I have been to Lagniappe twice once for lunch and once for dinner. Found it enjoyable both times. It's a comfortable place with a solid menu. Dick Someone wrote: > In the last several years, people have suggested trying different restaurants. > They are not neccessarily new. I have kept a list which I am going over this > weekend. nyone have experience they are willing to share? Are any worth > trying? > > Lagniappe; Lemon Grass; Great Chefs Garden(dimsum); Neruda (edwardsville); > Zhivagos(ballwin); LePetit Paris; Dvin; MardiGras; PuertaSolas; Montage; Cafe > Campagnard > > Thanks and Happy New Year. Ben S > > .
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A Restaurant List?
Welcome! Good to find another person who doesn't need to eat at chains only. Let me give you some of my own favorites. Chinese Eat First Garden, on Page near 170. Great dimsum on weekends. Royal Chinese Barbecue-Olive near 170. Fabulous Hong Kong food, Chinese style roast duck and roast pig. YUM! Vietnamese Saigon Cafe, Olive near 170. Good and very inexpensive. Mai Lee, Delmar near 170. Patchy, but can be great. Indian House of India, Delmar near 170. Best Sunday buffet I know. India Palace, Lindbergh by the airport. Great breads! Thai Thai Gai Yong, Thai Seafood Cafe, Thai Country Cafe, all or right off Delmar near Skinker. Good and very reasonably priced. American Riddles' Penultimate Cafe, Delmar loop. Innovative American food that doesn't cost a fortune, nice jazz, great beer and wine lists. Mexican: Arcelia's on Lafayette Square. Pueblo Nuevo on Lindbergh north of 70. Both good and authentic. Not a chain in the carload. Kiwi
I agree with several of kiwibird's comments, but nasty lunches at Eat First when my office was near there soured me - the food looked and tasted weeks old. Weekend dim sum must be better. Meantime, I'll add steakhouses - any Outback (I know they are a chain, but the food is great and reasonably priced for the quality), Charcoal House on Manchester, and Dierdorf and Hart's. Trainwreck (several locations around town) has great burgers - try the triple cheeseburger or the bison burger. Seafood (you mentioned Red Lobster) - you might try S&P Oyster House in Manchester (other locations too) or Bristols at I-270 and Olive. Chinese - Peking & Hunan Garden, on Manchester in Manchester - every reviewer has raved about it, and it is a family favorite of ours. Italian - for a chain, Pasta House is OK, but they were once much better - terminal cheapness seems to have infected this organization. They are now stingy with their sauces and I doubt you will find any artichoke hearts in their salad any more. Try others first, especially Cunettos or Zia's on the Hill. And for Bar-B-Q, Bandana's is good on the low end, as is Super Smokers. KC Masterpiece at Chesterfield Mall is pretty good too but higher priced. Kreigers is good bar food, but watch out for family night - seems like there are thousands of the little buggers running around because of the free eats. And for dessert - where else but Ted Drewes - may be closed for the season, but you can find it frozen in the ice cream case in Schnucks and others.
CGatton wrote: > I agree with several of kiwibird's comments, ... [Snip] And for > Bar-B-Q, Bandana's is good on the low end, as is Super Smokers. KC Masterpiece > at Chesterfield Mall is pretty good too but higher priced. Pit Master at Manchester & Sappington has better BBQ than either Bandana's or KC Masterpiece, IMHO. They serve Texas style - no sauce on the meat with a selection on the table. More smoke flavor than either of the others.
Jim seems right on the nose with his suggestions, but I'd like to add one more. Rizzo's Their steak modiga (spelling??) is to die for. A great steak covered with provel cheese & a sauce with mushrooms. uumm, um. They've got 3 location. I've heard that you should avoid the S. county one. But try the one at Chippewa & Lansdowne (just E. of Ted Drewe's) or on Dunn Rd in Florissant.
Best Italian on the Hill is probably Cunetto's Best Italian in St. Charles County - Grappa Grill on Hwy 94 about a mile south of I-70 Best Italian anywhere - Paul Manno's at Olive and Woods Mill (Sorry Joe B., there I go again!) Dick Someone wrote: > most... i must say i havent been brave enough to try brains yet tho... > <g> > > the problem with red lobster, ground round etc is they're chain > restaurants... as such you dont tend to get the dishes that make it an > experience.. you might be just as well to go to the restaurant of the > same name a mile down the road... you get good wholesome food at a > reasonable price, but its never anything special... > > I believe that STL has an Italian area which is supposed to have some > good restaurants, any info on that would be good, or even Italian > eateries in the st charles / st peters area > > [email removed] > http://soft_macbeth.home.mindspring.com/
Cunetto's is very good and I often recommend it myseld - did earlier in this thread, as a matter of fact. But best on the Hill? Such fine restaurants as Charlie Gitto's might pick an argument with that. Some of the finest meals we've had in St. Louis were there. Not cheap but most assuredly a fine dining experience. Let's face it - for an Italian restaurant to last more than a few weeks on the Hill it had better be good.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 16:36:47 MST Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 23:36:47 GMT Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu stl.dining:537 Someone wrote: > > I believe that STL has an Italian area which is supposed to have some > good restaurants, any info on that would be good, or even Italian > eateries in the st charles / st peters area That would be The Hill. If the restaurant isn't good, it doesn't last there. The easiest way to tell you where it is would be to send you to the web site where there's a map - http://www.the-hill.com/ If you can get away for a weekday lunch, try Rigazzi's (on Daggett Ave.) It's nearby, so I do that often. It's a buffet style with a menu that varies, but there should be something on it you like. A little hectic, but for $5.50 (and $1 glasses of beer are avalible - or soft drinks), it's a good value, and easy to get to off Kingshighway. For more formal dining, I like Favazza's (also easy to find - on Southwest Ave.). And a person cannot go wrong recommending Cunetto's (just off Southwest), except they don't take reservations and can get pretty buzy. Check the web site - I doubt you would be *too* disappointed with any place over there. Oh yea - my pick for the best sandwich in Saint Louis goes to Southwest Market, if you're into deli type subs.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:36:03 MST Organization: bCandid - Powering the world's discussions - http://bCandid.com Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:36:03 GMT Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu stl.dining:545 I believe the original post mentioned Neruda in Edwardsville. My wife and I dined at Neruda two weeks back and enjoyed the experience. Nice atmosphere, good service, and live jazz made for a nice evening. The food wasn't bad either... Appetizers: Filet Rumaki, Wild Mushroom Puff Pastry Salad: Hearts of Palm Dinner: Crab Stuffed Filet, Salmon Fillet in Curry/Caramel sauce Desert: Creme Brulee, White Chonolate & Rasberry Napoleon. A bit on the pricey side, but it was New Year's Eve. Total bill with 3 glasses of wine, 2 coctails, and two glasses of Champagne approached $200. Not sure if the regular menu is as expensive. With that said, we'll be going back. Probably not until we use gift certificates to Portabella, Blue Water Grill, and Harvest. Which leads me to another question: The GC's for Portabella and BWG are accepted at any of the "sister" restaurants as well. Any recommendations for either restaurant family?