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Italian in Kansas City
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Kansas City below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 3 Italian in Kansas City
Italian picks — Kansas City Magazine's Best of KC 2024 reader pick plus the 30 Best Restaurants list and KCUR critics.
- #1
Lidia’s
Crossroads
“KCUR critics' pick — Lidia Bastianich's KC flagship in a converted railroad house by David Rockwell, known for the tableside Pasta Trio with unlimited seconds.”
- #2
Farina
Crossroads
“KC Magazine Top 30 and KCUR pick — James Beard winner Michael Smith's modern Italian with house-made pasta in a Tuscan-Umbrian room.”
- #3
Jasper's Italian Restaurant
Watts Mill
“KC's longest-running Italian room (1954) under the Mirabile family — tableside fresh-mozzarella service and Zagat / Travel + Leisure / USA Today best-Italian recognitions.”