So our next battle in the Kansas City Pizza Wars is the Milwaukee Deli at 101 W 9th St. verses the newly opened il Lazzarone at 412 Delaware in the River Market. Both are relatively new to the Kansas City food scene and both can be found in downtown.
Thick or thin crust, red or white sauce, square or triangle … Kansas City offers a plethora of pizza choices for just about everyone. On this week’s show, Erik Borger, chef/owner of Il Lazzarone, shows our Food Critic Charles Ferruzza how to make a certified authentic Neapolitan pizza. Craig Jones also discusses pizza tips for […]
Erik Borger, the St. Joseph restaurateur who opened his first Il Lazzarone last year on that city’s historic Frederick Avenue, jumped through the last of Kansas City’s licensing hurdles yesterday afternoon and opened his second Neapolitan pizzeria, Il Lazzarone, at 412 Delaware in the River Market today. At noon, the dining room was full, and […]
Erik Borger has a crash pad. And when he’s there, he seriously crashes. The chef-owner of St. Joseph’s Il Lazzarone pizzeria has been putting in long days and long nights renovating the storefront at 412 Delaware (the former Cup and Saucer) for its March 14 grand opening as the second location of Il Lazzarone. “I […]
Erik Borger, the chef-owner of the Il Lazzarone pizzeria in St. Joseph, is still waiting. The former competitive bodybuilder had hoped that his new Kansas City restaurant at 412 Delaware might open this week, even though his stretch of Delaware is still virtually impassable because of the streetcar construction in front of his venue (there […]