Breakfast hotspot Songbird, a Sauce Best New Restaurant in 2021, has moved into a bigger location in Tower Grove South. Located at 3153 Morgan Ford Road, this 3000-square-foot space seats about 75 guests with two main dining areas. Compared to the first location in Forest Park Southeast, the modern space comes equipped with a bigger kitchen, separate coffee bar station, and more available seating options with keeping the bar seating featured at the first spot. A main concern with the last location was the lack of parking options, but that is not an issue for this space, as the parking lot can accommodate 27 spots.
While the main reason for moving was due to changes in the lease agreement at the prior location, co-owner Chris Meyer agrees that this change was a blessing in disguise when they found the new space.
“This building is awesome, because it brings us kind of back to full circle, back to the [Tower Grove Farmers’ Market] area where we started. We just have such a great core group of regulars in this neighborhood,” Meyer said.
Before transforming the dining room into Songbird, the previous restaurant was 3 Monkeys, an 80’s-themed restaurant. When redecorating, the team made use of the natural light from the windows to help achieve the look they were going for. The new color scheme includes lots of yellow with some pink and green mixed in.
“It was a very dark themed restaurant. I don’t think it was so much that we were trying to copy the old Songbird, but what we were trying to do is move away from how dark the previous building was. In order to do that, we had to choose some really big, bright colors,” Meyer said.
The original drink and food menus will stay the same for now, but Meyer hopes to expand those menus in the future. The hours will stay the same: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Monday.