KC Drink Fest with Laren Mahoney
Popular figure in the Irish community of Kansas City, and fellow MySpace friend, Laren Mahoney of the KC Convention & Visitors Association, was chosen as the host of a pub crawl in the P&L district by Tom Uhlenbrock of the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mahoney, 32, had assisted several years ago in a similar taste testing of KC’s barbecue joints. While I nibbled at each stop, she wolfed down the sandwich, the fries and the pickles, and was ready for the next round.
For part of the pub crawl, Laren and Tom were joined by Jon Stephens, marketing director for the Baltimore-based Cordish development company, which built the Kansas City Power & Light District. It included their stop at the newest Irish pub in downtown KC:
Raglan Road, an Irish pub, was a real treat. The entire wood interior came from old pubs around Dublin, seven shipping containers full. I was heading for a Boddington’s Cream Ale before Mahoney announced that she had a favorite here, a “Black Velvet” made from Magner’s Irish Cider beer and Guinness. It was so good we broke our vow and ordered another. Suddenly, a young costumed dancer climbed on the table in front of me and did a spirited jig while the two-man band played. “That’s Danielle,” Stephens said. “Every man in Kansas City who sees her dance is in love with her.”
Read all of Tom’s article to see what exactly you can happily drink in Kansas City’s P&L District.
See Also:
• Laren Mahoney’s Photos from Ireland with the Elders
• Raglan Road Chef Launches Gourmet Irish Sausages
• Ferruzza Review of Raglan Road
• Raglan Road Blog
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