Failsafe wrote: >I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I would >really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. I already own a copy >of the St. Louis Zagut guide but find that personal perspectives are more >valuable. Areas of particular interest below: > >5) Nouveau I've eaten several times in a delightful cafe called Duff's. I don't know the exact address but I can tell you it's in the funky art-gallery section of town. Their Sunday brunch was terrific and the lamb I had for Friday dinner was, in a word, divine. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Steve Roth The Cellar BBS (215) 539-3146 >Philadelphia, PA. Usenet/Email via Waffle UUCP >Email: [email removed] CompuServe:76500,737
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Failsafe wrote: >I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I would >really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. I already own a copy >of the St. Louis Zagut guide but find that personal perspectives are more >valuable. Areas of particular interest below: > >1) Japanese My two favorites: Robata -- nice out-for-the-evening place, on top of the tower at West Port Plaza Tachibana -- good, unpretentious. >3) Italian There's a big Italian community in an area known as "The Hill". Almost anywhere there is good. My favorite is Cunnetto's, it's a nice family place. Rigazzi's is a great place to go if you're looking for someplace more boisterous, especially on a weekend eve. or before/after a baseball or hockey game. There's also a city-wide chain called The Pasta House that's good. >4) Pizza St. Louis has it's own style of pizza, believe it or not. A good place to get some is from one of the chain of Imo's. As for other types of pizza, there's a California Pizza Kitchen in the Galleria Mall. They have a variety of Califonia-style pizzas; try the Carribean Shrimp. Aaron Packman (ex St. Louisan) [email removed]
Failsafe wrote: > I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I would > really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. I already own a copy > of the St. Louis Zagut guide but find that personal perspectives are more > valuable. Areas of particular interest below: > > 1) Japanese > 2) Seafood > 3) Italian > 4) Pizza > 5) Nouveau > > Any help will be much appreciated! Welcome to St.Louis!! Here is a list of some of my favorite restaurants around town. Most of them are spread out from North to South and East to West. Japanese Robata of Japan 434-1007 Kobe Steak House 434-2600 Tokyo Steak House 227-3270 In my opinion all these restaurants are very good and all have tableside cooking. Its a lot of fun to go with a group of people but a bit expensive. Seafood Hard Shell Cafe 231-1860 Red Lobsters Italian Candicci's 725-3350 Cunetto's 781-1135 Rigazzi's 772-4900 Tony's 231-7007 Tony's is a 5***** restaurant and really expensive. It is most definitely worth every penny though. Pizza Angelo's Pizzeria 355-3242 Pirrone's Pizzeria 839-3633 Arcobasso's 522-0422 Halls Ferry Inn 868-7300 Angelo's is a definite must, the pizza is the best I've ever tasted in my life. They do not skimp on toppings. Halls Ferry Inn is also very good too. American Lewis & Clarks 947-3334 Houlihan's Friday's Let me know if you get a chance to visit any of these restaurants. I would like to know what you think of the food!! Enjoy, Mary Fels
Someone wrote: >Failsafe wrote: >> I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I would >> really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. I already own a copy >> of the St. Louis Zagut guide but find that personal perspectives are more >> valuable. Areas of particular interest below: >> >> 1) Japanese >> 2) Seafood >> 3) Italian >> 4) Pizza >> 5) Nouveau >> >> Any help will be much appreciated! > I envy you. I am from St. Charles originally. I would also recommend Boccacio's on S. Main in St. Charles. Lewis and Clark's is also good and just about across the street from Boccacio's. Finally, even though you didn't ask about German, there is an okay German place: St. Charles Wine Gardens. It features German food, imported German wine and German wines made in Hermanoff. Enjoy. Bill Senior EE Student
-> Subject: St. Louis Area... Steve R. wrote: -> I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I -> would really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. I -> already own a copy of the St. Louis Zagut guide but find that -> personal perspectives are more valuable. Areas of particular interest -> below: -> -> 1) Japanese -> 2) Seafood -> 3) Italian -> 4) Pizza -> 5) Nouveau I don't live in St.Louis, Steve, but manage to visit quite often. There is a hugh Italian poplulation in St. Louis and they all seem to hang out in a section called The Hill. There are Italian restaurants galore there, one better than the other. Locals will tell you how to find it. There is also a restaurant called Tony's....a five-star Italian delight. It is located in the downtown area. St. Louis is very fortunate to have a California Pizza Kitchen (located in the St. Louis Galleria near Clayton - southside of the city) This is a chain out of California, but there are not very many of them. I've been to the one in Chicago (Water Tower), Las Vegas (Mirage Hotel), and St. Louis a few months ago. They are different, amazing, a delight. I can say no more. Can't help you on the others. St.Louis is a nice town, except for the weather in the summer (hot and humid on hot and humid), but hope you enjoy it despite that. ....Gil [email removed]
Failsafe wrote: >I am moving to the St. Louis area in a few weeks from Philadelphia. I would >really appreciate some pointers about area restaurants. Not really restaurants, but... For native south siders, there's no place like Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on a hot night. The one on Grand is usually too crowded for me, so I suggest the one on old US66 (Watson Road I believe). For burgers, there used to be a Welsh bar, "Llewellans" (sp?) in the central west end (that's just east of the central park/Forest park). In addition, they had Anchor Steam on draft! There's was a great pizza place (at least a year ago) called Elaine's (I think). It was on Gravois right at the intersection of Gravois and Kingshighway. No place to sit and it's best if you eat the pizza right away. I recommend Rigazzi's too. Years ago you never found bad Italian food on the Hill, because they would soon be out of business. Don't know if it's still true. I haven't eaten there in years, but the Robt E Lee (a steam boat, anchored on the levee) had pretty good food.
I just moved from St. Louis after living there six years, and I can recommend some restaurants; Japanese: Nobu's on Olive St. Rd. is probably the best in St. Louis Pizza: Cicero's on Delmar in University City Loop has good pizza Vietnamese: Mei Lee's also on Delmar near I 170 Coffee: Cafe Ibid's in Paul's Book Store on Delmar in the Loop (note: Delmar Ave in University City has many excellent ethnic restaurants, so you may want to walk around. They include Persian, Russian, Ethiopian, Lebanese (sp?), Greek, and the best burgers at Blueberry Hill.