Opened in 1985 and credited as the first Vietnamese restaurant in St. Louis, Mai Lee runs a vast menu of pho, bun and canh chua that sets the local standard.
Order: Salt-and-pepper calamari, pho, and canh chua sour soup.
Tip: The menu runs to hundreds of items; the salt-and-pepper calamari and the sour soup are the orders to anchor a table around.
A 16-stool roadside drive-in of six decades, Carl's griddles crispy-edged burgers and pours house-made root beer, a Route-66-era St. Louis time capsule.
Try: Crispy-edged burgers and root beer
Tip: Grab a stool, order a double with root beer. There are only 16 seats, so expect a short wait at peak.
Kitchen Conservatory runs more than 1,500 hands-on and demonstration cooking classes a year from its Clayton Road shop, the metro's largest and longest-running cooking school.
A 16-stool roadside drive-in of six decades, Carl's griddles cheap crispy-edged burgers and pours house-made root beer, a Route-66-era bargain.
Try: Crispy-edged burgers and root beer
Tip: A double burger and root beer is the order for a few dollars. Only 16 stools, so expect a short wait at peak.