Offering quick service but bearing a long name, Crushed Red Urban Bake & Chop Shop is coming to downtown Clayton. The restaurant will feature fast-bake pizzas, made-to-order chopped salads and soups, as reported by St. Louis Magazine’s George Mahe. Crushed Red is expected to open early next year at 8007 Maryland Ave., in the space that used to be home to a Dick Blick Art Materials.
Crushed Red is a project by restaurateur Chris LaRocca, who is also busy these days readying EdgeWild Restaurant & Winery, slated to open this November near Chesterfield Mall. LaRocca has served as a consultant in the opening of several other area restaurants ranging from the now-shuttered Crazy Fish to Kota Wood Fire Grill in Grand Center and Mile 277 on Watson Road near Highway 44.
This article appears in October 2011.