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Ragazza Food & Wine is a chef-owned Italian restaurant and wine bar at 4301 Main St on the Midtown/Volker border of Kansas City, MO, serving fresh, Southern-Italian family recipes and house-made pasta in a cozy corner room walking distance from Westport and the Country Club Plaza.123 It was founded by Laura Norris, a Kansas City restaurateur who learned to cook from her mother and great aunt and opened the original eight-table Westport Road location in 2013 before relocating to its larger current home in 2019.456 Tier 1 — owner-operated by its founding chef-owner, who built the concept from a tiny Westport kitchen around her own family’s recipes.46

Description

Ragazza Food & Wine is a fresh-Italian restaurant and wine bar occupying a corner spot at 4301 Main Street in Kansas City, within walking distance of both Westport and the Country Club Plaza.23 The kitchen builds its menu on homemade Italian dishes influenced by Southern-Italian family recipes, with house specialties including a family-recipe Meatball Grande appetizer, Italian sausage and artichoke soup, chicken saltimbocca, lasagna, and chicken piccata.13 The pasta program features classics such as clam linguine and rigatoni bolognese, alongside gluten-free pasta options.17

Beyond food, Ragazza operates a full bar pouring Italian wines and house cocktails such as the Sicilian Sunshine, Sgroppino, and the Ragazza Bellini.1 The dining room is a fireplace-warmed corner space, and the restaurant has positioned itself as a neighborhood Midtown destination served by the KC Streetcar’s Main Street extension.23

Ownership and history

Ragazza was founded by Laura Norris, who credits her mother and great aunt for teaching her to cook the Southern-Italian family recipes the menu is built on.13 The restaurant first opened in 2013 in a small eight-table room on Westport Road, where over roughly five years it grew into what local press described as a Westport institution.456

Constrained by the tiny Westport kitchen, Norris found an opportunity in early 2018 to expand into a larger corner building at 4301 Main Street — the former site of a Nature’s Own grocery — and aimed to open there as her original lease ended.56 A series of building-related delays kept Ragazza closed for nearly six months during the transition; the relocated restaurant served its first dinner at the Main Street location in March 2019, bigger and able to accommodate more fresh food, wine, and clientele.56

Last verified: 2026-08-28 · Source: operator PDFs hosted on ragazzakc.com/menus/ (Dinner Apr 2026, Brunch May 2026, Dessert Apr 2026, Happy Hour Jan 2026, Drinks Aug 2026, Spirits Jan 2026) · URL(s): https://ragazzakc.com/menus/ · Confidence: High (item names, operator descriptions, and prices transcribed from the restaurant’s own dated PDFs; no aggregator dollars)

Dinner, brunch, and dessert items below use the operator’s printed descriptions and prices. GF = gluten-free; † = nut allergy (pesto contains walnuts; all shrimp marinated in pesto); * = may contain raw or undercooked ingredients. Groups of 8 or more are subject to a 20% service charge; outside desserts not permitted.8910

Dinner PDF header: dinner Monday–Sunday beginning at 4 pm; Sunday brunch 11 am–3 pm; happy hour bar area only.8 Dedicated happy-hour PDF: Tue–Sat 4–6 pm and Sunday 3 pm–close, bar side only.11

Dinner — spuntini

  • Meatball Grande — 10 oz Ragazza meatball (GF), red sauce, focaccia ($14)8
  • Roasted Goat Cheese — baked goat cheese, red sauce, oregano, crostini ($8)8
  • Eggplant Fries† — eggplant, red sauce, pesto aioli ($10)8
  • Stuffed Mushrooms (GF) — polenta, Italian sausage | Parmesan, polenta, Gorgonzola ($9)8
  • Caprese (GF) — fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil ($9)8
  • Burrata† — fresh creamy burrata, olive oil roasted tomatoes, basil pesto, crostini ($14)8
  • Tuscan White Bean Dip — tahini, lemon, EVOO, crostini ($8)8
  • Arancini — risotto balls, mozzarella, roasted red pepper sauce, spinach ($10)8
  • Grilled Vegetables (GF) — olive oil, Parmesan, pepper ($8)8
  • Antipasti — charcuterie, cheeses, accoutrements, crostini ($24)8

Dinner — soup and salad

Cup/small and bowl/large where two prices are printed.

  • Italian Sausage and Artichoke Soup (GF) — Scimeca’s sausage, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, light chicken broth ($6 / $9)8
  • Soup of the Day ($6 / $9)8
  • Traditional Caesar* — romaine, toasted croutons, Parmesan, marinated anchovy ($7 / $12)8
  • Italian Mixed Greens (GF) — greens, cucumber, tomato, red onion, Pecorino, red wine vinaigrette ($6 / $10)8
  • Roasted Beet (GF) — arugula, beets, walnuts, Gorgonzola, lemon vinaigrette ($7 / $12)8
  • Mediterranean Salad (GF) — greens, olives, feta, cucumber, tomato, red onion, oregano, red wine vinaigrette ($7 / $12)8
  • Italian Wedge Salad (GF) — iceberg, tomatoes, Gorgonzola, pancetta, red wine Gorgonzola vinaigrette ($7 / $12)8

Dinner — pastas and other entrées

  • Lasagna Bolognese — bolognese sauce, Parmesan béchamel, red sauce, mozzarella ($20)8
  • Mushroom Lasagna — Italian oyster mushrooms from Chow Hall Farms, black garlic tomato sauce, Pecorino, salsa verde ($22)8
  • Eggplant Parmesan — family favorite from Mom’s recipe box ($16)8
  • Spaghetti & Meatballs — housemade meatballs, red sauce ($18)8
  • Bucatini all’Amatriciana — red sauce, pancetta, crushed red pepper ($17)8
  • Gluten-Free Pasta Bake (GF) — brown rice pasta, red sauce, three cheese ($18)8
  • Carbonara — linguine, smoked pork, peas, mushrooms, Parmesan, egg ($17)8
  • Spaghetti with Red Sauce or Pesto† — grated Parmesan ($14)8
  • Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe — Pecorino, black pepper ($16)8
  • Orecchiette with Italian Sausage & Kale — white wine butter sauce ($17)8
  • Sunday Sauce Everyday — 6-hour sauce, pork, Scimeca’s sausage, meatballs, rigatoni ($26)8
  • Rigatoni Bolognese — Italian sausage, beef, soffritto, red sauce ($20)8
  • Shrimp & Italian Sausage Polenta† (GF) — greens, lemon butter broth ($24)8
  • Clam Linguine — pancetta, EVOO, butter, crushed red pepper ($23)8
  • Shrimp Linguine† — pesto-marinated shrimp, white wine, butter, capers ($25)8
  • Pan-Seared Salmon*† (GF) — pesto risotto, roasted tomatoes ($28)8
  • Swordfish* (GF) — lemon caper butter, sautéed greens, rosemary potatoes ($26)8
  • Chicken Piccata — lemon caper butter sauce, arugula; choice of polenta or linguine ($26)8
  • Grilled Lemon Pork Chop (GF) — Italian au gratin potatoes, broccolini ($40)8
  • KC Strip* (GF) — Pecorino pepper butter, rosemary potatoes, broccolini ($45)8

Contorni (sides): focaccia with Pecorino black pepper butter, polenta, sautéed greens ($6); risotto, au gratin potatoes, rosemary potatoes, broccolini ($7).8

Add-ons (any entrée or salad): shrimp† 3 pc ($9); chicken ($8); salmon* ($12); two meatballs (GF) or Italian sausage ($5); substitute gluten-free pasta ($3).8

Brunch

Sunday 11 am–3 pm. Spuntini, soup, and salad on the brunch PDF match dinner names and prices (Meatball Grande through Arancini; sausage-and-artichoke soup through Italian wedge), except brunch does not print stuffed mushrooms, grilled vegetables, or the antipasti board.9

Brunch entrées

  • Italian Sausage Gravy over Spicy Au Gratin Potatoes* — sunny-side egg ($15)9
  • Americano* — two eggs, hash browns, bacon, focaccia ($13)9
  • Benedict-ish* (GF) — soft-poached eggs, polenta, hollandaise, crisp pancetta, arugula ($15)9
  • Egg Scramble over Hash Brown Cake (GF) — bacon, onion, red pepper, Swiss, arugula ($16)9
  • Pastrami Hash* — potatoes, red pepper, onion, Gruyère cream, sunny-side egg ($18)9
  • Roasted Vegetable Ragu* — choice of polenta (GF) or rigatoni pasta, sunny-side egg ($14)9
  • Big Gay Breakfast* — pastrami hash entrée plus a side of polenta with sausage gravy and choice of one $7 brunch specialty drink ($24)9
  • Shrimp & Italian Sausage Polenta† (GF) — greens, lemon butter broth ($24)9
  • KC Strip* (GF) — hash browns, sunny-side eggs ($38)9

Traditional entrées on the brunch PDF (same descriptions and prices as dinner): Sunday Sauce Everyday ($26); Orecchiette Pasta with Italian Sausage & Kale ($17); Carbonara ($17); Lasagna Bolognese ($20); Spaghetti and Meatballs ($18); Eggplant Parmesan ($16).9

Brunch specialty drinks — $7: Limoncello Sparkle, Bloody Mary, Bellini, Mimosa.9

Brunch add-ons match dinner (shrimp† 3 pc $9; chicken $8; salmon* $12; two meatballs GF or Italian sausage $5; gluten-free pasta $3). Brunch contorni: bacon, sausage gravy, or polenta ($5); hash browns or egg* ($3).9

Dessert

  • Limoncello Cake — a small bundt cake dipped in limoncello glaze ($7)10
  • Cheesecake — a family favorite; dense NY-style cheesecake; plain or choice of chocolate, salted caramel, and/or strawberries ($8)10
  • Budino (GF) — a rich, dense dark chocolate pudding, garnished with sea salt ($10)10
  • Cannoli† — Sicilian cannoli with a Ragazza twist; sweetened ricotta with hazelnut liqueur, dark chocolate, crushed hazelnut; shells made fresh from Vocci ($6)10
  • Tiramisu — an Italian classic with imported cookies, mascarpone, espresso, and cocoa ($9)10
  • Amaretti Cookie (GF, †) — small and soft, yet robust almond cookie ($2.50)10
  • Cucidati Cookie† — a petite Sicilian fig cookie topped with icing and sprinkles ($2.50)10

Dessert-pairing amari, liqueurs, and ports are listed on the dessert PDF and overlap the spirits list; not re-itemized here.1012

Happy hour

Bar side only. Tue–Sat 4–6 pm; Sunday 3 pm–close.11

Drink specials: wine by the glass — sparkling, bianco, or rosso ($7); beer — Peroni bottle or Boulevard drafts ($4); well highball — vodka, gin, bourbon, tequila, or rum ($4; additional charge may apply for cocktails and martinis).11

Happy-hour spuntini

  • Tuscan White Bean Dip — tahini, lemon, EVOO, focaccia crostini ($5)11
  • Ragazza Meatballs and Red Sauce — grilled focaccia ($5)11
  • Arancini — mozzarella-stuffed, roasted red pepper sauce ($7)11
  • Eggplant Fries — pesto aioli, red sauce ($7)11
  • Caprese — fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, EVOO ($6)11
  • Roasted Goat Cheese — red sauce, oregano, focaccia crostini ($5)11

Wine and cocktails

House cocktails and featured wines from the August 2026 drinks PDF. Wine-by-the-glass is name + glass price as printed; bottle list and back-bar spirits are noted, not fully itemized.1312

Ragazza cocktails

  • Ragazza Limoncello — a shot of housemade limoncello ($5)13
  • Sparkle — Ragazza limoncello, Prosecco, splash of club soda ($9)13
  • Roman Spritzer — Casoni 1814 liqueur, Prosecco, splash of club soda ($9)13
  • Limondrop Martini — Ragazza limoncello, citrus vodka ($12)13
  • Limone — Ragazza limoncello, citrus vodka, soda ($8)13
  • Streetcar — Boulevard Quirk Cherry Lime hard seltzer, cherry syrup, Ragazza limoncello ($12)13
  • Smoke and Salvation — Tom’s Town bourbon, Lazzaroni cherry liqueur, Italian vermouth, Amaro Nonino ($13)13
  • Sicilian Sunset — Tom’s Town bourbon, Ragazza limoncello, Big O ginger liqueur, dry curaçao, soda ($12)13
  • Espresso Martini — espresso, Mr. Black coffee liqueur, vodka, Lazzaroni amaretto, Rieger caffè amaro ($14)13
  • It’s a-Mia! Mocktail — UNDONE N/A French aperitif, elderflower, lime, Grüvi sparkling rosé ($9)13
  • Lapo’s Negroni — N/A canned cocktail ($7.50)13

Featured from the bar (Paolo Scavino, Piedmont): ‘Sorriso’ Langhe Bianco 2023 ($15 glass); Dolcetto d’Alba 2023 ($15 glass); Barolo ‘Monvigliero’ 2022 ($148 bottle); Vin Santo Badia di Morrona 2018 ($13 / 3 oz), paired on the PDF with the amaretti cookie. Housemade limoncello to-go, 750 ml ($32).13

Wine by the glass (Aug 2026; $8–$15). Sparkling: Ca’Furlan ‘Cuvée Beatrice’ Prosecco, Veneto NV ($10); Cleto Chiarli Brut Rosé, Italy NV ($13); Famiglia Carafoli Nicchia Lambrusco Rosé, Emilia-Romagna NV ($11); Blengio ‘La Morosa’ Moscato, Piedmont 2021 ($11). Rosé: Cottanera Rosé, Etna, Sicily 2025 ($13); Tenuta Monteti Rosé, Tuscany 2025 ($15); Donna Laura ‘Ali’ Sangiovese Rosato, Tuscany 2025 ($9). White: Bonotto delle Tezze Pinot Grigio, Veneto 2024 ($12); Vigna del Lauro Chardonnay Isonzo, Friuli 2025 ($14); Aldegheri ‘Mondello’ Soave Classico, Veneto 2024 ($12); Stefano Massone ‘Vigneto Masera’ Gavi, Piedmont 2024 ($11); Poggio Anima ‘Gabriel’ Pecorino, Abruzzo 2023 ($9); St. Francis Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma 2024 ($12). Red: Dipinti Pinot Noir, Trentino 2024 ($11); Michele Chiarlo ‘Le Orme’ Barbera, Piedmont 2022 ($11); Guidobono Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont 2024 ($14); Poggio Anima ‘Samael’ Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2024 ($10); Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano, Tuscany 2024 ($12); Coltibuono ‘Cetamura’ Chianti, Tuscany 2024 ($9); Avignonesi Nobile di Montepulciano, Tuscany 2022 ($15); Monteti ‘Caburnio’ Super Tuscan, Bolgheri 2019 ($15); La Posta Malbec, Mendoza 2024 ($12). Non-alcoholic: Plus & Minus Pinot Grigio ($10); Grüvi sparkling rosé ($8).13

Wine by the bottle: 57 bottles on the Aug 2026 drinks PDF, $34 (Li Veli Passamante Salice Salentino Negroamaro, Puglia 2023) to $400 (Ornellaia ‘La Generosità’ Bolgheri 2021; Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia Bolgheri 2021). Italian reds dominate (Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello, Amarone, Super Tuscans); a short “more reds…but not Italian” section includes Burgundy, Bordeaux, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and Napa/Russian River cabernet and pinot. Full names, vintages, and bottle prices are on the PDF; not re-itemized here.13

Beer: bottles and cans $4–$9 (Bud Light / Miller Lite $4; Peroni $6; Menabrea Ambrata $9); tap $5–$10 (Boulevard Quirk $5 through Alma Mader $10). Non-alcoholic: Peroni N/A and Athletic Run Wild IPA N/A ($5); Best Day Brewing N/A Kölsch and cerveza ($5).13

Spirits: one-page well list on the Jan 2026 spirits PDF (whiskey, rye, Scotch, rum, vodka, gin, agave, amari/aperitif/digestif, liqueurs, fortified wines). Printed well pours run $6 (Jim Beam; Old Overholt; Camarena; Plantation 3-Star / Dark) to $40 (Willett 2 oz; 1 oz $20). KC-marked local bottles include Annyx, Rieger’s, Tom’s Town, West Bottoms, Switchgrass, and Bronson’s Punch. Full SKU list not itemized here.12

Sources

Disputes

None recorded. Note: the intake seed listed “39th Street / Volker”; sources show the original 2013 location was on Westport Road and the current (2019–) location is 4301 Main St on the Midtown/Volker–Plaza edge. No 39th Street address found.

Footnotes

  1. KSHB — “KC Spotlight | Check Out Ragazza Food & Wine, Midtown Italian Restaurant.” — asserts: owner Laura Norris; address 4301 Main St; Southern-Italian family recipes; Meatball Grande, Italian sausage & artichoke soup, chicken saltimbocca; clam linguine, rigatoni bolognese, gluten-free pasta; full bar with Italian wines and Sicilian Sunshine / Sgroppino / Ragazza Bellini cocktails; cooking taught by mother and great aunt. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. Romantic Spots Kansas City — “Ragazza Food & Wine.” — asserts: Italian restaurant and wine bar; cozy corner spot near Westport and the Plaza. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. KSHB — Ragazza Midtown Italian restaurant spotlight (same article) — asserts: Midtown neighborhood near the streetcar line; signature lasagna, meatballs, chicken piccata; family-recipe cooking. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. Feast Magazine — “The Newly Relocated Ragazza Food & Wine is Bigger and Better Than Ever.” — asserts: owner Laura Norris; original small Westport Road location; Westport institution after ~five years; relocation context. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. Feast Magazine — “Ragazza is Back, Serving Italian Comforts and Wine in a Brand-New Kansas City Location.” — asserts: relocation to 4301 Main St (former Nature’s Own grocery); expansion opportunity early 2018; corner spot near Westport and the Plaza. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. KSHB — “Ragazza Food & Wine opens up in new KCMO location after series of hiccups.” — asserts: building delays closed Ragazza nearly six months; first dinner at new Main Street location March 2019; tiny Westport kitchen constraints. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  7. FindMeGlutenFree — “Ragazza Food & Wine — Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant in Kansas City, MO.” — asserts: gluten-free pasta options available. ↩

  8. Ragazza — official Dinner menu PDF (Apr 2026) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: dinner spuntini, soup/salad, pastas and other entrées, contorni, and add-ons with operator descriptions and prices transcribed in the Menu section; GF / † / * allergen notes; dinner Monday–Sunday beginning at 4 pm; Sunday brunch 11 am–3 pm; happy hour bar area only. ↩ ↩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 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32 ↩33 ↩34 ↩35 ↩36 ↩37 ↩38 ↩39 ↩40 ↩41

  9. Ragazza — official Brunch menu PDF (May 2026) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: brunch spuntini, soup/salad, brunch entrées, traditional entrées, $7 specialty drinks (Limoncello Sparkle, Bloody Mary, Bellini, Mimosa), add-ons, and brunch contorni with operator descriptions and prices transcribed in the Menu section. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14

  10. Ragazza — official Dessert menu PDF (Apr 2026, v2) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: Limoncello Cake $7, Cheesecake $8, Budino $10, Cannoli $6, Tiramisu $9, Amaretti Cookie $2.50, Cucidati Cookie $2.50, with the operator descriptions transcribed above; dessert-pairing amari/liqueurs/ports on page 2. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  11. Ragazza — official Happy Hour menu PDF (Jan 2026) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: Tue–Sat 4–6 pm and Sunday 3 pm–close, bar side only; wine by the glass $7; beer $4; well highball $4; six happy-hour spuntini at $5–$7 with the operator descriptions transcribed above. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  12. Ragazza — official Spirits menu PDF (Jan 2026, v2) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: well list (whiskey, rye, Scotch, rum, vodka, gin, agave, amari, liqueurs, fortified wines) with pour prices; KC-marked local spirits. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  13. Ragazza — official Drinks menu PDF (Aug 2026) (accessed 2026-08-28). Asserts: house cocktails and mocktails with recipes and prices; featured Paolo Scavino wines; wine by the glass ($8–$15); 57 wines by the bottle ($34–$400); beer bottles/cans and tap; housemade limoncello to-go 750 ml $32. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
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