Lion’s Choice

6106 South Lindbergh Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63123

This might be one of the most underrated places to eat in St. Louis.  Lions Choice has the best roast beef sandwich.  I suggest getting the roast beef sandwich with cheddar cheese.  Get the roast beef, and get the au jus to go with it.  Most of the Lion’s Choices have crushed ice.

Pasta Plus

123 Concord Plaza

St. Louis, MO 63128

This is a casual Italian place that serves all of the Italian favorites.  They serve all of the usual favorites like, spaghetti, fettuccini and pizza.  At this place you order at the counter and they bring your food to you when it is ready.   Prices are reasonable, and they bring the food out fairly quick.   I had the baked mostaccioli and it cost about $6.50.  The mostaccioli came with a slice of provolone cheese baked on top.  I would eat at this place again, but I would try the pizza next time.

O’Leary’s Restaurant

3828 S. Lindbergh Blvd

St. Louis, MO 63127           

O’Leary’s is up and running after it was damaged by a fire.  The newly renovated inside gives it a much more open feel.  This is a bar type atmosphere, but have a good variety on the menu.  The food is very good.  We got the lunch special and a Italian beef sandwich.  The Irish stew that came with the lunch special was the best thing we had.  It had beef, carrots, potatoes, and Guinness beer.  The Italian beef was a pretty big sandwich and was better than I expected.  Prices are around $7-9 for a sandwich and fries.  I recommend eating at O’Leary’s

Places to Eat in South County Page 2

This site is a list of places to eat in and around the St. Louis area. 

This list is in order from best place to eat to worst.  This list can change daily I all depends on what kind of mood I am in when I sit down and put it together.

Kenrick’s Meat Market and Catering
4324 Weber Rd
St. Louis, MO 63123
Phone Number: 314-631-2440

 

Kenrick’s Meat Market and Catering is a small little market on Bayless or Weber road close to I-55 in South St. Louis County. It looks like they specialize in meats and small groceries. We went there for lunch and they have a little deli and sandwich stand with about 8 tables to sit and eat. The menu is loaded with different sandwiches like the special, loaded roast beef, chicken and bacon sandwiches, hot sandwiches. They have some good looking sides as well like baked macaroni and cheese, and mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

I ordered the country fried steak sandwich. This was a country fried steak with white gravy on a hoagie roll. This thing was delicious. For a side order I got the mashed potatoes and gravy. The mashed potatoes and gravy were ok, but the country fried steak sandwich was great. I definitely recommend going there for lunch and ordering one of there sandwiches. You have to get there early though, because this place gets a little crowded. This is a must eat lunch spot for me. What made it even better is the prices. My sandwich only cost me $4.89 where else can you get a great tasting HOT sandwich for this price. Next time I go, I am going to get a ribeye steak sandwich, which they have on the menu for a low $5.89. Is there anywhere else you can get a steak sandwich for that cheap?

Visit their website at www.kenricks.com

 

Prices: Cheap. $6.25 for a country fried steak sandwich and some mashed potatoes.

Jimmy John’s—Multiple Locations

 

Jimmy John’s is a sub sandwich shop that is fairly new to the St. Louis area. On the inside of the Jimmy John’s there are signs that try to be funny. Jimmy John’s claims to make subs “so fast you will freak.” It is not hard to make subs that fast when you have no options on what goes on the sub. I used to like Jimmy John’s when they first came to St. Louis, but then I thought why am I eating this when I could be eating Penn Station or the countless number of other sandwich shops which serve both hot and cold sandwiches. You can’t compare a Jimmy John’s to a Penn Station, Penn Station is 10 times better. I guess my problem with Jimmy John’s is that I got sick of their food. It doesn’t sound good to me anymore.

 

Jimmy John’s does have good bread. That is one thing that is good about them. They also have a variety of sandwiches, but it is basically a choice between cold turkey, roast beef, ham, or salami, and if I wanted one of those sandwiches I could find 10 other places I would rather get one. Their meats are average and the toppings are the usual lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. When I go I get the Bootlegger Club. This is a turkey and roast beef sandwich, but it doesn’t come with cheese, what a rip-off. I have to ask for cheese and it cost extra.

 

Prices: About $6.25 for a sandwich

The Pasta House Company - Multiple Locations -Find a Location

 

The Pasta House Company is a St. Louis favorite for many people. The Pasta House is a casual dining spot that has locations all over the St. Louis area. The Pasta House serves Italian food. They have great salad, which has their famous dressing, artichokes and covered in parmesan cheese. They have many varieties of pasta and other Italian dishes. The Pasta House is not the best pasta I have ever had but it is pretty good for the price.

 

I went to The Pasta House restaurant for lunch the other day and ordered the Rigatoni Roma, which is rigatoni pasta served with a meat sauce, peas, prosciutto, and topped with a cream sauce. It is my favorite thing to order from the Pasta House. With the lunch special a salad also came with the rigatoni roma. One complaint that I have about the Pasta House is they never give me enough bread. I always have to ask for more. They should put a basket of bread on the table and let me eat as many pieces as I want. It feels like I have to ration my bread. I don’t like to ration my food.

 

Prices: Rigatoni Roma lunch special with a salad is about $8

Jack in the Box—Multiple Locations

Jack in the Box is a great place to get a cheap quick bite to eat. They have a variety of food like fish, chicken, hamburgers, tacos, different kinds of sandwiches and breakfast. There are plenty of Jack in the Boxes all over St. Louis and there should be one near you. You can't beat their prices on tacos. Two tacos for $.99, you can't get a deal like that anywhere.

I went to Jack in the Box for lunch, because I love the tacos, and they are even better when you dip them in the buttermilk sauce that they have at Jack in the Box. I ordered four tacos, it only cost me two bucks, and I asked for four buttermilk sauces to go with it. I love the fried goodness of Jack in the Box tacos. They are also one of the best drunk foods around. I have plenty of stories of being drunk, hungry and going to Jack in the Box for some delicious tacos. But, the buttermilk sauce is just as good as the tacos. Jack in the Box made their buttermilk sauce to go perfectly with everything on the menu. I will put the buttermilk sauce on everything I order from Jack in the Box. I have tried it on other food, and it just does not taste as good as when I eat it with Jack in the Box food. Get some tacos and get some buttermilk, put them together and you will not be disappointed.

Prices: Cheap - Four tacos for $2

Krieger's Sports Grill - Multiple Locations

Krieger's Sports Grill is a typical sports bar that serves pretty good food. I went to the South County location which is located in the Holiday Inn at Highway 55 and Lindbergh Blvd. The wife and I went on a Saturday night, so we could watch the Mizzou game while we ate, and there were all kinds of places to sit. I thought the place would be packed considering there was a big Missouri football game on. Good thing for us, because we were able to walk right in and get a table. Krieger's looks like any typical sports bar. They have about 7 T.V.s tuned to various sports channels.

The food at Krieger's is very good. They have the usual bar food like, pizza, nachos, buffalo wings, hamburgers, and plenty of other sandwiches, salads, and appetizers. I ordered the blackened tuna club, which I did not expect to see on the menu, and it was very good. It had a little kick to it and ended up being a very good sandwich. The service at Krieger's was surprisingly good. It looked like our server had a lot of tables, but our beer was always full and our food came out in a timely manner. Krieger's is a good place to go, eat, have a few drinks, and watch a game, because there are always tables open.

Prices: Blackened tuna club sandwich, and fries is about $7. Bottles of Bud Light around $3.

Imo’s Pizza—Multiple Locations, Find Locations

Imo’s Pizza is, and has been a St. Louis favorite for a long time.  They have other good food as well.  They have sandwiches, pasta, and salads.  They are a pizza place that serves Italian food.  Get the pizza at Imo’s, it is covered in whatever toppings you want and provolone cheese.  The provolone makes the pizza great.  The salads at Imo’s are not that good.  It seems like they use bag lettuce and pile the on the cheese.  The house salad dressing is not he best Italian dressing I have had either.  It is a sweet Italian , and I don't like sweet stuff on my salad. 

 

Get the Pizza when you go to Imo’s that is the only thing worth getting, but it is one of the best pizzas in St. Louis

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Hardee’s—Multiple Locations

It has been a while since I went to Hardee's and I was short on time, so I went. I have heard so much about their "thick burgers" and how they were supposed to be so good.

 

Hardee's is claiming to have the best burger in town, period. This advertising may work on others, because whoever is saying that Hardee's has the best burger is dead wrong.

They don't even have the best burger in the fast food industry. I would much rather eat a Culver's, or White Castle burger instead of Hardee's. I ordered the sourdough thickburger. The burger seemed like an ordinary burger to me. Hardee's offers nothing different than any other fast food joint. It had the pale brown look of the every fast food burger that I have eaten, with the exception of a few quality places.

 

I went into Hardee's at about 5:15 p.m. The place had three people inside eating. I don't know how this place stays open. Hardee's better think of something that distinguishes them from the other fast food places or I don't see how they can stay in business much longer. Almost all of the Wendys' closed in St. Louis, and I can see Hardee's doing the same thing.

 

Prices: $5.47 for a sourdough thickburger and a drink

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Kentucky Fried Chicken - Multiple Locations

KFC has many locations in the St. Louis area. My experience is from the South County location. KFC is a fast food fried chicken place. They serve fried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken strips, cole slaw, corn, mac and cheese, baked beans, green beans, sandwiches and more. KFC is a fast food place where you place your order, the workers put it on a tray and you bring it to your table.

We went into KFC around dinner time and there were only two people in line ahead of us. KFC has the worst system for taking orders and getting the food to the customers. The person who would take our order would have to package all of the food, and get it plated. This process takes forever, because the worker has to put the mashed potatoes and gravy in the container, put the chicken on a plate, put coleslaw in another container and it is not a quick process. What they should have is someone taking orders and then someone getting the food together.

I ordered the KFC bowl. The KFC bowl is mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, chicken bites, and cheese. The bowl is the best thing that is at KFC. It has everything that is good at KFC all in one bowl. I would recommend getting the bowl at KFC if you go. It is pretty big too.

Prices: About $5 for the KFC bowl.

Klippers Pub and Grill

189 Concord Plaza Shopping Center

St. Louis, MO 63128

Phone:  314-842-9400

 

Klipper’s is the new restaurant where Tsevis’ used to be. They might as well call it Tsevis’ because it is the same menu and same look. The food was still unimpressive. I was never impressed by Tsevis’ when that was there so I am still unimpressed by Klipper’s. I though I would walk in and I would get a whole different feel from the place. I thought they would redo the menu into something more American, and make it into more of a sports bar. But they didn’t, and left the same dark wood paneling up.

 

First lets start with the bar. We went here looking to have dinner and then stick around at the bar for some drinks also. We ordered drinks with dinner and saw that they were $3.25 for a beer, and decided that after dinner we would go somewhere else that was cheaper, because we were in South County and there is no way a beer should cost $3.25 at a bar like this in South County. I don’t know who they think they are, but people are not going to pay a premium on beer to sit in a place like that.

 

I ordered the Philly style cheese steak and we also ordered the Salmon BLT wrap. It took forever. I did not think it would take that long for some simple items on the menu, considering only half of the dining room was full, if that. I added the salad onto my dinner for $1.99 and when it came out they also had bread come out with it. In the bread basket was a half eaten little container of butter. This was kind of disgusting, because after seeing that they probably use the same bread on multiple tables, if it doesn’t get eaten. When the food finally did come we were not impressed. It was not that good, I could tell they cut corners on quality. The BLT Salmon Wrap was much better than the Philly, but still not as good as it could have been.

 

Prices: $30 for two sandwich plates, three drinks and a salad.

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Macaroni Grill - Find a location

Macaroni Grill is an Italian joint that serves plenty of pasta and Italian combinations. Macaroni Grill is a chain restaurant, and I would compare it to Olive Garden and The Pasta House, but Macaroni Grill is a bit more expensive. We went to the Macaroni Grill in the Chesterfield Mall parking lot, and the place was pretty packed for lunch. The place has many different pasta, salad, and many other Italian dishes. On the tables are paper table cloths and crayons to draw on the paper table cloth.

A meal at Macaroni Grill starts off with a loaf of bread and some olive oil for dipping. The bread is covered in garlic and taste great with the pasta. I ordered the fettuccini alfredo. The fettuccini alfredo was served in a huge bowl and was covered in a cream sauce. The pasta was very good and the bread was perfect to soak up the extra sauce.

Prices: About $8 for a lunch serving of fettuccini alfredo