Dinner recommendation: typical St. Louis food

Hello!

We have 2 nights in St. Louis and for one I have opted to try %26#39;the pizza with toasted ravioli on the side%26#39; and I%26#39;ve found a couple of options for that on the forum.

We%26#39;d like to try something else typical St. Louis on the other night as well, do you have any other suggestions?

thanks as always!

Dinner recommendation: typical St. Louis food

Typical STL food other than thin pizza and toasted ravioli, eh?

This could go anywhere from a bratzel from Gus%26#39; Pretzels ( http://www.guspretzels.com/ ) with a cold Budwieser from the gas station across the street, to fine dining.

I guess my answer is to go for more of an overall experience unique to STL.

On the fine dining side, I would suggest Mike Shannon%26#39;s Steaks %26amp; Seafood, particularly if there are fans of American baseball in your party ( http://www.shannonsteak.com/ ). It%26#39;s in the heart of downtown with a view of the Arch and Old Courthouse, and lots of STL sports memorabilia.

The chef @ Niche (http://www.nichestlouis.com/ ), Gerard Craft is getting national notoriety these days.

For more casual, but unique local venues, I suggest

The Schlafly Taproom, http://www.schlafly.com/brewpubs.shtml, for an excellent selection of their own microbrews and good food;

Iron Barley, http://www.ironbarley.com/, featured on Food Network last year;

or any of the clubs/restaurants just south of the baseball stadium on Broadway,

http://www.broadwayoysterbar.com/

and

http://www.bbsjazzbluessoups.com/

For whole areas of concentrated restaurants and shops, I suggest looking into Grand South Grand, the University City Loop, and the Washington Ave. entertainment ditrict.

Dinner recommendation: typical St. Louis food

Be sure and try gooey butter cake for dessert if a restaurant has it. It%26#39;s uniquely St. Louis...

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oh boy I saw what the cake looks like, just as well I%26#39;m packing my running shoes...

thank you all for the suggestions :)

Another place I recommend for both for quality food and service, and unique for the view of downtown STL, is Vin de Set.

http://www.vindeset.com/

You could walk it from the Union Station area, but I would suggest a cab ride since you%26#39;re not familiar with the area.

Reservations are also recommended.

Good call on the Gooey Butter Cake Blue eye!

You should also try to make a stop at Ted Drewe%26#39;s Custard. They are famous for their Concrete%26#39;s! Located on Watson Rd. between Hampton and Jamieson and another on S. Grand. One of Fred Willard%26#39;s (the Today Show) favorite spots.

Another surprisingly St. Louis food seems to be Crab Rangoon. It is a Chinese appetizer that I have a difficult time finding outside Missouri. It is like a fried wonton but stuffed with cream cheese and crab. There is an abundance of great Chinese restaurants around town. If you like Italian, we have plenty of that too. For your thin crust pizza, if it is St. Louis style it must be Imo%26#39;s.

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