Students enrolled in The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of St. Louis will soon have the opportunity to operate their own restaurant. Creative Eats, located at 1520 S. Fifth St., in St. Charles, will serve up bistro-style meals with an international flair to the public beginning Oct. 31. The students will take active roles in every aspect of this hands-on project, from dealing with food purveyors and food preparation to hosting and serving, all under the instruction of chef Linda Marcinko.
The menu – and team behind it – will change each quarter as a new class of chefs get their chance to show creativity and ingenuity in the front and back of the house. When doors open, Creative Eats will serve lunch Thursdays and Fridays with seatings at noon and 1 p.m. The fall menu features seasonal dishes such as wild mushroom minestrone with marscapone dumplings, smoked duck breast with apricot cherry chutney, roasted vegetable ragout with polenta, squash caponata, and roasted pears with ginger ice-cream. Call 636.688.3010 for reservations.
This article appears in October 2013.