MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO – October 1, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Casa Juarez Mexican Town, a locally owned Mexican restaurant in Maryland Heights, Missouri, is now a featured member of St. Louis Restaurant Review, receiving an enhanced and expanded business listing designed to give local diners more information about the restaurant, its menu, atmosphere, and dining options. The…
(StLouisRestaurantReview) The Mexican Barrel House is a Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant in Creve Coeur, Missouri, offering an unconventional combination of Mexican favorites, smoked meats, barbecue influences, specialty tacos, brunch dishes, and a full bar program. Located at 1085 North Mason Road, Creve Coeur, MO 63141, the restaurant occupies a large, dramatically redesigned space near Olive…
ALTON, IL – September 30, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Flock Food Truck Park & Bar, a downtown Alton gathering place that has combined food trucks, drinks, entertainment and community events since 2022, will end operations at its Ridge Street location in December as an Alton-founded hot chicken company prepares to transform the property into a larger restaurant…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 30, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Have you ever thought about how effective horse racing marketing is? It is so effective that the sport has stayed relevant for hundreds of years; it has built an entire culture around the sport and has the most dedicated and unique fan base. After all, how does…
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 30, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Walk into a St. Louis restaurant on a weeknight, and you will likely spot a table set for one, phone propped against the water glass. Sometimes the screen shows a game highlight. Sometimes it is a video call with a parent back home or a friend three…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 26, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Starbucks is closing two St. Louis-area coffeehouses as part of a nationwide reduction of approximately 250 North American locations, including a nearly new drive-thru restaurant in Marlborough that opened less than a year ago. The two local locations are at 6621 Delmar Blvd. in University City’s Delmar…
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 23, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Designing a restaurant isn’t just about picking out nice furniture and colors. The materials you use can really make or break the vibe of the place. Think about it – everything from the tables and chairs to the menus and little decorations on the tables can affect…
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ST. CHARLES, MO – September 22, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) A locally operated franchise group is preparing to introduce Atlanta-born Flying Biscuit Café (FBC) to the St. Louis metropolitan area, beginning with a restaurant in St. Charles and potentially laying the groundwork for a much larger regional expansion. FBC has signed a lease for its first Missouri…
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BRENTWOOD, MO – Sept. 22, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Maize & Wheat Colombian Café, a family-run restaurant that grew from a St. Louis-area festival stand into a permanent showcase for Colombian cuisine, is preparing to close its Brentwood restaurant next month unless its owner and landlord can agree on a new lease. Owner Claudia Marcella Niswonger told…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) SOHA Bar and Grill, a longtime South City gastropub on Hampton Avenue, will permanently close Sept. 30 after approximately 14 years in business. The restaurant at 2605 Hampton Avenue in St. Louis’ Clifton Heights neighborhood opened in 2012 and changed ownership in 2024. The current ownership group…
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) One of St. Louis’ longstanding family-run tea businesses is expanding again, less than a year after a new generation brought The London Tea Room back to life near Forest Park. The London Tea Room, located at 255 Union Blvd. in St. Louis’ DeBaliviere Place neighborhood, has launched…
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Coffeestamp, the locally owned specialty coffee company founded by brothers Patrick and Spencer Clapp, is expanding its St. Louis footprint with a third café on Washington Avenue, bringing a business that began as a small roastery and farmers market operation into the heart of downtown. The company…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 18, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Chao Baan, the Prapaisilp family’s regional Thai restaurant in The Grove, will permanently close after dinner service Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, bringing an end to a seven-year run that introduced many St. Louis diners to Thai cooking extending well beyond familiar pad thai and curry dishes. The…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 18, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) When a locally owned restaurant closes, customers often show up in its final weeks, stand in long lines, and talk about how much they’ll miss a place they assumed would always be there. The planned closing of O’Connell’s Pub should remind St. Louis diners not to wait…
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September 17, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Extraction is a word most St. Louis kitchens never say, and every one of them depends on it. Vanilla in a batter, stock out of bones, coffee at the pass. Each one pulls target compounds out of solid matter and into a liquid. Regulated cannabis runs the same play with different…
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