Kesh & Jac: How to Have a Successful Pub Crawl

Kansas City has so many good bars you cant just choose one! This past Saturday, #keshandjac went out for a friend's birthday celebration. He had the fabulous idea (well Jac had the idea and suggested it to him) to do a pub crawl. This was a great opportunity to check out multiple hot Kansas City spots.

Stockyard fries-Nom Nom Nom

It started at Julep, a cocktail lounge, on Pennsylvania in Westport. Their motto is "Bringing class and kicking ass" which I can't disagree with. It has an intimate setting and specializes in whiskey drinks- takes you back a few decades. Next stop Beer Kitchen- Sadly, not everyone made it here, but we made it a point to. Beer Kitchen is one of our favorite spots in Westport with amazing food and endless beer selections. I will say it may not be the best choice for a great pub crawl since it is more resturant-esque. We stopped here for dinner because we've have both made past mistakes of doing heaving drinking on an empty stomach- never ends well.

How well do you know KC? Can you guess where this is

Stop three was The Foundry (we missed out as we were still filling our bellies) But from past experiences this is a great place for a large group. You can rent out the upper level or just hang around the bar- very spacious, reasonably priced, and FYI they also have some good eats (it almost always comes back to food with us)

After Foundry we headed to Harry's. Harry's has a great patio- unfortunately even though the weather was amaze balls this weekend, it was still a bit too chilly to sit out there. The pub crawl had SO many people it was overcrowded in the bar so we opted to leave a bit before the rest of the group and head to the next spot and a Westport staple- Kellys Westport Inn.

If you have never been here, you need to. Saturday nights are filled with cheap beers, live music, and a balloon artist. (this is completely genius. what drunk person wouldn't want a balloon animal?) If you are feeling competitive they also have pop-a-shot and darts towards the back. And of course- Pizza. (Again with the food). Finally, we made it to the last Westport stop- Buzzard Beach.* This place has its pros and cons- PROS pool table & jukebox where we get to pick the tunes. CONS it smells like a portapotty. After this, the party split a bit....The last stretch of the crawl was to head to O'dowd's on the Plaza. Although we are big fans of O'dowd's (amazing upstairs patio, even better dance floor) we weren't really into the idea of finding a taxi to get there because at this point in the night we needed to either go home to sleep or dance. Obviously we were responsible and went dancing...so we headed over to Firefly lounge. All in all the pub crawl was a success. And most importantly the Birthday Boy had a great time-- as seen below.

Maybe too much fun....

We are very supported of pub crawls, whether they are scheduled events like the Crawl for Cancer or Waldo Crawldo- or a bit more impromptu like our experience last weekend. We think everyone should partake in one or five a year. If you are super jelly of our good time and want to have one of your own- here are some tips for a successful pub crawl.

1. Have a schedule but don't keep it too scheduled. It's probably a good idea to have a back up plan if your group is unable to get into a certain bar/restaurant. i.e. the group was too large for Beer Kitchen.

2. Don't expect everyone to stay the entire night. The birthday boy made it clear that he would not be offended if people showed up late or left early. Don't get caught up on everyone being at every bar with you especially if you have a large party. Just party.
3. Do something unique. Give your party a theme, make shirts, or even button (as seen below)