Eat in The Grove, St. Louis

Seoul Taco

• ★ 4.0
• Korean-mexican
• $

Order The Seoul taco and the gogi bowl with bulgogi.

David Choi's 2011 food truck grew into a small Korean-Mexican chain built on bulgogi tacos and kimchi-fried-rice bowls. The Chouteau kitchen is the original.

Grace Meat + Three

• ★ 4.4
• Soul food
• $$

Order The fried chicken and a rotating trio of vegetable sides.

Rick and Elisa Lewis run this Grove meat-and-three around some of the best fried chicken in Missouri, ordered at the counter. Rick is a James Beard nominee.

Sameem Afghan Restaurant

• ★ 4.0
• Afghan
• $$

Order Aushak leek dumplings, kabuli palaw and sambosas.

Sameem plates Afghan kabuli palaw, aushak dumplings and grilled kabobs in The Grove, an affordable kitchen that has fed the city Afghan classics for years.

The London Tea Room

• ★ 4.0
• Café
• $

Order Loose-leaf tea and English breakfast service

St. Louis's English tea room pours dozens of loose-leaf teas and serves a proper afternoon tea with scones and savouries. A change from the espresso bars.

Urban Chestnut Grove Bierhall

• ★ 4.2
• Brewery beer hall
• $$$

Drink German-style lagers

Urban Chestnut's 400-seat Grove Bierhall is as much a bar as a brewery, pouring German-style lagers in a vast hall with Fordo's pizza, a go-to for groups.

Rockwell Beer Company Taproom

• ★ 4.2
• Brewery taproom
• $$$

Drink House lagers and saisons

Rockwell's Grove taproom pours crisp house lagers and saisons with tavern-style pizza, a polished newer brewery bar near the Grove nightlife strip.

Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (Grove)

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$

Urban Chestnut's Grove Bierhall pours German-leaning lagers and American ales in a 400-seat hall built in a 1920s warehouse, with Fordo's pizza on site.

Rockwell Beer Company

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$

Rockwell's flagship near the Grove brews crisp lagers and saisons and pours them with tavern-style pizza, a well-regarded newer name in St. Louis beer.

Just John

• ★ 4.0
• $$

Just John is a Grove neighborhood gay bar on Manchester Avenue in St. Louis that also hosts the leather club Blue Max's kink demo and social nights.

Rehab Bar & Grill

• ★ 4.0
• $$

Rehab Bar & Grill in The Grove, St. Louis, is a casual gay bar with a spacious back patio, running drag shows on its indoor and outdoor stages.