St. Louis Restaurants
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The Crossing
Is it really 16 years that The Crossing has been feeding us? Hard to believe the spot that New York's Restaurant Daniel (as in Bolud) begat is that far into middle-age-for-a-restaurant. Over the years, they haven't blunted the food, dumbed it down, in any appreciable way. When asked ten years ago or so if he
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Connelly’s Goody Goody Diner: July Update
Breakfast at Goody Goody Diner this morning, and a chance encounter with Ryan Safi, one of the two brothers who are buying the landmark restaurant. Ryan says he believes in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thinking, which augurs well for Goody aficionados. That said, however, the building just to the
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The Mustard Bar at Veritas
It really never occurred to me to ask David and Stephanie Stitt why they called part of Veritas' new location the Mustard Bar. If I'd thought about, I suppose I would have wondered if it was like a Bloody Mary bar or a taco bar, a line of garnishes spread out for ad lib usage.
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On Broadway
Yes, Ballpark Village is shiny new. And it's close to the stadium. But for some of us eager to go somewhere a little different, we have this: http://www.stlmag.com/Memory-Lane-On-Broadway/
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Just A Bite: The Grapevine Grill
Visitors from Manhattan last weekend deserved to be shown the Missouri countryside. So we drove down to Ste. Genevieve for some French Colonial architecture and then had lunch at Chaumette Vineyards & Winery. The joint was jumping, tables full on the front porch with live music, a few folks on the rear patio, the tasting
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Hiro Asian Kitchen: Brunch
For those made jaded by The Same Old Thing at brunch, let us introduce Hiro Asian Kitchen. Bernie Lee, the owner, is Malaysian, but his food picks up influences from all over Asia. His menu for brunch isn't immense, but the food is so new to most of us that a bigger menu could induce
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Just a Bite: The Grill at The Ritz Carlton
The rumblings heard from the direction of Clayton may have been at the Ritz Carlton. Changes are afoot in their restaurants. I went to a press meal at the Grill last week, and found several things worth remarking on. Certainly I never thought I'd be nodding approvingly while eating a kale salad. Chic often doesn't
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Katie’s Pizza and Pasta
A handsome restaurant, Katie's Pizza and Pasta is, but a little wonky. No longer affiliated with its original site across from the Esquire Theatre, the new Katie's has a larger menu and a larger dining room. True to the times, it's noisy, but the outdoor tables – which were usable for perhaps a month since
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Brunch: Bixby’s
Maybe it's chancy talking about a restaurant in Forest Park just before Fair St. Louis (I almost wrote "the Veiled Prophet Fair") moves to the park for a few years. But Bixby's, in the Missouri History Museum, will be there after that's finished. And frankly, reserving ahead for brunch is a good idea. This is
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The Good Pie
After more than a year's wait, The Good Pie has reopened in the Delmar Loop, moving from the orbit of St. Louis University to that of Washington University. And yet, if there were ever a not-your-college-pizza-joint, this is (still) it. With a new pizza oven, wood burning, a lovely robin's-egg blue, it's still turrning out