The Phoenix restaurant and live jazz nightclub in Kansas City has recently re-opened. Almost as if they never missed a beat, The Phoenix is serving up great food and featuring some of the best Kansas City musicians nightly.

The Phoenix has always held it’s own in part because they consistently feature great Kansas City musicians on a nightly basis. While other bars in Kansas City skimp on the music budget and present boring twenty something year old accustic guitar playing “granola” new age hippies, The Phoenix keeps it real and brings in the big jazz artists.

The corner of downtown Kansas City where the Phoenix now sits used to be known as part of the Burgeoning Garment District in 1888. The Phoenix was there from the beginning, a somewhat shady hotel that was rumored to be more of a bordello than a hotel. On the first floor there was a speak-easy type saloon owned and operated by bartender Frank Valerius, and on the second floor was a “hotel” owned by Mrs. Linna Laws.

The main competition for The Phoenix were the hotels Metropolitan and The Savoy. The Exchange Hotel, which went belly up long ago, still sits dejected across the street from the thriving Phoenix much like a dead soldier from a war fought long ago.

Review:

“The Phoenix rises again. The new owners have spiffed up the place
a bit and reworked the menu. Among the new dishes: Black and Tan Onion
Rings, Red Canyon Chili With Cheddar, Three Cheese Melt Sandwich and
Chicken Salad Sliders. One thing has stayed the same: There will be live
music Tuesday through Saturday.”
- The Kansas City Star

Details:

Hours:
Mon-Sat. (11:00 am – 1:30 am)

Live Jazz:
Tuesday-Saturday

Location:
The Phoenix
302 W Eighth St.
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 221-JAZZ
http://thephoenixkansascity.com

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