The
"Grid / Filter menu customization"
http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/filter-menu-customization
doesn't have enough similar "City" names
to test the "Starts with" filter
when a person might enter
"B"
and list multiple citys that start with "B"
Currently there is only one city name per letter.
Maybe you could make a couple cities have the same start letter.
ie: "Boston" and "Berkley"
Then you would see that the "Starts with" won't function
for the "City" column
because you can't enter just "B" and have to select a city from
the cityFilter DropDownList.