4 Hands Brewing Co. plans major expansion for production and new beer garden
4 Hands Brewing Co. is expanding its current location at 1220 S. Eighth St. in St. Louis’ La Salle Park neighborhood, as reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In August, 4 Hands acquired the space occupied by The Pump Shop, with a plan to utilize the indoor space for manufacturing, storage and office space. The outdoor area…
King & I will close South Grand location and relocate to Richmond Heights next year
After almost 40 years in Tower Grove South, King & I has announced plans to close its current location and relocate to Richmond Heights in spring 2023. The long-running Thai restaurant will open in the former Blaze Pizza location at 8039 Dale Ave. The new restaurant will feature largely the same menu of Thai favorites that has…
Union Loafers will open new bread shop with Union Studio in Botanical Heights in spring 2023
Union Loafers Cafe and Bread Bakery is teaming up with Union Studio on a new project that will see both businesses open new ventures in spring 2023 at 1532 Tower Grove Ave. in Botanical Heights. Union Studio will relocate its existing Tower Grove Avenue store to the new space, which will also house the new Union Loafers Bread…
34 vegetarian dishes at St. Louis restaurants we’re obsessed with
Every month, we highlight a single menu item we’re obsessed with, that we feel confident saying: Eat This. For our anniversary issue, we’re looking back across over nearly 15 years of Eat This, celebrating the dishes we still love and remembering the ones that left us too soon. To see the whole list, read the October…
First Look: Bar Moro in Clayton
Bar Moro, the new restaurant from Ben Poremba’s Bengelina Hospitality Group, is now open and serving Spanish- and Portuguese-inspired food and drinks – wine, sherry, vermouth and cocktails – at 7610 Wydown Blvd. in Clayton. The restaurant opened on Oct. 21 in the space that was formerly home to Zoe Robinson’s Billie-Jean. When he announced his plans for Bar…
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Rosalia Buzzetta of Benedetto’s on Main is Ford Hotel Supply’s Chef of the Month
Chef of the Month is sponsored by Ford Hotel Supply. Position: Executive chef Married? Yes, to Benedetto Buzzetta Kids? Yes, three kids – Tony, Daniela and Paul – and four grandchildren – Massimo, Benedetto, Pauli and Joey. Where are you originally from? Palermo, Sicily Where did you go to school? In Palermo and here in St.…
Chicken Scratch is opening a location in Glendale this fall
The couple that brought their popular rotisserie chickens to City Foundry STL last year is on track to open another location in November. The second Chicken Scratch, which was named a Sauce Best New Restaurant of 2021, will soon open in the former home of Pi Pizzeria & ¡Rico! Mexican at 9900 Manchester Road in Glendale. Co-owners…
Spencer’s Grill is a St. Louis landmark
Benjamin Franklin famously said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. For Kirkwood residents, the number three breakfast at Spencer’s Grill is comparably reliable and significantly more enjoyable. And yet, according to owner Alex Campbell, even this staple of two eggs, your choice of meat, hash browns and toast has only been…
Eat this mushroom small plate at Little Fox in Fox Park
There is something very complete about the royal trumpet mushrooms small plate at Little Fox. There are thick slabs of grilled Ozark Forest trumpet mushrooms atop a pool of soubise, a velvety sweet onion sauce. A drizzle of colorful chive oil adds a grassy note, and a topping of crisp frisée salad dressed with sherry…
What I Do: Sarah Shelton, St. Louis Against Sexual Assault board member
Sarah Shelton serves on the board of St. Louis Against Sexual Assault (SASA), a non-profit, survivor-led organization that provides sexual assault prevention training and certification for the service industry. She’s also a graphic designer and illustrator and a veteran of the food and beverage industry. Here, Shelton discusses SASA’s formation and the group’s recent partnership…
Chef Alec Schingel’s The Robin Project is a prix-fixe dinner series worth hunting down
With The Robin Project, chef Alec Schingel (Vicia, Winslow’s Table) offers four-course prix-fixe menus showcasing dishes like his first dinner’s toasted raviolo. Not your average toasted rav, the dish featured a Double Star Farms egg yolk cloaked in a ricotta mixture made with Rolling Lawns Farm dairy, Salume Beddu ‘nduja and a blanket of scratch-made…
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Tower Grove Park celebrates 150 years with birthday bash this Sunday
Tower Grove Park is celebrating 150 years of “common ground” with a birthday bash from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23. This free public event will honor the history and legacy of the iconic park with a fun-filled lineup of food, drinks, activities and entertainment for all. “One of my favorite parts about…
Drink this Abraxas slushy at Perennial Artisan Ales
With the invention of frosé, the world of frozen alcoholic beverages – once the domain of high-octane cocktails – was blown wide open. Thanks to the crew at Perennial Artisan Ales, beer is enjoying a frosé moment of its own. The Abraxas slushy – available only at Perennial’s tasting room in Carondelet – churns Perennial’s…
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11 comfort food dishes to try in St. Louis this fall
When the temperatures begin to drop and the holidays start to loom, our cravings for rich, delicious comforts go through the roof. Here are 11 tasty treats perfect for this – or any – season. RBBQRobust Bistro & Wine Bar, in partnership with Vito Racanelli of Big V’s Craft Barbecue, is launching RBBQ ghost kitchen…
St. Louis City SC announces first local restaurants that will serve soccer fans on game days
St. Louis City SC, the city’s new MLS team, just gave us a look inside what the game day experience will look like for fans in terms of food and drink. As part of its City Flavor program, the soccer club revealed that over 25 local restaurants, including Balkan Treat Box, BEAST Craft BBQ Co., Steve’s Hot Dogs…
Blue Jay Brewing Co. will open at JC Midtown in Midtown St. Louis in spring 2023
Former Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. head brewer and production manager Jason Thompson, along with Nicole Thompson, will open Blue Jay Brewing Co. in spring 2023 at 2710 Locust St. in Midtown. The brewpub is the final tenant to be confirmed at JC Midtown, which is currently in development with forthcoming restaurants including Nexus Cultural Cuisine and Craft Cocktails, Videira Wine…
12 hard ciders to try this fall
Hard cider isn’t just sugar-spiked party juice. It’s historical and as intentional as it is complex. And it might just give you the perfect pairing for your next adventure, food or otherwise. “There are so many new options in the adult beverage category. I like to think that cider fits in as an elevated, easy-drinking…
Taco Circus is reopening with 3 new concepts at Kitchen Clayton this fall
Almost a year after closing its location on the Hill, Taco Circus is coming back to St. Louis. The Texan-inspired taco restaurant is one of four concepts owner Christian Ethridge will launch this month out of Kitchen Clayton, a takeout-centric location at 7923 Forsyth Blvd. in Clayton. The aim is to launch Taco Circus on Monday, Oct. 17,…
3 new St. Louis restaurants to try this month
SanguchitosWhen Andrew Cisneros wanted to a Peruvian beer to carry at Jalea, his restaurant in St. Charles, he partnered with Perennial Artisan Ales to create Waska, a Peruvian-style lager made with quinoa and Mexican lager yeast. From there, their partnership grew to include Sanguchitos, inside of Perennial Artisan Ales, a sandwich shop run by Cisneros…
Honey Bee Tea is opening 2 more St. Louis-area locations this winter
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, to add that the Brentwood location opened on Monday, Feb. 20. After opening its first location at 429 Lafayette Center Drive in Manchester earlier this year, Honey Bee Tea will open two new locations this winter: one at 8558 Eager Road in Brentwood (on Monday,…
Tres Equis in Tower Grove South launches new food program
Tres Equis at 3169 Morgan Ford Road has launched a new food program four months after Locoz Tacoz vacated the bar’s kitchen. The Tower Grove South bar has now brought management of the kitchen in-house to unveil a new menu of kebabs, falafel, burgers and tacos. Tres Equis is owned by the same team as neighboring soccer pub Amsterdam…
Sugaree Baking Co. in Dogtown will cease retail operations at the end of 2022
Sugaree Baking Co. has announced that it will cease retail operations at the end of 2022. The beloved Dogtown bakery’s final day of business at its Tamm Avenue shop will be Dec. 30. Sugaree will continue to fulfill wholesale orders into 2023. Owners Pat Rutherford-Pettine and Jimmy Pettine plan to retire and sell the building that…
First Look: Honey Bee’s Biscuits + Good Eats in Kirkwood
Honey Bee’s Biscuits + Good Eats opens in the former Club Taco space at 200 N. Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood on Saturday, Oct. 8. The grand opening will be from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday. Owners Meredith and Mike Shadwick are opening their 1,500-square-foot brick-and-mortar restaurant having built up a successful stall and food truck business at Kirkwood and Tower Grove…
10 foodie events to check out in St. Louis this month
Oktoberfest at Soulard MarketOct. 7 – 4 to 11 p.m., Oct. 8 – 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Soulard Farmers Market, 730 Carroll St., St. Louis, soulard-oktoberfest.com Time to dust off your lederhosen and break out your steins – Soulard’s version of the annual German festival is returning to Soulard Market this October in celebration…
Mochi Donut Factory is now open in St. Louis County
The newly opened Mochi Donut Factory in Ellisville is bringing trendy mochi doughnuts to the St. Louis area. The family-owned doughnut store opened in mid-September at 16023 Manchester Road. Mochi doughnuts, a fusion dessert of Japanese mochi (a type of rice cake) and the classic fried doughnut, were first popularized in Hawaii in the early…
Adina’s Vegan Cuisine has opened in Carter Commons food hall in north St. Louis
Adina’s Vegan Cuisine opened in a new location Saturday, Oct. 1. The vegan restaurant, owned by mother-and-daughter team Cheryl and Vicki McKinney, has joined other Black-owned establishments like Healthy Habits Nutrition in the Carter Commons food hall at 6746 Page Ave., on the corner of Ferguson Avenue. “But we’ll be the only vegan business in…
First Look: Sugarwitch in south St. Louis
Sugarwitch opened its new brick-and-mortar location in the former Carondelet Bakery space at 7726 Virginia Ave. in the Carondelet neighborhood of South City over the weekend. The storefront offers a new beverage program and treats from local purveyors like Whisk and Bijoux Chocolates alongside Sugarwitch’s familiar lineup of ice cream sandwiches, dipped cones and other novelties. “The biggest new…
