St. Louis Restaurants
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The Great St. Louis Meatball List
Ed Levine over at www.seriouseats.com is compiling a meatball registry, I discovered this morning. It had just occurred to us a couple of days ago that we are in the midst of a meatball renaissance here in St. Louis, and this fits right in. Thus our beginning The Great St. Louis Meatball List: Anthonino’s Taverna—huge,
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Square One Brunch
A brewpub for brunch? Oh, heck, why not? A Lafayette Square resident, Square One Brewery provides a darkish, quiet bar, perfect for those who’ve had too good a time the previous evening, a sunny dining room and a pleasant brick-walled patio that even has some shade, increasingly necessary at this time of year. Sunday brunch
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Lester’s Sports Bar and Grill
Trying to combine a sports bar, a New York delicatessen and a barbecue joint under one roof is like trying to pack food for a month into one of those plastic grocery sacks from the supermarket. It doesn’t work. Lester Miller, who has ego and optimism and, apparently, capital, has tried again to make a
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Yia Yia’s Eurocafe
Things seem to be going well at Yia Yia’s, despite the proliferation of restaurants in the Chesterfield Valley. A recent visit showed a full room at 8 p.m., although the bar was, to us, shockingly empty. A large and enthusiastic crowd always was ensconced there during visits over a number of years. Yia Yia’s is
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Acero
Is Acero the best new restaurant St. Louis has seen in several years? Jim Fiala’s different approach to Italian food moves beyond veal marsala and cannoli. It allows for the little-of-this-little-of-that approach that modern diners prefer, giving happiness to both those who need to control the calories (our hands waving wildly in the air here)
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Thai Kitchen
We mutter about the far reaches of the area and Joe frets about fire-breathing dragons out there at the ends of the earth, living, perhaps, in the Missouri River. But sometimes you find something that’s worth the trip and braving the dragons, especially if it’s a little spot that hasn’t had the fanfare and reviews
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Meskerem Ethiopian cuisine
The ancient cuisine of Ethiopia, with its complex flavors and different eating style, has had trouble establishing itself as part of the American dining routine. It’s popular in Washington, DC, and New York City has an increasing number of Ethiopian spots, but it’s generally been slow going hereabouts. Now it’s come to the busy international
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A Companionable Sandwich
We’ve enjoyed the occasional lunch at Companion Bakehouse, and always find the sandwiches a pleasure. Companion and its founder Josh Allen were among those who led a move away from boring bread in St. Louis; the bread on any sandwich is among the high points of the experience. But we’ve found a particularly delicious version
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Gian-Tony’s
Has it ever occurred to restaurateurs to be grateful for services like Mapquest or Google Maps? It has become so much easier for diners to find restaurants that aren’t on arterial streets, especially in these days of continual construction detours and spread-out suburbs where folks can go for a decade without venturing more than five
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Guido’s Pizzeria & Tapas
We’re not sure how Shaw Avenue on The Hill, St. Louis’ historic Italian neighborhood, came to be Tapas Street, but so it is. Guido’s Pizzeria & Tapas would appear from its name to be a diluted version of The Real Thing. Not so. The small, corner establishment actually serves a number of tapas that are