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Patch Picks: Long-Gone Restaurants

In our latest Patch Picks installment, we reminisce about favorite St. Charles restaurants that have since closed.

This week, Patch Picks has five restaurants that locals remember loving before the owners closed the doors. 

  • Wiliker's Restaurant and Bar was located off of Country Club Road in St. Charles. It had sizzling fajitas, daily steak specials and great bread and salad. After the remains of Hurricane Ike came through St. Louis in 2008, the restaurant was flooded and owner Terry Jones shut the doors, according to an article in the Suburban Journals. 
  • Mr. Steak offered those who dined there on their birthday a meal for just $9. Local residents remember the kabobs, the "Steak Diane" and the good food. The restaurant on Veteran's Memorial Parkway closed in the fall of 2009. 
  • Noah's Ark Restaurant was attached to the Noah's Ark Hotel at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Fifth Street. The restaurant had stuffed animals inside of dioramas and a big hippo that stood at the entrance. It was demolished in 2007 to make room for a planned development, the Streets of St. Charles. 
  • Mr. Cribbin's Old House was located at the current site of the. The two-story brick house was built by Lawrence Cribbin in the 1880s. The Kuhlmanns later purchased it. By 1980, the house was turned into the Mr. Cribbin's Old House Restaurant, and later became an office building before the Heritage Museum opened in the spot in 2010.
  • Rich & Charlie's restaurants can still be found around the St. Louis region, but the chain closed the St. Peters location a few years ago. Now, local residents have to travel to Crestwood, South County, Town and Country or Eureka to taste the original Rich & Charlie's salad


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