Kansas City Restaurants: Blue Grotto, Pizza 51, and More
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!
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.
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.
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.
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