Private Food Tasting Walking Tour in Saint Louis Downtown
Satisfy your culinary curiosity with a private tour that takes you on a flavorful journey through some of the city's most beloved dining spots.
The Fountain on Locust is a street-food stop in Grand Center, St. Louis.
Editorially verified May 28, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The ice cream martinis are the signature; pair one with a sandwich. A good pre-theatre stop in Grand Center.
Satisfy your culinary curiosity with a private tour that takes you on a flavorful journey through some of the city's most beloved dining spots.
Learn to make melt-in-your-mouth beignets from scratch in this interactive cooking class with Chef Legina. Create a rich chocolate filling and a tangy lemon glaze.
Tour the haunted Lemp Brewery Bottle Works as you pass through tunnels and massive spaces you will learn of the horrific events that occurred in these dark and forgott...
Address: 3037 Locust St, St. Louis, MO 63103
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.
Try: Grass-fed burgers and house ice cream
Tip: Build a burger and chase it with a spiked milkshake. The house ice cream is made without artificial ingredients.
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.
Try: Frozen custard concretes
Tip: Order a concrete and watch them flip it upside down to prove the thickness. Cash-friendly, often a summer line.
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.
Try: St. Louis-style Provel pizza
Tip: Order it tavern-cut into squares to eat it the local way. Provel is the defining St. Louis cheese; this is where to try it.
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.
Try: Wood-fired tacos and modern Mexican plates
Tip: Order the duck taquitos or a couple of wood-fired tacos at the bar; lunch is brisk, dinner livelier with cocktails.
A Benton Park sandwich counter, Blues City turns out New Orleans-style po-boys and muffulettas with live blues some afternoons, a lunch institution.
Try: Po-boys and muffulettas
Tip: The muffuletta and the po-boys are the orders; arrive before the lunch rush. Live blues plays on some afternoons.
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.
Try: St. Louis deli sandwiches
Tip: The Mom's Special is the order; the thousand-island dressing is the secret. Expect a line since the 2025 reopening.