In pandemic-ravaged yr, these St. Louis dining establishments nonetheless opened | Off the Menu

Just outdoors the Grove in Forest Park Southeast, Chris Meyer and Mike Miller of Industry to Fire (formerly Kitchen area Kulture) and the Lindenwood Park cafe Kounter Kulture opened Songbird (4476 Chouteau Avenue) featuring breakfast fare, which includes the beloved breakfast sandwich from their Tower Grove Farmers Current market stall.



Aubergine Cafe

Aubergine Cafe has opened at 550 North Seventh Avenue downtown, changing Kiin Basically Thai. 




Phatcharin Wanna reworked Kiin Essentially Thai, the downtown variation of the great Fork & Stix in the Delmar Loop, into Aubergine Café (550 North Seventh Avenue), featuring a new menu of Thai dishes “with a twist.”

David and Meggan Sandusky expanded their Beast barbecue empire with Beast Southern Kitchen & BBQ in Columbia, Illinois (1280 Columbia Heart), which offers fried chicken and catfish po’boys alongside their signature smoked meats.

Olive + Oak not only moved to a new location just down the road from its initial house in Webster Groves, it included an adjacent notion, Perennial on Lockwood, (214 West Lockwood Avenue), a brewpub partnership with Perennial Artisan Ales.

Travis Howard and Tim Wiggins, the duo at the rear of the Central West Conclusion restaurants Retreat Gastropub and Yellowbelly, opened the Lazy Tiger (210 North Euclid Avenue), a cocktail bar with a tiny food menu.

Also in the Central West Conclude, Edera opened in the previous house of Scape American Bistro (48 Maryland Plaza). The acclaimed chef Mike Randolph (Half & Half, Unique J’s Tex-Mex Barbecue and the late Publico and Randolfi’s Italian Kitchen) consulted on the menu of pizza and pasta.