Openings and Closings

A London Tea Room banner hangs on a building off Union Boulevard in DeBaliviere Place.

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

Jessica Rogen

Favorites like the Scottish Arms and London Tea Room returned amid the high-profile closures of the Wheelhouse, Burger 809 and Rock Star Tacos.

The Wheelhouse, a sports bar in Downtown St. Louis, is closing its doors after 11 years in business.

News Briefs

Downtown’s Wheelhouse bar, two other restaurants closing their doors

Lacretia Wimbley

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.

An interior image of the diner the Buttery shows a customer sipping from a cup at the counter, people eating a tables and workers.

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

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

Robert Pedroli, of the Hill neighborhood, walks his 9-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Angel, past the newly opened Nicky Slices Pizza Club at 2240 Edwards Street on Monday. The pizza parlor boasts "hella good Detroit style pizza.”

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

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

Rod Alton, 34, of Shrewsbury, walks to his car after ordering lunch at the newly re-opened Mom’s Deli on Hampton Avenue on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood. “They're probably the best spot in St. Louis," Alton said. "This is the Michael Jordan of the sandwich shops, I'm not gonna lie to you."

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

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

Pali Grill's storefront in a strip mall with a car parked at an angle in front.

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

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.

Fordo's Killer Pizza Executive Chef Joe Luckey holds a pizza in front of the new Grove location.

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

Sauce Magazine's former owner was sued, Pierce Creek opened in the former Kohn’s Kosher Deli in Creve Coeur and more.

Bougie Bites is located at 10082 Page Ave in Overland, Missouri.

Economy & Business

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

Jessica Rogen

Bougie Bites, Lefty’s Bagels and Grace Chicken + Fish are among the restaurants that opened last month.

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.