Cowtown Pizzeria

Welcome to the first blog for Cowtown Trattoria. This addition, what else, but Cowtown Pizzeria. SPIN Pizza has managed to recreate a true neapolitan pizza right here in Kansas City. The very best pizza I've had is about 30 km from Castello Banfi in the heart of Tuscany, but SPIN gives you something close and without the jet lag. It has selections of both red and white pizzas with a crispy and chewy Italian crust.

I tried out the new SPIN location near the plaza on Main last night with my friend Dave Eckert. It has a similar funky interior to the other SPIN locations. We split the quattro formaggio pizza and enjoyed a nice Tuscan wine while I picked his brain about food and wine in Kansas City. If you like the combination of travel, food and wine, check out Dave's show "Culinary Travels". It airs on Wealth TV, as well as the local PBS station on Saturday afternoons - his website is http://www.culinarytravels.com/.

SPIN has the marketing thing down cold too - a good website with weekly emails to SPIN members, reward program, weekly entertainment on the patio, and a community bike ride club that leaves and returns to SPIN on a regular basis. My favorite though - Pups on the Patio or Ciao Bow Wow (benefiting local animal shelters). Tomorrow, we're taking Butter for her own special food and ice cream, while us humans enjoy the real food. Last year there was a dog brawl, accompanied by a torrential downpour right after we left, so let's hope for a safer experience this year. And, for all you gluten watchers (including my nieces with Celiac disease), SPIN offers a gluten free pizza option for a nominal charge. I'll stick with the flour version as long as it will have me.

So, if you can't squeeze in a trip to Italy for pizza, try one at SPIN on for size. Although, I can attest to the fact that eating there too much can make it hard to squeeze into your clothes later.

Ciao!