Category Archives: Missouri

“Best of” 2019 – Meals, Savories, Sweets

Having easily defined 2018 as a year of challenges, 2019 is a far more challenging year to define. On a professional level, the prior twelve months have been the most satisfying of my life and I’m genuinely proud of my … Continue reading

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Grace Meat + Three, St. Louis MO

Grace Meat + Three Sourdough Beignets, Powdered Sugar, Lavender-Lemon Curd, Blueberries Quarter Fried Chicken, Heirloom Corn Waffle, Maple Syrup, Honey Butter / Skillet Cornbread / Heirloom Corn Grits, White Wine, Bay Laurel Grace Banana Pudding, Paw Paw Custard, Benne Seed … Continue reading

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Café Osage, St. Louis MO

Café Osage Buttermilk Biscuits, Ricotta, Honey, Bee Pollen French Toast, Maple Mascarpone, Orange, Oat-less Granola Carrot Cake, Graham Frosting Part of St. Louis’ Bowood neighborhood, Café Osage occupies a quarter of the garden-store at 4605 Olive Street, and despite service … Continue reading

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Rooster (Locust Street,) St. Louis MO

Rooster Ham & Jam Biscuit, Fontina Cheese, Overeasy Egg / Brunch Burger with Breakfast Sausage, Overeasy Egg, Fontina Cheese, Rooster Mayo / Breakfast Potatoes Finnish Pancake, Butter, Housemade Strawberry Jam Described as a “European-style urban Café,” Rooster is known for … Continue reading

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Savage Restaurant, St. Louis MO

Savage Restaurant Smoked Dashi, Shishito Oil, Red Pepper Warm Spot Prawn, Prawn Roe, Green Curry Tempura Cauliflower Mushroom, Shiso, Green Radish Red and Golden Beets, Salted Lemon Fairy Tale Pumpkin, Chestnuts, Bonito Scallop, Matsutake Mushroom, Hakurei Turnip Turkish Wheat Flatbread, … Continue reading

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Missouri Baking Company, St. Louis MO

Missouri Baking Company Apricot Top Cookies, Gooey Butter Cookies Sfogliatelle Pecan Crisp Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Gooey Butter Danish Missouri Baking Company has been providing the Hill neighborhood with baked goods since 1924, and pairing Italian roots with a St. Louis … Continue reading

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Sardella, Clayton MO

Sardella Iced Americano Eggs Benedict Raviolo – Mortadella, Bread Ricotta, Egg Yolk, Brown Butter Hollandaise, Potatoes ‘Nduja French Toast – Fried Chicken, Pickled Fresno Chilis, Maple Syrup A rare Missouri recipient of the JBF Award for Best Chef: Midwest, Gerard … Continue reading

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Vincent Van Doughnut, Clayton MO

Vincent Van Doughnut Vanilla Glazed Cake Doughnut Blueberry Glazed Cake Doughnut French Toast Doughnut Chocolate Chip Cookie Doughnut Dulce De Leche Doughnut Samoa Cake Doughnut A part of Clayton since 2015, Vincent Marsden’s “Vincent Van Doughnut” brought the idea of … Continue reading

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Nathaniel Reid Bakery, Kirkwood MO

Nathaniel Reid Bakery Apple Pie Croissant Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Kouign Amann Maple Pull Apart Almond Croissant Located in Kirkwood, Nathaniel Reid Bakery is the eponymous home of a former Las Vegas Pastry Chef, and with Le Cordon Bleu training plus … Continue reading

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Vicia, St. Louis MO

Vicia Hyssop Green Tea Palmer – Kuki Cha Green Tea, Hyssop, Lemon Calumet Sourdough Flatbread – Fresh Butter, Tomato Tartare, Young Garlic, Tomato Skin Salt Turnip Shell Tacos – Black Beans, Yogurt, Marinated Kale, Pickled Red Onions, Crispy Pork, Mushrooms, … Continue reading

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Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Creamery, St. Louis MO

Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Creamery Maple Bourbon Pecan, Gooey Butter Cake, Salted Crack Caramel on a Waffle Cone Described as a “modern microcreamery,” Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Creamery sells its concept with alcohol-infused flavors that change seasonally, but what really … Continue reading

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Pappy’s Smokehouse, St. Louis MO

Pappy’s Smokehouse Half-slab Ribs, Burnt Ends, Fried Corn, Sweet Potato Fries, White Bread Launched by Pitmaster Mike Emerson in 2008, Pappy’s Smokehouse soared to stardom on “Best Ribs in America” accolades from the Food Network, and although “Memphis-style” has been … Continue reading

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Winslow’s Table, University City MO

Winslow’s Table Kaldi’s Coffee Cold Brew Winslow Bar Winslow’s Pancakes, Preserved Blueberries, Maple Syrup, Whipped Butter A longtime favorite of students, faculty and families visiting Washington University, late-2019 saw Michael and Tara Gallina of Vicia take over Winslow’s Home, and … Continue reading

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Strange Donuts (Maplewood,) St. Louis MO

Strange Donuts Rainbow Pony White Russian Linzer Gooey Butter Launched by Jason Bockman in October of 2013, Strange Donuts is celebrated by some St. Louisans as one of the city’s premier Doughnutteries, yet despite an early arrival on “Black Friday” … Continue reading

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Cinder House, St. Louis MO

Cinder House House Sourdough Bread – Butter Yellowtail Crudo – Avocado, Cucumber, Crispy Shallots, Aji Panca Hen of the Woods Mushrooms – Chorizo Butter, Pomme Puree Feijoada – Pork Belly, Pork Loin, Brisket, Short Rib, Black Beans, Rice, Kale, Farofa, … Continue reading

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Old Town Donuts, Florissant MO

Old Town Donuts Devil’s Food Donut Jelly Donut Cinnamon Roll Crescent Glazed Donut Apple Fritter French Donut Old Fashioned Donut Blueberry Cake Donut Pumpkin Glaze Donut Custard Donut Gooey Butter Donut Owned and operated in Florissant by baker Keith Took … Continue reading

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[lost meals] The American Restaurant, Kansas City MO

  The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the … Continue reading

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[lost meals] Oklahoma Joe’s, Kansas City MO

The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the Los … Continue reading

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[lost meals] Glace by Christopher Elbow / LaMar’s Donuts / You Say Tomato, Kansas City MO

The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the Los … Continue reading

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[lost meals] Green Dirt Farm with Patrick Ryan from Port Fonda, Weston MO

The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the Los … Continue reading

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