If you find yourself in St. Louis looking to dine slow, these are the restaurants Slow Food St. Louis recommends.

• An American Place – Supporting local farmers for more than two decades Larry Forgione’s St. Louis outpost.
• Annie Gunn’s -
• Erato on Main – Located just outside St. Louis in Edwardsville, IL few restaurants strive for this level of local seasonality.
• Five – Five’s New American Menu celebrates the people of this country, and the food of the region, by sourcing the freshest organic and natural ingredients available from local farms.
• Harvest – For over a decade Chef Stephen Gontram has a been a leader in the use of local, sustainable foods in an upscale setting.
• Monarch Restaurant -With Chef Joshua Galliano not just buying from farms–but living on one too–it’s hard to find someone more concerned with food that is good, clean and fair.
• Niche – Utilizing as much local product as possible, Gerard Craft and his staff have embraced St. Louis highlighting the best of what we have to offer on the way to a 2008 Food and Wine Best new chef win.
• Newstead Tower Public House – As Five’s sister restaurant, Newstead is a casual gastropub sourcing the finest ingredients possible and serving them with a wide selection of craft beer.  Easily the best burger in town.
• Onesto Pizza & Trattoria – With a philosophy that cooking with the freshest ingredients makes the best food, Onesto utilizes only organically or locally grown/raised fruits and vegetables; antibiotic and hormone-free proteins; and seafood in no threat of endangerment.
• Riddle’s Penultimate Café & Wine Bar – Sure you can say your restaurant serves local foods, but since 1985 Andy Ayers has been setting the bar by which other St. Louis restaurants making this claim are judged. Sold to his daughter KT, she continues using the highest percentage of local product possible.
• Terrene – Down to the tabletops of ShetkaStone; Terrene strives for sustainability in everything their restaurant does including of course their daily changing menu.
• Schlafly Bottleworks – From a Farmers’ Market in their parking lot to SLOWednesday, Schlafly and their Maplewood Bottleworks facility have shown a continued commitment to going slow.

If you know of any restaurants we may have overlooked that strive to serve foods that are good, clean and fair, please let us know.