Openings and Closings

Olio restaurant in the Delmar Makers District is reduced to a pile of bricks after last Friday's storm. Ben Poremba, the restaurant owner, said he was in the midst of constructing this restaurant and now he has to start all over.

Economy & Business

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in May 2025

Jessica Rogen

Restaurants damaged by the St. Louis tornado examine the damage and look to recover.

St. Louis boosters have worked in recent years to elevate its reputation as a dining destination, despite being ignored by one of the world’s preeminent culinary institutions.

Economy & Business

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in April 2025

Jessica Rogen

A long-awaited St. Louis favorite returned in a new form, Ferguson got a cooperative kitchen and cafe and more.

“Banana for Scale,” a banana bread-inspired milk punch is one of the new options at Keep Quiet, a cocktail bar in St. Louis Midtown neighborhood spearheaded by Little Lager’s Manny Negron.

Economy & Business

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in March 2025

Jessica Rogen

Keep Quiet adds a speakeasy to Midtown, Gelateria closes temporarily after a fire and more restaurant news.

A patron walks into Good Strangers on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, along Cherokee Street in south St. Louis.

Economy & Business

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in February 2025

Jessica Rogen

Cherokee Street got a coffee shop focused on “connection and irreverence,” St. Charles grew a mushroom farm and Olivette added a brewery at a time when many brew halls have shuttered.

A line of vegan chocolate cupcakes line the display case at SweetArt Too on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in the City Foundry.

Economy & Business

Here’s what St. Louis restaurants opened and closed in January 2025

Jessica Rogen

Established St. Louis favorites SweetArt and La Pizza expanded while Delmar Loop offerings shrank.