A few new additions to the St. Louis dining scene are making a splash this summer, from the debut of a “first-to-market” eatery in Frontenac to the highly anticipated launch of a celebrated chef’s eatery downtown.
Famed award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, who currently holds a total of eight Michelin stars, has made his entrance into the St. Louis dining scene with the arrival of Ramsay’s Kitchen.
Ramsay’s first St. Louis restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis is inspired by his travels abroad. Diners can look forward to Ramsay’s signature dishes, as well as new offerings, including the chef’s renowned Beef Wellington, Crispy Skin Salmon, Fish and Chips, and Pan Seared Scallops. Featured starters include Ramsay’s buttery Parker Rolls, Tuna Tartare, Jumbo Lump Crab Cake and his unique twist on a local favorite, STL Style Ribs. For dessert, there’s British classics such as Sticky Toffee Pudding and Strawberry Eton Mess, and more.
Located on the hotel’s eighth floor and adjacent to Horseshoe St. Louis casino, the restaurant sits against the backdrop of the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River. It features a bar and lounge, main dining area, two private dining rooms and a seasonal al fresco bar.
Ramsay’s Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The outdoor RK Bar, open seven nights a week through October, offers cocktails and bar bites amid plush seating and the downtown skyline.
Flower Child, a “first-to-market,” fast-casual restaurant, will launch its first St. Louis location in Frontenac next week.
Designed to support and inspire healthy lifestyles from vegan to carnivore, Flower Child is part of Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts founded by restaurateur Sam Fox, an 11-time James Beard Award nominee. From-scratch meals include an array of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options offered in customizable bowls, wraps, salads and more for convenient, clean eating. Protein entrees include chicken, steak, salmon and tofu with sides such as Red Chile Glazed Sweet Potato, Kale Salad and Roasted Broccoli.
Menu standouts are the Mother Earth Bowl with ancient grains, sweet potato, portobello mushroom, avocado, cucumber, broccoli pesto, charred onion, leafy greens, red pepper miso vinaigrette and hemp seed; the “infamous,” gluten-free Mac & Cheese with aged white cheddar and Parmesan cheese; Chicken Enchiladas with guajillo chile, smoked gouda, poblano cream, organic black bean, roasted corn and avocado; the Flying Avocado Wrap with smoked turkey, gouda, romaine, tomato and avocado hummus; and the Brussels Sprouts & Organic Kale salad with red grape, organic apple, pink grapefruit, white cheddar, smoked almond and apple cider vinaigrette.
Flower Child, located at 10336 Clayton Road (the former Saint Louis Bread Co. space), will open its doors on Tuesday, June 18, serving lunch and dinner seven days a week with dine-in and to-go options for pick-up or delivery.
Look for the new Tacos 4 Life location to open in Ballwin next month.
This is the second St. Louis-area location for the fast-casual restaurant, known for its craft tacos and its philanthropic commitment to help end childhood hunger worldwide.
The expansion by franchise owners Matt and Jacy Rose and Andy Kendall comes after the November 2021 opening of their O’Fallon, Missouri, location. The new location is at 145600 Manchester Road, which was formerly occupied by Saint Louis Bread Co.
The Arkansas-based Tacos 4 Life, founded in 2014, has 27 locations across the southeastern United States serving tacos, salads, quesadillas, rice bowls and nachos. For every meal sold, the company donates a meal to the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children through its Meal 4 Meal program. The company has set a goal of providing 10 million meals by year’s end to mark its 10th anniversary. The O’Fallon location alone has raised more than 940,000 meals since its opening.
The new Kirkwood location of 4 Hands Brewing Co. is now open.
Featuring food by Peacemaker Lobster & Crab, 4 Hands’ third tasting room location in downtown Kirkwood has 12 draft offerings, including year-round and seasonal beers and hard seltzers, 1220 Spirits cocktails and Withered Oak blended whiskeys.
Peacemaker Lobster & Crab, longtime collaborators with 4 Hands, offers a curated menu featuring dishes like Gumbo, Peel & Eat Shrimp, poorboys, lobster rolls, steamed seafood and more.
The space’s fully remodeled interior at 150 W. Argonne can hold 150 guests and also features an outdoor area with picnic tables and a year-round patio.
Beginning Friday, June 14, 4 Hands Kirkwood will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Blueprint Coffee’s new headquarters and roasting facility is up and running in the Tiffany-Botanical Heights neighborhood in South St. Louis.
HQ on 39th has 11,000 square feet of space that serves as a state-of-the-art roasting facility for all coffee sold at Blueprint coffee bars, as well as for coffee sold wholesale and online. It also houses an interactive training center, quality-control lab and corporate offices. The building at 1600 S. 39th St. (the former Darwin Chambers manufacturing facility and originally a Kroeger grocery store) has additional capacity for future expansion such as a bakery and café.
Blueprint has three coffee bar locations in St. Louis, including High Low in Grand Center, Watson and Delmar, which served as its hub for 10 years before the company transitioned into the new facility.
