Kansas City: The Tropics - was it tiki? - General Tiki

BY Bambú Yoo-hoo Member The Nairobi Room, Umgawa Reef Motel Joined: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 101	BY Bambú Yoo-hoo Posted posted on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 11:30 PM On 2004-10-21 21:13, tikijackalope wrote: Would any of you Kansas City folks know about a defunct lounge called "The Tropics" that used to be in the Hotel Phillips, downtown?...Would anyone know if KC lost a tiki bar or just a tropics-themed lounge? The address is: 106 West 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105 (corner of 12th and Baltimore). I was born in KC and grew up there during the 40's and 50's... Although the hotels Phillips, Aladdin, Muehlbach, etc. were very nice -- 12th Street in general?? Ummm, not so much! I hung out as a J.D. kid at Miller's Recreation & Snooker Hall -- a below sidewalk level walk-down pool hall at 12th & Grand Avenue next to the Penny Arcade. :D Anyway, here's a 1950's Souvenir drink menu mailer from The Tropics at Hotel Phillips.(credits/kudos: © 2006 Mimi Payne/Site design by Humuhumu) ...And a b&w photo of The Phillips as I remember it during those years.

On 2004-10-21 21:13, tikijackalope wrote:
Would any of you Kansas City folks know about a defunct lounge called "The Tropics" that used to be in the Hotel Phillips, downtown?...Would anyone know if KC lost a tiki bar or just a tropics-themed lounge? The address is: 106 West 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105 (corner of 12th and Baltimore).

I was born in KC and grew up there during the 40's and 50's...

Although the hotels Phillips, Aladdin, Muehlbach, etc. were very nice -- 12th Street in general?? Ummm, not so much! I hung out as a J.D. kid at Miller's Recreation & Snooker Hall -- a below sidewalk level walk-down pool hall at 12th & Grand Avenue next to the Penny Arcade. :D

...And a b&w photo of The Phillips as I remember it during those years.

Post #448530 by Bambú Yoo-hoo on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 11:30 PM