Both of us are at the Colonel’s Lounge for Christmas at Whiskey River Pizza in Parkville. Holiday décor doing real work, dinner from Zach, and a pour list that knows exactly what it’s doing. Whiskey River’s December programming is one of the better holiday traditions in the Kansas City whiskey calendar.

What is the Colonel’s Lounge?

The Colonel’s Lounge upstairs at Whiskey River Pizza & Pub in Parkville, Missouri is the bar program’s holiday-decorated speakeasy whiskey room — fully transformed for the season, immersive holiday atmosphere, and a bar program designed around winter pours and cocktails. Entered through a hidden door behind a bookshelf near the hostess stand.

Whiskey River was founded by Cory Stipp (also of Quay Coffee and Apogee). The Lounge’s December programming is one of the better holiday traditions in the Kansas City whiskey calendar.