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St. Louis is famous for its thousand one-of-a-kind restaurants. So grab a knife and fork and hold on to your tastebuds. You're about to be transported to the center of a food-obsessed community where dining out in style comes as naturally as breathing.
There's always something good to eat in St. Louis' neighborhoods. Celebrity chef Mario Batali of The Food Network called The Hill one of the top "Little Italy" neighborhoods in the country and praised its Northern Italian cuisine. Gourmet, the magazine of good living, wrote that St. Louis was a "spirited and flavorful place" filled with "depth and personality." And Bon Appetit magazine praised St. Louis as a "two-fisted eater" offering a "smorgasbord of globe-trotting specialties."
Visitors will find top chefs at St. Louis' elegant steak houses, fashionable Euro-style bistros, courtyard cafés and barbecue joints. New Americans have brought their dining delights to St. Louis where it's easy to find the tastes of Asia, India, Africa and Eastern Europe in the lively neighborhoods. These savory additions to St. Louis' culinary culture join Cajun, Creole and Southern classics that cruised up the Mississippi River and into kitchens all across the region.
Looking for quirky indigenous foods? Ask for toasted ravioli, thin-crust St. Louis-style pizza or a pork steak. Top off your meal with a frozen custard "concrete" or gooey butter coffeecake for dessert. How about a St. Paul Sandwich? That's fried Egg Foo Yung on white bread, found only at Chinese restaurants in St. Louis. These are just a few of the only-in-St. Louis morsels waiting for hungry visitors
From basics to bliss, St. Louis' love affair with food is yours to enjoy. Buon appetito!
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