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Italian cooking in Kansas City traces back to the Columbus Park and River Market neighborhoods where the city's Italian community settled. Garozzo's in Columbus Park is the old-school red-sauce standard, Carollo's in the River Market pairs a grocery and deli, and Lidia's in the Crossroads brings a more regional, contemporary Italian table.
Italian restaurants in Kansas City
5 italian places in Kansas City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kansas City · Italian across every city.
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Lidia's Kansas City
- ★ 4.4
- $$$
- Crossroads Arts District
Order The pasta tasting trio, three handmade pastas served family-style with unlimited refills.
Lidia Bastianich's Kansas City room sits in a former railroad house just north of Union Station, opened in 1998 with the famous pasta trio service.
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Garozzo's Ristorante
- ★ 4.3
- $$$
- Columbus Park
Order Chicken spiedini, the city's defining red-sauce Italian dish, with a side of pasta.
Garozzo's in Columbus Park has run the historically Italian North End of Kansas City since 1989.
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Garozzo's Ristorante
- ★ 4.3
- $$
- Columbus Park
Order Chicken spiedini, the city's defining red-sauce dish, with a side of pasta.
Garozzo's in Columbus Park has run the historically Italian North End of Kansas City since 1989.
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Carollo's Italian Grocery and Deli
- ★ 4.4
- Italian Deli
- $
- River Market
Order The Romano sandwich on house bread, with a side of imported olives from the case.
Carollo's Italian Grocery and Deli on 3rd Street in Kansas City's City Market has run since 1989, with Mike Carollo serving specialty subs and imported.
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Carollo's Italian Deli
- ★ 4.4
- $
- River Market
Try Romano sandwich
Carollo's Italian Grocery and Deli on 3rd Street in Kansas City's City Market has run since 1989 with specialty subs and imports.