I love on Saturdays where you have enough stuff to do that you can just skip breakfast and go straight to lunch. I know it's the most important meal of the day, but to me, a really enjoyable breakfast always seems like a meal for a lazy Sunday morning - with the newspaper and lots of refills of my coffee cup - but Saturday seems the perfect day of the week for lunch.We avoided the grocery store all week long, so on Saturday we called ahead to Cupini's and ordered some sandwiches for carryout. I love having a Cupini's downtown. The location on Westport Road is great, but I like having a Cupini's within a 5 minute drive of my front door (I do hate the downtown traffic situation, but I'm trying to look at the big picture and not be one of those people who is indignant at the smallest inconvenience). I like knowing that there will be bags of frozen Pumpkin Ravioli that close for when I'm feeling like melting a little butter and sage and indulging in someone else's pasta handiwork. Cupini's has excellent everything, but my favorite is the fresh turkey panini, which gets a little added zest from the artichoke spread. The gangster also gets rave reviews for the creaminess of the garlic aioli and the roasted eggplant mixed in against the thin slices of prosciutto and salami. The thing that makes any sandwich memorable, however, is the bread - and Cupini's baguettes are crisp and chewy. They're good on their own, but they make the sandwiches just that much better.
Cupini's
25 East 12th Street or
1809 Westport Road
4 comments:
Cupini's is truly a local gem. They are also getting ready to open in Lakewood (Lee's Summit) and on the square in Liberty. Soon everyone will have Cupini's close, north or south. Business must be great for them to already be up to four locations.
Yay for success stories. I would imagine that the downtown location is going to be perfect once all the "revitalization" is complete. And I guess people in Liberty deserve Cupini's, too.
The Liberty Store opened last week.
I am sad to report that Cupini's in Liberty does not live up to any of the positive comments here. The Liberty location is like a cafeteria in a modern, sleek setting. The food is nothing short of fast food-I think I would choose Fazoli's if given the choice. Too bad for the all of the people in Liberty. All the hype has been a let down.
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