When Lidia's Kansas City opened in the Crossroads 15 years ago, there had never been a restaurant in the former railroad freight house (there are now three), and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich (the proprietor of Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto restaurants in New York City) had never opened a location outside New York (she now has two).

"We were a little nervous at first," says Bastianich, who will be in Kansas City next week for her restaurant's anniversary event. "How do you manage a restaurant from a distance?"

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