2010 was not the year of the meatball, but five great options still abound in KC

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The latest food trends are a difficult business to predict. That’s why Vegas doesn’t set lines for whether sliders will be the next hot food or whether cupcakes are played out as a dessert.

Serious Eats suggests that CBS News and USA Today were off the mark when they suggested that the meatball was going to be the next “it” food at the start of this year. Despite earning a place on Charles Ferruzza’s Top 5 Gay Foods, the predictions look bad in the face of a burger fad that sees meatballs smashed into patties and a health movement pushing less meat consumption. That said, there’s still plenty of places to get a good meatball in Kansas City.