Wednesday, September 28, 2011

History of the Playboy Club by Charles Ferruzza

Not many people remember that Kansas City had its own Playboy Club (why would they? It closed decades ago) at the height of Hugh Hefner's fame. The club was a corporate-owned venue — unlike the St. Louis operation, which was a franchise — and featured a full-service restaurant that served lunch and dinner, two show rooms that offered both local entertainers and nationally known headliners, and a banquet room. The Playboy Club Kansas City opened on June 13, 1964, in the top-floor ballroom of the former Continental Hotel at the corner of 11th Street and Baltimore. It's now known as the Mark Twain Tower.

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  1. I remember going there in the early 70's for lunches many times. The best buffet lunch in town, service like no where else and oh those beautiful bunnies!

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