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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Sauce Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Updated September 2026.
Mayo Ketchup · Midtown
Plantain Girl's counter-service room draws on Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican cooking. Order a roasted pork sandwich, pollo guisado, twice-fried tostones or queso frito with guava sauce. The tangy pink sauce that gives the restaurant its name sits on the tables.
Stone X Steel Restaurant · Hazelwood
Dr. LaShonda Session opened this North County dining room with a menu shaped by her Jamaican family, using molasses, jerk seasoning and smoke. Order island catfish with Caribbean slaw and sweet plantains, braised short rib over garlic mashed potatoes, or hibiscus rum punch with house hibiscus-ginger syrup.
Caribbean Soul · Carondelet
Felicia Canada Rouldson and Donald Rouldson took over the former Rex's Cafe space and put Jamaican cooking alongside soul food. The curried goat is tender and spicy without being hot; oxtails come with Caribbean peas, collards and cabbage. Stuffed grilled fish is another house specialty.
Bliss Restaurant · Florissant
Tina and Marvin Pate opened this North County dining room for West African and Caribbean cooking. The menu includes Jamaican curry shrimp, wings fried with suja spice, Jamaican-spiced oxtails, jollof rice and jerk lamb shanks. A dance floor sits off the dining room.
8020 Restaurant · Downtown
Caribbean fried chicken is a specialty at this downtown lunch room. Two boneless chicken breasts are brined in warm spices, fried in a delicate seasoned coating, and served over coconut risotto with a pickled pineapple herb salad. Order that plate for the contrast of crisp chicken, creamy rice and bright fruit.