Ready for the Chiefs — and not headed to Arrowhead? Here are some food, drink options
Kansas City restaurants and bars are celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship weekend by offering everything from red and yellow bagels to cannoli to football-shaped pizzas. There also will be plenty of food and drink specials to fuel the festivities.
Here’s a roundup of Chiefs-themed specials. We’ll updated the list as more businesses finalize their plans.
The KC Live! Block, at 1330 Grand Blvd. in the Power & Light District, expects to host the metro’s largest watch party from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. It will show playoff games through the day, along with the district’s bars and restaurants.
▪ Best Regards Bakery & Cafe in Overland Park is offering Porchetta Party Packs. The packs have an 8x9 inch ciabatta “arrowhead” bun, slow-roasted pork belly (seasoned with a dozen herbs and spices), a half-pint of house-made pickles and special sauce to serve four to six people for $50.
Customers can order the party packs on Best Regards’ website or by calling 913-912-7238 by Saturday morning for pick-up on Saturday or Sunday.
“We’ve been promoting it for two weeks, right after the Kevin Harlan double call (during the final game of the regular season). We were so excited, it gave us chills and created a whole new feeling,” said Robert Duensing, owner of Best Regards. “I woke up at 2 a.m. saying, ‘I’m going to make a arrowhead-shaped ciabatta.’ It’s been very well received. Everyone is excited about doing it for the Super Bowl. We have our fingers crossed.”
The bakery also has several Chiefs-themed cookies including ones shaped like an arrowhead or a football helmet with the KC logo.
▪ Guy Fieri’s Dive & Taco Joint in the Power & Light District will offer $1 red and yellow Jell-O shots from noon to midnight Jan. 19, $5 house margaritas and “Brown Bag” beers (one can of mystery beer in a brown bag) for $4.
▪ Insomnia Cookies in the Power & Light District and Westport has football-shaped cookie cakes for pre-order at least an hour in advance before pickup (for $22.95).
▪ Jasper’s Restaurant in south Kansas City is offering red and gold cannoli for a limited time, in the restaurant and in Marco Polo’s Italian Market, for $3.95.
▪ Leinenkugel’s Leinie Lodge & Beer Garden in the Power & Light District will have specials from noon to close, including $12 bottomless mimosas, $10 Coors Light pitchers, $4 Leinenkugel draft beers, and half-price pretzels. The Wisconsin-based company also will be celebrating the Green Bay Packers, who are in the NFC Championship Game.
▪ Meshuggah Bagels — in Liberty, midtown, Overland Park, and the Power & Light District — will offer naturally-dyed red and yellow bagels on Jan. 18, limit six per customer while supplies last.
▪ Minsky’s Pizza & Cafe (18 metro locations) will offer “The Kelceroni” with pepperoni and soppressata salami on crust brushed with garlic butter, then topped with 100% Wisconsin mozzarella cheese and the “gamechanger” — cupping and charring pepperoni.
Discounts are available when ordering online. Pizzas also can be ordered in football-shapes through the Super Bowl.
For each Kelceroni purchased, Minsky’s will donate to Travis Kelce’s Eighty-Seven & Running Foundation for Operation Breakthrough.
Minsky’s said it has raised more than $50,000 for the fund this year.
▪ Q39, in midtown and Overland Park, has partnered with wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (aka Honey Thunder). Q39 will donate proceeds from every “Honey Thunder” sangria sold in January to Children’s Mercy.
▪ Rock & Brews, in Overland Park’s Prairiefire, has a Touchdown Menu — seven items for $7 including jalapeno poppers, cheeseburger and fries, and pitchers of beer from 11 a.m. to close.
This story was originally published January 17, 2020 at 5:00 AM.