Bars and Restaurants

The sports bar will be open this Friday and Saturday night but will close for good after its New Year’s Eve party next week.

Fire, financial problems, retirement and changing dining habits spurred many St. Louis-area restaurants to close their doors this year. Here are the ones that we're missing most.

Longtime food writer Matt Sorrell has chosen 80 of his favorite restaurants, bars and shops for “Matt’s St. Louis Food Story.”

St. Louis diner the Buttery closed in November, while several long-anticipated restaurants opened throughout the region.

Bars that are open into the early morning are dying out. Here’s where you can still throw one back in the wee hours in St. Louis and the Metro East.

As written, the change is scheduled to take effect on Dec. 31 just before midnight — but the alderwoman who introduced it is considering if that’s too soon.

Alton’s mayor and city council say late-night liquor sales have caused too much drunken behavior.

October brought the brick-and-mortar Nicky Slices Pizza Club, Extra Wavy, Mainlander and more.

An old favorite returned, many coffee shops opened, and downtown lost a pizza place of note.

St. Louis lost tasting menu concept Savage & the Accomplice in Fox Park but gained Pali Grill in north St. Louis County, Dirty Vegan Shack in Dutchtown and more.