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Yiro/Gyro
Yiro/Gyro opened only two years ago, but the restaurant now boasts four locations. The reason for its rapid expansion is clear. Like several other STL 100 honorees — Lona’s Lil Eats, Porano Pasta, Sauce on the Side — Yiro/Gyro has found the happy medium between being a locally owned restaurant serving distinctive, quality fare and offering the fast-casual, build-your-own-bowl format that diners increasingly prefer. Brothers Mirza and Merim Imamovic also run the Gyro Company in St. Louis and South County, and Yiro/Gyro’s traditional beef-lamb gyro meat is excellent, especially when combined with the pungent garlic sauce and Bosnian lepinja bread on the doner kebab.
Hours: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily (downtown location open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, closed Saturday-Sunday)
Last year's ranking: new
Opened: 2015
Must order: Doner kebab ($8.45)