St. Louis

Someone wrote:

If you want a good Hamburger place, go to Krieger's in Chesterfield in West County. They have everything- Pizza, sandwiches, salads and a full bar, very reasonable, too. Kind of small, may have a wait, but it is good. Chuck

Ethnic restaurants in St. Louis can be found in a cluster in the Delmar Loop, the area of Delmar Blvd. between Skinker and Kingsland, in the area of Washington University.  The restaurants include Saleem's ("where garlic is king" -- OK mideastern), a good small Pakistani place (whose name I've forgotten but which is located on a side street to the north of Delmar on the east side of the area) and another mideastern place whose name I've also forgotten. Other restaurants in the area include Painted Plates (one of the latest yuppie chic places), Blueberry Hill (the reason St. Louis doesn't need a Hard Rock cafe, with the best display window in town, good burgers, loud rock and lots of Elvis memorabilia), Cicero's (mediocre Italian), Brandt's (eclectic light fare at tables in a section of a gourmet grocery), The REd Sea (Ethiopian) and some others I've forgotten. There are also two St. Louis Bread Company stores; these are bakeries which specialize in excellent sourdough and French-style breads but which serve good sandwiches. Paul's Book Store has a cafe annex called Ibid's, where the music is not what one would expect from the bookstore, but the light food available is good.

Hope this is a bit more helpful than it sounds to me!

Rhea Jacobs

My favorite St. Louis restaurant is Tony's.  It has received the Mobile Travel Guide Five Star rating for many, many years and is the only restaurant in the state to currently hold the award.

Jack

Craig B. wrote:

>My wife and I are headed to St. Louis this weekend for our anniversary.
>Anyone have suggestions on a restaurant to try?

Tony's is wonderful, as is Dominic's on the Hill.  Also consider Al's, which is a little out of the way on the riverfront but very good.

Craig B. wrote:
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>My wife and I are headed to St. Louis this weekend for our anniversary.
>Anyone have suggestions on a restaurant to try?
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A couple of the other posts on this thread have listed some of our better top-end restaurants; here are a few others in varying price ranges.

In general, the "U. City Loop" area (Delmar Blvd., roughly from the St. Louis city limits (Skinker Blvd.) west is on of our best concentrations of restaurants. A new place called Painted Plates features eclectic, "new American" (i.e. seared Tuna, horseradish potatoes...clever twists on classic American dishes).  Sorry I took so long to post, 'cause reservations might be a challenge for this weekend.  Down the street is one of my faves, Riddles Penultimate, another American eclectic with the added advantage of a great selection of Missouri wines to complement a traditional Cal/France/Italy list.  (Riddles is great, but a little weird; think of what would happen if Julia Child married Jerry Garcia.)

Up and down the Loop are good Japanese, Thai, Lebanese, and Pakistani places; Blueberry Hill is a jukebox diner with kitschy-but-cool rock 'n' roll decor and great burgers and beers.

If you're staying downtown, there's another cluster of restaurants south of there in a 19th century neighborhood called Soulard.  The Lynch Street Bistro has been recommended to me, but I don't have any firsthand knowledge.  Immediately downtown, there's a very elegant classic French restaurant called Cafe de France, as well as an upscale Italian place called Kemoll's.  Premio, on about 7th and Market, is a sister restaurant of Dominic's, which was noted in a previous post.

Dominic's and another place called Giovanni's are high-end places in an Italian district called The Hill, about 5 miles southwest of downtown (I-44 to the Kingshighway exit); some good lower-priced choices are Gian-Tony's, LoRusso's and Cunetto's.

There's also an interesting cluster on Euclid in the Central West End; Balaban's (moderately expensive, cafe French) and Duff's (moderate, also kind of bistro French/American) are two of the best there.

If you've got a car, the leaves are just about at peak -- maybe a ride out to Malmaison in St. Albans (country French, expensive) or Hunter's Hollow in Labadie (American/continental, also fairly expensive)?

Hope you all have fun!  In general, I think this is a _waycool_ restaurant town (just as it appears, I probably could have digested significantly more bandwith raving about it :) ) and I think you're virtually guaranteed of getting some great meals while you're here.

Joe Bonwich
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(St. Louis, MO)

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Someone wrote:

I suggest your try "Tony's" or "Gean & Tony's:.  For dessert, do not miss a concrete at Ted Drewes.

Don Herron