Higginsville Restaurants

My wife and I live in Lawrence, so to get a variety we drive closer to KC. We were craving Italian and one of my daughters who’s a food blogger said North Italia has a good reputation (although she hasn’t been there), so we decided to try it. The reputation is deserved! We started with 2 appetizers, the cacio e pepe arancini and fried calamari. Both we aesthetically pleasing and delicious. The calamari came with house pickled jardiniere. It was spicy and excellent. It also came batter fried at the right temperature with a marinara and a remoulade. Both were very tasty. The arancini were perfect and the filling had the savory, creamy cacio e pepe taste. Our entrees were equally delicious. Mine was the fig pizza, which featured prosciutto, arugula and a Nepalitana crust which was beautifully fermented and delicious. My wife got the braised beef rib lumache pasta. She ate more of it than I’ve ever seen her eat anything. My brookie sundae for dessert was also delicious. Don’t wear a white shirt while eating it. Lesson learned. Our server Ryan was very attentive without being overbearing. He asked us for ask for him when we return. We will.

We had a great lunch. All 4 of us had something different and everyone was pleased with their food--chicken fried chicken, burger, spicy chicken sandwich, grilled salmon. It was all delicious, served at temperature. We also had desserts and they were great as well--the berry tart and gooey butter cake. Highly recommend.

Food was great! The Brussel sprouts appetizer is a must have. I had the Mahi Mahi, broccolini & garlic mashed potatoes which was excellent. My date had the grouper, asparagus & Betty’s potatoes which she thoroughly enjoyed.

Bryce was our server and he made excellent recommendations and was so patient with guests who had multiple questions! Kudos to him! The ciopinno was amazing as always!

Our waitress was absolutely amazing and the food was delicious.