Restaurants in Benton Park
Hodak's Restaurant & Bar
- ★ 4.2
- Fried Chicken
- $$
Order The fried chicken dinner with sides.
Hodak's has won Riverfront Times reader polls for best fried chicken since the 1990s. The family-run Gravois corner room is a no-frills temple to the bird.
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Casual Dining in Benton Park
Peacemaker Lobster & Crab
- ★ 4.3
- Seafood
- $$$
Order Lobster roll and the New England clam boil.
Gerard Craft's Benton Park seafood shack plates lobster rolls, oysters and a New England clam boil, a casual coastal counter in a landlocked city.
Blues City Deli
- ★ 4.4
- Sandwiches
- $
Order The muffuletta or one of the New Orleans po-boys.
A Benton Park sandwich counter, Blues City turns out New Orleans-style po-boys and muffulettas with live blues some afternoons, a lunch-only institution.
Cafés in Benton Park
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- ★ 4.2
- Café
- $
Order Honduran single-origin espresso
Brothers Patrick and Spencer Clapp roast ethically sourced beans, many from their native Honduras, at this South City micro-roastery near Cherokee Street.
The Mud House
- ★ 4.2
- Café
- $
Order Multi-roaster espresso and lattes
A Cherokee Street fixture, The Mud House pairs a rotating multi-roaster coffee program with hearty brunch plates in a brick room full of antiques.
Benton Park Cafe & Coffee Bar
- ★ 4.0
- Café
- $
Order Coffee and all-day breakfast
A century-old house turned all-day breakfast cafe, Benton Park Cafe pours coffee and plates hearty brunch in a warren of cosy rooms. A south-side staple.
Coffee Roasters in Benton Park
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Bars in Benton Park
Small Change
- ★ 4.2
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
Drink Affordable craft cocktails
A Benton Park cocktail bar with a clever, accessible list, Small Change does top-notch drinks at fair prices, and turns into a Christmas pop-up each winter.
Venice Cafe
- ★ 4.2
- Bohemian bar
- $$$
Drink Cocktails and local beer
A Benton Park institution covered floor-to-ceiling in mosaic and folk art, Venice Cafe is the city's most idiosyncratic bar, with a lush patio and live music.
Frazer's Lounge
- ★ 4.1
- Cocktail lounge
- $$$
Drink Classic cocktails
The lounge side of Frazer's in Benton Park pours some of the best classic cocktails on the south side, a 25-year-old bar attached to the restaurant.
Street Food in Benton Park
Gus' Pretzels
- ★ 4.3
- Street food
- $
Try Hand-twisted soft pretzels
Opened in 1920 near the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Gus' Pretzels hand-twists soft pretzels and pretzel-wrapped sausages, a Benton Park snack-counter institution.
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Budget Eats in Benton Park
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Brunch in Benton Park
Benton Park Cafe
- ★ 4.0
- Brunch
- $$
Order Breakfast pizza or eggs Benedict.
A century-old house turned all-day breakfast cafe, Benton Park Cafe plates omelets, breakfast pizza and eggs Benedict in cosy south-side rooms.
Late-Night Eats in Benton Park
Friendly's Restaurant & Bar
- ★ 4.2
- American
- $
Try Bar pizza, wings, and griddle plates
Friendly's is a south-side neighborhood sports bar that keeps its kitchen open to 1:30am seven nights a week, plating pizza and wings for the bar crowd.