Onesto Pizza & Trattoria
- ★ 4.1
- Pizza
- $$
Order Wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza.
Onesto fires Neapolitan-leaning pizza and Italian plates in a small St. Louis Hills room, a neighbourhood trattoria that draws south-side pizza devotees.
Casual Dining in St. Louis Hills and South County
Mom's Deli
- ★ 4.1
- Sandwiches
- $
Order The Mom's Special with thousand-island dressing.
A St. Louis Hills deli, Mom's stacks the locally famous Mom's Special and made-to-order subs, reopened in 2025 to hour-long lines of devoted regulars.
Food experiences in St. Louis Hills and South County
Cafés in St. Louis Hills and South County
Blueprint Coffee (Watson)
- ★ 4.2
- Café
- $
Order Filter coffee and espresso
Blueprint's south-side cafe on Watson brings the roaster's precise filter and espresso to St. Louis Hills, a calm bright room for the neighbourhood crowd.
Rockwell Beer Garden
- ★ 4.0
- Café
- $
Order Goshen Coffee by day, craft beer by evening
Rockwell's open-air pavilion in Francis Park pours Goshen Coffee by day and Rockwell craft beer with tavern pizza by evening. A rare park beer garden.
Bakeries in St. Louis Hills and South County
Federhofer's Bakery
- ★ 4.1
- $
Order Gooey butter cake without powdered sugar
A decades-old Affton bakery, Federhofer's makes a distinctive gooey butter cake without cream cheese or powdered sugar, plus full cases of cakes and cookies.
Pint Size Bakery & Coffee
- ★ 4.3
- $
Order Salted caramel-chocolate cookies and muffins
A tiny Lindenwood Park bakery, Pint Size turns out muffins, scones and a cult salted caramel-chocolate cookie alongside Kaldi's coffee. A peanut-free kitchen.
Sugaree Baking Company
- ★ 4.1
- $
Order Seasonal fruit pies and cakes
A small Dogtown bakery, Sugaree specialises in scratch pies and layer cakes, a neighbourhood spot known for seasonal fruit pies. Weekend hours only.
McArthur's Bakery
- ★ 4.0
- $
Order Custom cakes and gooey butter cake
A South County mainstay since 1956, McArthur's is a classic full-service bakery known for celebration cakes and a deep case of St. Louis bakery staples.
Street Food in St. Louis Hills and South County
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
- ★ 4.6
- Street food
- $
Try Frozen custard concretes
Serving since 1941 on old Route 66, Ted Drewes is the St. Louis frozen-custard landmark, famous for the concrete, a shake handed over upside down.
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Food Festivals in St. Louis Hills and South County
St. Louis County Greek Festival
- ★ 3.9
St. Louis County Greek Festival at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church runs Memorial Day weekend, 22 to 25 May in 2026, with authentic Greek food, live music, folk dancing, church tours and a vendor market.
Brew in the Lou
- ★ 3.8
Brew in the Lou, a benefit for the Lutheran Elementary School Association, fills Francis Park on 10 October 2026 with craft beer, spirits, wine and cocktail tastings, local food vendors and live music.
Cooking Classes in St. Louis Hills and South County
Dierbergs Culinary Studio
- ★ 4.0
Running since 1979 as the Dierbergs School of Cooking and rebranded as the Culinary Studio, the program offers hands-on and demonstration classes from a Des.
Budget Eats in St. Louis Hills and South County
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Brunch in St. Louis Hills and South County
Southwest Diner
- ★ 4.2
- Brunch
- $$
Order Huevos rancheros with red and green chile.
Since 2012, Southwest Diner has served New Mexican breakfast in a small Dogtown room, known for cornmeal pancakes, green-chile huevos and house biscuits.
Late-Night Eats in St. Louis Hills and South County
Courtesy Diner
- ★ 4.8
- American diner
- $$
Try The slinger and griddle classics
A 24-hour griddle institution, Courtesy Diner serves the classic St. Louis slinger and diner plates around the clock, a reliable for after-bar meals.
Courtesy Diner (Laclede Station)
- ★ 4.3
- Brunch
- $$
Try The slinger and breakfast all day
The Laclede Station Courtesy Diner runs the same 24-hour griddle as the Hampton branch, slinging chili-and-egg slingers and breakfast in a red-vinyl room.