A skewer of tender chicken, bathed in lemon butter and kissed by the grill, became an accidental icon. In 1989, a restaurateur in Missouri took a traditional Italian dish and gave it a Kansas City twist.
He swapped veal for chicken, added a Sicilian marinade, and created something that would define a city’s Italian food scene. The chicken spiedini was born, and it has never left the menu.
Today, that same dish remains the cornerstone of a beloved local institution. People drive across the state just to taste the original, a skewer of history served with a side of nostalgia…