One of the best record stores in STL (and America). Amazing selection, atmosphere, and staff. Record Store Day and in store band performances are a must. MUSIC IS THE HEALING FORCE.
Not exactly Ted Drew's, but the mainstream thing isn't Maplewood's style anyway. Great frozen custard, concretes, and snow cones.
Voted best Chinese in STL for a reason. Fried rice and crab rangoon are amazing.
The blackened red snapper is coated in savory blackening spices, sautéed in rendered duck fat and then served with green beans, jasmine rice and finished with Meuniere sauce. Read more.
Juniper's winter breadbasket features Scottish baps, angel biscuits, cornbread, a slice of Sally Lunn loaf and a gullah biscuit. Read more.
Cafe Mochi's version of pho bo (beef) starts with a made-from-scratch beef stock that has been slow cooked for ten hours and served topped with cilantro, scallions and a generous dash of black pepper. Read more.
The Thai-inspired green curry mussels at West End Grill and Pub is constructed of layers of flavors that result in a dish "greater than the sum of its ingredients." Read more.
The 800-square-foot full-service butcher shop attached to Truffles restaurant in Ladue is an omnivore's dream stocked with fresh local cuts and all the accompanying fixins. Read more.
Ribs, housemade bologna, wings -- it's all darned near perfect at Salt + Smoke. Read more.
