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Jade Jaguar is a Mexico City-inspired cocktail bar (“cocteleria”) on the ground floor of the REVERB building at 1800 Walnut St, Suite 100, in the Crossroads Arts District. It opened mid-October 2025 in the former Bar Medici space, as a partnership between Manny Gomez, Seth Goldwasser and the KC hospitality group Exit Strategy — the same group behind The Mercury Room and Verdigris. Twelve-cocktail list keyed to Lotería cards, Mexican botanas from chef Josiah Nielsen, and a room designed by Manica Architecture in mint green.

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Jade Jaguar is a cocktail bar at 1800 Walnut Street, Suite 100, occupying the ground-floor retail space of the REVERB building in the Crossroads Arts District. It opened in mid-October 2025 in the space previously occupied by Bar Medici, an upscale Italian bar-restaurant run by the same hospitality group.12

The bar is a partnership between Manny Gomez, originally from Guadalajara, Seth Goldwasser, formerly bar manager at The Town Company, and Exit Strategy, the Kansas City hospitality group that also operates The Mercury Room and Verdigris and consulted on The Monarch.13 Jade Jaguar is the group’s fourth concept.1

The name references the jade-inlaid red jaguar throne found in an inner chamber of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá.23 The room was redesigned in mint green by Manica Architecture, with movable tables so the floor can be cleared for DJs, live music and dancing; an “el bailongo” tropical-music night runs every other Wednesday.2 Capacity at opening was reported as 28 seats plus standing room.1

The opening drink list ran twelve cocktails — six riffs on classics (margarita, paloma, mojito, Oaxaca old fashioned) and six originals — with each drink keyed to a card from Lotería.13 Gomez has framed the program as deliberately broad rather than spirit-specific: “It’s not an agave bar or mezcal bar. It’s a Mexico City-style bar, which means diversity.”1 Reported drinks include the namesake Jade Jaguar (tequila, cilantro, ancho chile, melon) and La Bandera, a mezcal cocktail with hoja santa-infused vermouth finished tableside.23 Food is Mexican botanas from chef Josiah Nielsen — chicharrones, guacamole, tuna tostadas, sopes, queso fundido and a Sonoran-style smash burger — with horchata ice cream and caramelized pineapple sorbet for dessert, and a coffee partnership with Café Ollama.12

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  1. Kansas City Magazine — “Bar Medici to Transition Into Mexico City-Inspired Cocktail Bar, Jade Jaguar” — asserts: partnership of Manny Gomez (from Guadalajara), Seth Goldwasser (formerly bar manager at The Town Company) and Exit Strategy; Exit Strategy runs The Mercury Room and Verdigris and previously consulted for The Monarch; Jade Jaguar is the group’s fourth concept; mid-October 2025 opening at 1800 Walnut St Suite 100 replacing Bar Medici; 28 seats plus standing room, movable tables for DJs/live music/dancing; twelve cocktails, six riffs on classics and six originals; Mexican small bites including tuna tostadas, sopes, quesadillas and a Sonoran-style smashburger; horchata ice cream and caramelized pineapple sorbet; coffee partnership with Café Ollama; Gomez quote on Mexico City-style diversity. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  2. MIKCexplore — “Jade Jaguar: A Taste of Mexico City in the Crossroads” (December 16, 2025) — asserts: opened mid-October in the Crossroads at 1800 Walnut St Suite 100, first floor of the REVERB apartments; owners Manny Gomez and Seth Goldwasser; interior by Manica Architecture; name references the jade-inlaid red jaguar in an inner chamber at Chichén Itzá; hours Wednesday–Monday, closed Tuesdays, weekdays 5 p.m.–midnight (food to 10 p.m.), Fri–Sat 5 p.m.–1:30 a.m. (food to 11 p.m.), Sunday 5–9 p.m.; La Bandera cocktail with Vago Mezcal and hoja santa-infused vermouth prepared tableside; chef Josiah Nielsen’s daily botanas (chicharrones, guacamole, tuna tostadas, sopes, queso fundido, Sonoran-style smash burgers); horchata ice cream; “el bailongo” live tropical music and dancing every other Wednesday. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. The KC Scene — “Meet Jade Jaguar, the Bar Bringing Mexico City Energy to KC” (October 10, 2025) — asserts: partnership between Manny Gomez, Seth Goldwasser and Exit Strategy; replaced Bar Medici; ground floor of REVERB in the Crossroads Arts District; mint-green room; namesake Jade Jaguar cocktail of tequila, cilantro, ancho chile and melon; drink list keyed to Lotería cards; Sonoran smash burger with refried beans, bacon, grilled onions and jalapeños; Chichén Itzá jade-jaguar naming. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

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