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meatballs and polenta at trattoria marcella Credit: carmen troesser

The off-menu Meatballs and Polenta at Trattoria Marcella are a poorly kept secret. A blend of chuck and pork flecked with fresh herbs, the meatballs are soused in a San Marzano tomato sauce and spooned over decadent polenta made with plenty of cream, Parmigiano-Reggiano and a little butter for good measure. It’s the kind of comfort food that tastes as good in real life as it does in your memory.

Trattoria Marcella, 3600 Watson Road, St. Louis, 314.352.7706, trattoriamarcella.com

Meera Nagarajan is art director at Sauce Magazine. 

This article appears in Guide to Beer 2019.

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Meera began working at Sauce in 2008 and is responsible for the design of Sauce Magazine. She has a masters in journalism with an emphasis in magazine design from Mizzou and she has a habit of hoarding...