Oh where, oh where is the Katie’s Pizzeria website?
Mar 6, 2008 menus, restaurants
I commented on this briefly before, and I’d always meant to write a post about it in more detail, but now I don’t have to because Ann Lemmons took care of it in her commentary on restaurant websites on KWMU.
These days, restaurants need web sites. Fewer people are reading newspapers and magazines, but diners need to get their information from somewhere. Especially for younger people, that “somewhere” is usually the internet.
Lots of restaurants have web sites. The good ones can be very informative. The others, well, they can provoke frustration, and do more harm than good. Restaurateurs need to think about what potential customers need to know.
Enter the newest offender: Katie’s Pizzeria.
Everyone’s talking about it; theres’s a nice write up in Sauce; but try as I might, I can not find a website for this restaurant.
Lucky for you I scanned the menu.
As for my brief thoughts on Katie’s as I obviously went there…
I was there during the day so I can’t comment on the movies everyone seems to mention, but the atmosphere was nice and laid back.
I really dig their bar of mixed wood strips which reminds me of an ambitious 8th grade shop class project. Along with the other unstained and quickly built counters and shelves the restaurant has a definite shabby chic sort of vibe, but the ceiling lamps, which are sort of a 60s mod style, help tip the scales a little more towards chic.
Prosciutto Sliced Apple and Brie pizza is the only one I’ve tried so far so I can’t really comment in detail about the food. The crust is sort of a free-form flat bread style pizza and it is thin–though not St. Louis thin. Mine was slightly crisp and it appeared some where cooked a bit more than mine which probably resulted in a still more crunch.
I’ve never had brie on pizza and it should have been an obvious choice because it melts so well and resulted in a nice creaminess. Being the dominant flavor, however, I did wish for a little more salty prosciutto and tart apple to cut through the brie as it was a bit on the cheesy-weezy side of things.
That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it though, I just felt like it was missing something that would have taken it from being a really good pizza to a really great one. Arugula maybe?
I’m looking forward to sampling the rest of their pies in the coming months, and although I didn’t take any pictures other than the one out front, here is one Katie’s review at Respublica, and a second at St. Louis Eats and Drinks. Both have pictures.
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March 6th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Another pet peeve: “fingerling potato’s”.
Glad to hear you liked it. I may try and talk my wife into going there tomorrow.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Dan, you beat me to it. I think I could make a fortune proofreading menus and charging by the inappropriate apostrophe.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Thanks for posting the menu and wine list. Katie’s is charging $12.00 more than Sidney Street for a bottle of Ramsay pinot noir.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I was thinking their wine prices weren’t bad until you mentioned that. That is too high.
I’ve read great reviews of that Zardini Valpolicella, and at $32, it’s a good price (it’s $20-24 retail, but I’ve never seen it anywhere else in town).
March 13th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
We ate at Katie’s last weekend and had a very negative experience. Food was average; service was VERY slow (over an hour to get one of our 4 pizzas) and, when we commented (politely and professionally) to the owner (Katie herself), she became very hostile and told us to go back to West County and never come back. For the record, no one in our party was from West County. I would not recommend it.
April 7th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
First, I could totally see Clayton-reared Katie saying something along the lines of “Go back to West County” (and I say this as a fan of the place).
But Jeanne, you’ve got to be leaving out part of the story.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Yes, I agree. Katie is not a friendly person. And doesn’t take criticism very well. She needs to learn how to handle guests complaints. It has to be hurting the business.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Just had a great dining experience at Katie’s. I had my first Stella in a frosted glass and it was heavenly. The service was incredible. The pizza menu seemed limited, but a friend and I tried the asparagus. and four cheeses and both were incredible. I will be back!