Sauce 75: The Essential St. Louis Restaurants Right Now (2024)

Sauce Magazine · updated 2024 · 82 restaurants. Read the original list.

Restaurants on this list

• 1929 Pizza & Wine — Edwardsville
• Akar — Clayton
• Annie Gunn's — Chesterfield
• Bagel Union — Webster Groves
• Baileys' Chocolate Bar — Lafayette Square, St. Louis
• Balkan Treat Box — Webster Groves
• Bar Moro — Clayton
• Beast Craft BBQ Co. — Belleville
• Bistro La Floraison — Clayton
• Blues City Deli — Benton Park, St. Louis
• Bowood by Niche — Central West End, St. Louis
• Brasserie by Niche — Central West End, St. Louis
• Broadway Oyster Bar — Soulard, St. Louis
• Carl's Drive In — Brentwood
• Cate Zone Chinese Cafe — University City
• Chez Ali — Midtown, St. Louis
• Chiang Mai — Webster Groves
• ChiliSpot — University City
• Clara B's Kitchen Table — Belleville
• Clementine's Naughty & Nice Creamery — Lafayette Square, St. Louis
• Crown Candy Kitchen — Old North St. Louis, St. Louis
• Dalie's Smokehouse — Valley Park
• Deli Divine — West End, St. Louis
• Donut Drive-In — Lindenwood Park, St. Louis
• Fordo's Killer Pizza — Midtown, St. Louis
• Gioia's Deli — The Hill, St. Louis
• Grace Meat + Three — The Grove, St. Louis
• House of India — The Loop, University City
• Indo — Botanical Heights, St. Louis
• J's Pitaria — Sappington
• Jalea — Historic Main Street, St. Charles
• Joo Joo Restaurant & Karaoke — Creve Coeur
• Kain Tayo — Midtown, St. Louis
• Katie's Pizza & Pasta — Rock Hill
• Knead Bakehouse + Provisions — Lindenwood Park, St. Louis
• La Pâtisserie Chouquette — Botanical Heights, St. Louis
• La Tiendita — Ellisville
• Lazy Tiger — Central West End, St. Louis
• LeGrand's Market & Catering — Southampton, St. Louis
• Levels Nigerian Cuisine — Downtown, St. Louis
• Little Fox — Fox Park, St. Louis
• Lona's Lil Eats — Fox Park, St. Louis
• Louie — DeMun, Clayton
• Mac's Local Eats — Lindenwood Park, St. Louis
• Mai Lee — Brentwood
• Mayo Ketchup — Lafayette Square, St. Louis
• Menya Rui — Lindenwood Park, St. Louis
• Nathaniel Reid Bakery — Kirkwood
• Noto Italian Restaurant — St. Peters
• Olive + Oak — Webster Groves
• Pappy's Smokehouse — Midtown, St. Louis
• Pastaria — Clayton
• Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co. — Benton Park, St. Louis
• Peppe's Apt. 2 — Kirkwood
• Perennial on Lockwood — Webster Groves
• Pie Guy Pizza — The Grove, St. Louis
• Planter's House — Lafayette Square, St. Louis
• Root Food + Wine — Augusta
• Sado — The Hill, St. Louis
• Salt + Smoke — The Loop, University City
• Schlafly Tap Room — Downtown West, St. Louis
• Sidney Street Cafe — Benton Park, St. Louis
• Songbird — The Grove, St. Louis
• Southwest Diner — Dogtown, St. Louis
• Sultan Mediterranean Restaurant — The Grove, St. Louis
• SweetArt Bakeshop & Cafe — Midtown, St. Louis
• Tai Ke Shabu Shabu — Olivette
• Taj Palace — Chesterfield
• Taqueria El Bronco — Cherokee Street, St. Louis
• Ted Drewes Frozen Custard — St. Louis Hills, St. Louis
• Telva at The Ridge — Webster Groves
• Tiger Soup Dumplings — Fenton
• Tim's Chrome Bar — South City, St. Louis
• Trattoria Marcella — Lindenwood Park, St. Louis
• Turmeric — The Loop, University City
• Union Loafers Café and Bread Bakery — Botanical Heights, St. Louis
• Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. — Midtown, St. Louis
• Vicia — Central West End, St. Louis
• Winslow's Table — The Loop, University City
• Wonton King — University City
• Wright's Tavern — Clayton
• Yellowbelly — Central West End, St. Louis

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