Pizza restaurant wants to open in prime location near Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center

Prime Pizzeria wants to open in the former HomeSlice Pizza & Pints at 1501 Grand Blvd. — a high profile spot near the T-Mobile Center and the Power & Light District.

The restaurant, which is awaiting a liquor license, would specialize in wood-fired pizzas such as the Wise Guy (with sliced meatballs, Italian sausage and caramelized onions), the Prime Prosciutto (with ricotta, fresh mozzarella, goat cheese, fig jam and prosciutto), and the marinara (with hand-crushed tomato sauce, fresh basil and garlic but no cheese).

For appetizers it plans a bruschetta platter, meatballs with toasted baguettes and wood-fired wings. The menu also would include sandwiches and salads. For entrees, it plans grilled filet mignon, Atlantic salmon, chicken Marsala, lasagna, shrimp ravioli and spaghetti.

Peter Alvarez was a partner in HomeSlice but said he left before it closed in mid-2019. He knows the landlord and is helping a new group open there.

Dukes on Grand/Downtown Pizza and Willie’s Kansas City also operated in the spot.

This story was originally published January 20, 2022 at 5:00 AM.