Bars and Restaurants

In the first year for a new category honoring beverage professionals, two local women made the list, and are celebrating each other.

Cherokee Street got a coffee shop focused on “connection and irreverence,” St. Charles grew a mushroom farm and Olivette added a brewery at a time when many brew halls have shuttered.

Established St. Louis favorites SweetArt and La Pizza expanded while Delmar Loop offerings shrank.

Owner Reine Keis will also be relocating her main restaurant from its longtime Shaw home to the Coronado building in Midtown in the spring.

The new location will be at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Kingshighway. Founder and owner Robbie Montgomery hasn’t chosen an opening date.

Fans have crowded into the South Kingshighway restaurant to get one last bite before its final day on Tuesday.

Pubs that pledge to play only women’s athletics have taken off around the country as women’s professional and collegiate leagues have seen their fanbases grow. The Dub is set to open in downtown Kansas City later this year.

Mission Taco in February settled a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by the company that makes Mission Foods.

Highlighting a soup that feels “like a hug” and the rise of “bean to bar” chocolate.

St. Louis-based dining critics & food writers dish on 2023 trends and highlights, and talk about what’s to come in 2024.