Savoy Hotel and Savoy Grill

John and Charles Arbuckle of Arbuckle Coffee Co. built the hotel’s original wing in 1888, which crowns the Savoy the oldest running hotel west of the Mississippi. The original owners were the first in the nation to sell roasted coffee in one-pound bags, saving customers the step of roasting green coffee beans themselves. During prohibition, City Boss Tom Pendergast delivered trucks of frozen chickens, their cavities stuffed with bottles of gin, whisky and rum, to The Savoy Grill, Kansas City’s oldest restaurant, established in 1903.