The hype is real. Telva at The Ridge is fantastic. Of course, we’d expect no less from the Nalic family (of Balkan Treat Box fame). Located within the expansive Rolling Ridge Nursery building in Webster Groves, Telva serves Balkan coffee, pastries, and other dishes for breakfast and lunch.

Disclosure: We received a complimentary stay at 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis and dinner at Idol Wolf in exchange for social media promotion.

St. Louis has so many unique, wonderful places and it’s fun to be a tourist in your own town sometimes. Our weekend away was unforgettable.

John Perkins’ Juniper held a special place in our hearts. After moving back to St. Louis, the small location on Boyle was our favorite place in town. There was something done a little differently with the food, the hospitality, the service. We even completed our first interview for this blog there. After moving into the new space, we continued to love everything John did there. It remained a special part of our family and an important element in the St. Louis restaurant scene. We celebrated new jobs, met friends there for double dates, even brought our sweet first baby there for her first brunch out on the town. When the pandemic hit and they shifted to a curbside service, we were happy to promote their family meal takeaway options. Although our town said goodbye to Juniper, we eagerly awaited the reopening of the space as John’s new concept, Sunday Best.