The Best Rated Restaurants in St. Louis Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri is home to many attractions, including the St. Louis Arch, St. Louis Zoo, Art Museum and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. The city is also home to many fine restaurants. Each year, the Forbes Travel Guide (formerly called the Mobil Travel Guide) lists its recommendations for the best accommodations in major U.S. cities, based on objective research and rigorous criteria. Ratings range from one star to five stars, but getting a rating in the first place can be quite difficult. In 2010, 39 St. Louis restaurants made the list, ranging from one star to four stars.
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Tony's Restaurant
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Enjoy fine Italian dining at Tony's. Tony's Restaurant is well-known as one of St. Louis' finest restaurants. Forbes rated it a four-star restaurant in 2010, and Tony's has also received awards from AAA, Conde Nast Traveler and Nation's Restaurant News. The interior is low-key with a subdued and subtle tone, emanating what Forbes describes as a "urban, postmodern style."
Tony's menu includes a wide array of gourmet Italian dishes, in the traditional categories of antipasti, primi piatti, insalata and second piatti. The Chef's Tasting Menu for Two is recommended by Forbes for those with larger appetites. Dishes include caviar, scallops, snails and duck liver pate for antipasti; canelloni, ziti amatriciana and raviolis for primi piatti; baby asparagus and Belgian endive or Tony's salad for insalata, and swordfish, rack of lamb, filet mignon, stuffed quail and lobster for second piatti. For the best Tony's experience, order all four courses.
Tony's Restaurant
410 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
314-231-7007
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Kreis' Restaurant
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Kreis' Restaurant is known for its delicious steak dinners. Kreis' Restaurant was established in 1948 and specializes in steaks and seafood. The restaurant was given a three star rating by Forbes in 2010. The meat is very high quality, with USDA Prime Midwestern corn-fed beef and Colorado lamb chops. The restaurant is in an old brick building that was built in the 1930's. Although Kreis' is a high-quality restaurant, it is suitable for families with children, and a kid's menu is provided.
Menu items include a large variety of seafood appetizers, such as jumbo shrimp, calamari, crab cake and smoked salmon, as well as toasted ravioli. There are 3 prime rib selections: the boneless queen cut, prime rib au jus and king's prime rib extra cut. Kreis' also offers a wide variety of seafood selections, including king crab legs, lobster tail and sea scallops.
Kreis' Restaurant
535 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
314-993-0735
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Harvest Seasonal Market Cuisine
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Harvest Seasonal Market Cuisine offers oysters in season at market price. Harvest Seasonal Market Cuisine prides itself for its high-quality ingredients. The restaurant uses many organic products, as well as homemade bases and stocks, and also offers a "Wellness Spa Menu," which features items that are made without butter, oil and creams to produce low calorie menu options. The restaurant was rated two stars by Forbes in 2010.
Harvest has a smaller menu, but there is still a diverse variety of food options. Appetizers include oysters on the half shell, soups, salads, calamari, wild mushroom ragout, mussels and lobster macaroni and cheese. Entrees include Angus beef pot roast, Colorado lamb shank, Missouri rainbow trout and Pekin duck breast. The Wellness Spa Menu includes items like spring rolls, grilled pear and chicory salad, and fennel pollen dusted grilled tofu.
Harvest Seasonal Market Cuisine
1059 South Big Bend Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63117
314- 645-3522
harveststlouis.com
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