Travel & Leisure lists Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse as one of the Best Steakhouses in the U.S.!

How exciting is this…. Travel & Leisure Magazine named Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse in Martin City one of the best steakhouses in the U.S.!!

Here’s some history on how it all got started…..

Jess and Jim’s Steak House opened for business in April of 1938, by two best of friends, Jess Kincaid and Jim Wright.  They started their business at 135th & Holmes as a small bar and grill and the tornado in 1957 moved them to their present location in Martin City, Missouri.

Although they were far south of the city, they believed that good food, good service and fair prices would make the drive worthwhile.  It appears they were right.

Jess got out of the business after starting a family, leaving Jim to run the business alone.  Jim hired his cousin, R.C. Van Noy, to work nights and host and manage the dining room. This worked well, Jim in the kitchen and R.C. in the dining room.

In 1972, Calvin Trillin wrote an article in Playboy Magazine that brought Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse national fame (they named a steak after it!).

Jess & Jim have since passed. R.C. has also passed in October of 2002. Mike and David (his sons) have owned Jess & Jim’s and RC’s Restaurant (across the street)  since 1990. Now the 4th generation is working and grooming to take over the business someday.

Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse will be celebrating their 75th Birthday this year!

In celebration of their 75th Birthday, they will have a 75 oz Steak Challenge – you have to eat a whole 75 oz steak AND twice baked potato in order to win!  More details coming soon…. time to start stretching your stomachs!

Thank you letter from Wayside Waifs after our 3rd Thursday Contribution

Martin City businesses donated $455 in sales revenue from our December 2012 “3rd Thursday” event in Martin City, MO to support Wayside Waifs!  Here is the Thank You letter we received after making our donation:

2013 NNSA-KCP Happy Hours in Martin City

Honeywell Happy Hours are private events for NNSA-KCP employees

4:30-6:00pm
3rd Thursday of each month

Honeywell employees….   Please share the link to this page amongst yourselves as these are private events not publicly advertised.  

Don’t forget to bring your MARTIN CITY DISCOUNT CARD with you!

Use your discount card to order dinner and drinks – or take home dinner to the family!

*If you have not yet received your 10% off employee discount card,
please see Rick Lavelock, Sr. Director of Transformation at Honeywell.

 4/18/13
Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse
517 E 135th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
*Car and art shows also going on in town
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

5/16/13
Jack Stack BBQ
13441 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, Missouri – back room
*Special Details: We must vacate the room at 6 pm for another event.
Appetizers & Drinks, $50 Jack Stack Gift Card Drawing at 5:50 pm
If it is nice outside, feel free to take your drinks out to the patio.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

6/20/13
Volleyball Beach Deck
13105 Holmes Rd., Kansas City, Missouri 64145
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

7/18/13
RC’s Backdoor (Upstairs)
330 East 135th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

8/15/13

Pizza Shoppe
13612 Washington St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
Party room and bar area
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

9/19/13

Rosehill Gardens
311 East 135th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
Catered Event in the Courtyard  or inside the retail store if it rains.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

10/17/13

RC’s Backdoor (Upstairs)
330 East 135th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

11/21/13

Jack Stack BBQ
13441 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, Missouri – back room
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

12/19/13

Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse
517 E 135th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64145
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS FROM THIS HAPPY HOUR

135th Street Construction Progress Report

Please excuse our mess!

Once all of the construction of 135^th St. is complete (3 years), Martin City will be beautiful with new sidewalks, decorative benches & trash receptacles, street banners and possibly even hanging plants.  A whole new look!  

There are two reasons you see a mess on 135^th Street:

1. AT&T moving their cable on the Right of Way in anticipation of actual construction and…
2. The gas company moving their lines on the asphalt.  Time Warner is not far behind and KCPL has erected some new poles from Holmes Rd. to Oak St.

Phase 1 of 135^th St. construction (Holmes Rd. to Oak St.) will begin this year with bids going out from the City of KCMO this spring.  Construction will probably last through next spring if not longer and entail new pavement, water lines, adding parallel parking spaces, new light poles and new sidewalks.

There will be lanes open the entire time!  You will be able to travel east and west across 135^th St. at all times.  When completed it will be ultra-pedestrian friendly and allow MC-CID to plan some outdoor “street festival” type events around 3^rd Thursdays.

We are considering a”Dirtiest Car Contest” on Facebook as well as several others during the construction phases and also plan to showcase our construction workers who will be with us for a while!

Your patience is appreciated and will be rewarded!

“3rd Thursday” in Martin City is Back!

Happy February!

February’s Third Thursday event is fast approaching – Thursday, February 21st. This month’s recipient is Calvary Lutheran School. The nationally accredited private school offers kindergarten through fourth grade education at its 124th and Wornall location. Calvary Lutheran School was founded in 1948.

Several Martin City businesses (including the Rosehill Gardens Farm Direct store and Volleyball Beach) are still closed for the winter season, but many others look forward to participating!

Click HERE for a map to Martin City

“3RD THURSDAYS IN MARTIN CITY” – GENERAL INFORMATION

The goal of “3rd Thursdays in Martin City” is to support local community organizations by donating a percentage of sales from Martin City businesses during a select period of time, on the third Thursday of each month.  10% from sales generated between 5:00 and 9:00 pm at participating Martin City businesses will be donated to a different organization each month.

Participating Martin City Businesses Include:

Rosehill Gardens

Sidelines Custom Floral

Martin City Brewing Co.

Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse

Martin City Sports Complex

Beadz Galore

Charm

RC’s Restaurant

UPCOMING DATES AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Feb 21 – Calvary Lutheran Church
Mar 21 – Heartland Therapeutic Riding
Apr 18 – Sherwood Center
May 16 – Kansas City Hospice House
June 20 – Wayside Waifs
July 18 – Don Harman Memorial Tournament
Aug 15 – KC Mounted Patrol
Sept 19 – Martin City School
Oct 17 – MCBCA Halloween Event
Nov 21 – TBD
Dec 19 – Ozanam Youth Facility

CLICK HERE to read Ozanam’s Thank you letter from last year’s event.

   EAT, DRINK, SHOP between 5-9pm!

For more information, please contact the
Martin City Business Community Association (MCBCA)

135th Street Construction Update

The city of Martin City, Missouri is bearing down on all fronts to get the 135^th Street construction from Holmes Road to Oak Street completed by October 2013.  We are meeting with the City of Kansas City Missouri to hopefully transfer the project to a KCMO Project Manager in the Capital Improvements Division, complete our Right of Way Acquisitions, Bid out the project and start actual construction in the spring.  This is priority #1 for the CID.

Thank you letter sent to us by Ozanam after our “3rd Thursday” contribution

Martin City businesses donated $300 in sales revenue from our monthly 3rd Thursday event to Ozanam’s youth facility in Martin City, MO.

Water Main Break!

Thanks to KCMO’s Water Department for their fast response to a 20 foot high water gush that started at 3:30 am on Friday, 12/28 just west of RC’s Restaurant on 135^th Street.  It threatened to disrupt hundreds of  RC reservation bookings for New Year’s weekend if the water was turned off for an extended time.  David Van Noy, owner of RC’s, reports that the water department personnel who were fabulous in working with him to keep the water off for only a few hours Friday afternoon.  RC’s went on to have a great weekend business-wise and the Water Department guys got a free RC’s lunch on Friday.  Great customer service KCMO!

Local Business Association Announces “3rd Thursdays” in Martin City, Missouri

The Martin City Business & Community Association (MCBCA) has created a new monthly event called “3rd Thursday Martin City”

The goal of “3rd Thursdays in Martin City” is to support local charities by donating a percentage of sales from Martin City businesses during a select period of time, on the third Thursday of each month.

10% from sales generated between 5:00 and 9:00 pm at the below Martin City businesss will be donated to a different charity each month!

PARTICIPATING MARTIN CITY BUSINESSES:

• Rosehill Gardens
• Sidelines Custom Floral
• Rooms that Bloom
• Martin City Brewing Co.
• Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse
• Sharper Edge Home and Garden
• Beadz Galore
• Volleyball Beach
• Charm
• RC’s Restaurant

2012 DATES AND CHARITIES

•   9/20 – Supports Martin City School K-8
• 10/18 – Supports KC Mounted Police
• 11/15 – Supports Ozanam
• 12/20 – Supports Wayside Waifs

Enjoy appetizers and locally crafted beers from our own neighborhood brewers, The Martin City Brewing Company.

RECEPTION BEGINS at 5:00pm in the courtyard at:

ROSEHILL GARDENS
311 East 135th Street
Kansas City, MO  64148
(816) 941-4777

For more information about this event and other events in Martin City, please visit the Martin City CID Facebook page

GET INVOLVED!

The Martin City Business & Community Association is striving for a Better Martin City
in a United Front.  Let’s Work Together.

EAT, DRINK, and SHOP between 5-9 pm!