Glenn Beck and Miley Cyrus, your Drum Room table is ready
| This table is reserved for Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton and Gary Lezak |
The Drum Room, in the historic President Hotel, is the subject of this week’s Cafe review in The Pitch. Back in the 1940s and ’50s, when downtown Kansas City was an entertainment mecca — movie palaces! Nightclubs! Burlesque! — the Drum Room called itself a BaRestaurant and operated as a supper club. Patrons could dine, dance or just listen to the featured musical acts in the main dining room.
“It was a place to see famous people — sometimes infamous people — and be seen,” recalls Walt Bodine, who was one of the local celebs who was always seated at a preferred table near the stage. There’s no longer a stage in the main dining room, but wouldn’t it be great if the restaurant could attract a Who’s Who crowd again?
