Michaelstl

Glad I could help. I hope you enjoy your visit and eat well.

I know this is probably too late to provide any assistance, but for the benefit of anyone else who may visit this site looking for St. Louis recommendations I figured I'd provide some information. Tony's is old school, but the quality does not match the cost. Food is definitely secondary at Tony's. An American Place doesn't get much attention in St. Louis after it's last chef left (Josh Galliano)for Monarch. I wouldn't recommend it. For anyone coming to St. Louis here's where you need to eat: Niche Farmhaus Monarch Sidney Street Cafe A notch or so below: Five Franco The Crossing Acero Araka- just got a new chef that is making it worth a try Brasserie by Niche Harvest I know St. Louis has a reputation for Italian food, but unfortunately it is more of a myth than reality. Sure there is the Hill where there are many Italian restaurants, but most are terrible in that all you find is red sauce poured over mountains of noodles. It's a product of hometown loyalty skewing reality. There was a commenter that wrote that from their research it seems that all the good places to eat are in the suburbs.I can assure everyone that this is completely false. There is nothing worthwhile in the St. Louis suburbs. 99% of the places that are worth visiting are all in the Central West End, Lafeyette Square/Soulard/Benton Park neighborhoods or Clayton with the main exception being Farmhaus. St. Louis has some decent restaurants and it has come along way in recent years, but anyone coming from cities like Chicago, NY, SF will not find anything too enlightening. Farmhaus, Niche, Monarch and Sidney Street Cafe are the city's best and are all run by chefs who really care about what they do and are trying very hard to make progress.