Ian Froeb

Ian Froeb

Restaurant Critic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Review: Oni
Dad and Daughter Review Fairmount Park
Review: Uncle Bill's Pancake House
Review: O/B Slices
Review: The Gin Room
Review: Spicy Chef
The 2026 STL 100
Review: Zaytoona Mediterranean Cuisine
Review: Mess Hall
Review: LaPez Mod Mex
What's the best restaurant in St. Louis? Sado and Pavilion
Review: My Place Bar & Restaurant
Review: New Busch Stadium food for 2026
Review: Vails Kitchen, Cocktails & Brunch
Review: Sakatanoya Revolving Sushi + Ramen Bar
Review: Nettie's Pizza Den
Review: Mortar & Pestle
Review: Tee Rak Thai
Review: Scout's
Review: Nicky Slices Pizza Club
Review: Yummy Rice Noodle
Review: Geno's Trattoria & Chophouse
Review: Cafe Amalia
Best New Restaurants 2025
Review: Extra Wavy
Review: The Mexican STL
Review: Pierce Creek
6 under-the-radar St. Louis barbecue restaurants
Review: Africana, House of Jollof
Review: Taste
Review: Pali Grill
Review: Pizzavia, Fordo's Killer Pizza
Menya Rui chef to open Delmar Loop restaurant
Review: Soul 2 Soul
Review: Achi at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis
Review: Garden Variety Deli
Review: Fufu n' Sauce
Reviews: 6 new restaurants in the Delmar Loop
Review: Cottle VIllage
Review: Basso on the Plaza
Review: Grand Bistro (a.k.a. Pho Grand 2.0)
The Great Closed Restaurants of the 2020s (so far)
Review: Lucy Quinn and Little Lucy
Review: SmashEms' Burger Bar
8 must-try new St. Louis restaurants
Review: Great Heart Brewing
Review: Big Mouth Sandwich
Review: Robin
Review: Frida's Cocina
St. Louis' most essential doughnut shops
How St. Louis chefs are adapting to new realities
Review: Kokuu Ramen & Sushi Bar
Tornado-damaged restaurants rebuild and help others
Review: A Spoonful of Sugar
8 must-try new St. Louis restaurants
Review: Oh London
The 2025 STL 100
Review: Marconi Mercato
Review: High Bar
Review: Thai Touch
Review: The Fattened Caf
Review: Pavilion
Review: Byrd & Barrel
Review: Bormio
Review: Nexus
Review: Afandi Kitchen
Review: Spencer's Grill
Review: Dinar
Review: Mestiza
Best New Restaurants 2024
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Review: Do Shaggy's
Review: No Ordinary Rabbit
Review: Ed's Delicatessen
10 Restaurant Neighborhoods for 2025
Review: Expat BBQ
Review: Oak Street Inn
Review: Bayleaf
Review: Florentin
Get lost! Our kid critics take on St. Louis corn mazes and pumpkin patches
Review: Brasas
Review: Good Company, Stew's Food & Liquor
The 20 best breakfast dishes in St. Louis
Review: Beyond Sweet Kitchen + Bar
Review: August the Mansion
Review: Damn Fine Hand Pies
Ted Drewes Jr., icon of beloved St. Louis frozen custard stand, dies at 96
Review: Napoli Bros. Pizza and Pasta
Review: Tre Cuori Gelateria
Review: Bayon Bistro
Road to the 2025 STL 100: Where to Eat Sushi Now
Review: Pizza Via
Farmers' Market Eats
Review: Ramsay's Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay
Bulrush closes
Review Milque Toast Bar
Review: Taqueria Morita
Review: Esca
Review: Locoz Taocz
Review: Osteria Forto
St. Louis Must Eats: Spring 2024
The 2024 STL 100
Review: Three Sixty
Review: Motor Town Pizza
Review: Jinzen Fusion Cuisine
Busch Stadium: A Restaurant Review
Review: Hot Pizza Cold Beer
Review: Telva at the Ridge
I try the Busch Stadium slinger dog
Review: June's Breakfast + Patio
Rob Connoley of Bulrush is a James Beard Award finalist
Review: Vegan Deli and Butcher
Review: The Biscuit Joint
St. Louis Must Eats: Winter 2024
Review: Madrina
Road to the STL 100: Belleville, Fairview Heights, O'Fallon
Review: Barcelona Tapas Restaurant
Nick Bognar to open Pavilion on the Hill
Review: Riccardo's on Broadway
Review: Burger Champ
Review: The KIng & I
Review: Le Ono
Chef of the Year '23: Noboru Kidera
Best New Restaurants 2023
Review: El Molino del Sureste
Review: Rated Test Kitchen
Review: Mainlander
The Road to the 2024 STL 100: Chesterfield
The Road to the 2024 STL 100: Valley Park-Fenton
Review: O'B Que's
St. Louis Must-Eats! November 2023
Thanksgiving 2023 dine-in, takeout
Review: Sunday Best
Review: Idol Wolf
OH MY GOURD: My kids review St. Louis pumpkin patches
Review: Levels Nigerian Cuisine
The Road to the 2024 STL 100: Florissant
Review: 1929 Pizza, C&B Boiled Bagels
St. Louis Must-Eats! October 2023
The Road to the 2024 STL 100: Steaks
Review: Napoli Sea
Review: El Milagro Azteca
Steven Pursley named Food & Wine Best New Chef
Review: Sneaky's Bar & Burger Joint
Review: Dressel's Public House
Review: Deli Divine
Review: Salsa Rosada
Review: Black Salt
Review: Ehsani's Hot Kabob
STL's best breakfast burrito (and more)
My favorite dishes of 2023 (so far)
Review: Lefty's Bagels
Hill Reviews: Charlie Gitto's, Lorenzo's, Dominic's
Review: Shay's Creole Smokehouse
Review: Sado
Review and Video: Chuck's Hot Chicken
2023 STL 100
Review: Brew Tulum
Review: Beignet All Day
Review: The Pitch Athletic Club & Tavern
Review: Bagel Union
Review: My Marie Restaurant
Review: Jalisco Pizza
Review: Katsuya
Feature: New St. Louis bagel shops
Review: West Bank Street Eats
Review: Wright's Tavern
Review: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Puttshack, and the Armory STL
Review: Fleur STL
Review: Nobu's
Review: Sugarwitch
Review: Rock Star Tacos
STL James Beard Award semifinalists
Review: Honey Bee's Biscuits + Good Eats
Review: Sando Shack
Review: The Golden Hoosier
Chef of the Year 2022: Chloe Yates, Cellar House
The Best New St. Louis Restaurants 2022
Review: Bar Moro
Review: Kreis', Kemoll's and Paul Manno's
Review: Simply Delicious
Review: Arzola's Fajitas + Margaritas
Review: Press
Review: Bistro La Floraison
Review: Salve Osteria
Review: Cellar House
Review: Santa Fe Bistro
Review: Tacos El Manny
Review: Cleaver & Cocktail
Sno chef Tony Nguyen charged with domestic assault
Review: Vangel's Restaurant & Bar
The best dishes I ate this summer
Review: Taqueria Morita
Review: Burger 809
Review: Station No. 3
Review: Fordo's Killer Pizza, 4 Hens Creole and Intergalactic
Must-Try Dishes from the First Course
STL 100 2022
Review: Blue Violet
Review: Menya Rui
Review: Pie Hard Pizzeria
Top 10 New Restaurant Dishes of 2022 (so far)
Review: Shorty's Smokehouse
Review: Grand Pied
Review: Westchester
Summer 2022 Restaurant Preview
Review: Sabroso Cocina Mexicana
Review: The Kitchen
Review: Timothy's The Restaurant
Review: Saucy Porka
Review: Mike's Italian Beef
Review: The Tenderloin Room
Review: Jalea
Corner 17 vs. the L.A. "influencer"
Review: Sureste
Review: Bowood by Niche
Review: Commonwealth
Review: Port of Peri Peri
Review: Chicken Scratch
Review: Loaded Elevated Nachos
Review: Havana's Cuisine
Review: Chez Ali
Review: Tempus
Review: Root Food + Wine
Best New Restaurants 2020-2021
Reviews: Noto, O+O PIzza, Edera, Napoli III
Review: Khanna's Desi Vibes
Review: Cafe La Vie
Review: The Lucky Accomplice
Review: Navin's BBQ
Review: DD Mau Vietnamese Eatery
Review: Have a Cow Cattle Co.
Review: Diego's Cantina
Review: Casa Don Alfonso
Review: Clara B's Kitchen Table
Review: Terror Tacos
Review: Golden Chicken
Review: Bolyard's Meat & Provisions
Review: BB.Q Chicken
Review: Asador del Sur
Review: Little Fox
Review: American Falafel
Review: Pizzeria da Gloria
Review: Songbird
Review: Locoz Tacoz
Review: Dixon's BBQ
Review: Jack Nolen's
Gerard Craft is St. Louis City SC's "flavor officer"
St. Louis pitmasters compete on Food Network's BBQ Brawl
Seoul Taco 10th birthday features Ghostface Killah
Nate Hereford to open Chicken Scratch at City Foundry
Kalbi Taco Shack closes June 27 for City Foundry move
Taqueria Durango reopens 15 months after fire
Red Lantern Night Market celebrates Japanese food, culture
From football to anchor desk, Rene Knott's journey is filled with big moments
The Year of Takeout: 20 Favorite Dishes from New(ish) Restaurants
Salt + Smoke open at Ballpark Village
The 2021 STL 100
STL Brewers talk Things We Don't Say about mental health
Peruvian-inspired El Papi Churro pops up in STL
At Coffeestamp, brothers forge own path into STL coffee
Protzel's tradition continues, corned beef to chopped liver
'Restaurant Recovery' visits Crown Candy Kitchen
Gerard Craft to open Bowood by Niche at Bowood Farms
Preview: Navin's BBQ, coming soon to Tower Grove East