St. Louis Restaurants
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Current wisdom says Clayton is cooling as a restaurant neighborhood. We’re not so sure. Not only are optimistic local owners continuing to open new spots or expand old ones, but Ruth’s Chris Steak House has chosen to locate its return, a decade after deparing downtown, smack at the corner of Brentwood and Forsyth boulevards. There’s
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Mai Lee Shrimp
Often, when we get a yen for a particular kind of food, it’s one of the Asian cuisines. On a recent evening, we showed up at Mai Lee, and our waiter suggested a special that’s about to go on the menu. We were, to put it bluntly, blown away. Shrimp are batttered and fried in
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The Royale
The Royale is an old-time South Side tavern, and how refreshing it is to see it filled with people too young to have ever patronized its model. Of course, we’re sure none of the Royale’s ancestors would have a photo of Nelson Mandela on the wall, accompanying those of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, Lech Walesa,
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Super Smokers
We’re glad Super Smokers is back. No, it’s not in your local Dierberg’s any more, nor at the new stadium. The other locations remain closed. But the motherhouse is back, at the same place off I-44 in Eureka. That makes it just right for a lunch stop en route to Hermann or perhaps heading back
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Niche
Benton Park, the neighborhood between Jefferson avenue and I-55, just south of Gravois, is turning into quite a restaurant zone. Niche, the newest spot, has joined Frazer’s, Yemanja Brasil, the Sidney Street Café and Venice Café (perhaps not quite a restaurant but certainly a destination) in an area that makes a visitor feel as though