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St. Louis' 10 Best New Restaurants of 2015

By Riverfront Times Staff on Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:38 pm

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The brightly-colored Bevo Mill spot is cheap and fast, but Ethridge and Carrasco approach their food as if they were cooking in a fine-dining restaurant.

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The restaurant offers appetizers and hot pots, but there's no question that the reason to go here is to sample the table-top style cooking -- especially those "LA style" short ribs which are the restaurant's version of the glorious galbi.

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Brian Lagerstrom, formerly of Niche, has crafted a simple cafe menu that uses Wilson's naturally fermented bread as a canvass for everything from roasted pork to a shockingly good PBJ.

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By the time the burn of the "Clucking Hot" fried chicken wallops you with a shocking blow, you are so hooked you don't care.

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Inside this bare-bones spot, you’ll find a bastion of authentic Chinese cooking personally prepared and served by a veteran chef who has cooked all over Asia.

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What’s most refreshing about J McArthur’s -- aside from the impeccable hospitality on display -- is that it shows how a well-executed American bistro can still be relevant in today’s dining climate.

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Randolph insists he is running an approachable, family-friendly dining establishment at Randolfi’s -- and he is, inasmuch as you can explain to your seven-year-old that sweetbreads are not a type of doughnut.

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Pitmaster David Sandusky and crew prove that no matter how saturated a market is, there is always room for excellence.

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Matthew Daughaday and his team have gone out of their way to create a welcoming atmosphere that makes you feel like a guest in someone’s home -- a home where the best beef cheeks you’ll ever eat in your life are served over pillow-soft focaccia and paired with a $7 glass of house wine that rivals the town’s more expensive pours.

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Publico is a revelation: the pinto beans slow cooked with lamb dripping and accented with mint, arepas that lie somewhere between cast-iron skillet cornbread and homemade tortillas, a bone-in pork chop drenched in peach and habanero brown butter that melts in your mouth like sashimi.

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