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We're on the hunt for happy hours and restaurants off the beaten track - uptown, downtown, and all around. By joining, you are committing to attending the events which you RSVP and have a recognizable profile picture. Please keep your RSVP up to date for restaurant meetups, as this enables us to plan and reserve seating.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Japanese BBQ at Gyu-Kaku in BluhawkGYU-KAKU Japanese BBQ, Overland Park, KS
At the suggestion of a Corker, please join us at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ on Saturday, May 10 at 1 pm. Full disclosure: this restaurant is a chain, although this is the only Kansas City location.
This is a Japanese style grill where you cook the food to your liking. The atmosphere is a mix of fine dining and loud diner. Happy hour runs until 6 pm, so we will be able to take advantage of the specials. View the menu here. Please arrive early as the entire party must be present in order to be seated.
The food is described as oishii (delicious), so let’s enjoy it! 🍣
- Hap~Pie Hour and the Strang Hall Collective Happiest of Happy HoursThe Upper Crust, Overland Park, KS
Life is short. Let’s have dessert first, then dinner in Downtown Overland Park on Friday, May 16th starting at 4 pm.
Here’s the deal. On the third Friday of most months, The Upper Crust Pie Bakery offers preordered pie flights, so 3 slices for $13. Believe me when I tell you they are so good that I’ve ordered pies for Thanksgiving from them. The preorders are due by 5 pm on the third Tuesday of the month (May 13). Preorder here. Hap~pie Hour runs from 12-4:30 pm that Friday.
We will pick up our pie flights, then head down the street for dinner at Strang Hall. Strang Hall is a chef-forward collective food court in a casual, modern atmosphere with a plethora of options for your cravings.
The Strang Hall Happiest of Happy Hours is until 6 pm and specials are $7 house wines, $8 select cocktails, and $3 domestic cans. View the Strang Hall menus here.
Let’s see what kind of trouble we can get into. 😋
- Saunter the Overland Park ArboretumOverland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Overland Park, KS
Join us as we idly saunter through the Overland Park Arboretum on Saturday, May 18 starting at 1 pm.
There will be a nature photography contest exhibition at the visitor center. Admission to the Arboretum is $7 for adults and can be purchased here or at the gift shop. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. In case of precipitation, the event will cancel, so make sure to download the Meetup app and turn on notifications in case plans change. At the arboretum, kindly take nothing but photos and memories.
See the quote below attributed to John Muir:
Hiking — "I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains — not hike! Do you know the origin of that word 'saunter?' It's a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply, 'A la sainte terre,' 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them."
