12 editor picks in Kansas City.
Kansas City's bar scene runs from speakeasy-style cocktail rooms to homegrown distilleries and breweries. Swordfish Tom's and Tom's Town Distilling Co. set the cocktail tone in the Crossroads, P.S. Kansas City pours downtown in Power and Light, and Kelly's Westport Inn keeps a famously unpretentious corner of Westport going.
12 cocktail bar places in Kansas City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kansas City · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink The Wise Sage cocktail
Swordfish Tom's in Kansas City's Crossroads is an intimate, speakeasy-inspired cocktail bar with no beer, no wine, no food, just premium spirits and crafted.
Drink Botanical Gin cocktails
Tom's Town Distilling on Main in Kansas City's Crossroads is downtown's first legal distillery since Prohibition, founded 2015.
Drink Crafted classic cocktails
P.S.
Drink Boulevard draft, well shots
Kelly's Westport Inn occupies one of Kansas City's oldest buildings, dated 1850 and run as an outfitting store by Albert Gallatin Boone (grandson of Daniel.
Drink Copper Rabbit gin cocktail, French aperitifs
Westport Cafe and Bar on Westport Road runs a craft cocktail programme out of a French-owned bistro, with the Copper Rabbit gin signature and scratch bistro.
Drink Bourbon and Boulevard
Harry's Country Club on Missouri Avenue in Kansas City's River Market is the neighborhood bar with a long bourbon selection and Boulevard beer on draft.
Drink Boulevard drafts, KC craft beer
Char Bar's beer garden in Kansas City's Westport is the largest dog-friendly patio in town, with cornhole, ping-pong, bocce, a fire pit and Boulevard.
Drink Boulevard Wheat, Tank 7 Saison
Boulevard's Tours and Rec Center on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City is the visitor centre of the city's biggest brewery, with 60-minute free tours.
Drink Pilsner, brown ale, IPAs
Brewery Emperial in Kansas City's East Crossroads runs the city's largest brewery patio: 20-plus picnic tables, cornhole, kids' sandbox, plus a wood-fired.
Drink German lagers, helles, dunkel
KC Bier Co.
Drink IPAs, hazy ales, fruit beers
Strange Days Brewing on Oak Street in Kansas City's River Market has served globally-inspired beer since 2018, just north of the City Market with a casual.
Try Beer and well drinks, no kitchen
Kelly's Westport Inn on Westport Road in Kansas City is one of the city's longest-running dive bars, set in an 1850 building and running until 03:00.
