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Lunch/dinner recommendations near the Renaissance St. Louis Grand?
you can take the Metrobus to Ted Drewes, but it will take about an hour and cost about $4.50.
An American Place is quite pricey, as are most of the restaurants in that neighborhood. Cool atmosphere, but expensive.
You could catch a bus down to the South Grand--lots of good Asian joints, just get off at the first stop south of the park. The Central West End has a lot of restaurants within a mile or so north of the Metrolink.
BBQ is harder. my current favorite is Smoking Als on Hampton near Forest Park, but I have no idea how well served the area is by bus, and it's at least 2 miles from the Forest Park/Debaliviere Metrolink station.
If you want to explore the possibility of using public transit, metrostlouis.org has schedules and will plot your trip for you. Advice: use the Metrolink as much as you can, and don't plan on making bus-to-bus connections--somehow that seems to work less often here than most places.
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I went there a few times about 10 years ago, and it was okay, but I prefer to drive a little farther to Big Sky.
Just moved to Dogtown--St. Louis
unfortunately, Gewinner's is gone.
Chuy's is one of our favorites, but it is Tex-Mex, not real Mexican.
Pat's is absolutely the best fried chicken we've had in town--beats Hodak's hands down.
Also a bit south of your neighborhood, on Watson, try Trattoria Marcella for good Italian--real Italian, not the St. Louis stuff.
Recommendations for St. Louis!
For a romantic dinner our favorites are Chez Leon and Moxy, located side by side on Laclede Ave. in the Central West End. Chez Leon is a classic French bistro; Moxy is a little new cuisine stylish place. Eric Brenner, owner of Moxy, was chef at Chez Leon for many years before opening his own place. Reservations recommended if you like to eat at a reasonable hour. Metrolink brings you within 3-4 blocks. (Central West End station, come up the Euclid Ave/hospital exit stairs, not towards the buses.) Both are, like an American Place, rather pricey, but the atmosphere is much more intimate.
The Central West End also will make a good afternoon, pre-dinner or post-dinner walk--as you go north on Euclid, there are several streets with little shops, galleries, etc.
The Grand Hall at the Station is quite the elegant place for a cocktail, but not for food. Get your predinner drink before walking over to the Metrolink!
