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.
