Restaurant Spotlight

Building a better sandwich and smoking a superior plate of "Q" has been the focus of Lester's Sports Bar & Grill since its 2008 opening.

Craig Uttendorf and Michelle Jones have been working together since 1985, and the partnership seems to work for them.

Filling up with Ethyl once meant filling the gas tank. At Ethyl's Smokehouse & Saloon, you can still fill up - your stomach, that is.

Opened in 2009 in the Wildwood Town Center, Table has quickly become a West County dining destination. 

Move over, Memphis. Texas, step aside.

Virginia Barbeque has arrived, opening their first restaurant in Missouri at the Lakeside Shoppes at Winghaven. 

After being in the business for nearly 30 years, Lisa Keller had worked for too many St. Louis area restaurants to count. That was when she decided to start out on her own.

It never is too early for donuts, especially at the Donut Palace, where the doors open at 3:15 am.

Legendary St. Louis restaurateur John Marciano has two passions: food and fishing. Both were combined to create Lazy River Grill. 

When friends gather for barbecue and beer, backyard brainstorming sometimes results in great ideas. One idea born from such a gathering was Bottoms Up Brewhouse.

Stefanina Vitale Roderick was a great cook. Her Italian recipes were rooted in her native Sicily but honed through preparation of countless family dinners.

When Joe and Tom Alagna agreed to start a business together, they decided to follow in their parents' footsteps, become restaurateurs and open Fratelli's Ristorante.

A picture can speak a thousand words. Ezequiel Camacho, general manager of Charro Mexican Restaurant, believes the pictures on his menu will make you hungry, too.

Innovation is the force driving the success of The Drunken Fish Sushi Restaurant & Lounge. Since opening in 2003, its chefs have presented Japanese sushi classics alongside new, creative combinations that even the sushi-shy embrace.

Fifty years ago, stepping out in North County for pizza and a movie meant two things: North Twin Drive-in and Ozella's. While both North Twin and Ozella's' original building are gone, Ozella's Pizzeria still is serving its famous pizza in O'Fallon.

Big Chief Roadhouse began feeding hungry travelers along old Route 66 in 1929, when it was built as a part of the Big Chief Highway Hotel.

A restaurant and entertainment center that satisfies all ages and offers unlimited buffet service with custom pizzas is nothing short of incredible, and it can be found seven days a week at America

The word "taj" refers to a crown or a mark of distinction, and Taj Palace has distinguished itself as a crown jewel in the Chesterfield Valley.

Ben Reeder's world is wrapped in a tortilla.  

History claims that the sandwich was named after the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who while gambling, ordered his servant to bring him some sliced meat tucked between two pieces of bread so he could ea

Innovation is the force driving the success of The Drunken Fish Sushi Restaurant & Lounge.