# St. Louis Sunday Dinner recs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398 "2024-03-26T16:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398/1 "2024-03-26T16:08:42Z")

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Our family is going to be stuck in St. Louis this weekend, and dinner reservations are on me. The hitch is that this Sunday is Easter, so I need a big list of recommendations to go through. Normally I’d just look up a Top 10 list of Italian restaurants on The Hill, but my wife doesn’t like Italian food 🙄 !

I’m looking for something slightly upscale, but relatively tolerant of 3 small children. Thanks in advance! (We’re staying on the western side of St. Louis.)

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398/2 "2024-03-27T01:32:19Z")

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Hmm… I live in the area and have small kids, but we tend to either do “upscale” as a couple or take the kids, not both. Here are some ideas you could consider:

[Annie Gunn’s](https://www.anniegunns.com) - Steakhouse in Chesterfield  
[The Tavern Kitchen & Bar](https://www.tavernstl.com) - Seafood, steak, etc

These are both definitely on the “upscale” end, but I have seen kids in both (not sure how small…). It could be hard to get a reservation at this point. If you are thinking a bit more casual, I can probably come up with some ideas in that area too - that’s more in our wheelhouse.

If Mexican is your thing, [Mission Taco Joint](https://www.missiontacojoint.com) is definitely fun (the one in Kirkwood has an arcade) and kid-friendly.

If you have a specific cuisine in mind let me know, I probably have a recommendation or can get one.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398/3 "2024-03-27T16:42:57Z")

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You probably would have had trouble finding an open restaurant on the Hill on Easter Sunday anyway.

A quick glance at some of our favorite places tells me they’re closed too.

This was a very helpful post.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-sunday-dinner-recs/999398/4 "2024-03-27T16:59:40Z")

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Ha - I found a restaurant open for dinner and got a reservation, now I’m just worried that we’ll run into some timezone-shifted behavioral issues. Oh well - they’re normally well-behaved kids, so it won’t be too bad.

Thanks for the recs.