St. Louis Restaurants
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Tripel
There's an old show biz line that goes something like, "No one ever walked out of a theater whistling the scenery." The corrolary in restaurants, I suppose, is "No one ever walked out of a restaurant saying how delicious the decor was." And yet – well, the food at Tripel is often quite good, but
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Central Table Market Hall
The day after the Riverfront Times and the day the Post-Dispatch both reviewed Central Table Food Hall was when I last visited there. This usually proves to be a bad idea, given the glowing words that both publications had for the newest resident of South Euclid. But plans had been made. There was a reservation,
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Michael’s Bar and Grill
Quite a gaggle of folks to be fed, vegetarians, carnivores, omnivores and just plain picky eaters, the categories frequently overlapping – and these folks are related to me, so I felt a certain responsibility. We ended up heading for Michael's Bar and Grill on Manchester, just inside the St. Louis city limits. And it turned
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Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet
The things one does out of professional curiosity. Stopped by Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet to have dinner en route to something else. I'd been curious about the Asian mega-buffets for a while, and here was a convenient way to investigate. Yes, definitely mega. It must seat more than 200 people. At least 10 hot and
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The Libertine
The Libertine is one of those places that diners will either love or hate. One pal of mine who considers himself a foodie took one look at the menu, said it was awful and refuses to go. Another of the same ilk, left to his own timetable, would have been waiting the moment the restaurant
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Table
Hie thee to the South Side and quickly. At the far east end of Cherokee Street across from the Lemp Brewery Cassy Vires and Josh Renbarger of Maplewood's Home Wine Kitchen have opened Table. The large room, dark and pleasantly cave-like with a fireplace that's going to be great on cold nights, has high round
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Brunch: Pastaria
Morning food at a Gerard Craft restaurant? It's not just at Brasserie any more. Pastaria has begun serving weekend brunch starting at 8 a.m., and that menu continues and overlaps the lunch menu. (Said lunch menu, by the way, being the same as dinner, minus the non-pasta entrees and separate vegetable orders.) That lunch/dinner menu
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Fork & Stix
Chiang Mai-style Thai food?Yup. Go check it out here. Yes, the parking can be tricky, but the search for the intrepid foodie could well be worth it.
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On The Departure of Duff’s
Forty years of memories of going to Duff's, from discovering it one late autumn while shopping on North Euclid with my best friend and seeing they had on the menu a croque monsieur, something I'd only read about to a guy playing Bach on his guitar while I wished the night would never end. And
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Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust
A new option for Grand center pre-theater and -music dining? You bet. A half-block from Powell Hall, Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust puts soul food in elegant new digs. And speaking of elegant, this is, as a lot of people know, the project of the elegant Robbie Montgomery, the third location for her restauratnt. The OWN