Green Lady Lounge

This stylish bar, featuring 1890s upscale decor and jazz every night, is located on Grand in the Crossroads Arts District.  Although primarily a bar, rather than a restaurant, they do have a few food choices.  We had the cheese tortellini with a side salad along with the hummus plate and the cheese and crackers.  With a bottle of wine, it was an enjoyable dinner --- better than we had anticipated.  But with so little food variety, I would not want to have dinner there often.  Other fine restaurants are nearby on Main St.  Dinner at one of those restaurants conveniently can precede an evening of jazz with snacks and drinks at the excellent Green Lady Lounge.

There is a parking lot next door and behind the restaurant.  Unfortunately those lots are not owned by the restaurant.  If you choose to park there, you do so at your own risk.  But there is an easy on-street solution to that problem.  If you walk out the back entrance of the restaurant and then through the parking lot behind the restaurant, you will get to McGee St., which has diagonal angle parking along the street.  We arrived for the jazz performance at 5:30 pm, and there was plenty of parking on McGee.  When we returned to our car later in the evening, there was only one free space left.  If you get there early, McGee is a good parking choice.  Otherwise your best bet might be over on Main St., where there are some lots (but be careful to avoid the private lots).

Everything about the Green Lady Lounge, including the excellent jazz and elegant atmosphere, reminded me of the days when I lived in much larger cities.  Thanks to the other Yelp reviews for alerting me to this wonderful addition to the Kansas City nightlife scene.  The evening we were there, the jazz was by the Lambert Trio.  They are impressive, serious jazz musicians.

Love this place. Don't be alarmed. The outside does not look anything like the inside. They have great live Jazz music on the weekends.

Sexy, Swanky, and Sophisticated.  That's how I would describe Green Lady Lounge.  Red walls and copper ceiling, the bar on one side with round red booths on the other, and some tables in the back.  The layout is great because you can sit closer to the front where the acts play or you can sit further to the back, which is what I like to do because I want to enjoy the music, but still hold a conversation.  The musicians seem to be legit.

Service was top notch and seems to be a group effort amongst the cocktail servers.  Al were friendly and efficient.  I browsed the cocktail list, but opted for a glass of wine.  I thought the list of wines by the glass was decent.  

I think Green Lady Lounge is a great spot in Kansas City.  It's a great spot to unwind with some friends, enjoy some drinks, sit back and enjoy some live music.  If you love atmosphere as much as I do, then this is the place to be.