St. Louis Restaurants
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Brunch: SubZero
In 1980, there was a campaign ad for Ronald Reagan that used the line "It's morning in America". Well, it's morning in St. Louis. And this is turning into the Year of Morning Food. I'm going to be following that beat for St. Louis Magazine. And who would have thought a vodka bar would have
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The Block
As much respect as I have for vegetarian dishes and those who choose them, I admit to being an animal hound. So The Block was a natural for me, with its focus on meat and butchering their own local livestock. Two locations now exist, Webster Groves and the second one, on Sarah in the Central
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Au Revoir, Hilltop Inn
Some sad news. Another great retro spot is biting the dust. The Hilltop Inn Closing This Weekend (sort of) UPDATED
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PaPPo’s Pizzeria and Pub
PaPPo’s Pizzeria and Pub just feels right. A St. Louisan raised in Midtown and now gone, except for brief visits, for 25 years or so looked around the premises as he waited for his pizza. “It’s perfect. If you put me down here no matter what city it was in, I’d feel like I was
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Cha Cha Chow
Much credit has to go to a restaurateur who opens a new place in the face of serious traffic disruption. But Cha Cha Chow's brick-and-mortar location, begat by its food truck, is just across South Kingshighway from O'Connell's. Local foodists will know that means a detour coming in from the south to get there, since
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Brunch: Retreat Gastropub
If someone had moved back to St. Louis after an absence of a couple of years – if that someone had gotten their daily coffee at the shop at Laclede and Sarah – if that same someone decided to drop by Retreat Gastropub…well, their jaw would drop. 6 North was the coffee shop (It's still
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Flashback: The Fedora Cafe
Ah, the Fedora Cafe at Union Station and what we learned from it. Modern American first reared his head about then. Union Station was the place to be, for strolling, stopping, eating and drinking, and Fedora, an early outpost of the Gilbert-Robinson group, led the way. I had my first interview with a nationally-known cookbook
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Pizzeoli
There's a school of pizza thought that believes there is no bad pizza, just that some pizza is better than others and a few are waaay better. Then there is the other, much larger school at the other end of the scale, those who believe there is no pizza but the True pizza, usually the
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Copper Pig
It's noisy – but the overall vibe is great. The food isn't consistently wondrous – but I'd go back again in a sec. There's an energy, a momentum to The Copper Pig that's almost irresistible. Located along the stretch of Macklind south of Chippewa that's turning into this decade's Restaurant Row, its decor deceptively simple,
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The Dark Room
For anyone who's ever struggled to stay awake during a performance after they've eaten a good-sized meal, thereps a spot in Grand Center with an answer. Of course, it's good news, too for those of us who would rather have three different little dishes instead of one giant entree. The Dark Room offers more services