State Line Road

Why isn't there more activity near State Line Road? I know there's one bar by the Google Fiber store near Westport, but that's about it. Didn't some mobsters used to have a gambling racket right on the State Line?

It just seems like a natural place for bars, hotels, casinos, liquor stores, gas stations, and even streetwalkers. Can you imagine streetwalkers crossing the road to a different state...the cops' heads would explode!

Twin City Taverns, years and years ago.

The last chance bar, southwest blvd, straddled the stateline, owned by the mob. It only worked because jurisdiction used to end at the stateline. So if Missouri was raiding the building they would just walk to the kansas side and vice versa, that will not work today because every state has a cross jurisdiction agreement.

Twin City Taverns, years and years ago. Originally Posted by BigMikeinKC

Twin city was a gambling joint years ago, as were several of the westport bars.

Streetwalkers used to hang out on Woodsweather Road and 9th Street in the West Bottoms for just this reason. Word would spread about a cruiser in the area and they'd stroll across the state line. As DD says, there is cross-state jurisdiction now.

Twin City Taverns, years and years ago. Originally Posted by BigMikeinKC

It's still there. I can remember meeting a few ladies there back in the day.

Twin City Tavern serves a mean bowl of chili....

It's still there. I can remember meeting a few ladies there back in the day. Originally Posted by BobInKC

Yeah its still there and has some good food, but the other activities have stopped.

Yeah its still there and has some good food, but the other activities have stopped. Originally Posted by dirty dog

The Eagle Buffet and The Golf(Goof) Ball were other favorites.

Yeah its still there and has some good food, but the other activities have stopped. Originally Posted by dirty dog

I think when Rich Renner bought it, all activity not legit stopped. Rich has since gone to the great bartender in the sky. RIP Rich.