La Vallesana
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Cherokee Street
Try Tacos al pastor and tortas
A Cherokee Street taqueria with a sheltered patio, La Vallesana serves tacos al pastor, tortas and aguas frescas, an anchor of the Mexican Cherokee strip.
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Taqueria Durango
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Overland
Try Torta ahogada and tacos
A family-run Overland taqueria, Durango is famous for the torta ahogada, a pork sandwich drowned in spicy red chile, with big portions for cheap.
Steve's Hot Dogs
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Tower Grove South
Try St. Louis-style loaded hot dogs
Founded by musician Steve Ewing, Steve's loads creative toppings onto griddled dogs on South Grand and has been voted the city's best, a cult counter spot.
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Gus' Pretzels
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Benton Park
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.
Woofie's Hot Dogs
- ★ 3.9
- $
- Overland
Try Chicago-style hot dogs
A drive-in near the airport, Woofie's has sold Chicago-style hot dogs since the 1970s, billing itself the home of the hotdog with dignity. A retro counter.
Carl's Drive-In
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Brentwood
Try Crispy-edged burgers and root beer
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.
Crown Candy Kitchen
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Old North St. Louis
Try Soda-fountain malts and BLTs
Open since 1913, Crown Candy is the metro's oldest soda fountain, slinging hand-made malts, a towering BLT and chili in an Old North parlour frozen in time.
Snarf's Sandwiches
- ★ 3.8
- $
- Tower Grove South
Try Toasted oven sandwiches
Snarf's toasts its sub rolls and piles on classic deli fillings at a South Grand counter, a fast and cheap sandwich stop near SLU and Grand Center.
Cocina Latina
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Central West End
Try Peruvian and Latin small plates
Maritza Rios runs a Peruvian-leaning Latin kitchen on Euclid, plating aji de gallina, ropa vieja and rotisserie chicken at quick-counter prices.
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Grand Bistro
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Tower Grove South
Try Vietnamese pho and rice plates
Grand Bistro relaunches the Trinh family's South Grand Vietnamese in the former Pho Grand room, ladling pho and com tam at counter-style prices.
Seoul Taco
- ★ 4.0
- $
- The Grove
Try Korean-Mexican tacos and bowls
David Choi's Korean-Mexican counter griddles bulgogi tacos and kimchi-fried-rice gogi bowls, the brick-and-mortar original of a food-truck-born local chain.
The Fountain on Locust
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Midtown and Grand Center
Try Ice cream martinis and sandwiches
An Art Deco soda fountain in Grand Center, The Fountain on Locust pours ice-cream martinis and plates retro sandwiches and over-the-top sundaes.
Baileys' Range
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Botanical Heights
Try Grass-fed burgers and house ice cream
Baileys' Range griddles grass-fed burgers and churns house ice cream for boozy shakes, a build-your-own burger counter that moved to the Shaw area.
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
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.
Imo's Pizza
- ★ 3.8
- $
- Downtown
Try St. Louis-style Provel pizza
The chain that made St. Louis-style pizza a city standard, Imo's tops cracker-thin crust with Provel cheese, cut in squares. A handy first taste.
LaPez Mod Mex
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Central West End
Try Wood-fired tacos and modern Mexican plates
Adam and Jason Tilford's CWE taco room turns out wood-fired tacos and coastal-Mexican plates in the old Session Taco space, a quick festive corner of Euclid.
Blues City Deli
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Benton Park
Try Po-boys and muffulettas
A Benton Park sandwich counter, Blues City turns out New Orleans-style po-boys and muffulettas with live blues some afternoons, a lunch institution.
Mom's Deli
Try St. Louis deli sandwiches
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 regulars.
Adriana's On The Hill
- ★ 4.2
- $
- The Hill
Try Sicilian subs and soups
Mama Adriana Fazio's Shaw Avenue shop, run by her daughters, builds foot-long Sicilian subs and Sicilian soups, a Hill lunch counter going more than 30 years.
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