Lona’s LiL Eats has officially closed their Soulard Farmers Market location, tweeting last Thursday that they wouldn’t open as usual on Saturday, July 18. After opening their brick-and-mortar location in Fox Park last year, keeping up the food stand at the market became increasingly tiring.
“The Parks Department electricians said that the placement of the electrical box and the sink were against code. The sink had to come out and be moved far away from its spot which would have been super expensive,” said co-owner Pierce Powers.
The decision to close was a tough one to make.
“I had been flirting with the idea for a little while because it’s been so exhausting and then once that happened it was like a day of internal back and forth.” Powers said.
Lona’s California Ave. location keeps St. Louis well-supplied with their dumplings, Thai spring rolls and other Asian-inspired eats. It’s open for both lunch and dinner on Saturday, so former market-goers will still be able to get their weekly fix.
This article appears in Readers’ Choice 2015.