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What to order at Garozzo's Ristorante
- Must order
- Chicken spiedini, the city's defining red-sauce Italian dish, with a side of pasta.
- Signature dishes
- Chicken spiedini, Veal parmigiana, Pasta marinara
- Editor tip
- Reservations recommended on weekends. The Overland Park outpost serves the same menu in the suburbs.
Signature dishes: Chicken spiedini, Veal parmigiana, Pasta marinara
Must order: Chicken spiedini, the city's defining red-sauce Italian dish, with a side of pasta.
Tip: Reservations recommended on weekends. The Overland Park outpost serves the same menu in the suburbs.
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Location
Address: 526 Harrison Street, Kansas City, MO 64106
More restaurants in Kansas City
The Restaurant at 1900 ★ 4.4
The Restaurant at 1900 in Mission Woods runs out of a renovated 1967 Modernist building on the Kansas side, with chef-led seasonal menus and a quiet polished.
Signature: Seasonal tasting menu, Wood-fired plates, House charcuterie
Order: Whatever the chef's tasting menu of the night is; the wine list leans Old World.
Tip: Reservations via Tock; the bar takes walk-ins. Quietest fine-dining seat in the metro on a weeknight.
Anton's Taproom ★ 4.4
Anton's Taproom in the Kansas City Crossroads is a butcher shop plus steakhouse with grass-fed beef from regional farms and a long natural-wine list.
Signature: Dry-aged ribeye, Bone marrow, House charcuterie
Order: The dry-aged ribeye with bone marrow, plus the charcuterie board to start.
Tip: The butcher case sells cuts to take home. Reservations via OpenTable; the bar takes walk-ins.
The Capital Grille ★ 4.4
The Capital Grille on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza dry-ages its beef in-house for 18 to 24 days and hand-cuts to order, with a 3,500-bottle wine cellar.
Signature: Dry-aged porterhouse, Lobster mac and cheese, Crab cakes
Order: Dry-aged porterhouse for two with lobster mac and cheese, and a bottle from the cellar.
Tip: Mon to Fri from 11:00, Sat from 11:30, Sun 16:00-21:00. Bar lunch is the easier seat at noon.
Golden Ox ★ 4.2
Golden Ox in Kansas City's West Bottoms opened in 1949 inside the Live Stock Exchange as the birthplace of the KC strip steak, reopened in 2018.
Signature: Kansas City strip, Bone-in ribeye, Shrimp cocktail
Order: The Kansas City strip, with the shrimp cocktail starter and old-school sides.
Tip: Reservations via Tock. The stockyards-era room is a destination unto itself.
Stroud's Oak Ridge Manor ★ 4.6
Stroud's Oak Ridge Manor is the Kansas City pan-fried chicken anchor, set inside a restored 1840s log-cabin homestead that became the second Stroud's in 1983.
Signature: Pan-fried chicken, Cinnamon rolls, Mashed potatoes and gravy
Order: Pan-fried chicken with mashed potatoes, pan gravy and the legendary cinnamon rolls.
Tip: Mon to Sat dinner only, Sun lunch. Walk-in or call ahead; the line wraps the porch on Friday nights.
Bo Lings ★ 4.2
Bo Lings on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City has run dim sum and pan-regional Chinese cooking since 1981, with weekend cart service citywide.
Signature: Dim sum, Mongolian beef, General Tso's chicken
Order: Dim sum on a Sunday morning from the rolling carts; cheung fun and shumai are anchors.
Tip: Dim sum runs weekends 10:30-14:30. The Zona Rosa outpost runs the same menu without the lines.