Sunday, July 15, 2012
Soft, warm bread is the most essential food of humanity.Vote now for the best bread-makers in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
There is nothing like a piece of fresh, warm bread in the morning and St. Louis does not lack places to get quality bread. From Sunset Hills-based St. Louis Bread Company (or Panera Bread, for you outsiders), to Webster Groves’ Breadsmith, just to name a few, St. Louisans turn to local bakeries when they want more than just plain, white wonder bread. We need our readers’ help to find the best bakery in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Is there a place that makes croissants like no other? or perhaps scones or cupcakes? Vote in our poll below for your absolute favorite bakery in St. Louis. The voting period will take place from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Soft or hard shell, vote now for the place with the best tacos in the St. Louis metropolitan area, por favor.
Patch has brought to you several Mexican-themed contests, such as who has the best margarita or the best Mexican restaurant. But what’s Mexican food without tacos? This exquisite meal from our neighbors down south has become dear to many St. Louisans, with taquerias and taco trucks populating the metro area quickly in recent years. So many choices, so little time to try them all. Which is why we need you, our readers, to help us find the best tacos in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Vote now in our poll for the best place to eat tacos in the area. The voting period will take place from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Squares everywhere! Vote now for the best St. Louis-style pizza in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Thin, crispy, square and with lots of Provel cheese. St. Louis-style pizza may not be as famed as New York’s or Chicago’s, but hey, at least we have our own. In a town with hundreds of pizza parlors, however, it can be difficult to find the best St. Louis-style pizza in the area. So we are asking you, our readers, to give us a hand and tell us your favorite place to have a square of pizza in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Just vote in our poll below for your favorite St. Louis-style pizza vendor. The voting period will occur from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
This is a truly authentic St. Louis dish, but who serves the best in the St. Louis metropolitan area? Vote now!
Nothing is as unique to St. Louis cuisine as its toasted ravioli. A New York Times article from the '80s credits a restaurant on The Hill, St. Louis’ historic Italian neighborhood, with the invention of this unique dish, which, the article says, happened by accident when ravioli was accidentally dropped into a frier. Today, nearly every bar and Americana-style restaurant in St. Louis serves toasted ravioli accompanied by hearty marinara sauce. There is too much toasted ravioli served out there for us at Patch to sample it all — although we’d love to try. So we are asking you, our readers, to help us find the place that has the hands-down best toasted ravioli in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Just vote in our poll below this story. The …
St. Louis is a beer town, but we need our readers to tell us where to find the best beer garden in the area. Vote now for our nominees!
The history of beer in St. Louis can be traced back to the 1800s, when the famous Lemp family started the first local brewery, according to Explore St. Louis. Early German and Irish settlers helped build a city that centers around its beer. From Anheuser Busch in Soulard to Schlafy Bottleworks in Maplewood, St. Louis has dozens of breweries and microbreweries constantly producing different beer creations for us, lucky over-21 St. Louisans, to try. Beer gardens offer customers an opportunity to experience a variety of flavors, textures and alcohol contents of different beers. But we want the opinion of our readers, who we considered our most important experts, to tell us their favorite place to have a cold one. Just vote in our poll below …
Vote now for the best pulled pork in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Slowed cooked, tender and saucy. St. Louis knows barbeque, especially pulled pork sandwiches—a fixture in many bars and restaurants in the area. Pulled pork, usually a pork shoulder cut, is smoked for hours, then pulled apart and mixed with barbeque sauce. It seems simple, yet many claim to have the best in town. We need our readers’ help to find out who serves the most delicious pulled pork sandwich in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Just vote in our poll below for your favorite pulled pork vendor in St. Louis. The voting period will take place from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Vote now for the place with the best wine in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
St. Louis may be a land of beer and micro breweries, and although we are no France, wine bars and wineries abound throughout the area. Red, white, pink, sweet or dry, we need your help to find the best place to have a glass of wine. Readers made their nominations, now is time to vote. Just click in our poll below for your favorite place to go to for wine. The voting period will occur from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Breakfast is not complete without this staple of the American breakfast.Vote now for who serves it better in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
OK, we all know the best biscuits and gravy are the ones your grandma made. At Patch, however, we want you, our readers, to help us find the best biscuits and gravy in town. A simple dish, biscuits smothered in gravy can be a sensitive topic to some St. Louisans. A gravy that’s too runny or a biscuit that’s too dry can make us madder than a Pujols transfer or Becky’s carpet closing. So now we turn to you, our beloved lover of biscuits and gravy, to tell us what place in the St. Louis metro area serves it best. Vote in our poll below for your favorite among the nominees previously gathered. The voting period will take place from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
A good meal is not everything. Vote now for the restaurant with the friendliest staff in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
A server’s smile and manners can forever make one a loyal customer. If a server is rude, customers may be forever deterred from that place. Which is why we turn to you, our readers, to let the St. Louis community know which restaurant has the most pleasant, friendliest servers as part of Patch’s 2012 Readers’ Choice awards. Our readers previously helped us compile a list of the restaurants they considered had the friendliest staff. Now vote in our poll below among our nominations. The voting period will take place from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Vote now for your favorite, most comfortable place to get a cup of joe.
If you’ve met any of our editors, you probably know the Patch team spends a lot of time in coffee shops from around the area. There is nothing like writing on a comfy chair to the tune of soft jazz while sipping on a espresso. All coffee shops are unique, with their own perks and idiosyncrasies. Some display art galleries on their walls while others have live music. You made your nominations, now it's time to vote in our poll below. The voting period will be open from today until Aug. 17 at midnight. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Mike Federhoff
6:04 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012
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