Bannane Pezze — $9.00 — fried sweet plantain with pikliz. (Spelling is the operator’s on the lunch tab.)³
• Smoked Butternut Bisque — $11.00 — butternut squash, Ethiopian cheese, crostini, pumpkin seeds.³
• Louisiana Crab Claws Bordelaise — $16.00 — cherry tomatoes, citrus garlic butter sauce, and crostini.³

Sandwiches and burgers

• Lamb Burger — $16.99 — pickled onions, tzatziki, arugula, feta cheese, multigrain bun.³
• Classic Burger — $15.99 — American cheese, cucumber pickled, onion, mustard mayo sauce, lettuce, tomato, brioche bun and fries.³
• 64th Burger — $17.00 — smoked bacon, caramelized onions, mushroom, gouda cheese, jerk sauce, multi-grain bun, sweet potato fries. (Named for the Northland address on NW 64th Street.)³
• Steak Sandwich — $17.00 — caramelized onion, arugula, cilantro epise, horseradish cream, potato chips.³
• Mesob Chicken Melt — $17.50 — pulled smoked chicken, bacon, cheddar, gouda, spicy mustard, avocado, arugula, cherry tomatoes, baguette and potato chips.³
• Beyond Burger — $15.99 — tomatoes, lettuce, vegan choa cheese, pretzel vegan bun, onion, avocado, jerk sauce and potato chips.³

Specialty

• Oxtail Curry — $17.00 — braised oxtail, sweet peas, carrots, cabbage, jasmine rice.³
• Rasta Pasta — $15.00 — rigatoni pasta, bell peppers, baby corn, and beef sausage tossed in creamy jerk sauce.³
• Lamb Tibs — $19.00 — boneless lamb sautéed in a blend of house spices, clarified herb butter, onions, garlic, and tomatoes, served with injera and salad.³
• Doro Tibs — $15.00 — cubed chicken breast sautéed in a blend of house spices, onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, and clarified herb butter, served with injera and salad.³
• Beef Tibs — $16.00 — beef tenderloin sautéed in a blend of house spices, onions, garlic, clarified herb butter, tomatoes, and jalapenos.³
• Chicken Eggroll — $13.99 — sweet corn, black beans, smoked chicken, pikliz, jerk sauce, mozzarella.³
• Fish Tacos Trio — $16.00 — blackened tilapia, pineapple salsa, corn, avocado, chipotle mayo, white corn tortilla.³
• Smoked Jerk Wings — $19.50 — three whole jumbo jerk wings, pineapple mango salsa, french fries.³
• Griyo — $13.00 — bite-size pork shoulder fried, plantain, and spicy cabbage slaw.³
• Shrimp Mac Cheesy — $18.00 — creamy, cheesy macaroni topped with shrimp, bacon and breadcrumbs.³

Lunch add-ons and sides: Egg $2.00 · Cheese $1.00 (Swiss, American, pepper jack, cheddar, gouda) · Avocado Half $3.00 · Smoked Bacon $2.25 (two slices) · French Fries $8.00 · Potato Chips $6.00 · Sauces $0.89 · Sweet Plantain $8.00 · Mushroom Rice $8.00 · White Rice $5.00.³

Lunch sweets: Oreo Bread Pudding $12.00 (house-made bread pudding with layered Oreo cookies and fresh strawberries macerated in aged Barbancourt rum) · Lava Cake $9.00 (topped with vanilla bean ice cream and berries).³

Lunch drinks: draft beer $7.00 each (Wheat Beer, Pale Ale, IPA Cosmic, Tank 7, Yuengling Traditional); Coke products $3.00 each (Sprite, Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta, Lemonade, Pibb, Unsweet Tea).³

Northland happy hour

• Hamburger Sliders — $8.99 — bacon jam, cheddar, avocado, chipotle aioli.³
• Jerk Wings — $9.75 — spicy habanero jerk sauce, blue cheese, carrots. (Listed on the site as “Jerk Wingswings” — an evident typo.)³
• Truffle Fries — $8.00 — truffle parmesan fries, jerk sauce.³
• Banane Pesee — $5.50 — fried plantains served with spicy coleslaw.³
• Lump Crab Cake — $11.50 — pickled onions, micro salad and chipotle remoulade.³
• Steam Mussels — $11.00 — fennel, pepper piquillo, white truffle oil, cilantro, roasted garlic ciabatta toast.³
• Jerk Chicken Bao Buns — $12.00 — fried onion, jerk remoulade, pickled onions.³
• Caribbean Fritters — $8.00 — grated taro root seasoned with fresh herbs, pan-fried and served with cilantro sauce.³
• Guacamole — $8.50 — avocado with onions, jalapenos, cilantro, and fresh lime juice served with corn tortilla.³
• Happy hour cocktails and wine: Rum Punch $7.00 (Bacardi Gold rum, orange, pineapple, lime juices, grenadine, Angostura bitters) · Cuba Libre $6.00 (Havana Club, lime, Mexican Coke) · 3601 Margarita $6.50 (Clairin Sonson, lime, triple sec) · Vodka Tonic $6.00 (Tito’s vodka, tonic water, lime) · red wine $5.00 (Jamjar Shiraz, South African; Cheval Quancard Merlot, France) · white wine $5.00 (Fleur de California Chardonnay; Cinque Stelle Pinot Grigio, Italy) · draft beer $4.00.³

Rum bar and drinks (site-wide list)

The rum-bar claim was substantive: Mesob’s drink page carried a long curated rhum list organised by origin and house, alongside three-pour tasting flights. Reproduced here in summary because the list ran to several hundred entries.⁴

Signature cocktails (all first-party):

• Stormy Day — $16.00 — Flor de Caña 12 years, Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur, lemon juice, Angostura orange bitters.⁴
• Mesob Old Fashion — $16.00 — Brugal 1888, Grand Marnier, Brothers cardamom bitters.⁴
• Hibiscus Mojito — $16.00 — Barbancourt rum, Bacardi Superior, hibiscus syrup, fresh mint sprig, fresh lime juice.⁴
• Painkiller — $16.00 — Appleton Estate Signature, Bacardi Gold, pineapple and orange juices, Coco Real, nutmeg.⁴
• Tropical Sangria — $16.00 — Barbancourt Pango rum, white wine, pineapple, white cranberry peach juice, orange juice, tropical fruits.⁴
• Mesob 64th — $16.00 — Père Labat 59 rum, Riesling, Bacardi Gold, peach syrup, club soda.⁴
• Haiti Chaos — $16.00 — Bacardi Lime, Rum Heaven, pineapple juice, habanero sugar cane.⁴
• Sak Pase — $14.00 — coconut, Rivers rum, Calypso rum, pineapple juice.⁴
• Ginger Passion — $14.00 — Bologne Rhum, ginger beer, passion fruit, pineapple juice, lime.⁴
• Hurricane Haiti — $13.00 — blackberry, Wray & Nephew, lime juice, mango.⁴
• Rum Punch — $12.00 — Bacardi Gold rum, orange, pineapple and lime juices, grenadine, Angostura bitters.⁴
• Malibu Breeze — $12.00 — Rum Heaven, pineapple juice, cranberry juice.⁴
• Cremas — $9.00 — house-made crème liqueur, coconut, nutmeg, lemon zest, Barbancourt rum.⁴
• Blue Cloud — price **** — Barbancourt White, Pango rum, Santa Ana, coconut, blue curaçao.⁴

Rhum flights — three 1 oz pours, served neat: Flight to America $38.00 (Prichard’s Fine Rum, Tennessee; Richland Single Estate, Georgia; Papa’s Pilar 24 Dark Rum, New York) · Flight to Jamaica $65.00 (Hampden Estate; Appleton Estate 21; Worthy Park Single Estate) · Flight to Haiti $41.00 (Barbancourt 15 Estate Reserve; Clairin Sajous; Boukman Spice Rum Agricole).⁴

Rhum by the pour, headline tiers — Agricole Rhum $55.00 (Rhum Clément Cuvée Homère, Rhum Clément 10 Years, Rhum J.M X.O) · Spanish Style $43.00 (Ron Abuelo 12 Year, Panama; Don Q Signature, Puerto Rico; Matusalem 18 Yr, Dominican Republic) · Master Blend $130.00 (Flor de Caña 25-Yr, Nicaragua; Don Pancho 30 Yr; Facundo Exquisito, Bahamas) · Ultra Premium $350.00 (Brugal Papa Andrés, Dominican; El Dorado 30 Year Old Grand Special; Diplomático Ambassador). House verticals ran from Barbancourt White Rum $8.00 up to Appleton 30 Years $133.00 and El Dorado 25 Year Old Demerara 1980 $125.00.⁴

Beer and wine: imported Red Stripe (Jamaica) $7.00 · Prestige (Haiti) $7.00 · Heineken $6.00 · Corona Extra $6.00; draft $7.00 (Tank 7, Boulevard Wheat, Boulevard Pale Ale, Blue Moon, Modelo, Cosmic IPA, Stella Artois, Fat Tire, KC Bier). Wines by the glass $8.00–$11.00 with two reserve bottles (Brunello di Montalcino $85.00; Château Hostens-Picant Cuvée Demoiselles $65.00), plus Tej $10.00 — Ethiopian house-made honey wine.⁴

Status re-check, 2026-08-14

The closure finding stands and is unchanged. The Toast info page for the Northland location — which still resolved with stale hours and an about-blurb at the 2026-07-24 pass⁶ — now returns HTTP 403 (no longer resolving to a public info page), and the successor’s menu at blackgarlicrestaurant.com/menu/ returns HTTP 200 and is live.⁷ mesobkc.com was not fetched — it is a hijacked domain and only its Internet Archive captures were used.

Haitian immigrant-founded. Unique Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion format. Rum bar.

Links

• Instagram (brand account): https://www.instagram.com/mesobkc/ — Mesob’s primary web presence (no own domain found; the res-menu.com listing is a third-party aggregator, not first-party).

Sources

Footnotes

1. Community Voice KS — “Mesob Restaurant expands Caribbean Ethiopian cuisine” (August 8, 2024) — asserts: Mesob Restaurant; Chef Cherven Desauguste (Haitian immigrant); Ethiopian-Caribbean fusion; “sole authentic rum bar in Kansas”; jerk chicken + injera; expansion to second location ~2024 with second partner; growth from Broadway original. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. Yelp — Mesob Restaurant — asserts: Broadway original (3601 Broadway) reported as closed; Northland location at 5225 NW 64th Street as active. [Superseded 2026-07-24: both listings now marked closed — see ⁸.] ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Mesob’s own food-menu page, https://mesobkc.com/-food-menu, recovered from the Internet Archive capture of 28 August 2024 (retrieved 2026-08-14). First-party operator copy. Asserts: five tabbed menus (Menu · Happy Hour · Northland Location · Northland Lunch · Northland Happy Hour) — the three Northland tabs are the source of every Northland item, price and description on this page; site header contact block reading “The Northland, 5225 nw 64th street KC, MO 64151 / Midtown, 3601 Broadway Blvd KC, MO 64111”, phone (816)-442-7311, email cherven@mesobkc.com; the Ethiopian-dinner note that all entrées are served with injera and two sides, Asmara Pasta excepted. The live domain was not fetched — it is hijacked (see ⁹); only the archive was used. Does not establish current pricing or current operation: the restaurant is closed and these are 2024 prices. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶ ↩²⁷ ↩²⁸ ↩²⁹ ↩³⁰ ↩³¹ ↩³² ↩³³ ↩³⁴ ↩³⁵ ↩³⁶ ↩³⁷ ↩³⁸ ↩³⁹ ↩⁴⁰ ↩⁴¹ ↩⁴² ↩⁴³ ↩⁴⁴ ↩⁴⁵ ↩⁴⁶ ↩⁴⁷ ↩⁴⁸ ↩⁴⁹ ↩⁵⁰ ↩⁵¹ ↩⁵² ↩⁵³ ↩⁵⁴ ↩⁵⁵ ↩⁵⁶ ↩⁵⁷ ↩⁵⁸ ↩⁵⁹ ↩⁶⁰ ↩⁶¹ ↩⁶² ↩⁶³ ↩⁶⁴ ↩⁶⁵ ↩⁶⁶ ↩⁶⁷ ↩⁶⁸ ↩⁶⁹ ↩⁷⁰ ↩⁷¹ ↩⁷² ↩⁷³ ↩⁷⁴ ↩⁷⁵ ↩⁷⁶ ↩⁷⁷ ↩⁷⁸ ↩⁷⁹ ↩⁸⁰ ↩⁸¹ ↩⁸² ↩⁸³ ↩⁸⁴

4. Mesob’s own drink-menu page, https://mesobkc.com/-drink-menu, recovered from the Internet Archive capture of 28 August 2024 (retrieved 2026-08-14). First-party operator copy. Asserts: signature cocktail list with prices; three rhum tasting flights (America $38, Jamaica $65, Haiti $41) described as “three 1.0z samplings of complementing rums served neat”; rhum-by-the-pour tiers (Agricole $55, Spanish Style $43, Master Blend $130, Ultra Premium $350); house verticals for Appleton Estate, El Dorado, Barbancourt and Diplomático; imported and draft beer; wine by the glass including Tej, Ethiopian house-made honey wine, $10.00. Blue Cloud carries no printed price on this page — recorded as, not guessed. Live domain not fetched (hijacked). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹

5. Black Garlic Restaurant & Rum Bar (incl. /menu); Yelp yelp.com (active, updated July 2026, 3601 Broadway Blvd); OpenTable opentable.com; The Pitch KC “Eat This Now: Jerk Ribs at Black Garlic” thepitchkc.com — accessed 2026-07-24. Asserts: Caribbean-Ethiopian fusion + rum bar at 3601 Broadway; aggregator listings describe it as formerly known as Mesob; minority- and woman-owned per OpenTable. ↩

6. Toast — “Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar 5225 Northland” info page — accessed 2026-07-24. Asserts: address 5225 NW 64th St, phone (816) 442-7015, posted hours, “Cherven and Mehret” about-blurb; page resolves but no live ordering menu — treated as stale given the Yelp closure flags. ↩

7. Status re-check performed 2026-08-14 by direct HTTP request: the Toast info page for “Mesob Restaurant & Rum Bar 5225 Northland” () returned HTTP 403, no longer serving the public info page recorded in the 2026-07-24 pass; blackgarlicrestaurant.com returned HTTP 200. Asserts: no Mesob-branded ordering or information surface remains reachable; the successor’s menu is live. Corroborates, does not by itself establish, the closure — the closure evidence remains ⁸ plus the dead official domain. ↩

8. Yelp — “Mesob Restaurant & Rhum Bar — CLOSED” (5225 NW 64th St) — and “Mesob — CLOSED” (3601 Broadway) — yelp.com — both marked closed, updated April 2026; accessed 2026-07-24. Asserts: both Mesob locations closed; Northland listing carries “Established in 2011” about-blurb naming Cherven and Mehret. ↩ ↩²

9. mesobkc.com — accessed 2026-07-24 — former official domain now serves Indonesian gambling spam (“ALEXISTOGEL”); classic dead-domain hijack. Do not link from public pages. ↩