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To go along with our Best New Restaurants of 2023 list, here are some of the local dishes we’re still thinking about long after we ate them.

Meera Nagarajan, executive editor
Baked crab cake – Wright’s Tavern
Salt cod croquetas – Bar Moro
Bacalao croquetas – Idol Wolf
Cacio e pepe cream cheese – Bagel Union
Vermont cheddar waffle – Bowood by Niche
Coconut tres leches – Taqueria Morita
Cannoli – 1929 Pizza & Wine

Lauren Healey, digital editor
Fried Brussels sprouts – Fleur STL
Valbreso and tomato confit – Le Ono
Ice cream sandwich – Louie
Mushroom pizza – 1929 Pizza & Wine

Michelle Volansky, digital creative director
Coconut tres leches – Taqueria Morita
Chawanmushi – Sado
Crab Rangoon nachos – Tim’s Chrome Bar
Green tea matcha ice cream – Nobu’s

Iain Shaw, managing editor
Baked crab cake – Wright’s Tavern
Boiled fish with Chinese green pepper – ChiliSpot
Blood orange marmalade and prosciutto burrata – Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria
Tiramisu – Noto Italian Restaurant
Four cheese pizza – Fordo’s Killer Pizza

 

This article appears in December 2023.

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Meera began working at Sauce in 2008 and is responsible for the design of Sauce Magazine. She has a masters in journalism with an emphasis in magazine design from Mizzou and she has a habit of hoarding...

Born and raised near Edinburgh, Scotland, Iain has been writing about food and drink, among other things, for over a decade. Before moving to St. Louis in 2018, he spent close to 15 years living in Beijing,...

Lauren is a longtime journalist who has honed her writing, reporting, editing and photography skills in various roles at newspapers, magazines and websites in the Midwest. Her time spent with Sauce since...

Michelle is a graduate of the Illustration program at Missouri State University and spends her non-Sauce time on freelance illustration projects, painting her nails and day drinking. Michelle is starry-eyed...