St. Louis Restaurants
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El Morelia
Found: A weekend excursion for Eaters. Well, maybe not even an excursion, depending on where you live. There's an excellent and relatively large Mexican market in Bridgeton, on St. Charles Rock Road, right across from the Lowe's. And on Saturday and Sunday, they serve tacos. Pretty remarkable tacos, in fact. Let's talk about the tacos
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BBQ Saloon
The BBQ Saloon, which opened in the space long occupied by the Majestic on South Euclid, has bravely taken on a cuisine that's very popular in St. Louis right now. There are lots of barbecue contenders in town these days, from national award winners to holes in the wall. So where does this entry stand?
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Just One Bite: ‘Nduja
This bite from Salume Beddu isn't for everyone. 'Nduja is a spicy, spreadable sausage an old salami-like creation from Calabria, Italy. Salume Beddu is offering it, in chubby packages or as a lunch option with bruschetta. I'd long been eager to try it, so when I found it on their menu, jumped right in. And
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Kingside Diner
It could be – and probably has been – argued that the Kingside Diner isn't truly a diner. The mere presence of the word quinoa on the menu allegedly proves it, let alone things like the use of cloth napkins. (I do admit that they're quite sturdy ones, rather like dish towels, homey rather than
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Evangeline’s Bistro and Music House
Whee! Jazz brunch! Forget the raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; jazz brunches certainly are among my favorite things, expecially when it's New Orleans-style. And that's what Evangeline's Bistro and Music House is delivering on Sundays. Brunch starts at 11 and music starts at 11.30 a.m. The group Miss Jubilee plays the Sunday brunch,
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Sweetie Pie’s: An Introduction
As I said recently, I do St. Louis things for an international foodie website called FoodieHub. Our fearless leader asked me about Sweetie Pie's, which he'd read a little bit about. The result was this story about the inimitable Robbie Montgomery. And if you're serious about the Fried Chicken Wars, Sweetie Pie's entry for that needs
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Fried Chicken Wars: Hiro Asian Kitchen
Another fried chicken stop, this one with limited availability: It's Hiro's Asian Kitchen, which is offering Miss Leon Braxton's yardbird on Sunday evenings – and at this writing, there's also chicken and waffles at their Sunday brunch, too. There's a real home-style feel to the chicken, the crust relatively thin but nicely crisp, very flavorful
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Pi Breaks A Hundred
The website The Daily Meal has announced its list 101 Best Pizzas in America. Not just pizza places, mind you, but specific pies. (Anyone ever noticed that the word "pies" isn't used in St. Louis much to refer to pizzas? It's always seemed to me an East Coast thing – I began my serious pizza
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New Wave Ice Cream
Another hot spell approaches. No surprise; this is August in St. Louis. High ice cream weather, right? If you're up for something beyond the same old stuff – not that I've got anything against you, strawberry – here are some places that offer new tastes. I wrote this for a London-based international website called Foodie Hub
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Restaurant Week 2015: A Glance at Anthony’s Bar
This is Downtown Restaurant Week in St. Louis. I went off for dinner at Anthony's Bar with a pal, and have, in particular, a couple of dishes to report on and suggest. Two entrees on their Restaurant Week menu are remarkably good. An immense pork chop in a mustard sauce was moist and tasty, nice with