St. Louis has a fondness for the tried and true. Never mind the buzzy new gelato shop, we won鈥檛 give up our Ted Drewes. And why go anywhere else for your Italian than the spot that Joe DiMaggio gave his seal of approval, Charlie Gitto鈥檚 on the Hill?
Writer Ann Lemons Pollack has these St. Louis restaurants covered 鈥� and many more. Her new book, 鈥淚conic Restaurants of St. Louis,鈥� tells the story of 41 places that stood the test of time.
From long-shuttered standbys like Delmonico Diner and Rizzo鈥檚 Top of the Tower to more recent closures (Schneithorst鈥檚, Goody Goody Diner) and places still going strong after more than a century (the Piccadilly at Manhattan), it offers a sense of what made each restaurant a destination and brings to life the people behind it.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a line that I use sometimes: 鈥業f kitchens are the heart of a home, restaurants are the heart of a city,鈥欌�� she said Monday on St. Louis on the Air.
Previously a registered nurse, Pollack is the widow of longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch restaurant critic Joe Pollack (who also reviewed restaurants for 漏 2024 外网天堂). They co-wrote three guidebooks to St. Louis food. On her own, Pollack also authored a previous book, 鈥淟ost Restaurants of St. Louis,鈥� and she writes a monthly column for St. Louis Magazine.
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