Best Restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis has a rich culinary heritage, known for its barbecue, gooey butter cake, and unique pizza style. Here are some of the best restaurants:
- Pappy’s Smokehouse
- Cuisine: Barbecue
- Consistently rated as one of the best BBQ joints in the country
- Famous for its Memphis-style ribs
- Niche Food Group restaurants
- Several acclaimed restaurants by James Beard Award-winning chef Gerard Craft
- Includes Brasserie, Taste, and Pastaria
- Each offers a unique culinary experience
- Gioia’s Deli
- Cuisine: Italian-American Deli
- James Beard America’s Classics Award winner
- Known for its hot salami sandwich
- Vicia
- Cuisine: Vegetable-forward New American
- James Beard Award finalist
- Focuses on seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients
- Balkan Treat Box
- Cuisine: Balkan
- Started as a food truck, now a brick-and-mortar restaurant
- Try the pide (Turkish flatbread) or cevapi
