By OWEN MORRIS
It's been four months since the original Copa Room at 34th and Broadway closed. Now it has reopened in a location that would never be confused with midtown.
Presenting the Copa Room in Lenexa, Kansas.
"It made perfect sense," owner Carlo Cammisano told me. "Most of our clients were from this area. Only on Fridays and Saturdays would they come down [to Midtown] and we'd fill up. We had the opportunity to move out here to where our clients are and hopefully attract them in more along with new ones."
The Copa Room, which sits in the back of a strip mall at the corner of 87th Street and Lackman, opened on Monday and is still getting a couple of the kinks out. "Fortunately nothing serious. No big problems. It helps that my wife is here, I'm here and my mother is the chef. We all help out," Cammisano said.
In fact, Carlo's mother Kathy Fiorello and her recipes were one of the big draws (the big draw) to the Copa Room and Cammisano is quick to point out that mother is still in the back doing what she loves and the menu is still the same.
Well, almost the same. "We've added a lunch menu and couple of veal dishes we didn't have before." Nani's (Fiorello's nickname, which is Italian for grandma) lasagna is featured prominently on the menu next to Ravioli Sinatra. If a dish named after Sinatra isn't enough for you, there are Sinatra-style entertainers Wednesdays through Saturdays. In addition, on Sundays Cammisano plans to serve pan-fried chicken. "There's no good place you can get it around here," Cammisano says.
He should know, since he only lives about three minutes from the new spot.
Lenexa has few weekend spots that aren't sports bars, so it needs something a little classier and Cammisano hopes the Copa Room is that spot. It's open until 2 a.m. on the weekends with kitchen service until 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends. The full new address is 14944 W. 87th Street, Lenexa, Kansas.
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I dined at the "Copa" on Broadway and always enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was excellent. I was sorry to see it move but the new location is much closer so I can see me there more often. I enjoyed the music entertainment at the Broadway location and hope they have the same in Lenexa. See you tonight with my guests and have already told several people to try you out.
Good luck on your grand opening!!! Hope your business will be successful!!! I'll send my friends over!!!
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