If you’re looking to make new post-pandemic friends, try this bar on a quiet block in the Crossroads. Bennington reminds us it doesn’t even matter. This is a place where a regional vice president of sales for auto group insurance and a plumber argue about the viola (it’s a small cello, not a big violin) then spontaneously sing along to the chorus of Linkin Park’s There is a pounder list but also a hard seltzer list.
There’s classic shall board but also glowing kiosks for “legally compliant game of skill” Dragon’s Ascent. This barn-sized bar on the main strip in Mission unironically plays Ratt but ironically serves beer in mason jars, embedding the tin toppers in its bartop. The rooftop returns to the chill vibe and is the perfect place to watch the game or make friends over nachos. Floor two is where things get turned up a bit: There, low lights, heart-pumping music and beer pong tables are aplenty. The first floor is low-key, with friendly, chatty bartenders and plenty of Bud Heavy. This three-story bar is basically three separate bars and has one of the best rooftop bars in Kansas City. Buy cigarettes and lottery tickets from an always-stocked vending machine, catch up on the neighborhood gossip, or hunker down on your favorite barstool (it’s ripped, but it’s comfortable) and watch the game. Since then, it’s been a stronghold of loyal regulars in this party district, with bargain-priced drinks, a pool table, a jukebox and a decent patio. If zombies attack, I’ll meet you on the patio.ĭave Golad opened this Westport bar in 1952. It moved to its current location-a former machine shop-in 1972.
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A global pandemic hit, so they make you scan a QR code to see the ever-changing beer list and lineup of fancy hot dogs. When Hooper’s eventually reopened, nothing had changed. That’s sort of how it goes at Hoop’s, which is as much a community center as a bar. There was a remarkably undramatic scene inside the wood-paneled walls of this laid-back Brookside pub-we smelled smoke and a waiter said maybe we should wait outside for a few minutes. I happened to be inside Charlie Hooper’s a couple years ago when it caught on fire. The weathered brick walls lend a natural warmth to this space, which is accentuated by well-made cocktails, well-chosen spirit flights and a four-hour happy hour that goes until 7 pm. In KC, the first one to go up was this one, believed to have been a slaughterhouse. Urban environments changed thereafter, with new buildings built of brick and concrete. Back in 1871, that cow kicked over a lantern, starting a fire that burned much of Chicago. O’Leary’s cow to thank for the charms of Harry’s Country Club. Classic neighborhood spots (named after dudes)
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While researching this list, we did not ask for special treatment, announce our presence or take free drinks (unless someone was buying a round). We take each place on its own terms and judge it by how it’s meant to be enjoyed. We are not judging dive bars on their Mezcal selection, nor are we downgrading trendy speakeasies for their lack of pull-tabs.
We picked bars that are good at what they’re doing.
We revisited every spot included post-pandemic. Bars are social spaces, and our definition of a great bar is a great place to be for a while. With the pandemic behind us and everyone eager to make up for lost time, we surveyed the city to document the 87 best bars, pubs, jazz joints, speakeasies, mixology temples and clubs in KC. It’s been almost a decade since a local publication made a comprehensive guide to the city’s best bars. As the rest of the country ripped up its bar culture and had to start from scratch, KC experienced a golden era of nightlife, music and cocktails. We’ve argued before that the birth of Kansas City as we know it came when the city took a pass on the whole Prohibition thing. Kansas City is an amazing bar city-and it has been for a long, long time.
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