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This week Meera and Michelle discuss a recent trip to Dressel's where the pretzel is still playing a starring role on the menu. From SauceMagazine.com, new spots including Well Met Cafe in Shaw; No Ordinary Rabbit in Botanical Heights and Fattened Caf off Cherokee Street have announced their concepts that have either just opened or are coming soon. Finally, the Sauce Team has put together a guide: Sauce 75: Your guide to the essential St. Louis restaurants right now, and they discuss a few spots from the list that consistently exceed expectations.

Dressel's

419 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, 314.361.1060

Dressel’s in the Central West End is a St. Louis landmark

Well Met Cafe

4100 Shenandoah Ave., St. Louis, 314-282-8016

First Look: Well Met Cafe in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis

No Ordinary Rabbit

1621 Tower Grove Ave., St. Louis

No Ordinary Rabbit opening in former Nixta space in Botanical Heights in late summer 2024

Recipe: Harvest's Warmed Brioche Bread Pudding

The Fattened Caf is opening a brick-and-mortar just off Cherokee Street later this year

Kasama

The 75 Most Exciting Restaurants in St. Louis Right Now, According to Sauce

Sauce 75

Tiger Soup Dumplings

98D Gravois Bluffs Circle Drive, Fenton

Tiger Soup Dumplings is opening a location in Des Peres in spring 2024

Blues City Deli

2438 McNair Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-8225

Bulrush

3307 Washington Ave., St. Louis, 314-449-1208

Rob Connoley of Bulrush nominated in James Beard Awards finalist round for Best Chef: Midwest

Pepe's Apt. 2

800 S Geyer Rd., Kirkwood, 314-909-1375

Lona's Lil' Eats

2199 California Ave., St. Louis, 314-925-8938

The Tenacity of Lona's Lil Eats' Lona Luo

Ben Poremba to open two new concepts, Esca and Florentin, in the Delmar Maker District in early 2024