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The image above is the location of an old cafe, which is to be replaced with this new restaurant right on the edge of Clayton and University City. According to an interview with STLMag, owner Steve Cupp is planning to open the restaurant by late January. Steve Cupp owns a few other successful restaurants that are well known in Columbia, called “Glenn’s Café. He also owns Savoy Chophouse & Oyster Bar, also in Columbia.
Read more about what the new restaurant will have to offer here.
Ben Poremba, chef-owner of Elaia, Olio and Old Standard Fried Chicken, has plans to add an Italian restaurant to his collection right here in Clayton. Poremba will open early in 2016 on the first floor of the Clayton on the Park apartment building located at 8025 Bonhomme Avenue in Clayton.
The dinner menu is slated to be recognizably Italian, with a French twist added when it comes to the sauces. There will still be the classic pasta dishes, but there will also be a focus on beef and grilled meat. Poremba said there will be “sort of a bridge between American steak house (far), for lack of a better word, and classic Italian. You’ll get a protein with a sauce and share side dishes family-style.” Parigi will also have more casual menu options for a breakfast and lunch menu.
Poremba’s chef de cuisine at his current restaurant Elaia will move to Parigi and serve as the head chef. Poremba has also hired Aaron Sherman, who recently left a restaurant group on Chicago, to serve as the wine director for his restaurants.
This is the first of Poremba’s restaurants that will be in Clayton. He says he was drawn to the area as it is a center for business and draws a lot of traffic. He is hoping for a November opening of his new restaurant, and I can’t wait to try it out!
With an average yelp score of 4.5/5, I am surprised to see it go. According to the owner, business was just not doing as well as it needed to be. Pizzino posted the following on their Facebook page Sunday morning:
Many loyal customers left heartfelt comments about how sad they were to see it go. Jim Zimmerman was quoted saying, “While we have not been able to hit the revenue targets needed to continue operations we felt good pursuing this dream and we hope you enjoyed your dining experiences at Pizzino.”
Although I am sad to see it go, I hope that something else can take its spot!
Many who frequent Clayton can probably think of a few other businesses that met the same fate. What are some Clayton restaurants that you miss? Leave a comment below!
Do you guys remember our post from last week about the beautiful new development project that has been proposed in Clayton? Well, it seems that the new development that is in the works for 8125 Forsyth is just the first stage in a new hotel, retail, residential, and entertainment project proposed for downtown Clayton. The final project, which would develop over the next few years, could come to include 230 room hotel, 62 residential units, more than 200,000 square feet of office space, restaurants, luxury, shopping, and even an ice area/amphitheater in Shaw Park!
Apogee Associates, who submitted the project to Clayton officials, stated in the proposal that this project “goes so much further to cement Clayton’s place as a destination, not just for office but a Live-Work-Play destination for generations to come.” Apogee is hoping to create a sort of “Rodeo Drive” effect with the high end shopping boutiques and luxury apartments above.
Unfortunately, at this point Apogee Associates has yet to release more detailed images of the development and what is planned. Once we know more we will be sure to share it.
801 Fish is now open at 172 Carondelet Plaza in Clayton. The location is just across the street from its steakhouse sibling 801 Chophouse, which the Des Moines, Iowa-based 801 Restaurant Group opened in late December 2013.
The second location of this seafood-focused concept to debut — the first was in Leawood, Kan., a Kansas City suburb — 801 Fish offers a menu of upscale fare: a raw bar, crudo, crab cakes, lobster rolls, cioppino and more.
801 Fish is open for dinner Monday through Saturday. Lunch service begins Tuesday (Nov. 23) and will be available Monday through Friday. Sunday brunch service begins Jan. 3. The phone number is 314-875-9636.
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Some St. Louisans say that the Lettuce Leaf was a brilliant idea, but just ahead of its time.
Founded in 1976 in Clayton, the Lettuce Leaf was the creation of SLU professor William Saigh and his wife, Christine.
Salads as entrees was a new idea to St. Louis, but the business worked and they opened three more St. Louis area stores and one in Kansas City. In 1991, the Saighs sold the business to some employees.
Before the Parkmoor closed for good in 1999, regulars and some newcomers descended on the Clayton Road and Big Bend Boulevard landmark one last time.
They dined on Kingburgers and onion rings and dreamed of the day the restaurant might be rejuvenated, as owner Lou Ellen McGinley talked about.
Alas, it didn’t happen. And now, the site of the old Parkmoor is just another Walgreens.
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