The sixth annual edition of the STL 100 looks back on a thrilling decade for St. Louis dining. Chefs winning national recognition. The ongoing barbecue boom. The growth of food trucks and fast-casual dining. You will find all these developments and more represented in this list. You will also see the result of 2019’s stunning crop of debut restaurants, an influx that forced me to make the most difficult choices yet to form this list of St. Louis' 100 most essential restaurants. Here is the STL 100 for 2020.
1
Vicia
2
Savage
3
Indo
4
Stone Soup Cottage
5
Olive + Oak
6
Sidney Street Café
7
Louie
8
Elaia
9
Balkan Treat Box
10
Billie-Jean
11
Bulrush
12
Elmwood
13
Sardella
14
The Crossing
15
Lona's Lil Eats
16
Beast Craft BBQ Co. and Beast Butcher & Block
17
Grace Meat + Three
18
Pastaria
19
Nippon Tei and Ramen Tei
20
Annie Gunn's
21
Tony's
22
Farmhaus
23
Union Loafers
24
Private Kitchen and Soup Dumplings STL
25
J. Devoti Trattoria
The Rest of the Best
in alphabetical orderAcero
Akar
Alta Calle
Bait
Bar Les Frères
The Bellwether
The Benevolent King
Blues City Deli
Bogart's Smokehouse
Brasserie by Niche
Byrd & Barrel
Cafe Natasha's
Cate Zone Chinese Cafe
Chao Baan
Cinder House
Clementine's Naughty & Nice Creamery
Cleveland-Heath
The Clover and the Bee
Cocina Latina
Crown Candy Kitchen
The Curry Club
Edibles & Essentials
El Toluco Taqueria & Grocery
Fork & Stix and Kiin Essentially Thai
Gioia's Deli
Guerrilla Street Food
Han Lao
I Fratellini
J’s Pitaria
Jerk Soul
Juniper
Katie's Pizza & Pasta Osteria
Knead Bakehouse + Provisions
Kounter Kulture
La Patisserie Chouquette
La Tejana Taqueria
The Last Kitchen
Lemmons by Grbic
Mac's Local Eats
Mai Lee
Malinche Mexican Culinary Experience
Mayo Ketchup
Medina Mediterranean Grill
Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant
Mi Tierra Bonita
Morning Glory Diner
Nathaniel Reid Bakery
Nixta
Nudo House
Olio
Pappy's Smokehouse
Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co.
Pie Guy Pizza
Pint Size Bakery
Pizza Head
Planter's House
Polite Society
Rice Thai Bistro
Salt + Smoke
Sameem Afghan Restaurant
Seoul Taco
Sides of Seoul
Sister Cities Cajun
Southwest Diner
The Stellar Hog
Sultan Mediterranean Restaurant
SweetArt
Taco Circus
Tai Ke
Taste
Veritas
The Vine Mediterranean Cafe
VP Square
The Wood Shack
Yellowbelly
A few important notes
- The STL 100 is divided into the Top 25 and the Rest of the Best. There is no gap between No. 25 and whatever No. 26 would have been.
- Restaurants must have opened by Oct. 31, 2019, to be eligible for this edition.
- Pricing info is estimated per person based on dinner (when applicable).