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Pollo Pesto and Grand Canyon Pizzas The Stone Canyon Pizza Company Downtown Parkville 15 Main Street Parkville, MO 64152 My first time to Stone Canyon pizza.  The atmosphere was lively at the downtown location during the prime dinner time.  We ended up trying the Pollo Pesto and Grand Canyon pizza. I had to try the Grand Canyon pizza given the namesake.  It has Mozzarella and cheddar cheese, smothered in American sausage, ground beef, pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, black olives, green peppers and red onions. The toppings and sauces were rather tasty.  I would order this one again. I was really looking forward the Pollo Pesto (pesto sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, roasted chicken breast, spinach, sweet roasted red peppers and toasted pine nuts) Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed.  All the components sounded and looked great, but the pizza was simply too dry. Not enough pesto sauce.  I guess we should have listened to our waitress who did tells us it wasn’t one of her favorites but we ordered the smallest size anyway. Overall the pizzas weren’t as great as they looked. The crust was rather bland, but the all the ingredients seemed to be high quality and good. It also nice that they weren’t overly greasy. But the sauce and crust held them back from being great.

Pollo Pesto and Grand Canyon Pizzas

The Stone Canyon Pizza Company

Downtown Parkville

15 Main Street

Parkville, MO 64152

My first time to Stone Canyon pizza.  The atmosphere was lively at the downtown location during the prime dinner time.  We ended up trying the Pollo Pesto and Grand Canyon pizza.

I had to try the Grand Canyon pizza given the namesake.  It has Mozzarella and cheddar cheese, smothered in American sausage, ground beef, pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, black olives, green peppers and red onions. The toppings and sauces were rather tasty.  I would order this one again.

I was really looking forward the Pollo Pesto (pesto sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, roasted chicken breast, spinach, sweet roasted red peppers and toasted pine nuts) Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed.  All the components sounded and looked great, but the pizza was simply too dry. Not enough pesto sauce.  I guess we should have listened to our waitress who did tells us it wasn’t one of her favorites but we ordered the smallest size anyway.

Overall the pizzas weren’t as great as they looked. The crust was rather bland, but the all the ingredients seemed to be high quality and good. It also nice that they weren’t overly greasy. But the sauce and crust held them back from being great.

Feb 17 2011 + Tags
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Buffalo Bites | $5.95 Deliciously prepared. Nicely fried and sauced. Their homemade ranch sauce is good too! The price is during their fantastic happy that runs M-F 3-7pm and Sat. 11-7 PM Harry’s Country Club 112 E. Missouri Ave (Rivermarket Area) Kansas City, MO 64106 (816) 421-3505

Buffalo Bites | $5.95

Deliciously prepared. Nicely fried and sauced. Their homemade ranch sauce is good too! The price is during their fantastic happy that runs M-F 3-7pm and Sat. 11-7 PM


Harry’s Country Club
112 E. Missouri Ave (Rivermarket Area)
Kansas City, MO 64106 
(816) 421-3505

1 note - Apr 9 2010 + Tags
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Double Cheeseburger with Onions and Pickles. Mouthwatering burger that makes your crave for more (if you only ordered one like I did). Get at least the double if your are hungry. The burgers are pretty small but very tasty, juicy and greasy in the flavor enhancing way.  This place is opened 24 hours and located in the crossroads area.  Convenient especially if you’re walking in the area for First Fridays. Town Topic 2021 Broadway St Kansas City, MO 64108 (816) 842-2298

Double Cheeseburger with Onions and Pickles.

Mouthwatering burger that makes your crave for more (if you only ordered one like I did). Get at least the double if your are hungry. The burgers are pretty small but very tasty, juicy and greasy in the flavor enhancing way.  This place is opened 24 hours and located in the crossroads area.  Convenient especially if you’re walking in the area for First Fridays.


Town Topic
2021 Broadway St
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 842-2298

Mar 5 2010 + Tags
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Along the Seine Eggs Benedict | $9.99 My first trip to Fran’s Classic Diner, the menu selection was impressive.  And being an egg lover, I quickly gravitated to their “Egg-cellent Entrees” section which is basically various egg benedict options.  Everything in this section is served on a toasted English muffin, 2 poached eggs, mozzarella cheese Hollandaise sauce  and a dash of paprika along with homefries and fresh fruit. I ordered Along the Seine which is topped with your choice of baby spinach & ham or feta cheese & tomato lightly drizzled with balsamic vinegar.  They actually made a mistake and gave me both options.  Good mistake in my opinion. The balsamic vinegar really made the dish along with the cheese.  In fact, it may have masked the ham in the dish which didn’t seem very flavorful or outstanding. The muffin was toasted well.  The eggs however were slightly overdone in that it wasn’t very runny.  The homefries were perfectly crispy on the outside with enough potato on the inside for a solid bite. The fruit was a nice capper. With such a big menu, I definitely plan to try Fran’s again.  Not the best benedict I’ve had, but I don’t put too much weight on only one try or visit. They are on the pricey side but the portions are pretty big to provide a decent value. Fran’s Restaurant and Bar 11 E 14th St. Kansas City, MO 64106 (816) 221-4551

Along the Seine Eggs Benedict | $9.99

My first trip to Fran’s Classic Diner, the menu selection was impressive.  And being an egg lover, I quickly gravitated to their “Egg-cellent Entrees” section which is basically various egg benedict options.  Everything in this section is served on a toasted English muffin, 2 poached eggs, mozzarella cheese Hollandaise sauce  and a dash of paprika along with homefries and fresh fruit.

I ordered Along the Seine which is topped with your choice of baby spinach & ham or feta cheese & tomato lightly drizzled with balsamic vinegar.  They actually made a mistake and gave me both options.  Good mistake in my opinion. The balsamic vinegar really made the dish along with the cheese.  In fact, it may have masked the ham in the dish which didn’t seem very flavorful or outstanding. The muffin was toasted well.  The eggs however were slightly overdone in that it wasn’t very runny.  The homefries were perfectly crispy on the outside with enough potato on the inside for a solid bite. The fruit was a nice capper.

With such a big menu, I definitely plan to try Fran’s again.  Not the best benedict I’ve had, but I don’t put too much weight on only one try or visit. They are on the pricey side but the portions are pretty big to provide a decent value.


Fran’s Restaurant and Bar
11 E 14th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106 
(816) 221-4551

Apr 14 2010 + Tags
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Bento box lunch | $8 California rolls, tempura chicken, teriyaki udon noodles, salad and fruit. For the variety lovers, this is a good lunch selection.  You can also get it with grilled salmon instead of tempura chicken.  And spicy tuna roll instead of the california roll. Udon noodles were cooked well and delicious with the teriyaki sauce.  Their pickled ginger is sweet and flavorful.  The salad was rather bland, but the ingredients seemed fresh and good.  The main feature was the tempura chicken.  It was lightly sauced and the portion was rather nice given what you already get with the meal.  The chicken was decent, but not impressive.  It’s what you’d expect from lightly fried chicken drizzled with a bit of sauce. The light fruit was a good light dessert capper.  I’d definitely will order this again and perhaps try the grilled salmon next time. Nara (Neo-Japense) 1617 Main St. Kansas City, MO 64108 816) 221-6272

Bento box lunch | $8

California rolls, tempura chicken, teriyaki udon noodles, salad and fruit.

For the variety lovers, this is a good lunch selection.  You can also get it with grilled salmon instead of tempura chicken.  And spicy tuna roll instead of the california roll. Udon noodles were cooked well and delicious with the teriyaki sauce.  Their pickled ginger is sweet and flavorful.  The salad was rather bland, but the ingredients seemed fresh and good.  The main feature was the tempura chicken.  It was lightly sauced and the portion was rather nice given what you already get with the meal.  The chicken was decent, but not impressive.  It’s what you’d expect from lightly fried chicken drizzled with a bit of sauce. The light fruit was a good light dessert capper.  I’d definitely will order this again and perhaps try the grilled salmon next time.

Nara (Neo-Japense)
1617 Main St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816) 221-6272

Apr 6 2010 + Tags
#restaurants  #food