Kansas City has a wide selection of bars to help the business traveler shake off that last meeting and down beverages poured from full-size bottles not found in the mini-bar.

There are also loads of taverns that aim to sully your gin and quiet with music - DJs, karaoke, a guy on a guitar.

And then there is the Blue Room, where patrons head when the need for good music pushes aside those lower-brain urges. You don't go to the Blue Room just to have a drink, chit chat or get rid of another night.