What to eat in St. Louis

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I thought I had seen a similar thread, but can't find it. I am going to the NRA Convention in St. Louis next week. I will be there for a couple of days. Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants that are unique to St. Louis? Who has the best ribs or steaks? Anything else I should try while I am there? Thanks, Waldo.
 
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Cunetto House of Pasta in the Hill section of St. Louis. Outstanding old
Italian restaurant in the area where Italian immigrant factory workers
settled.Another good one is Gian-Tony's on the Hill.My son went to
school there & we ate at one or both every time we visited him.
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turnerriver
 
Five thumbs up for Gian and Tonys. Gus's Pretzel's for lighter fare, get the hot dog (or salzitza or a brat) wrapped in pretzel dough. Hodaks, for chicken, frog legs and other bar type fare. Southwest Market or Amighetties for sandwiches. Cunetto's, Favazza's for Italian fare, Mike Shannons, The Best Steakhouse, or a little further out, Frankie G's.

Have fun!
 
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Bogart's Barbecue claims to be the second best barbecue in the city.
We had some when we were in St. Louis last summer and it was great.
It's near the big farmer's market.
 
Is Big Al's still there along the waterfront? Fabulous place, but a hint is there were no prices and no menu. The waiter will bring around a display of the actual offerings. Plan to spend the evening.
 
Zia's

Howdy,
Zia's is a great back up to Cunetto's and in the same area. Both on Italian American hill. (Bet you cant guess what they called it when I was a kid)
Lemay Wok on Lemay Ferry blvd.is a cut above most Chinese and is on old Hwy 67 just south of Sam's. Not too far south of Lindbergh Blvd.
If it warms up, Ted Drewe's is a local legend in the frozen custard world.
Another decent all around restaurant, not too far from down town is Cussinelli's. It is south of down town on Lemay Ferry Blvd. (North of Lemay Wok) Good shrimp, chicken, pizza and a little Italian. It is right across from Lemay gun and pawn which is always worth checking out.
Plenty of gentlemen's clubs on the east side serve food but I'd stay away from E. St. Louis (my home town) St. Louis can be bad enough.
If you have any free time or family with you we have a great free zoo. The art museum is interesting and the Omnimax theater at the science center is cool if you can catch a show where thing swim of fly.
I hope you enjoy your stay.
Mike
 
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Anything that serves food on the hill...it's not little Italy, but it's got some great food. Ask the locals for directions to The Hill.
 
Deacon KC said:
The Spaghetti Factory is fun and very good food. Mike Shannon's is a great place. Avoid Immo's Pizza, it is horrible.
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Yeah, but Imo's is pretty good if you like St. Louis style pizza. :D
If you get by Zia's on the hill be sure to buy some of their salad dressing.
 
I don't know if it's unique to St. Louis, but I loved Burger Bar. I spent a week in St. Louis a couple of years ago and I think I ate dinner there 2 or 3 times. They have a lot of different varieties of burgers, including a gourmet Kobe beef burger that was upwards of $40, IIRC. I stuck with the turkey burger, which was the best turkey burger I've ever had.

I also ate at the Spaghetti Factory, but that's a chain that's in a lot of different cities. Definitely good if you're on a tight budget, though.
 
Not sure about unique or best ribs or steaks, but here are a few thoughts.

Close to the convention center, good food, and not expensive. JF Sanfilippo's.

Welcome to J.F. Sanfilippo's

Downtown, excellent food and expensive. Kemoll's.

St Louis Banquet Halls | Wedding Receptions | Fine Dining | Private Parties | Kemoll's & Top of the Met

Close to the convention center, Irish, nice. The Dubliner.

The Dubliner

Downtown, good food, revolving restaurant up high. Top of the Riverfront/Millennium

Hotel Dining St Louis | Millennium Hotel St. Louis

Close, cigars, nice place for a drink and smoke. Stanley Cigar Co.

Home

Downtown, Hilton Three Sixty Rooftop Bar.

St Louis Hotel Restaurant - Hilton Food and Dining

Casino, a few blocks away. Lumiere.

https://www.lumiereplace.com

The Botanical Garden should be lovely now, a nice place to visit if interested.

Missouri Botanical Garden

That's all I got at the moment. :)
 
I live here. Try Shamus McDaniels in Dogtown. Best buffalo chicken sandwich ANYWHERE. Trust me on this I have done extensive research all over the country, :) For BBQ go to Pappy's Smoke House (3106 Olive). Go early, there will be a LONG line. Crown Candy Kitchen (bad part of town, pack if you can) but a landmark. Old fashioned malts and shakes, GREAT sandwiches. Some good places on the Hill as previously mentioned.
 
Hodak's for chicken. I'll second that. GREAT fried chicken. It'll will be packed also.
 
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