Eat in Clayton, St. Louis

Pastaria

• ★ 4.4
• Italian
• $$$

Order Handmade pasta of the day with a wood-oven pizza.

James Beard winner Gerard Craft's Clayton Italian runs on handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza in a busy room. The most reliable Italian table off The Hill.

Louie

• ★ 4.4
• Italian Bistro
• $$$

Order The wood-oven roast chicken and the Ramon gnocco.

This DeMun bistro pairs a fiery pizza oven with a tight Italian menu, and its wood-oven roast chicken is among the best in the metro. A neighbourhood room.

Kaldi's Coffee (DeMun)

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order House-roasted drip and seasonal espresso

The flagship of St. Louis's best-known roaster, Kaldi's DeMun cafe overlooks Concordia Park and pours house-roasted coffee to a steady crowd of regulars.

Half & Half

• ★ 4.3
• Café
• $

Order Espresso and made-from-scratch brunch

Mike Randolph's Clayton breakfast room marries a focused coffee programme with made-from-scratch brunch, from blueberry pancakes to the flat-iron hash.

Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Co.

• ★ 4.3
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Kaldi's is the roaster that put St. Louis specialty coffee on the map, supplying its own cafes and grocery shelves across the metro from a DeMun flagship.

Sasha's Wine Bar on DeMun

• ★ 4.2
• Wine bar
• $$$

Sasha's DeMun room pours an approachable by-the-glass list with cheese and charcuterie in a homey Clayton space, one of two long-running Sasha's wine bars.

The Wine Merchant

• ★ 4.0
• Wine bar
• $$$

A long-running Clayton wine shop with a tasting bar, The Wine Merchant pairs a selected retail wall with by-the-glass pours and a knowledgeable staff.

Sasha's on DeMun

• ★ 4.1
• Wine and cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink By-the-glass wine and cocktails

Sasha's DeMun bar pairs a wide by-the-glass wine list with cocktails and noshing plates in a homey Clayton room, a relaxed spot with a popular patio.

Clayton Farmers Market

• ★ 4.0
• Market
• $

A Saturday-morning market in Clayton's Straub's lot, this gathers 25 to 30 Missouri and Illinois growers, bakers and makers, the tidy upscale west-end market.

The Wine Merchant Wine Classes

• ★ 4.0

The Wine Merchant runs expert-led wine classes like Intro to Burgundy and Undiscovered Italy from a dedicated meeting space off its Clayton shop floor.