Kansas City Restaurants: Blue Grotto, Pizza 51, and More
August 4th, 2008 | by sarahkc | Published in News | 3 Comments
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So, as you all know, I wish I was a restaurant reviewer. I love food, cooking, and dining out in KC. I tried the new pizza place in Brookside over the weekend called Blue Grotto (couldn’t find a website for them - they need one!). There were things I loved about the pizza, and some things I might have changed, but overall it was really good wood-fired oven pizza. I loved the crust and the cheese, and the toppings were fresh and creative. The sausage pizza was outstanding - I think they make the sausage in-house, and boy was it yummy. I thought the restaurant was designed very nicely too, but the next time we go I think we will probably just get a couple of beers at the bar and share a pizza instead of getting a table.
Kansas City Lunch Spots wrote about my other favorite pizza place in the area, Pizza 51. I love Pizza 51, it’s my go-to place. It’s great to take clients when we are out looking for homes because it is delicious, casual, fast, comfortable, cheap, and because everbody likes pizza!
Noodletown writes about a new spot in Westport, The Foundry… I think I heard about this on the food critics, but I have yet to check it out. With a good report from Noodletown, I will definitely be adding it to my list of places to try!
October 4th, 2008 at (#)
Here’s my experience with Blue Grotto. It wasn’t a good one.
I ordered the Antipasti platter for dinner. The first ingredient on the menu is “Artisan Cheeses” so understandably, I thought there would be plenty of cheese on the platter. There were about 4, small, quarter sized SHAVINGS of cheese on this large platter. When I mentioned this to my server obviously thinking there had been an oversight, she stated the cheese was a “garnish” — clearly not the way the menu was written — and offered to bring more cheese. Imagine my surprise when $2.00 additional showed up on my bill! I paid the bill and mentioned my disappointment about the situation to the maitre d’ on the way out. He could have cared less!! I won’t be going back - not only does the menu over promise and under deliver, but the management is rude and clearly doesn’t value the customer.
October 4th, 2008 at (#)
Here’s my experience with Blue Grotto in Brookside. It wasn’t a happy one! I ordered the Antipasti platter for dinner. The first ingredient on the menu is “Artisan Cheeses” so understandably, I thought there would be plenty of cheese on the platter. There were about 4, small, quarter sized SHAVINGS of cheese on this large platter. When I mentioned this to my server obviously thinking there had been an oversight, she stated the cheese was a “garnish” — clearly not the way the menu was written — and offered to bring more cheese. Imagine my surprise when $2.00 additional showed up on my bill! I paid the bill and mentioned my disappointment about the situation to the maitre d’ on the way out. He could have cared less!! I won’t be going back - not only does the menu over promise and under deliver, but the management is rude and clearly doesn’t value the customer.
October 7th, 2008 at (#)
I’m with Anne on this one… I like almost everywhere, but hated Blue Grotto. The servers are horrible, the pizza was sub-par and the whole atmosphere was too contrived.
http://table-hopping.blogspot.com/2008/09/seriously.html