Sports bars, a sushi lounge and a southern barbecue joint were among the restaurants to open in 2012 in St. Charles.
From barbecue to Greek food, St. Charles gained several new restaurants in 2012. Have you been to any of these restaurants yet?
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New Greek restaurant opened in August.
When it comes to restaurants, St. Charles has it covered. We have some great local places that many would consider community gems; we have some restaurants that aren't exactly mom-and-pop but are unique to the area; and we certainly—for better or for worse—have plenty of chains lining our main streets. But what we don't have is a consistent food critic to tell us what's good and what's not. That's where you come in. We could throw some money at a professional food critic, but that's not exactly what Patch is all about. We'd much rather know the opinion of the fine folks that eat there day-in and day-out. It's your community. You eat the food. You tell us if it passes the mark. That's why we are introducing The Friday Food Critic, where …
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Restaurateur Patrick "Pepe" Kehm tries Greek food in St. Charles.
St. Louis restaurateur Patrick "Pepe Kehm" has opened a new Greek restaurant in St. Charles called Eros. The "eclectic" Greek taverna, offers a mix of hot and cold small plates, or mezes, Greek-style sandwiches and kebabs on the menu and a rotating selction of big plates written on the chalkboard each night. Danielle Zavradinos, who calls herself the "resident Greek," said the restaurant opened Aug. 15, just days before the annual Festival of the Little Hills, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people to St. Charles. "Talk about throwing yourself to the wolves," she said. Zavradinos said Kehm was looking at spaces and wanted a new place. She said 140 North Main Street "came open at at the right time." Cobblestones restaurant used …
2:50 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
Expensive, overated, and noisey the night we were there, appeard to be a graduation party in the bar area with over a dozen under age drinkers reveling it up! Maybe all their commotion drowned out the owner yelling at the help in the kitchen? more ›
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2:01 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
Walked in for for lunch on a Thursday right around noon, and just fewer than half of the tables were seated. Asked our server what was on the lunch buffet: "It has proteins, carbs, some veggies, salad and bread." (Uh, no duh?) We soon figured out why she wouldn't elaborate. The buffet was stocked with about 6 servings at a time of whatever they felt like putting out. It started with pastitsio, … more ›