Garozzo's Ristorante is an italian restaurant in Columbus Park, Kansas City.
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.
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.
Address: 526 Harrison Street, Kansas City, MO 64106
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 room.
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 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 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 to 21:00. Bar lunch is the easier seat at noon.
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 is the Kansas City pan-fried chicken anchor, set inside a restored 1840s log-cabin homestead that became the second Stroud's in 1983 after the original 85th and Troost room opened in 1933.
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 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 to 14:30. The Zona Rosa outpost runs the same menu without the lines.
