Yemanja Brazil Restaurant
2900 Missouri Ave
St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone Number: 314-771-3457
Website: www.brazildining.com

Yemanja Brazil Restaurant is locatd close to the Anheuser Busch Brewery on Missouri Avenue in St. Louis City. Yemanja has a nice mix of Brazilian food. They have beef, pork, chicken, seafood and vegetarian dishes. The dishes have some spice to them and taste very good. When you walk into Yemanja you walk into a little bar, or lounge area. This is a cool little area where you can order a drink, wait for a table, or wait for friends to show up. Be sure to get the house drink, the Caipirinhas, which is lime, sugar and Brazilian rum. It will run you about $6 but it is strong and will give you a nice little buzz. Yemanja has an outside patio, and an inside dining area. I wish we could have sat on the patio but it was raining on the night we went. But, the inside dining area was nice. It looked like a converted building with exposed brick. The place is very casual. It has a nice laid back atmosphere.

The food at Yemana Brazilian Restaurant is very good, but, it is a little pricey. I ordered the Salmão Barra da Tijuca, which is sauteed salmon in a white wine sauce, served with black beans, rice, farofa, and potato salad. The salmon was good, but it was not $18 good. It was a little pricey for a small filet of salmon. The beans and rice were excellent. They had nice flavor to them. One of my friends ordered the Feijoada de Ogum - The National Dish, which is Black beans stewed with Brazilian dried beef, smoked sausage and smoked pork ribs; served with rice, "farofa", collard greens, and oranges. This came out with a bowl of the stew and a plate full of rice, farofa, and collard greens. The waitress told him to mix all of the stuff together. I had a bite of this and it was good. But, the dish did cost $19 dollars.

I would recommend eating at Yemanja Brazilian Restaurant, but if there are other good Brazilian restaurants in the St. Louis area that are cheaper, let me know, I would like to try them.

Prices: $18 for a salmon dish; $12 for a double Caipirinhas, the house drink; $4.50 for a rum and coke

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Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
1755 Des Peres Rd
Des Peres, MO 63131
Phone Number: 314-966-2255

Let me start off by saying I am neither Greek nor Orthodox, but this place was good. They only serve lunch on Fridays and it was one of the best lunches I have had in a long time. The Friday lunch is open to everyone. The place was packed with people, there were a lot of old people there, but there were some young people there as well. It is a cafeteria type setup, and I got to pick the food I wanted. They serve a variety of Greek food, check out the menu. It looks like they change the menu each week. I cannot wait until I am in West County on a Friday again, because I am definitely going to this place.

I got the Shrimp Saganaki with Rice and it was great. It was shrimp in a tomato sauce with feta cheese, all served over rice. I also got the Greek salad which good, and I had to try the Baklava, which was also very good. They also had gyros and a variety of other Greek food available as well. If you are in the West County area and are looking for a place to eat on Fridays, check out the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church.

Prices: $7 for the Shrimp Saganaki with Rice, and $3 for the salad