Tag: Kansas City Pizza

  • Cupini’s: A Taste of Italy in Kansas City

    Cupini’s: A Taste of Italy in Kansas City

    Meatballs in space, TV shows, nationally ranked pizza, and the Italian president’s personal chef? Yes, you can check all those boxes at this Kansas City Italian restaurant. There is a distinct magic to hidden-gem restaurants that locals eagerly recommend with a smile. Cupini’s captures that feeling completely. Tucked away on the corner of Westport Road…

  • Kansas City Style Pizza – Yes, It’s a Thing

    Kansas City Style Pizza – Yes, It’s a Thing

    Everyone knows New York and Chicago pizza, but Kansas City has quietly created a regional style of its own. This Midwest city pizza deserves a place in every conversation about America’s best regional pizzas. Kansas City is best known for jazz, barbecue, fountains, and as late, the Chiefs and Taylor Swift. But unknown to many…

  • Featured Slices: Avelluto’s in Mission, Kansas

    Sometimes the balance of the universe is restored, reminding us there is a pizza god. Back in September of 2021, I wrote a story about one of the biggest tragedies of the covid pandemic nonsense: A beloved pizza restaurant closed (Read: Covid Finally Hits Home). This was a horrible time in my life because the place…