Episode 31: Mike Garozzo
Michael Garozzo is an Italian restauranteur, a St. Louis native, a Chiefs megafan, bonafide movie star, and a Kansas City household name.
Mike started his career as a busboy at 13 with a dream of one day owning his own restaurant. Hailing from “The Hill”, St. Louis’s Italian neighborhood, Mike worked his way into the world of Italian fine dining before putting his own stamp on the Kansas City restaurant scene with “Garozzo’s Ristorante”, where “Chicken Spiedini began!”
Mike has hosted everyone from Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid and his quarterback Patrick Mahomes to Tony Bennett and Kid Rock. In today’s episode he talks family, history, and the legends who made him who he is today. You’re in for a fun trip with the one and only Michael Garozzo.
