The canonical version and where to order it.
Chicken cutlets breaded with herbed Italian breadcrumbs and Parmesan, threaded on skewers, grilled and finished with amogio sauce of olive oil, lemon and garlic.
Mike Garozzo invented chicken spiedini at Garozzo's in Columbus Park in 1989. The dish travels through Italian-American Kansas City lore: not a Sicilian classic but a Kansas City original, served at virtually every old-line Italian room in town. Now on menus from Cascone's to Jasper's, but Garozzo's claims the original.
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Garozzo's in Columbus Park has run the historically Italian North End of Kansas City since 1989. Mike Garozzo invented chicken spiedini in this room.
OrderChicken spiedini, the city's defining red-sauce Italian dish, with a side of pasta.
TipReservations recommended on weekends. The Overland Park outpost serves the same menu in the suburbs.
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