Crown Candy Kitchen has some stats to be proud of. Opened by Harry Karandzieff and his friend Pete Jugaloff in 1913, it’s one of St. Louis’s oldest surviving food and drink attractions. It’s also the oldest soda fountain still in operation in the city, at least by our reckoning.
Stuffed with bacon, the outsized BLT is the signature sandwich, but the sweeter sections of the menu are also stacked with winners, from the Ozark black walnut ice cream, housemade hand-dipped clusters and specialty chocolates to the Johnny Rabbit Special, a banana malt with whipped cream and nutmeg. If you dare, rise to the milkshake challenge: Drink five of these (13% milk fat) lovelies in 30 minutes and you won’t pay a dime – for any of them. Good luck!
1401 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, 314.621.9650, crowncandykitchen.net
This article appears in March 2025.