St. Louis has 2,013 places in this guide, 1,331 of them restaurants. Cafes number 165, bars 391 and quick service spots 113. Bars (373), coffee shops and cafes (172) and American (124) are the three largest categories among the listed places.
St. Louis's 72.0 places per ten thousand residents land well above the 41.8 median across all cities.
1,646 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (22), Subway (21), McDonald's (11) and Krispy Krunchy Chicken (11).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, St. Louis ranks #21 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in St. Louis by cuisine
Bars in St. Louis
- Bar · 5226 Gravois Ave
- Bar · 7900 Michigan Ave
- Bar · 6343 Alabama Ave
- Bar · 4253 Laclede Ave
- Bar · 720 S 7th St
- Bar · 3194 S Grand Blvd
Coffee shops and cafes in St. Louis
- Cafe · Chain · 1 Government Dr
- Cafe · Corner of 7th and Market, Peabody Plaza, 701 Market St Ste P1
- Cafe · Chain · 6 Cardinal Way
- Cafe · 2901 Salena St
- Cafe · 3037 Locust Blvd
- Cafe · Chain · 6536 Chippewa St
American in St. Louis
- Restaurant · American · 4000 Shaw Blvd
- Restaurant · American · 3152 Osceola St
- Restaurant · American · 1 S Broadway
- Restaurant · American · Chain · 4550 Forest Park Boulevard
- Restaurant · American · 4260 Forest Park Ave
- Restaurant · American · 1811 Pestalozzi St
Pizza in St. Louis
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 1042-F Loughborough Ave
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 4175 Lindell Blvd Lyndale, Market St Lyndale Market Place
- Restaurant · Pizza · 6656 Gravois Ave
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 400 N Tucker Blvd
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 4497 Forest Park Ave
- Restaurant · Pizza · 4500 Hampton Ave
Mexican in St. Louis
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 908 Lafayette Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2801 Cherokee St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 5232 Delmar Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 5901 Southwest Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 212 S Grand Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 6102 Delmar Blvd
Sandwiches and delis in St. Louis
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 5425 Hampton Ave
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 5720 Oakland Ave
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 115B N Euclid
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 374 S Grand Blvd
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 5101 Shaw Ave
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 2438 McNair Ave
Own a restaurant in St. Louis?
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.