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SeattleNative wrote: ↑

Jul 24, 2021

Pizzeria and Gelateria coming to NW corner of Maryland & Taylor

As long as it's not a pizza-gelateria.

I've been waiting for this. Great news. 

re Latin restaurant, the excellent Mango was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic. They seemed to be consistently busy at lunch and dinner.

kipfilet wrote: ↑

Sep 07, 2021

re Latin restaurant, the excellent Mango was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic. They seemed to be consistently busy at lunch and dinner.

Yeah! Mango was a good Peruvian restaurant. I remembered it been always packed as well. I wonder if they’ll ever come back again. Now that you mentioned South American cuisine I would add Colombian and Argentinian as well. I don’t know if there’s a Brazilian population in Saint Louis but a Brazilian steakhouse would be good as well. I don’t count Fogo de Chao or Texas de Brazil as a real Brazilian Steakhouse. Its more of a Brazilian Rainforest

JJ Rivera wrote: ↑

Sep 07, 2021

kipfilet wrote: ↑

Sep 07, 2021

re Latin restaurant, the excellent Mango was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic. They seemed to be consistently busy at lunch and dinner.

Yeah! Mango was a good Peruvian restaurant. I remembered been always packed as well. I wonder if they’ll ever come again. Now that you mentioned South American cuisine I would add Colombian and Argentinian as well. I don’t know fi there’s a Brazilian population in Saint Louis but a Brazilian steakhouse would be good as  well.

There's not one downtown, but there are a couple of options in the City for Brazilian food.  Brazilia Bar and Restaurant on South Grand is quite good, or at least it was a few years back when I last visited: https://www.brasiliastl.com/  And Yemanja near Benton Park also has authentic Brazilian cuisine: https://yemanjastl.com/
-RBB

rbb wrote:

JJ Rivera wrote: ↑

Sep 07, 2021

kipfilet wrote: ↑

Sep 07, 2021

re Latin restaurant, the excellent Mango was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic. They seemed to be consistently busy at lunch and dinner.

Yeah! Mango was a good Peruvian restaurant. I remembered been always packed as well. I wonder if they’ll ever come again. Now that you mentioned South American cuisine I would add Colombian and Argentinian as well. I don’t know fi there’s a Brazilian population in Saint Louis but a Brazilian steakhouse would be good as  well.

There's not one downtown, but there are a couple of options in the City for Brazilian food.  Brazilia Bar and Restaurant on South Grand is quite good, or at least it was a few years back when I last visited: https://www.brasiliastl.com/  And Yemanja near Benton Park also has authentic Brazilian cuisine: https://yemanjastl.com/
-RBB

Awesome! Thanks for the info!


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Second rbb's advice. Brasilia on S Grand is a more traditional churrascaria. Yemanja serves a bit more elevated/fusion food. As someone who has spent some time in Brazil, I can confirm that both restaurants are excellent. I've never been to any of the chain steakhouses that you mentioned so can't really compare, but my understanding is that they tend to be very overpriced.

For something that is more or less Argentinian, you have Asador del Sur in Maplewood. It is not exactly Argie as the owners are Uruguayan and Colombian if I recall correctly, but good enough I would say. 

There is also Fritanga (Nicaraguan) on Jefferson and Cofeestamp which serves Honduran style snacks on Jefferson/Gravois.

kipfilet wrote:Second rbb's advice. Brasilia on S Grand is a more traditional churrascaria. Yemanja serves a bit more elevated/fusion food. As someone who has spent some time in Brazil, I can confirm that both restaurants are excellent. I've never been to any of the chain steakhouses that you mentioned so can't really compare, but my understanding is that they tend to be very overpriced.

For something that is more or less Argentinian, you have Asador del Sur in Maplewood. It is not exactly Argie as the owners are Uruguayan and Colombian if I recall correctly, but good enough I would say. 

There is also Fritanga (Nicaraguan) on Jefferson and Cofeestamp which serves Honduran style snacks on Jefferson/Gravois.

Yeah Fritanga is awesome! I’m friends with the owner. But all these restaurants and non are authentic Latin Caribbean cuisine lol… Some people would say Mayo-Ketchup at Lafayatte Square but thats far from authentic and way off in flavor.


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I can't speak for those, but I can confirm that Brasilia on S Grand is pretty authentic.

JJ, if you're looking for the closest to authentic then I'd think you might want to start along  Cherokee.  The majority of the places there are specifically Mexican food, but there are at least a couple that broaden out from there.  Major qualifiers here - I'm as white as they come, so you're in a much better position to judge authenticity than I am. 

Sueño Latino at 2818 Cherokee says they're a family-run restaurant that serves Honduran, Mexican, and Caribbean Food: https://saintlouiscentralamericanfood.com/

Little Jamaica Island Style, 2732 Cherokee is a restaurant and bar is run by the same Jamaican couple that operate Caribbean Delight at 3526 Gravois Ave, and the menu is supposed to be similar. 

I'll keep digging as I can.

-RBB

rbb wrote:JJ, if you're looking for the closest to authentic then I'd think you might want to start along  Cherokee.  The majority of the places there are specifically Mexican food, but there are at least a couple that broaden out from there.  Major qualifiers here - I'm as white as they come, so you're in a much better position to judge authenticity than I am. 

Sueño Latino at 2818 Cherokee says they're a family-run restaurant that serves Honduran, Mexican, and Caribbean Food: https://saintlouiscentralamericanfood.com/

Little Jamaica Island Style, 2732 Cherokee is a restaurant and bar is run by the same Jamaican couple that operate Caribbean Delight at 3526 Gravois Ave, and the menu is supposed to be similar. 

I'll keep digging as I can.

-RBB

Thanks! And thanks all for posting and helping! But we needs restaurants downtown! I don’t want to drive! I want to be able to walk or ride a bike and eat my Caribbean cuisine


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Does anyone know what is going on with Byrd & Barrel? They were formerly in Marine Villa near Cherokee but were slated to move out to Hampton. 

It feels like that news hit about a year ago and I just don't see that we're any closer to them returning. Wondering if the pandemic killed them. 

I had friends who tried to get lunch there before Christmas and it was closed with a For Lease sign in the window. Don’t know if that’s always been there or if it’s new though.

Did your friends go to the Marine Villa or Southwest Garden location? 

The Marine Villa location shut down a year or so ago, maybe even longer than that at this point. They announced that they were relocating to Southwest Garden. I've seen absolutely nothing happen since. 

They tried to visit the Hampton location.

It is possible that Slim Chickens up the road became a major threat to money-makin'. Or maybe the owners had a stroke of bad luck and tried moving to a larger location at the wrong time - during a global pandemic.