Well Met Cafe, a breakfast, lunch, and early dinner neighborhood restaurant at 4100 Shenandoah, opened softly earlier this week. “After eight months of paper-covered windows, the neighbors were ready,” says executive chef Dan Sammons. “And so were we.” The café is owned by three familiar local restaurateurs: Brian Schmitz and Jonathan Schoen, along with beverage director Travis […]
For Yolklore owner Mary Hancock, her grandmother’s meatloaf is about much more than a delicious, easy-to-make meal; it’s about memories. Her grandfather’s vanilla-scented pipe. The smell of his leather easy chair. The setup of Grandma Boehne’s kitchen. All of these experiences come flooding back every time she bakes this classic dish, which is why she […]
Colleen’s Owner Colleen Thompson got her start making dazzling, art-like custom cookies; you’ll still find those at her University City bakery and café, though you’ll also find an array of pastries, cookies, macarons, biscotti, and other baked goodies that show the full range of her shop’s abilities. The quiche, which features a subtly sweet crust, […]
The wave of poke restaurants in recent years continues to roll in: Later this month, Poke Munch plans to open a new location in the former BLK MKT Eats space at 9 S. Vandeventer, on the border of the Central West End and Midtown. The Concept Poke Munch owner Nadeem Hosseini had been looking for an opportunity near Saint Louis […]
Ask any doughnut aficionado in St. Louis to name their favorite shop, and chances are Donut Drive-In near the top of the list. For more than 70 years, the beloved Lindenwood Park shop has been dazzling diners with its apple fritters, doughnut holes, long johns, and that vintage neon sign, which serves as a beacon for […]
Five chefs, five pastas, 40 seats, $100 per person, this coming Saturday in Webster Groves. That’s a short summation of the short-notice event being hosted Saturday, April 27, by Madrina, the five-month-old Italian restaurant in Webster Groves. “We got chef confirmations just last week, and Saturday was the only time we could all get together,” says Madrina executive […]
You won’t need a knife sharpened by Demetrius Amrein to enjoy these biscuits. Made from a beloved recipe passed down by his grandmother, these golden pillow-soft treats hold a great deal of sentimental value to Amrein’s family. Ingredients 1 package yeast ¼ cup warm water 2 ½ cup flour 1 tsp baking power 1 […]
In the not-so-distant past, 33 Wine Shop & Bar (1913 Park) in Lafayette Square hosted a popular monthly pop-up series called Dorm Room Dinners. The idea was for a guest chef to create a five-course meal using only equipment that one might find in a college dorm room. Under those parameters, such chefs as Ben Poremba and […]
A former baseball base factory near O’Fallon Sports Park is the proposed site of a new Metro East food hall from brothers Eric and Mike Wallace. The first hearings took place this week on the Wallace brothers’ proposal to develop The Old Base Factory food hall in O’Fallon, Illinois. The project would convert a 12,000-square-foot […]
Since they first met about a decade ago, Erica McKinley and Greg Mueller of Fourth City Barbecue have been a force in their home kitchen, dazzling friends and family with McKinley’s delicious cooking and Mueller’s skill at all-wood barbecue. Over the years, their bacon fried rice has transformed from something they would frequently throw together as a fridge […]
After two years of moving locations as the seasons changed, Taqueria Morita, the popular restaurant concept from Take Root Hospitality, has sunk permanent roots in the Cortex Innovation Community in the Central West End. The 4,000-square-foot, free-standing building at at 4239 Duncan previously housed a Wasabi Sushi Bar location, which shuttered in December. Here’s what […]
After 37 years, the flagship location of P’sghetti’s Pasta and Sandwiches will be relocating—but customers won’t need to travel far to visit the new location. The new space, in a former Burger King space at 5447 S. Lindbergh, will be situated within view of the former location. It’s slated to open at the end of April. […]