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Osteria Bianchi is Josh and Kelly Bianchi’s modern Sicilian restaurant in Kansas City’s Northland — opened March 2024 at 9261 NE 83rd Terrace. The husband-and-wife chef team brought experience from NYC and Las Vegas restaurant kitchens back to KC, deliberately choosing the Northland for its community feel. Eric Stonestreet (KC native actor) publicly praised it.

Description

Osteria Bianchi is Josh and Kelly Bianchi’s modern Sicilian restaurant — a fine dining-adjacent concept that opened in March 2024 in Kansas City’s Northland at 9261 NE 83rd Terrace. The husband-and-wife chef team worked in restaurant kitchens in New York City and Las Vegas before returning to the Kansas City area, specifically choosing the Northland for what they described as its supportive community vibe — an unusual choice that fills a gap in a suburban corridor that rarely draws fine dining investment. The concept is modern Sicilian Italian-American: fresh pasta, Italian-American classics elevated with chef technique, served in an intimate neighborhood setting. Eric Stonestreet, the KC-native actor, publicly praised the restaurant, and The Pitch and IN Kansas City both covered its opening. The October 2025 anniversary ribbon cutting confirmed two strong years of operation. Osteria Bianchi represents the kind of chef-driven independent the Northland had not previously supported at this level.

Tier classification

Tier pending — Josh and Kelly Bianchi origin. The press consistently frames Osteria Bianchi as bringing restaurant experience “back to KC” — language that implies a return, suggesting the Bianchis may be KC-area born or raised. If KC-born/raised, this is Tier 1. If they relocated to KC from NYC or Las Vegas specifically to open, Tier 2. “ — no press source explicitly confirms their hometowns. The Pitch article (https://www.thepitchkc.com/sicily-differently-salute-osteria-bianchi-opens-its-doors-in-liberty/) likely contains the relevant language; read directly for owner origin.

Last verified: 2026-07-13 · Source: official site (osteriabianchi.com/menu) · URL(s): https://www.osteriabianchi.com/menu · Confidence: High (itemized directly from the official menu page)

Modern Sicilian / Italian-American: hand-crafted regional pastas, wood pizzas, seasonal American entrees, and old-world desserts.1

Antipasti

  • Focaccia — parmesan salsa ($7)1
  • Cacio Pepe Arancini — lemon aioli ($12)1
  • Chopped Antipasto Salad — finely chopped romaine, salami, provolone, chickpeas, Calabrian chili red wine vinaigrette ($14)1
  • Grilled Asparagus Salad — crispy quinoa, lemon caper aioli ($16)1
  • Grilled Octopus — white beans, spicy sausage ($17)1
  • Steak Tartar — capers, parmesan, crispy fingerlings ($17)1
  • Antipasto Tower — cured meats, pickled and crispy vegetables, chimichurri aioli ($29)1

Pizza

  • Margherita — tomato, basil, mozzarella ($15)1
  • Quattro Formaggi — fiore di latte, burrata, scamorza, pecorino ($16)1
  • Sopressata — Calabrian chili, pickled peppers ($17)1
  • Mortadella — pistachio pesto, shaved parmesan ($17)1
  • Calabrese — San Marzano tomatoes, spicy nduja, scamorza, garlic gremolata ($17)1

Pasta

  • Tagliatelle — wild mushroom ragout ($24)1
  • Paccheri All’Amatriciana — San Marzano tomatoes, guanciale, pecorino ($24)1
  • Doppio Ravioli — braised beef cheeks, pearl onion agrodolce ($25)1
  • Risotto al Limone — butter-poached shrimp, parsley ($27)1
  • Crab Tagliolini — lemon butter sauce ($28)1

Main Course

  • Chicken Milanese — arugula, prosciutto ($34)1
  • Braised Pork Cheeks — crispy spaetzle ($34)1
  • Roasted Black Bass — caponata, broccoli rabe, eggplant crema ($36)1
  • Grilled Prime Hanger Steak — potato pave, pepper relish ($43)1

Dessert

  • Tiramisu — mascarpone cream ($13)1
  • Butterscotch Budino — chantilly cream ($14)1
  • Baba au Rhum — saffron ice cream, honey syrup ($14)1
  • Strawberry Soufflé — strawberry sauce ($16)1

Also: curated cocktails (not itemized here). Note: official website osteriabianchi.com confirmed active — resolves the prior website gap.

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Osteria Bianchi — official menu, https://www.osteriabianchi.com/menu (accessed 2026-07-13). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26

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On the record — ks.city/registry/osteria-bianchi · record updated 2026-07-24