The Best Food in St. Louis, According to RFT Readers

By on Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 2:21 pm

From the best brunch to the best new restaurant, our readers know where to find all of the good stuff.

Our "Best of St. Louis" issue is out now! See the winners we chose for the best food and drink in St. Louis here.
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Best Chicken Wings Navin’s BBQ (3559 Arsenal Street, 314-449-1185) Runner-Up: Hogtown Smokehouse (6301 Clayton Avenue, 314-899-0550)
Mabel Suen
Best Chicken Wings
Navin’s BBQ (3559 Arsenal Street, 314-449-1185)
Runner-Up: Hogtown Smokehouse (6301 Clayton Avenue, 314-899-0550)
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Best Doughnuts Strange Donuts (2709 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-932-5851) Runner-Up: Donut Drive-In (6525 Chippewa Street, 314-645-7714)
Jon Gitchoff
Best Doughnuts
Strange Donuts (2709 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-932-5851)
Runner-Up: Donut Drive-In (6525 Chippewa Street, 314-645-7714)
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Best Pizza That Isn’t St. Louis Style Pie Guy Pizza (4189 Manchester Avenue, 314-899-0444) Runner-Up: Blackthorn Pub and Pizza (3735 Wyoming Street, 314-776-0534)
Mabel Suen
Best Pizza That Isn’t St. Louis Style
Pie Guy Pizza (4189 Manchester Avenue, 314-899-0444)
Runner-Up: Blackthorn Pub and Pizza (3735 Wyoming Street, 314-776-0534)
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Best Burger Hi Pointe Drive-In (Multiple locations including 951 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-394-1150) Runner-Up: Mac’s Local Eats (5656 Oakland Avenue, 314-393-7713)
Mabel Suen
Best Burger
Hi Pointe Drive-In (Multiple locations including 951 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-394-1150)
Runner-Up: Mac’s Local Eats (5656 Oakland Avenue, 314-393-7713)
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Best Mexican Restaurant El Burro Loco (313 North Euclid Avenue, 314-224-5371) Runner-Up: Sunny’s Cantina (6655 Manchester Avenue, 314-944-8226)
Mabel Suen
Best Mexican Restaurant
El Burro Loco (313 North Euclid Avenue, 314-224-5371)
Runner-Up: Sunny’s Cantina (6655 Manchester Avenue, 314-944-8226)
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Best Barbecue Sugarfire Smoke House (Multiple locations including 9200 Olive Boulevard #114, Olivette; 314-997-2301) Runner-Up: Pappy’s Smokehouse (3106 Olive Street, 314-535-4340)
Jennifer Silverberg
Best Barbecue
Sugarfire Smoke House (Multiple locations including 9200 Olive Boulevard #114, Olivette; 314-997-2301)
Runner-Up: Pappy’s Smokehouse (3106 Olive Street, 314-535-4340)
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Best Restaurant When Someone Else Pays Vin de Set, Now closed due to a fire (2017 Chouteau Avenue, 314-241-8989) Runner-Up: Carnivore (5257 Shaw Avenue, 314-449-6328)
Tara Mahadevan
Best Restaurant When Someone Else Pays
Vin de Set, Now closed due to a fire (2017 Chouteau Avenue, 314-241-8989)
Runner-Up: Carnivore (5257 Shaw Avenue, 314-449-6328)
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Best Sushi Restaurant Nippon Tei (14025 Manchester Road, Ballwin; 636-386-8999) Runner-Up: Drunken Fish (Multiple locations including 1 Maryland Plaza, 314-367-4222)
Mabel Suen
Best Sushi Restaurant
Nippon Tei (14025 Manchester Road, Ballwin; 636-386-8999)
Runner-Up: Drunken Fish (Multiple locations including 1 Maryland Plaza, 314-367-4222)
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Best New Restaurant Eat Crow (1931 South 12th Street, 314-934-1400) Runner-Up: Grand Pied (3137 Morgan Ford Road, 314-974-8113)
Cheryl Baehr
Best New Restaurant
Eat Crow (1931 South 12th Street, 314-934-1400)
Runner-Up: Grand Pied (3137 Morgan Ford Road, 314-974-8113)
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Best Restaurant to Close in the Past 12 Months Pho Grand (3195 South Grand Boulevard, 314-664-7435) Runner-Up: Grbic (4071 Keokuk Street, 314-772-3100)
Vu Phong
Best Restaurant to Close in the Past 12 Months
Pho Grand (3195 South Grand Boulevard, 314-664-7435)
Runner-Up: Grbic (4071 Keokuk Street, 314-772-3100)
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Best Chain Restaurant Three Kings Public House (Multiple locations including 6307 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-3388) Runner-Up: Shake Shack (Multiple locations including 60 North Euclid, 314-627-5518)
Mabel Suen
Best Chain Restaurant
Three Kings Public House (Multiple locations including 6307 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-3388)
Runner-Up: Shake Shack (Multiple locations including 60 North Euclid, 314-627-5518)
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Best Bakery Nathaniel Reid Bakery (11243 Manchester Road, Kirkwood; 314-858-1019) Runner-Up: Federhofer’s Bakery (9005 Gravois Road, Affton; 314-832-5116)
Mabel Suen
Best Bakery
Nathaniel Reid Bakery (11243 Manchester Road, Kirkwood; 314-858-1019)
Runner-Up: Federhofer’s Bakery (9005 Gravois Road, Affton; 314-832-5116)
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Best Tacos Mission Taco Joint (Multiple locations including 6235 Delmar Boulevard, 314-932-5430) Runner-Up: Terror Tacos (3191 South Grand Boulevard, 314-260-9996)
Courtesy Mission Taco Joint
Best Tacos
Mission Taco Joint (Multiple locations including 6235 Delmar Boulevard, 314-932-5430)
Runner-Up: Terror Tacos (3191 South Grand Boulevard, 314-260-9996)
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Best St. Louis-Style Pizza Imo’s (Multiple locations including 1000 Hampton Avenue, 314-644-5480) Runner up: Faraci’s (15430 Manchester Road, Ellisville, Missouri; 636-230-0000)
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Best St. Louis-Style Pizza
Imo’s (Multiple locations including 1000 Hampton Avenue, 314-644-5480)
Runner up: Faraci’s (15430 Manchester Road, Ellisville, Missouri; 636-230-0000)
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Best Cajun/Creole Broadway Oyster Bar (736 South Broadway, 314-621-8811) Runner-Up: The Crooked Boot (The storefront is temporarily closed, but find the food truck at facebook.com/thecrookedboot )
Phuong Bui
Best Cajun/Creole
Broadway Oyster Bar (736 South Broadway, 314-621-8811)
Runner-Up: The Crooked Boot (The storefront is temporarily closed, but find the food truck at facebook.com/thecrookedboot )
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Best Deli/Sandwich Blues City Deli (2438 McNair Avenue, 314-773-8225) Runner-Up: Gioia’s Deli (Multiple locations including 1934 Macklind Avenue, 314-776-9410)
Madeline Azar
Best Deli/Sandwich
Blues City Deli (2438 McNair Avenue, 314-773-8225)
Runner-Up: Gioia’s Deli (Multiple locations including 1934 Macklind Avenue, 314-776-9410)
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BEST DESSERTS Cyrano’s Cafe (603 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-963-3232) Runner-Up: (The Fountain on Locust 3037 Locust Street, 314-535-78000
ANDY PAULISSEN
BEST DESSERTS
Cyrano’s Cafe (603 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-963-3232)
Runner-Up: (The Fountain on Locust 3037 Locust Street, 314-535-78000
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BEST FAST-CASUAL RESTAURANT The Crooked Boot (The storefront is temporarily closed, but find the food truck at facebook.com/thecrookedboot) Runner-Up: Loaded Elevated Nachos (1450 Beale Street, St. Charles; 636-202-0841)
Mabel Suen
BEST FAST-CASUAL RESTAURANT
The Crooked Boot (The storefront is temporarily closed, but find the food truck at facebook.com/thecrookedboot)
Runner-Up: Loaded Elevated Nachos (1450 Beale Street, St. Charles; 636-202-0841)
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Best Greek Restaurant Olympia Kebob House and Taverna (1543 McCausland Avenue, 314-781-1299) Runner-Up: Cafe Nova (5611 South Kingshighway, 314-351-7443)
Phuong Bui
Best Greek Restaurant
Olympia Kebob House and Taverna (1543 McCausland Avenue, 314-781-1299)
Runner-Up: Cafe Nova (5611 South Kingshighway, 314-351-7443)
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Best Food Truck The Crooked Boot (facebook.com/thecrookedboot) Runner-Up: Truck Norris (Trucknorrisstl.com)
Mabel Suen
Best Food Truck
The Crooked Boot (facebook.com/thecrookedboot)
Runner-Up: Truck Norris (Trucknorrisstl.com)
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