St. Louis Restaurants
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Brunch: Atlas
Atlas has begun serving brunch, and, in Bryan Carr's usual style, the menu is downright seductive. The bistro, with its shady sidewalk for tables and large windows for morning sun, is a fine setting for morning food (although there are some options for lunching, including their excellent simple green salad). Yes, thanks, we'll have some
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Mission Taco Joint.
San Francisco has been, until fairly recently, not known as a good spot for Mexican food. That is, not known to outsiders. But the neighborhood south of Market Street around the historic Mission Dolores is definitely Mexican, and more than once Joe and I, after a large, late dim sum brakfast, had tacos for tea
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The Market at The Cheshire
The Market at The Cheshire is, clearly, a charming place to enter, casual and interesting, with food to eat there or to carry out after you're ordered at the counter. Other things to buy, both edible and not, while you wait for your name to be called are arranged in one of the low-ceilinged pair
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Schoemehl’s South Side Grill
By now, we've all gotten used to seeing buildings that once were fast-food spots recycled into something like Wing-a-Ding-Ding or Mamma's House of Hummus. In a world with not enough places like that and too many fast food joints, that's a good thing. But sometimes that same sort of process works differently, and an old,
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That’s A Winner: Jilly”s Two-peat
By now, much, if not all, of the St. Louis food community, both professionals and happy amateurs, has learned that Jilly's Cupcake Bar has won Cupcake Wars – again. And the winners deserved it. The winning collection is carefully focused, the flavors choreographed to go together with leaps and flourishes and pirouettes and even a
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Central Table Food Hall
Central Table Food Hall is landing in my old neighborhood, the lower Central West End, and it's the perfect location for this new outfit. Some people have likened it to Eataly or the Plaza Food Hall in New York City, but I think that's not quite on the money. It's going to be a multifaceted
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Southwest Diner
St. Louis is a better place for having easy access to the glories of a green chile cheeseburger. But not everything is spicy at Southwest Diner, as we discuss here.
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Hendel’s Market Cafe
It's a little surprising that it took this long to make the trip for a visit to Hendel's Market Cafe in Florissant. Somehow, there always seemed to be somewhere else that needed to be investigated. But my pal, soon to move to a home in the Alps, had heard of it and yearned therefor. Excuse
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Famous Szechuan Pavilion
Famous Szechuan Pavilion began in a former coffee drive-thru at Brentwood and Manchester. It's now moved to the strip mall at the northwest corner of Olive, Woodson and McKnight, and holds more than the four-or-so people that could get fed simultaneously at the old spot. Sparse decor. Short menu. And food that, I'm told, is
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Bar les Freres
Spring is finally here. And as the weather warms, it's a romantic time. Soon, evenings will be warm enough for dining, or at least sipping, outside. And romantic is just the word for Bar les Freres, romantic and small. Here's the good word on Bar les Freres from the review in St. Louis Magazine.