Restaurant reviews aren't my bag but my knowledge of great pizza places in Kansas City is pretty much encyclopedic. To wit . . .
ART OF PIZZA IN THE CROSSROADS HAS THE MOST KICK-ASS PIZZA CRUST IN ALL OF KANSAS CITY!!!
Like most things, I discovered this fact almost completely by accident.
Wandering away from my beloved Westside, I decided to walk into Art Of Pizza yesterday afternoon . . . I ordered the Italian Sandwich . . . Which is pretty damn good too.
Anyhoo, the owner Vic Almo was at the register doing something when a friend introduced us from across the restaurant . . . Surprisingly, he knew about the blog. A few moments later, he called my way . . .
"Did you have the pizza?"
One of the waitresses answers and tells him that I ordered a sandwich and that it was my first time in the place.
"You have to try the pizza, it's called The Art of Pizza. Not the art of the sandwich."
With that, I gave a slice of pepperoni pizza a try and was AMAZINGLY impressed with the whole thing . . . However, it was the pizza crust I noticed that was SO MUCH better than anything else you're going to find in Kansas City.
Hot, right out of the oven . . . The pizza crust was delicious, tasty with probably the perfect texture composition between crispy on the outside and soft bread on the inside.
Leaving the place, I stop chat of for just a moment with Vic and waitress Patricia (photo above) about the recent closing in Westport.
"I'm really not a Westport guy and the 100 hour work week was just too much." Mr. Almo said. He says that the restaurant in Westport had finally moved slightly past the break even point but the hours required to manage both places were simply too cumbersome.
The Crossroads Art Of Pizza Location seems to keep Vic busy.
"We have a tremendous crowd on First Friday that nearly covers all of our expenses and keeps us very busy," Mr. Almo said. "This place is solid and right now that's where I want to focus."
Again, my first visit was definitely noteworthy despite my stupid instinct to order a sammy and now I know that the pizza is definitely worth a return trip.
Pendeho.....order a sandwich at a pizza place???? That's like ordering fish at a steakhouse! Come on man you got to get out more....
ReplyDeletechildren taste like chicken.
ReplyDeleteGeez, could you kiss ass anymore than you did. And you are offended because you are shunned by real reporters.
ReplyDeleteit's a blog asshole and the story is about pizza. Please get off the fucking internet 12:55. You're going to hurt yourself.
ReplyDeleteI'll be there tonight.
ReplyDeleteHey T, thanks for the tip. Most of those places at the Crossroads seem overpriced. Since you're eating there, it must be affordable.
ReplyDeleteTo heck with the sandwhich and pizza I'll have the waitress.
ReplyDeleteDid ya leave a tip?
ReplyDeleteI'd fuck Patricia in her ass. Then cum all over her face.
ReplyDelete3:57 PM
ReplyDeleteYou really need to start delting this clowns posts Tony.
Might increase your chances of getting a TV spot a little bit.
@3:57 so would I, so would I...
ReplyDeleteI would marry her, be loyal and committed. I would be a good provider. Honor and cherish her for all of my life. Then die happily knowing that I had done my best to try and make her happy.
ReplyDeleteHelluva tradeout, T. I hope you get more than a free sandwich for all of the Hoovering.
ReplyDeleteIt's so rare when Tony likes something that I sometimes take note. But Art of Pizza has been around for awhile.
ReplyDeleteWord is T gets $50 cash for each of these types of posts.
ReplyDeletewho says he's not "professional"?
I work in Westport, and sadly miss the Art of Pizza down there, guess I am going to have to get adventurous and go to the Crossroads. The Art of Pizza is awesome, Tony I am glad you got to experience it.
ReplyDeleteNow that's the kind of gal a guy could settle down with.
ReplyDeleteBotello is Spanish for "shill."
ReplyDeleteIf you're going to take money for advertisements at least acknowledge when you're shilling for some shithole like this pizza place and that shitty photographer that you're always raving about. You gotta make a living too but at least quit pretending you really like this nonsense and say you're getting paid. Weak.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you talking about, Eric Bowers is an absolute genius behind the lens.
ReplyDeleteYou guys overestimate Tony. Do you really think anybody is going to pay for a blog post? Would you?
ReplyDeleteVic didn't mention that his employees really ran the Westport store and he abused them so bad that they just all basically quit at the same time? That's odd.
ReplyDeleteIt's good pizza. Their cheesesteak is good too.
ReplyDeleteNo queston this a good piece of pie! But the time frame of getting your pie stinks. Sometimes it is quick and others times it takes forever. No matter how many people in the place.
ReplyDeleteHey 104, 1255 here, fuck you asshole. It's a blog, but he bitches about not being taken seriously. Articles like this are the reason why. So fuck off.
ReplyDelete8:49... maybe you should order a movie and forget about blog commenters. You must be a fireman.
ReplyDeleteWhen I go to the Art of Pizza I like mine with extra dog hair on it.
ReplyDeletezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
ReplyDeleteI went to Art of Pizza in the X Roads twice and both times Vic was there and he was a complete asshole. Will never go there again.
ReplyDelete-"I'm really not a Westport guy and the 100 hour work week was just too much.-
ReplyDeletePlease. Perhaps getting sued by his landlord was one of the reasons.
HISTORIC TRAILS INVESTMENTS LLC , Plaintiff
ALMO , VICTOR , Defendant
415 WESTPORT ROAD
KANSAS CITY, MO 64111
ART OF PIZZA , Doing Business As
Hey maybe you should fuck off when you don't know what you're talking about ^^ & I'm pretty sure that wonderful landlord was sued for giving someone AIDs.
ReplyDeleteFr. Tom Reardon said...
ReplyDeletechildren taste like chicken.
7/30/11 12:53 PM
...guess you'd know.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Reardon_Thomas_M.htm