Courtesy of Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria
Katie's Pizza original crew gathers outside its original Clayton Road location and honors its original owner, Katie Lee's father, the late Tom Lee.
In celebration of 15 years in business, Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria is serving up a limited-time special menu, available February 8–14. Guests can choose from two special offerings:
• Caviar Spaghetti: made with lemon butter and caviar
• Original Tre Amici Pizza: made with a San Marzano sauce, spicy chili flakes, fior di latte mozzarella, a light smoke speck, a dried spicy but sweet sopressata, pancetta, and a dusting of parmigiano Reggiano
Courtesy of Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria
The Background
Katie, and her father, Tom Lee, opened the original Katie’s Pizza (6611 Clayton) in 2008. Five years later, with help from a successful Kickstarter campaign, she and husband Ted Collier opened Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria (9568 Manchester), specializing in modern interpretations of Italian cuisine with local and seasonal ingredients. In 2017, they opened a second location, at 14171 Clayton in Town & Country. Among their successful pandemic pivots was the launch of a line of frozen pizzas. And this spring, the couple will open a third restaurant in Ballpark Village, their largest restaurant location to date. Over the years, Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria and its namesake owner have won myriad accolades.
“Restaurant years are like dog years. Multiply by seven,” says Lee Collier. “It’s a tough business. We’ve been through many wins and even more struggles, and while it feels like a few lifetimes, it also feels like we are just getting started.”
Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria is open from 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Friday through Saturday. Visit the website for more information.
