Dining at Garozzo’s always feels like a special occasion.
With its downtown location tucked in Kansas City’s historic Columbus Park neighborhood, which brims with big, brick buildings that hug close to the street and fire hydrants painted the tricolor green, white and red of Italy’s flag, it’s a bit like stepping into another country, or at least another time.
Of course, garozzosristorante is near-famous in the metro. Everyone knows about the restaurant’s signature dish, the Chicken Spiedini Garozzo. But Ian Cummings, The Star’s assistant managing editor for breaking news, craves another meal.
He orders the Cavatelli Catania: pasta with sauteed mushrooms, red onions, red pepper (which adds a spicy kick) and garlic in a crushed tomato sauce, topped with romano cheese. And he’ll get it the way owner Mike Garozzo recommends: adding one Italian sausage and one meatball, served with a spoon to make the most of the sauce and with a side of bread, again, for the sauce. ($19.50, add meatbal...
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