Our Guide to St. Louis Food

Olive + Oak

Here is our guide to where we like to eat in St. Louis. This list will be ever changing, so check back often for our new favorite places. We only included places we regularly go on here, so if you don’t see your favorite, it’s probably because we haven’t been there enough times to truly recommend it.

Oh, and tell ’em we sent ya.

Date Night Restaurants:

Olive + Oak (Webster Groves)

Juniper (Central West End)

Sidney Street Cafe (South City)

Peacemaker (South City)

Retreat Gastropub (Central West End)

Louie (Demun)

Stone Soup Cottage (Cottleville)

Brasserie (Central West End)

Vicia (Cortex)

Farmhaus (Lindenwood Park)

Tony’s (Downtown)

Casual Restaurants:

Balkan Treat Box (Webster Groves)

Hi-Pointe Drive In (Dogtown) 

Lulu’s Seafood & Dim Sum (Olivette)

The Fountain on Locust (Grand Center)

Carl’s Drive In: (Brentwood)

Grace Meat + Three (The Grove)

Mission Taco (Multiple Locations)

Fork & Stix (Delmar Loop)

Byrd & Barrel (South City)

Small Batch (Grand)

Nachomama’s (Rock Hill)

Pastaria (Clayton)

Southwest Diner (Ellendale)

Mai Lee- Vietnamese & Chinese (Brentwood)

City Coffeehouse and Creperie (Clayton)

The Daily Bread (Kirkwood)

Pho Grand – Vietnamese (Grand)

Union Loafers (Tower Grove)

Nudo House (Creve Coeur, Delmar Loop)

Zen Thai & Japanese (Crestwood)

Companion Bread (Ladue)

Clover and the Bee (Webster Groves)

Old Town Donuts (Florissant)

The Gramophone (The Grove)

Crown Candy Kitchen (City)

King and I – Thai (Grand)

Mac’s Local Eats (Dogtown)

The Pat Connolly Tavern (Dogtown)

Seoul Taco (Delmar Loop)

BLKMKT (Central West End)

Lona’s Lil Eats (Tower Grove)

Rooster (Multiple Locations)

Gioia’s (The Hill)

BBQ:

Pappys (Downtown)

Bogarts (Soulard)

Sugarfire (Multiple Locations)

Salt + Smoke (The Loop)

Pizza:

Katie’s Pizza and Pasta Osteria (Rock Hill)

Pi Pizzeria (Multiple Locations)

Dewey’s Pizza (Multiple Locations)

Sauce on the Side (Multiple Locations)

Pie Guy (The Grove)

JJ Twigs (Multiple Locations)

Drinks:

Schlafly Bottleworks (Maplewood)

4 Hands (Downtown)

Urban Chestnut (The Grove)

Civil Life (Tower Grove South)

Square One Brewery and Distillery (Lafayette Square)

Craft Beer Cellar (Clayton)

Taste (Central West End)

The Block (Webster Groves)

The Crow’s Nest (Maplewood)

Coffee:

Park Avenue Coffee (Lafayette Square)

Sump Coffee (South City)

Blueprint Coffee (The Loop)

Kaldis Coffee (Multiple Locations)

Coma Coffee (Brentwood)

Rise (The Grove)

Comet Coffee (Dogtown)

Maypop Coffee and Garden Shop (Webster Groves)

Desserts/Bakeries:

Cyranos (Webster Groves)

Ted Drewes (South City)

The Custard Station (Kirkwood)

Tropical Moose (Kirkwood)

Kakao Chocolate (Multiple Locations)

La Patisserie Choquette (Tower Grove)

Nathaniel Reid Bakery (Kirkwood)

Knead Bakehouse (South City)

Jilly’s Cupcake Bar (Olivette)

Jeni’s Ice Cream (Central West End)

The Cakery Bakery (Dogtown)

Bailey’s Chocolate Bar (Lafayette Square)

Clementine’s Naughty and Nice Creamery (Demun)

Pint Size Bakery (South City)

Sweet Art (Tower Grove)

Whisk // Poptimism (Cherokee Street)