Nick and Jake's, Parkville, Mo. Sept 22nd, 2009

Bryce Benson, and Gary Becker KCAA, Assistant Organizer's have scheduled one hell of a meeting!  We had a great tunout.  The Cigar Pass was a great success.  We also collected about 30 cigars to send to Jordan E at West Point Academy.  Joe S. won one of the door prizes and great food and drinks were had by all.

Why don't you get out and join us for one of our meetings.  Bring a cigar smoking friend to the next event.

Here were the details: 
The happy hour is going to be extended for all members but you don't want to waste any time getting to this event. Great food, drinks and cigars out the beautiful deck at Nick and Jake's!

All members! If you haven't had a chance to get to a meeting this is the one you should attend. You guys in the Northland have no excuse not to attend this meeting!

Lewis Street is just South of 45 hwy. You must take New Melody St. South and it turns into Lewis St.

Hope you can make it! We will be doing the Cigar Pass again so if you want to participate get a $6.00-$12.00 cigar to put in the box. Take one-leave one!

Outlaw Cigar Event "Pepin" Garcia, September 12th, 2009

This was not a Kansas City Cigar Aficionado Club event but many of the members showed up to support our sponsor: Outlaw Cigar and the visit by "Pepin" Garcia. 

Here are the details:
If you ain't heard of Pepin, You're living under a rock. This cigar great rarely makes an appearance. We are thrilled to have him back for a 3rd rowdy Pepin party with the master fresh out of Cuba. Cigar Rolling demonistration by a Master Roller and Pepin himself.

Gary and Jim were in the cigar rolling contest.

Kendall and "Pepin"  with THE CIGAR!:

Free Food, Drinks and lots of entertainment. 16 Kegs of Beer, 300 lbs of smoked Pig, Italian Susage Hot off the Grill, Hooter Wings, Cookies, Chips and tons more......

Jim and I talked with the Calendar Girl:

The Cigar Rights of America table was manned by Eric and I and members visited:
The Hooter girls and the customer favorite Outlaw Calendar Girl will be here to make you Blush.
•Texas Hold'em Tournament (5pm)
•Buy 3 Cigars and Get 1 Cigar Free
•Long Ash Contest
•Tons of Raffle Prizes

“El Rey de los Habanos, Inc.” is an original creation in the United States, considered the hottest Cigar Factory in Miami and headed by Jose “Pepin” Garcia, a master cigar maker that for forty years was considered the best cigar artisan in Cuba.

With his family by his side, he continues to follow the tradition maintained in Cuba for many years, incorporating five of our own brands to the market that demonstrate to knowledge and passion for perfection.

The weather was perfect and the Army landed the Helicopter:

September 8th, 2009 Will Jenny's Restaurant and Sullivan's Steak House

The meeting had a great turn out of new members.

Here are the details:
I made some changes to the schedule for the evening yesterday after talking with Kevin Timmons the owner of Nick and Jake's and Wil Jenny's and Sherry Joseph GM for Sullivans .We will start at Wil Jenny's ( next to Nick Jakes on 135th st) for their Happy Hour taco buffet (until 6:30pm) and $2 for all Mexican beers!

Then around 8PM we will head to Sullivan's Steakhouse where we will have some seating set aside for us for around 25 guys. In talking with the Sherry Joseph she has offered to bring out some appetizers at the point where we have 10+ on the patio, based on the turnout last week of 32 at McCormick and Schmick's that should be no problem.GB

6700 West 135th Street Overland Park, KS 66223

Check out Wil Jenny's web site for location and info: http://www.wiljennys....

New member Bill and Krishna:

Sullivan's Steakhouse is a 1940's Chicago-style steakhouse offering the finest certified angus beef, select seafood, veal, pork, lamb and chicken entrees, appetizers, soups, salads and side dishes (including Sullivan's renowned horseradish mashed potatoes).

Sullivan's House Specialty is the 20oz Bone-in Kansas City Strip. Desserts are made in-house. Sullivan's has an extensive wine list and complete inventory of bourbon, single malt scotch and cognac. Sullivan's features the finest steaks and seafood, unparalleled martinis, and great live jazz!

Joe Stapp introduced the Cigar Pass:

Our bars boast live entertainment seven nights a week and are graced with beautiful baby grand pianos, as well as high-end cognacs, single malt scotches, an incredible wine selection and a fully stocked cigar humidor. Nobody throws a party like Sullivan's.

Visit: http://www.sullivanst...
4501 W 119th St. Leawood, KS

SMOKER hosted by Gary Becker, August 25th, 2009 McCormick & Schmicks on the Plaza

This was one of the best attended events of the year.  Gary arranged one hell of a cigar event.

Here are the details:

McCormick and Schmick's- One of the premier restaurants in the city for food, drinks and CIGARS on the patio in the Country Club Plaza! I spoke with the general manager Cary Grider and he has offered to "Match dollar for dollar" the appetizers ordered prior to the end of their Happy Hour that runs from 4-7PM. A beautiful restaurant, incredible food and a beautiful view in one of the country's primer shopping districts. Let's burn some cigars!

Jerry Dear from Xikar gave out some of the new HC Cigars.  They were a great smoke!


Food orders need to be in before 6:30pm if you want the special prices!

Parking: It's my experience over 30 yrs that if you are willing to walk a couple of blocks YOU CAN find FREE parking , either on the street or at one of the many garages in the surrounding area.This event begins right after rush hour so expect to spend a couple of minutes finding a spot, we will not be the only ones wanting to have a cocktail on the Plaza that night. Please see the restaurants website for a detailed map of the location. 

Happy Hour- This is a fine dinning restaurant, at 6:00 the kitchen's focus is dinner so I can't get the (Happy Hour) appetizers extended into the evening. However, if you call and tell me what you'd like I will place your order in your absence, please call Gary at 913.636.4555 by 5:45pm to do so.

A great time was had by all!

"SMOKER" Hosted by Joe Stapp at Johnny's Tavern, August 20th, 2009

Joe had a great turn out at the SMOKER at Johnny's Tavern.

Here are the details:

Hey guys,


We are going to have a "Smoker" hosted by Joe Stapp. He has some special guests coming in town and we know we changed the Pub Crawl to Tuesday night because Thursday's at Power & Light is C&W night and the restaurants were unable to accomodate us.

I want Joe to be able to have his guests enjoy Kansas City Hospitality. If you can make it great, if not, it's OK. I will be there!

Johnny's Taven Deck, 10304 S Ridgeview, Olathe, KS. (located off of K-10 and Ridgeview. West of I-435, West on K-10, exit at Ridgeview, turn Left or (South) on Ridgeview, immediately turn right.

The weather was beautiful and Johnny's has a great smoking patio:

Pub Crawl at Power & Light District, July 18th, 2009

The 2009 Pub Crawl was a great success.  We had a great time visiting many of the establishments at the Power and Light District.

KCCA 2009 Pub Crawl at the Power and Light District!


We have had over the last few weeks a number of changes on this event but what we have now is MUCH better than what we thought we'd have to offer- FREE food, incredible beers from all over the world, great cocktails..and Happy Hour pricing that goes all night long! Each GM from every one of these stores knows who we are, what we're about and to a man is happy to have us at their establishment and has offered us things they offer to no one else. Lets smoke great cigars as we make the rounds and have an evening we will long remember!

Our itinerary:

GORDON BIERSCH 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM- The GM Alan Rust who hosted our first event (and numerous subsequent ones) has once again has welcomed us not only with some great (FREE) appetizers but with fresh 1/2 liter German style lagers for 3 bucks ALL NIGHT LONG! The smoking option has changed a bit- the holding corp for Gordon Biersch is now enforcing their no cigars on the deck policy, were it Alan's choice.....but, there it is. If you wish to smoke at our first stop, just walk out the gate right at the end of the patio that has been reserved for us and stand on the other side or take your cigar to a lounge chair in the center of the P&L or to any of the other stops that we'll be going to that night.

RAGLAN ROAD 7:30-9:30 PM - What an awesome Irish pub and restaurant that was crafted in Ireland, disassembled and put in containers, shipped to Kansas City and reassembled by the same craftsman--Ireland in KC! Scott Hastings was here to open the store, got transferred to the flagship in Orlando and happens to be back to cover a vacation.He has graciously offered to reserve for us the patio on 14th St. adjacent to the bar, a dedicated server and extend the Happy Hour pricing that includes 1/2 price apps, half price beers and cocktails.

JOHNNY'S TAVERN & MAKER'S MARK 9:30 PM -11:30 Johnny's will have been open at this location for just 2 weeks the night we'll be there so they want to see us there! In talking with manager Nick and district manager Kyle they've offered us $6 chicken sandwiches and $10 domestic and $12 Boulevard pitchers. Across the way at Maker's Mark Jim Watry has reserved for us the patio on the south side and is giving us $3 beers, $4 wells and $5 house wines. Tuesday is half price steak night there if you'd like a great steak at an incredible price that night.

FLYING SAUCER all evening- The Flying Saucer although not a part of the interior of the P&L ( read: you can't take a beer out, and walk down the street) is nonetheless a couple of hundred feet away.The "Saucer" has between 201 and 210 beers available on any given day, 75 of which are on draught.I told Matt Gardner about the KCCA (he like Jim Watry at Maker's is a cigar smoker) and Matt and I are going to pick 5 of those 75 options to have for us for $2.75 that night (YOU MUST MENTION THAT YOUR A KCCA MEMBER TO GET THIS PRICING).

We ended up at Makers Mark for a great steak dinner and afterwards smoking cigars on the deck.  Everyone had a great time!

Hunter was the winner of the drawing.  Antique Glass Indian Humidor:

Pool Party at Jim Axfords's July 6th, 2009. Great Food and Cigars!

We had a great time at Jims Pool Party:  Lots of fun playing Beer Golf and more fun later in the hot tub:

Here are the details of the event:

Pool Party and Cigars at Jim Axford's home.


Details: Please bring your suit and towel if swimming or using the hot tub.

Jim said guests are invited but you must RSVP all attending, prior to the meeting.

Hey guys, Remember this is a BYOB event. Bring your cooler filled with your favorite beverages. Please bring a side dish, chips or whatever you might want to share for the event. I will be bringing hamburger patties for grilling. If you are going to swim bring your own suit (Gary...please no Speedo's allowed!) and your own pool towel. Joe Huber..please no fishing gear allowed in the pool!

Bring your own Cigars or you can buy a cigar from Gary at the party