Category Archives: Restaurant Reviews

Pizza Break: Pizza Via

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Emily Wasserman

Seven years ago after I moved back to St. Louis from DC, I decided to stop by Pizzeoli in Soulard after work. I hadn’t lived in St. Louis for an extended time since college, so I made it my mission … Continue reading →

Posted in Pizza Break, Restaurant Reviews | Tagged Pizza Via, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene, St. Louis pizza, St. Louis restaurants | Leave a comment

New Orleans

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Emily Wasserman

Friends have told me for years that I should visit New Orleans. “It’s your ideal city,” they said. For the most part, they were right. Good food, a laid-back vibe, French influence, and beautiful architecture: New Orleans is definitely a … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized | Tagged American South, Audubon Park, Bacchanal Wine Bar, Bywater, Cafe du Monde, Cavan, Creole Creamery, Crescent Park, DeVille Coffee House & Creperie, French Quarter, French Truck Coffee, Garden District, Guy's Poboys, Hansen's Sno-Bliz, Irish Channel, Jackson Square, La Boulangerie, Levee Baking Co., Magazine Street, Molly's Rise and Shine, Napoleon House, New Orleans, Online News Association Conference, Pizza Delicious, Revelator Paloma Cafe, Saba, south, St. Louis Cathedral, Turkey and the Wolf, Uptown | Leave a comment

Key West and Miami

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Emily Wasserman

A long time ago, too long to remember when exactly it was, an old friend of mine and his family went down to Key West, Florida. His mom raved about the key lime pie and told me that you could … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized | Tagged A&B Lobster House, Blue Heaven, Coyo Taco, Cuban Coffee Queen, El Siboney, Firefly, Kermit's Key West Key Lime Shoppe, Key West, Key West eats, Key West food, Key West food scene, Mandolin Aegean Bistro, Miami, Miami eats, Miami food, Miami food scene, Moondog Cafe and Bakery, Zak the Baker | Leave a comment

Treatment of Single Diners

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Emily Wasserman

I usually keep things light on this blog, but today, I felt a compelling need to take things in a different direction. It’s been a rough week for me mentally and emotionally, so I was looking forward to Friday night … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged dining alone, eating alone, eating out, fine dining, restaurants, single diners, single dining | 5 Comments

Bulrush

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Emily Wasserman

A couple years ago after I moved back to St. Louis from Washington, D.C., I took a long lunch break and went to check out a new restaurant in town called Squatter’s Café. It was generating some buzz and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Bulrush, Chef Rob Connoley, foraging, Justin Bell, Midwest, Ozarks, restaurant decor, restaurant interior design, restaurant interiors, restaurant review, restaurants, Rob Connoley, St. Louis, St. Louis dining, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene, St. Louis restaurants | 2 Comments

KNEAD Bakehouse’s First Birthday

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Emily Wasserman

One of my favorite places to go for breakfast in St. Louis is KNEAD Bakehouse. I’ve written a little about the bakery before but in light of their first anniversary, I decided that I’d stop by and celebrate. Before I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged bakery, breakfast, brunch, delicious, doughnut, fall, fall food, french toast, KNEAD, KNEAD Bakehouse, Knead Bakehouse + Provisions, sourdough, St. Louis, St. Louis bakeries, St. Louis bakery, St. Louis eats, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene | 1 Comment

Farmhaus Restaurant

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Emily Wasserman

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Farmhaus over the years but for some reason, I never stopped by. All that changed last month. My boyfriend asked me where I wanted to go for dinner to celebrate my new … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Baetje Farms, dinner, farm to table, Farmhaus Restaurant, fine dining, local, Marcoot Jersey Creamery, restaurant review, Restaurant Reviews, review, Salemville, seasonal, St. Louis, St. Louis dining, St. Louis eats, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene, St. Louis restaurants | Leave a comment

Hello Juice & Smoothie

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Emily Wasserman

Hello Juice & Smoothie just opened in The Grove and man, am I excited about it. It has been a long time coming. I saw the sign advertising that it was opening soon a couple months ago as I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged healthy, healthy food, Hello Juice & Smoothie, juice, plant based, smoothie bowl, Smoothie Bowls, smoothies, St. Louis, St. Louis dining, St. Louis dining scene, St. Louis eats, St. Louis food, St. Louis food scene, St. Louis restaurants, The Grove, toast, Vegan, vegetarian | 3 Comments

Kansas City: Part Deux

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Emily Wasserman

Around this time last year, I took a road trip to Kansas City. An acquaintance of mine who’s a cook in St. Louis told me about the city’s flourishing food scene and I wanted to see it for myself. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized | Tagged Café Sebastienne, Christopher Elbow Chocolates, Crossroads Art District, Ibis Bakery, Kansas City, Kansas City eats, Kansas City food, Kansas City food scene, KC, KCMO, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Made in KC Cafe, Messenger Coffee, Midwest, Midwest food scene, Missouri, Monarch Coffee, Paletería Tropicana, Prospero's Bookstore, The Antler Room, Thou Mayest | 2 Comments

Washington, DC

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Emily Wasserman

When I got off the plane in Washington, DC on Sunday, I texted my friend Rachel. I was supposed to meet up with her to go to a friend’s birthday picnic in Virginia. I walked through Reagan Airport (pictured above), … Continue reading →

Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Traveling, Uncategorized | Tagged Australian coffee, avocado toast, bao, Bluestone Lane, Bread Furst, Bun'd Up, Burmese food, Caribbean food, coffee, D.C. eats, D.C. food, D.C. food scene, DC eats, DC food, DC food scene, DC restaurants, Dolcezza, falooda, french pastry, hummus, Israeli cuisine, Israeli food, Kith and Kin, Little Red Fox, pain au chocolat, pastry, rouget escovitch, Sababa Uptown, Seafood, soft serve, The Wharf, Toli Moli, Union Market, Washington D.C., Washington D.C. food | 1 Comment