Experience the best in the St. Louis restaurant scene as local chefs share their food philosophies. 

    A reflection of St. Louis’s European roots nestles in the luxurious Le Méridien, a hotel located in downtown Clayton. The restaurant in the hotel, Café la Vie, opened in 2020 with the goal of...

    The multi-layered onion is taken for granted in many kitchens, but Salt + Smoke co-owner and executive chef Haley Riley says that at this point, the onion is his favorite ingredient. “They are so...

    The vision for the newly opened Old Barn Inn Restaurant in St. Albans is all about quality food and helping diners create memories.  “We want people to experience the food and have an appreciation...

    A tasty addition to St. Louis’s technology corridor, the year-old Chocolate Pig was a natural progression for managing partner Kate Turner, who cut her culinary teeth in the catering industry with...

    Expect the unexpected when you dine at Chef Rob Connoley’s hot, new, dining venue, Bulrush. Don’t let the sleek, minimalist entry fool you. Everything from the cocktail menu to the cuisine is an...

    Chef-owner Matthew Borchardt has married what really are two distinct business approaches — the selling demands of retail and the craft of fresh food preparation and service —  into an entity that...

    Being neighbors with a nursery is handy for a chef. On any given day, Chef Scott Davis of Cafe Osage is whipping up breakfast and lunch laden with vegetables and herbs from Bowood Farms’ rooftop...

    Robert Cantu already had celebrity-chef street cred when he threw his toque into the ring to head up New York restaurateur David Burke’s new St. Louis eatery, Grand Tavern. A lifelong resident of...

    Caravan to Peru, anyone? No need to pack water and rations: It’s a mere 18-minute march from the Gateway Arch to Mango, the Washington Avenue restaurant that owner and chef Jorge Calvo says...

    Chef Michael Macchi (pronounced MOCK-ee) — just Macchi to his friends — has four decades of the food biz under his belt, but his 11 or so years at the pit at Bogart’s Smokehouse make him a...

    Alex Henry was walking the rows of a St. Louis-area farm in search of fresh produce on the soupy summer day St. Louis Homes + Lifestyles spoke to him about Nixta. It’s an apt analogy, picking a...

    There are no pinkies up in Polite Society … unless that’s your thing. The restaurant’s Park Avenue location conjures swanky digs but one is as welcome to hunker down over a gooey grilled cheese as...

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