Locavores Explore

Vrooman Family Favorites in Illinois:

Valentine’s in Freeburg 

(Family Steak House)

No Jacks Bar and Grill in Smithton

(Bar and Grill with specials every night; All You Can Eat Crab Legs on Tuesdays)

Vrooman Famliy Favorites in St. Louis:

Eleven Eleven Mississippi 

Broadway Oyster Bar 

Mission Taco

Basso Italian

Evangeline's Bistro and Music House

Millstadt
Breadeaux Pizza

Happy Days Ice Cream Shop (Seasonal)

Ott's Tavern and Fish Stand

Papa Vito’s

Good Morning Cafe

Sunrise Pancake House

Columbia

Reifschniders Grill and Grape (also in Freeburg)

Thai House

Waterloo

Pie Hard

Gallagher's

Hopskeller

Belleville

Tavern on Main:
Features a variety of Appetizers, Entrees, Pastas and Pizzas.
Marcos Express

Full service and to go; offering pizza, pasta, salads and more.

The Weingarten: 

Grafted Wine Bar & Lounge

The Gruv Wine Bar:

 Wine Bar & Bistro.  They feature an extended wine list and outdoor courtyard with a wood-fired brick oven.

Fairview Heights

Sushi Tatsu
Owned and operated by a husband and wife dynamic duo. You have to drive a bit for this one, but well worth the trip. Sunset Roll rocks! 

India's Oven
Also owned and operated by a family team, this is a spot in Swansea, Illinois you don't want to miss.

O'Fallon, Illinois

Sweet Katie Bees
Organic Bakery

Peel Wood Fired Pizza and Brewery 

Gourmet Pizza and microbrew beer 

PIZZA

Imo's Pizza in the Metro East:
A St. Louis original. Think thin. Think provel meets mozzarella. They fall in love.

Breadeaux Pizza

Papa Vito’s

Village Pizza to Go

Pie Hard

BBQ

Beast in Belleville, IL

Sugarfire in O'Fallon, IL

Shorty's in Waterloo, IL

Pappy's in STL

Salt N' Smoke STL