City Coffeehouse & Crêperie - Clayton, MO

September 12, 2012

I have never had crêpes before (besides at IHOP) but have always been intrigued by them. We walked in and we got in line to order at the counter. This was really crowded because you have to go through the line one way and after basically come back through to get out of the line. This was rather awkward especially in a wheelchair. So while we waited in line we checked out the menu that was painted on the wall. The menu was Filled with all types of crêpes; breakfast, lunch, savory, sweet and some sandwiches. I thought a savory one sounded good so I picked the BLT. This had bacon spinach and tomato and cheese and house dressing. My parents both had different savory crêpe as well.

After we placed our order we found a table and shortly after they brought out the crêpes. I thought the crepe part was all right, but really didn't like the filling and dressing inside. So I guess I'm either not a crepe person or I picked the wrong one to get.  My parents both had a different savory crêpe, but both didn't really like it either. We all agreed that this was one of our least favorite places on the trip.

As we were leaving St. Louis after our last meal we realized we didn’t end of journey on a high note but we did quite well for finding food in St. Louis.

 

 

36 North Brentwood Boulevard  Clayton, MO 63105

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Ted Drewes frozen custard St. Louis Missouri

September 11, 2012

 

This was our third trip St. Louis and even though we wanted to stop here we just haven't made it until now. After dinner at Mama Josephine we decide to head here for custard. When we arrived we parked and walked up to the building where you order at the window. I decided to get the cardinal sin which had tart cherries and fudge, this came in a little bit bigger cup than the other two we ordered because it had an extra topping. There were quite a few people standing around either ordering or waiting for or enjoying their custard. When ours were ready they handed them to us upside down because of how thick they are, but not for long. This was very good and it was a perfect way to and a great food day.

 

 

 

 

6726 Chippewa Street  St. Louis, MO 63109

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Mama Josephine's St. Louis Missouri

September 11, 2012

After our day at the Missouri botanical Gardens we headed down the street not very far to Mama Josephine’s. This is in a neat old corner building with maybe around 10 tables.

 

We arrived just after five, the sign on the door closed and reopened five, so someone ran up to the door and took it down right when we were getting there. The owner who is on Josephine's daughter welcomed us in and said we could sit wherever we would like. We had many choices at that point, so we picked a nice table by the window. Pretty quickly they took our drink orders and then give us time to look over the menu.  We Checked out the menu and looked around at the building. In a while we had decided what we wanted. My dad and I both decided to get the chicken fried steak. This came with two side dishes which I picked mashed potatoes and gravy and fried okra. The meal also came with cornbread or a roll; I took the roll because I really don't like cornbread. My mom wanted chicken and dumplings, but the waitress said it would be at least a half an hour till dumplings would be available, so she decided to get chicken fried steak as well.  

 

My mom and dad both got mashed potatoes and gravy and a salad. While we sat and waited, a few more people came in a few others had takeout orders.

 It did take a while for food did finally come.

 

I thought the chicken fried steak is good but not the greatest as was the fried okra, the mashed potatoes and gravy and quite tasty and was home homemade as was everything else. The roll was also very good but I only took a few bites since I filled up on everything else.

 

For dessert my dad decided to try the peach cobbler. This really took quite a while till it was brought out, but it was well worth the wait. For me it depends on the day and what kind of dessert if I like it, but this was one of them that I thought this was incredible and I wish I would've had my own and not just a sample. After we finished the owner came over to see how everything was. She was very friendly and liked to talk. So she told us about the place that they make everything fresh with her mother's recipes, which is why it takes a little longer to make everything. She also went on to talk about how the neighborhood used to be a bad neighborhood but has been cleaned up. After a bit we paid at the counter and got a free pen and we were on our way. While not anything, except for maybe the peach cobbler, was the greatest the food was homemade and done right. You could also tell that the owner was really into her business and cared tremendously about the quality.

 

 

 

4000 Shaw Avenue  St. Louis, MO 63110

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La Pizza St. Louis Missouri

September 11, 2012

 

Our pastor at our church who loves pizza told us that this was his favorite pizza place from his time at the seminary in St. Louis. So we wanted to make sure we checked it out and after reading that they had a lunch special we decided to stop by on our last day in St. Louis. This place is a very small place with just a few tables I was not able to get in the building (it was not wheelchair accessible) so we figured we could just eat in the Van. My parents headed in to get three lunch specials, which came with 2 1 topping slices and a can of soda. (They had both Coke and Pepsi). Usually I don't know about pizza by the slice since it isn't exactly fresh typically, but we were here early just after 11 and were probably the first customers, so they made us a fresh pizza since we all wanted pepperoni. This seemed to take a while especially since I was waiting outside and not knowing what was going on and I was hungry, but it really wasn't as long as seemed.

 

Our pastor was right this pizza was great and one of the best pieces I've ever had (Grimaldi’s was the other).  These slices were huge and not a regular size slices they were more like two normal slices, so I definitely had to fold it to eat it. The crust had a little chew to it and was a little crisp on the bottom, but a perfect amount of both. That with good sauce, cheese and pepperoni made for perfect pizza. In fact in my opinion it should be the definition of pizza.

 

8137 Delmar Boulevard  St. Louis, MO 63130

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Highway 61 roadhouse St. Louis Missouri

September 10, 2012

This place will be featured on diner’s drive-ins and dives on food network soon. From their website I found a few items that look like they sounded pretty good, but I still was not sure what to get when we got there.

We were seated quick and quickly had our drink orders taken which came in rather large cups. Which is good because then I don't have to worry about getting refill. Since I kind of knew what was on the menu it didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted. After our waiter brought back the drinks he told us about the special which was a ribeye and a potato. He said he would give us a little more time. When I saw the steak medallions description on the menu again I thought I have to get that especially since I hadn't had a steak of any kind on the trip.

This also came with two side dishes which I picked red beans and rice and Mac cheese, and had the medallions cooked medium well. My dad also got this as well with red beans and rice and mashed potatoes with Andouille sausage gravy and his medallions cooked medium. My mom had the ribeye special with the potato.

After my first bite I knew I picked the right thing to order.  As My steak medallions were amazingly good with Cajun seasoning on it which was good to begin with then was topped with Gorgonzola and fried onion strings. Most of everything I had the steak, fried onions, red beans and rice all had a little bit of heat but I thought it was a perfect amount. Some of My steak medallions pieces were maybe a little more than medium well and some may be less than and some were perfect.  It tasted great without the over-the-top heat.

Mom said hers was good, But did not go into details. Dad really enjoyed his meal too, especially his Steak Medallions, but did also really like the Andouille gravy on the mashed potatoes.

34 South Old Orchard Avenue  St. Louis, MO 63119

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Epic pizza and subs St. Louis Missouri

September 9, 2012

Before we left and did an Internet search for good burgers in St. Louis and once I saw pictures of their burger I was sold on this place. After an adventure getting in because of the wheelchair accessibility I was ready for my burger. We went up to the counter to order we all three had Pepsi's. My mom and I both got a single with cheddar and

 

 

my dad had a double with American. They said their burgers were 6 ounces patties. They said to find a table and they would bring out the drinks to us. All the tables were high which would be fine for most people, but was really awkward for me in my wheelchair. Quickly the drinks came out

 

and shortly thereafter came the burgers my first thought was how amazing looked and then that's going to make a big mess.  After I started eating these two things were still true and wow was it good.  Everything on the burger was good; the bun, burger, and cheese were all great. The lettuce and tomato were good but half of it fell out, so I did basically get a salad.   The sauce was really what made it even better, it was kind of like 1000 island or special sauce, but a lot better than any I've had and there was nice spicy kick to it. This burger was quite greasy but it was dang good.  

 

The Parmesan garlic fries that came with were pretty good as well, maybe a little dry with the Parmesan but they were good and greasy, but what wasn't at this place.

This was a great place for a burger even though it's not in its name.  They also had subs and pizza that sounded good, but I came here for the burger.

 

 

1711 South 9th Street  St. Louis, MO 63104

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Busch Stadium - St. Louis Missouri

September 9, 2012

 

 

We were at a game between the Cardinals and the Brewers and I thought I’m at a baseball game so I need a hot dog and lucky for me there was a Hebrew national stand right behind our seats.

 

 

So I got the hot dog from there with sauerkraut and onions and I also made it a combo with the bag of chips which were Miss Vickie's kettle chips. The onions I thought were cooked a little too far but everything tasted pretty good, but I did make a mess because it fell apart on me. This was a little expensive at $9.75, but was not out of line for ballpark food.

 

 

700 Clark Avenue  St. Louis, MO 63102

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Erio's Ristorante St. Peters Missouri

September 8, 2012

We got here probably about five-ish and it was not very busy we were seated right away at a table which had a white table cloth.  our waiter got there soon after to take our drink orders when he returned with the drinks we had already figured out what we wanted. I got the Fettuccini Parmigiano ($13.95) with the cream sauce my mom had Fettuccini Primavera ($13.95) which was a similar thing but it had veggies in it. We both ordered a house salad ($3.95) with Italian dressing to go with it, and my dad decided to get the spaghetti and meatballs ($10.95) and his salad with bleu cheese.

 

Soon after this our waiter returned with salads and a basket of bread. The bread was nice and warm and was good with the butter.

 

The salad was also actually quite good and I'm not typically a big salad person.   the salad was just regular lettuce salad with a pepperoncini and a green olive that still had the pit inside which I don't think I've ever had before.  Also there was tomato on top which was a nice addition to the salad. Then there was the provel cheese on top which I think is just a St. Louis thing.   I've had it melted on pizza which was terrible in my opinion, but this was very good cold on the salad.  What really stood out was the dressing which was some of the best Italian dressing I've ever had.

I thought the pasta was pretty good and it had a pretty good cream sauce, but it didn't seem like the best.  However I don’t really know that much about pasta or Italian food.  When I ordered the waiter did ask if I wanted chicken which I said I didn't, but I think I should have.   My mom said it was good but she usually doesn't complain about much.

 

My dad thought his spaghetti and meatballs were good but I don't think he was really excited about it too much. This place I thought was a little on the pricey side as well.

 

 

 

951 Jungermann Road  St. Peters, MO 63376

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Allin's diner - St. Charles Missouri

September 8, 2012

We were in Charles for my dad to do some genealogy research.   After doing some research of my own, I thought this place sounded alright and was in the area. There soup was supposed to be good so I wanted to make sure to try some. I decided to get a sandwich to go with the soup. After going over the menu I decided on the grilled ham and cheese and chose American for my cheese and I decided to get a cup of soup which I picked potato and leek off the day’s soup list. They asked if I wanted to substitute that for the chips, which was what I decided to do. My mom also got the potato and leek soup with her BLT sandwich.

 

My dad decided to have a Reuben and had chips to go with. All the food came pretty quick.

 

 

The soup I thought was kind of bland and boring and needed something. I added some salt and thought it helped quite a bit and made it taste all right.

 

 

My grilled ham and cheese sandwich was just that a grilled ham and cheese sandwich which I didn't think was all that exciting. It was good but was nothing too exciting, and that was pretty much what everyone else thought of the meal as well.

 

130 North Kingshighway Street St. Charles, MO 63301
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A’mis pizza - Webster Groves, MO

September 7, 2012

We stopped here our first night when we got to St. Louis. It was a little late around eight o'clock or maybe a little later and raining hard when we got there and it was mostly full inside.  not long after we got a table and cleared out pretty good. They took our drink order pretty quick which was three Pepsis. It seemed to take a little while before they came to take our order which we decided to get a pepperoni Chicago style deep dish which the menu said could take up to 40 minutes and a medium New York style sausage and mushroom.

 

They also brought out a basket of dinner rolls which were good. Really not too much time later the pizzas came out at the same time which wasn't close to being 40 minutes. 

The Chicago deep dish was okay but I don't think I'm too big of a deep dish fan.  It had all the basic parts of a chicago style pizza.

 

The New York style sausage and mushroom was good and I thought the better of the two, but I didn't think it was anything too great or exciting. When we were done they came to check to see if we needed a box which we took one but it didn’t fit in our fridge in the hotel so that didn't help much. Then we went ahead and paid up at the counter and left.

This was not the most exciting pizza but it was all right just about average in my opinion.

 

 

9824 Manchester Road, Webster Groves, MO

 

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Red Barn Cafe & Hen House Bakery - Mount Vernon MO

September 7, 2012

This day we were traveling to St. Louis, so I searched on Google and on the internet that morning and found this place.  I wasn’t exactly starving, so I didn’t want a huge lunch.  Mom and I both had the soup and salad bar and dad went with the cheeseburger with fries.  After we ordered we headed for the salad bar. This was a pretty good salad bar everything appeared fresh and had all the basics you would expect on a salad bar. With a few other salads as well including one that looked alright with broccoli and various other things but after I found the raisins in it I wasn't too excited about. We returned to the table to find a plate of huge rolls and butter that came with the soup and salad bar. Then we had to go check out the soup bar which wasn't with the salad bar it was around the corner from it. There were probably five or six different soups.  I decided I would start with the chicken noodle and my mom found a vegetable beef soup to try. After we got back to the table with my soup and salad, my dad's burger arrived.

 

The salad I got was just a salad a good salad but still just a salad.

 

I really like the chicken noodle soup with nice thick noodles, good chicken, and a really good broth. This was the best chicken noodle soup I have ever had. My mom really liked her beef vegetable soup as well. After I was done with my soup I went back and tried another kind this time sausage gumbo. I don't know if I ever had gumbo before this but it was nice and spicy and delicious and I'm not exactly the biggest sausage fan. Then I thought I better get some more of the chicken noodle soup.

 

The dinner rolls that came with were huge, they were about the size of four normal dinner rolls. The butter that came with it was honey butter which was good but I would have preferred just regular butter. My dad thought his burger was really good as well, and he is still talking about. It was like a good burger that you could get in his younger days.

 

 

As we were paying at the counter I noticed the pies and cinnamon rolls which looked amazing.

This was a good old time restaurant with great homemade food.

107 W Mount Vernon Blvd

Mount Vernon, MO 65712

 

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