OFFICIAL: Power & Light District

[DColeKC]

they better give me my plate then

I’m sure they would. Less stuff to go in the dumpster and you helped them stay open this long. The concept, decor etc has been outdated for years.

Can we take out the patio so that sidewalk is passable again? It is way to narrow for the amount of foot traffic in the area (COVID notwithstanding).

I agree, but don't see a new tenant wanting to give up the idea of a patio, even though it's not a great patio or a great patio view.

[KCPowercat]

i have a hard time believing saucer's concept or decor are dealbreakers when we've heard it on good authority that goddamn pizza bar is raking it in.

It's pizza.... Not to hard to do, especially when you're pumping out $3 slices all night long and the profit margin on pizza is ridiculous. Flying Saucer (nationwide) hasn't kept up with the times sadly.

Pizza bar can not out 20k worth of pizza orders on a concert night no problem. Add in the alcohol sales and it's a winning combo. Pizza bar has always had a dive type vibe which I think works well for it.

Pizza bar has no vibe at all. It might as well be in an airport.

I have a plate at FS and really liked it when it opened but now everybody has every beer everywhere (including tons of our own KC beers) and I haven't drank a beer in FS in years. I do like their lunch though.

[wahoowa]

agreed with respect to the ability to get a decent craft beer at most places. if it's gone, i will miss saucer in that it's the only tolerable place in p&L where you can always get an interesting craft beer, or where you can count on enough of a rotation to not be stuck drinking the same thing every time you go there (glaring at ice house here). but there are good options away from p&L for all of this so i'm sure i will manage.

looks like i'm almost certainly the most frequent user of saucer's patio around here, so i'll just add that saucer's patio is an objectively bad patio. if cordish were to just delete it i'm sure any replacement tenant could live with that. just roll the windows up and call it good.

[DColeKC]

agreed with respect to the ability to get a decent craft beer at most places. if it's gone, i will miss saucer in that it's the only tolerable place in p&L where you can always get an interesting craft beer, or where you can count on enough of a rotation to not be stuck drinking the same thing every time you go there (glaring at ice house here). but there are good options away from p&L for all of this so i'm sure i will manage.

looks like i'm almost certainly the most frequent user of saucer's patio around here, so i'll just add that saucer's patio is an objectively bad patio. if cordish were to just delete it i'm sure any replacement tenant could live with that. just roll the windows up and call it good.

Yard House has a great selection, but not as good as Flying Saucer did!

[DColeKC]

i have a hard time believing saucer's concept or decor are dealbreakers when we've heard it on good authority that goddamn pizza bar is raking it in.

It's pizza.... Not to hard to do, especially when you're pumping out $3 slices all night long and the profit margin on pizza is ridiculous. Flying Saucer (nationwide) hasn't kept up with the times sadly.

Pizza bar can not out 20k worth of pizza orders on a concert night no problem. Add in the alcohol sales and it's a winning combo. Pizza bar has always had a dive type vibe which I think works well for it.

Pizza bar has no vibe at all. It might as well be in an airport.

I have a plate at FS and really liked it when it opened but now everybody has every beer everywhere (including tons of our own KC beers) and I haven't drank a beer in FS in years. I do like their lunch though.

Not sure what time you've been into Pizza bar, but it's a great late night spot and honestly, why would they change anything if it's making gobs of money?

My comment is about the fact that most of the bars are painted and changed up from time to time, pizza bar hasn't been touched in years. You'd have to be a regular customer to notice this of course.

[KCPowercat]

I didn't ask them to change. It does not have any atmosphere though. Good for cordish.

[DColeKC]

I didn't ask them to change. It does not have any atmosphere though. Good for cordish.

Yeah.... I get that. As someone that frequents the place Vs someone who has likely been in there a handful of times, I disagree about the vibe of the place. For example, have you ever been in there on a Friday or Saturday when they have a DJ?

[swid]

I don't see Flying Saucer opening back up sadly.

The staff at Flying Saucer was told today that it will not be reopening, so this has moved past the rumor stage.

As someone who spent...way too much time there over the past decade, this hurts, but isn't terribly surprising. The writing was on the wall when Cordish took it over last fall; the pandemic-induced shutdown only accelerated the timeline for its closure.

Unfortunately, even in its recent state, FS was still one of the top craft beer bars in the metro.

[flyingember]

Unfortunately, even in its recent state, FS was still one of the top craft beer bars in the metro.

They have good reviews on sites but no one ever mentions them as a place to get beer. Out of all these lists, they made 16th place in only one of them.

https://www.visitkc.com/visitors/things ... beer-scene
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions ... souri.html
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=b ... City%2C+MO
https://foursquare.com/top-places/kansa ... craft-beer
https://uproxx.com/life/best-breweries- ... nsas-city/
https://www.tripsavvy.com/best-brewerie ... ty-4582736
https://www.kcur.org/post/food-critics- ... 8#stream/0

[DColeKC]

I don't see Flying Saucer opening back up sadly.

The staff at Flying Saucer was told today that it will not be reopening, so this has moved past the rumor stage.

As someone who spent...way too much time there over the past decade, this hurts, but isn't terribly surprising. The writing was on the wall when Cordish took it over last fall; the pandemic-induced shutdown only accelerated the timeline for its closure.

Unfortunately, even in its recent state, FS was still one of the top craft beer bars in the metro.

I didn't want any employees hearing about it before they were told, so I didn't want to be too matter of fact.

It was taken over because they could no longer pay their lease. They were going to try and keep it alive but with these developments, it wasn't a smart move. What will end up going in there will fill a hole in the PNL market.

[KCPowercat]

Mexican is my bet.

[DColeKC]

Mexican is my bet.

I wish! But, not what I’m hearing at the moment.

I’d like to see a Mexican restaurant go in a combined famous Daves and Bar Louie.

[smh]

Sure, but could we re-open the sidewalk perhaps? I can't socially distance on a two-foot sidewalk.

[DColeKC]

Sure, but could we re-open the sidewalk perhaps? I can't socially distance on a two-foot sidewalk.

Seriously. I don't know how anyone enjoys that patio anyway?

[smh]

Sure, but could we re-open the sidewalk perhaps? I can't socially distance on a two-foot sidewalk.

Seriously. I don't know how anyone enjoys that patio anyway?

Put in a good word!

[KCPowercat]

I had a pretty good time on that deck last summer watching the discarded P&L crowd come out. Hot damn I have drank a beer at FS in the last year. I completely forgot.

[droopy]

Sure, but could we re-open the sidewalk perhaps? I can't socially distance on a two-foot sidewalk.

Seriously. I don't know how anyone enjoys that patio anyway?

I figured it was so smokers could go out with their beer. I imagine the new tenant will want to keep it for this reason too.

[normalthings]

Traffic Control Permit Approved this week for "Delivery of supplies and materials":

W 13th Street THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE WESTBOUND SOUTH CURB LANE OF W 13TH STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET TO BALTIMORE AVE.

Walnut Street, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE NORTHBOUND EAST CURB LANE OF WALNUT STREET BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO W TRUMAN ROAD (NORTHSIDE).

Grand Blvd, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY SOUTHBOUND WEST CURB LANE OF GRAND BLVD BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO E 14TH STREET.

Date: FROM: 01-Apr-2020 TO: 30-Apr-2020 Permitted Working Hours: FROM: 6am TO: 6pm

[DaveKCMO]

Traffic Control Permit Approved this week for "Delivery of supplies and materials":

W 13th Street THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE WESTBOUND SOUTH CURB LANE OF W 13TH STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET TO BALTIMORE AVE.

Walnut Street, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE NORTHBOUND EAST CURB LANE OF WALNUT STREET BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO W TRUMAN ROAD (NORTHSIDE).

Grand Blvd, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY SOUTHBOUND WEST CURB LANE OF GRAND BLVD BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO E 14TH STREET.

Date: FROM: 01-Apr-2020 TO: 30-Apr-2020 Permitted Working Hours: FROM: 6am TO: 6pm

This is clearly for Three Light, correct?

[normalthings]

Traffic Control Permit Approved this week for "Delivery of supplies and materials":

W 13th Street THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE WESTBOUND SOUTH CURB LANE OF W 13TH STREET BETWEEN MAIN STREET TO BALTIMORE AVE.

Walnut Street, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY THE NORTHBOUND EAST CURB LANE OF WALNUT STREET BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO W TRUMAN ROAD (NORTHSIDE).

Grand Blvd, THE CONTRACTOR MAY OCCUPY SOUTHBOUND WEST CURB LANE OF GRAND BLVD BETWEEN E 13TH STREET TO E 14TH STREET.

Date: FROM: 01-Apr-2020 TO: 30-Apr-2020 Permitted Working Hours: FROM: 6am TO: 6pm

This is clearly for Three Light, correct?

The road closures are for 3 distinctly different areas of P&L. Only the second closure is close to 3L but it is on the 2L side of the street.