Villa Capri still open? Yes!

• Sabrina Staires
• Villa Capri is alive and well and still serving classic Southern Italian dishes.

Fat City has received a few calls this week about the venerable Villa Capri Restaurant at 8126 Metcalf. At 52 years old, it’s one of the longest-running restaurants in Overland Park and one of the first suburban venues to serve pizza. (There’s no shortage of pizza all over the metro now, something we’ll address in print next week with our pizza edition.)

“I stopped by there this week and was told it was under construction,” one reader e-mails.

Uh oh. When a restaurant posts a note saying it’s closed for repairs or renovation, it’s often code for “closing soon.” But that’s definitely not the case with Villa Capri.

“We really have been doing some construction,” the restaurant’s Diana Scudiero tells me. “Nothing major. We opened up the dining room quite a bit and rearranged the layout of the room.” Between that and the snow, the place was dark a short time. But it’s back to regular hours full time now, Scudiero says – and the menu is getting a little updating, too.