KC Pizza Time

Kansas City is known for a lot of things, but pizza has never been one of them. Why is that? Maybe we just haven't gotten the word out that there are some FABULOUS pizza places in this town!

Kansas City Kitty, one of our great local blogs, has an article on where to find good pizza . Her take is:

Lately, Mr. Kitty and I have been addicted to Papa Keno's. We generally go to the one at 7901 Santa Fe in Overland Park, but there's a handy location in Westport now, just west of Broadway on Westport Road.
Another great Westport option is Joe's Pizza inside Kelly's Westport Inn at the corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania. Their pizza is always good, and they have cheap lunch specials on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
I also care a great deal for Stone Canyon Pizza Company in Parkville. I'll never pass up the chance to take a little road trip to Parkville for food and shopping. As I've said before, Parkville is like a small Colorado town transplanted just north of Kansas City.
If you're out east, you owe it to yourself to experience Tim's Pizza at 17201 East 40 Highway in Independence. It's the quintessential local pizza place, with deliciously fresh ingredients piled on top of their generous pizzas and walls bedecked with their
customers' photos, cards and birth announcements.

I've not tried all of the places she's listed in her post. I would agree with her about Tim's Pizza. It's always one of my favorites. I'd have to add a couple more to the list:
I recently stopped by Kelso's Pizza in the Metro North Shopping Center. I shared one of their "gourmet pizzas", and was very happy with that choice. These pizzas are not like the usual Kelso's pizzas. They have a much thinner crust, almost cracker thin. Ours was cooked to perfection. The price was right, too, being right around 10 bucks. I'll give it another try. Of course, Kelso's "Super Bowl Salad" always brings me back there, and their regular pizzas are top of the line in my book.

Another favorite of mine is The Fun House Pizza & Pub on 40 Hiway in Independence. I'll have to say that the last couple of times I've gotten a pizza from there, it wasn't quite as done as I like them, with the crust being just a tad bit on the doughy side. But when they get the crust cooked the way I like it, just slightly crispy, well.... this is pretty close to pizza perfection. The ingredients are heaped on there, sometimes being almost an inch thick on the combo that I love. I've been eating Fun House pizzas for close to 35 years now, and their still a favorite.

What about you? Got a favorite pizza place? Know some that maybe no one else knows about? I'd love to hear about them!

posted by B.G. Roberts @ 12:56 PM