Kansas City Cigar Aficionado Club: 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).