Coffee bar, wine bar, chocolate bar, sushi bar – you’ve done them all. Need something new for date night? Then check out the cheesecake bar at The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis. On Fridays and Saturdays from 8 to 11 p.m., a new cheesecake bar has us shamelessly licking our fingers right in The Lobby Lounge of the luxe Clayton hotel.
You’ll find at least seven varieties of cheesecake prepared by pastry chef Simone Faure, including a decadent dulce de leche, a wicked Black Forest, creamy bananas Foster, cookies and créme, and a ripe seasonal strawberry swirl. Hunky slices are $9 each, and chocolate or vanilla cheesecake martinis go for $4.50. Nope, that’s not a typo. All it takes is a bill with Hamilton’s or Lincoln’s face and you can live in the lap of luxury – at least for a few hours.
– Ligaya Figueras
This article appears in Apr 1-30, 2010.