Char Bar Roof Patio ★ 4.3
$$westport{'monday': '11:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '11:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '11:00-22:00', 'thursday': '11:00-22:00', 'friday': '11:00-00:00', 'saturday': '10:00-00:00', 'sunday': '10:00-22:00'}
Char Bar's roof patio in Kansas City's Westport is the city's largest dog-friendly outdoor space, with cornhole, ping-pong, bocce, a fire pit and Boulevard drafts.
Tip: The fire pit is the survival seat on cold nights; the patio runs later than the kitchen.
P.S. Speakeasy ★ 4.5
$$downtown{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-24:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'Closed'}
P.S. Speakeasy in Kansas City's Hotel Phillips basement is a 1930s-inspired speakeasy in a former mail sorting room, with an unmarked door entry and crafted cocktails since 2017.
Tip: Reservations recommended; the door is unmarked off the alley off 12th Street.
Swordfish Tom's ★ 4.6
$$crossroads{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': 'Closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '17:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'Closed'}
Swordfish Tom's in Kansas City's Crossroads is an intimate speakeasy-inspired cocktail bar, with no beer, no wine, no food, premium spirits and crafted cocktails for 30 seats.
Tip: Reservations recommended. The door is unmarked; the Wise Sage is the bar's signature.
Tom's Town Distilling Speakeasy ★ 4.3
$$crossroads{'monday': '16:00-20:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-22:00', 'thursday': '16:00-22:00', 'friday': '16:00-00:00', 'saturday': '12:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'Closed'}
Tom's Town Distilling Company in Kansas City's Crossroads is the city's first legal distillery since Prohibition (2015), with a tasting room that reimagines 1920s speakeasy cocktails.
Tip: Mon 16:00 to 20:00, Tue to Thu 16:00 to 22:00, Fri 16:00 to 24:00, Sat 12:00 to 24:00. Tours by appointment.
Missie B's ★ 4.4
$$midtown{'monday': '16:00-03:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-03:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-03:00', 'thursday': '16:00-03:00', 'friday': '16:00-03:00', 'saturday': '16:00-03:00', 'sunday': '12:00-03:00'}
Missie B's on Broadway in Kansas City's Midtown has been the city's longest-running gay bar since 1994, with three bar areas, a patio, drag shows and dance nights.
Tip: Drag shows nightly; the patio is the warm-weather move.
Hamburger Mary's Kansas City ★ 4.1
$$midtown{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': '16:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-22:00', 'thursday': '16:00-22:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-22:00'}
Hamburger Mary's on Broadway in Kansas City's Midtown pairs burgers, bingo and drag entertainment for nightly events. The downstairs Mary's Bar opens earlier than the dining room.
Tip: Drag bingo Wed nights; Saturday drag brunch is the move. Reservations recommended.