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The Meatball Bar is a specialty Italian meatball concept located inside Jovito’s Italian Café & Deli at 7408 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114 (Waldo). It sells signature meatball varieties (Nani’s Classic, Italian sausage, rice arancini, pizza, steak), Sicilian-style rice balls, and a made-to-order Cannoli Bar, with shared online ordering for both the Meatball Bar and Jovito’s.12

| Owner | — legal relationship to Jovito’s owners (Leasa Caron / Alex Fiorella) not stated on Meatball Bar site | open |

Description

The Meatball Bar markets itself as a dedicated “balls of all kinds” kitchen: classic Sunday-sauce meatballs (“Nani’s”), Italian sausage balls, Sicilian rice arancini, pizza & spiedini balls, and Italian steak balls, plus Italian desserts (tiramisu, wedding cookies/cupcakes) and a made-to-order Cannoli Bar.1

It is not a separate storefront — the official site and Facebook both state it is located within Jovito’s at the Waldo address and that online ordering covers both brands.12 That makes it a second concept at a single pin, similar to other KC “kitchen-inside” brands (see also brewery kitchen brands elsewhere in the Registry).

Ownership and history

Jovito’s has been under Leasa Caron and Alex Fiorella since 2015 (see jovitos-italian-cafe-deli). The Meatball Bar’s public site does not name separate founders or a separate LLC. Until SoS filings or first-party “about” copy clarify corporate structure, treat ownership as **** and operationally co-located with Jovito’s rather than proven as a distinct owner-operator.

Facebook page for The Meatball Bar exists with active branding (meatballbarkc); no opening-date press package found in this pass — founding year.2

Last verified: 2026-08-10 · Source: meatballbarkc.com homepage (item names; full prices on ordering platform) · Confidence: Medium · Price tier: $$

Signature balls (named on site)

  • Nani’s Classic Meatballs — “straight from the Sunday sauce”1
  • Italian Sausage balls1
  • Rice ‘Arancini’ balls (Sicilian)1
  • Italian Steak Balls1
  • Pizza & Spiedini Balls1

Desserts

  • Tiramisu1
  • Italian wedding cookies & cupcakes1
  • Cannoli Bar — made-to-order cannoli1

Full priced menu: use first-party order URL (HungerRush/Menufy stack on official domain) — do not substitute aggregator markups.1

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Sources

Footnotes

  1. “Home — The Meatball Bar,” official site (accessed 2026-08-10). Asserts: location within Jovito’s Italian Café & Deli at 7408 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114; hours Mon 9–2, Tue–Sat 9–7, Sun closed; product line (Nani’s Classic, arancini, steak, pizza/spiedini balls; tiramisu, wedding cookies, Cannoli Bar); online ordering for Meatball Bar and Jovito’s carryout/delivery. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  2. “The Meatball Bar | Kansas City MO,” Facebook (accessed 2026-08-10). Asserts: located in Jovito’s; signature ball varieties listed. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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On the record — ks.city/registry/the-meatball-bar · record updated 2026-08-10