Readers Choice

Cooking

Make these tostones con aguacate from Mayo Ketchup

Now you can make these twice fried green plantains with avocado from your 2022 Readers' Choice Favorite Latin American restaurant at home.

June 30, 2022

from left: mariah ellis, ted wilson, jacob huff, brian moxey, steve russell, noah yacyshyn and iris emerson

Places

10 reasons we love Union Loafers Café and Bread Bakery

Union Loafers Café and Bread Bakery is the Swiss army knife of bakeries, the rare kind of spot that does many things, and does them all perfectly.

June 29, 2022

the vegetarian combination platter at Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant in st. louis

Places

Eat this vegetarian combination platter at Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant in south St. Louis

Order the vegetarian combination platter at Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant to enjoy the restaurant’s many veggie delights.

June 28, 2022

Cooking

Make this canh chua from Mai Lee in Brentwood

You can add tofu, shrimp or almost any other seafood to this recipe for a more substantial soup.

June 27, 2022

Zombie at Mission Taco Joint in st. louis

Drink

You need to drink this Zombie cocktail at Mission Taco Joint

With three types of rum plus Falernum (and a two-per-person limit), the Zombie at Mission Taco Joint might make you think it will bowl you over, but it’s actually quite light and refreshing.

June 24, 2022

Places

Your top 4 favorite wineries in Missouri

Missouri has no shortage of beautiful wineries to spend the summer weekends in - here are your top 4 favorites.

June 23, 2022

paris hubler, gina fischetti, melinda cooper, jennifer masur, catlin o’toole, fionna gemzon, evy swoboda, elise mensing

Places

Brasserie by Niche in the Central West End is stronger than ever after 12 years in business

Twelve years after serving its first profiterole, Brasserie by Niche is still at the top of the game.

June 22, 2022

mayo ketchup features dishes from puerto rico, the dominican republic and cuba

Places

A tour of 2022 Readers' Choice Award-winning Latin American restaurants in St. Louis

You should absolutely use the Sauce Readers’ Choice awards as an excuse to plan extensive dining excursions.

June 21, 2022

ronda walker of creole with a splash of soul in the grove

Places

The queens of St. Louis soul food

Tour St. Louis’ soul food scene with these Readers’ Choice Favorite Soul Food winners.

June 19, 2022

Places

Choose your own adventure at Pieces Board Game Bar & Café in Soulard

With over 800 games, 23 signature cocktails, expansive menus, plus weekly events, it can be overwhelming to figure out the strategy, but we’ve got cheat codes for a winning visit any day of the week.

June 16, 2022

mushroom dumplings at lona's lil eats in fox park

Cooking

Make Lona’s Lil Eats' mushroom dumplings at home

If you want your dumplings to taste just like Lona’s, you can purchase the restaurant’s unique red spice mix and dipping sauces in Fox Park.

June 15, 2022

Places

King and I Thai Cuisine is a St. Louis landmark

Few restaurants can claim to be the place where just about everyone in town first encountered a particular type of cuisine, but things were a little different in 1983.

June 13, 2022

dr. goldfoot and the bikini machine cocktail from planter's house in st. louis

Drink

Make this top-selling cocktail from Planter’s House in Lafayette Square

Make one of Planter’s House’s top-selling current cocktails at home.

June 10, 2022

tower grove farmers' market in st. louis

Places

9 vendors to check out at Tower Grove Farmers’ Market this summer

With more than 100 vendors and an abundance of local comestibles, go early, go often and go hungry. Here are some of our favorite vendors at your Favorite Farmers Market.

June 9, 2022

Places

Broadway Oyster Bar in downtown St. Louis is an iconic nightlife destination

Take one step into the eclectic Broadway Oyster Bar and it’s as if you’ve been magically transported into New Orleans’ French Quarter.

June 8, 2022

cauliflower lahmacun from balkan treat box in webster groves

Cooking

Make this vegan cauliflower lahmacun from Balkan Treat Box

Make this vegetarian/vegan version of a classic lahmacun with a healthy, meat-free twist served at Balkan Treat Box.

June 6, 2022

robbie montgomery of sweetie pie's upper crust, your favorite soul food restaurant

Places

2022 Sauce Readers' Choice Winners

Every year, we invite our readers to vote on their favorite local places to eat, drink and shop. Here are the winners of this year’s Sauce Readers’ Choice poll.

June 1, 2022

Places

7 Readers' Choice Award-winning St. Louis patios

Maybe it’s our warm climate, or maybe it’s St. Louis’ German forebears’ love of Biergartens – whatever the reason, our city loves eating and drinking outdoors.

July 30, 2021