Some hotels earn a mention. Crossroads Hotel earned a full review from Conde Nast Traveler, and the details are worth reading.
Reviewer Caitlin Morton, who has covered travel for a decade with bylines in Vogue, Travel + Leisure, and AFAR, described Crossroads as a hotel that puts you in the heart of Kansas City’s mural-splashed, gallery-packed creative core. The building itself sets the tone: a former 1911 Pabst Brewing Company depot with a four-story atrium of exposed brick, reclaimed wood, and industrial bones softened by leather sofas and patterned rugs. The history runs deep. After Prohibition arrived, political boss Tom Pendergast repurposed the space as his office and, according to legend, a bootlegging hub. Today, it is a Michelin Key-recognized boutique hotel where that same sense of character runs through every room.
Morton highlighted Lazia, the hotel’s from-scratch Italian restaurant set in the building’s former office space, and Percheron, the seasonal rooftop bar named for the horses that once worked the Pabst plant, as standouts. She recommended arriving at Percheron around 4 p.m. to claim the table with the best skyline views. The Vault Suite, housed in an original bank vault, earned a specific callout as worth the splurge.
Beyond the rooms and restaurants, the review pointed to the hotel’s roughly 2,000 square feet of dedicated gallery space showcasing Kansas City-connected artists, with rotating quarterly exhibitions, as proof that the amenities here are community commitments, not superficial decor.
Kansas City is having a moment. The World Cup is coming in summer 2026, and the Crossroads Arts District is exactly where you want to be based for it. This is the review that made the case.
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Originally reviewed by Caitlin Morton for Conde Nast Traveler.