15 addresses where Cherokee Street actually eats.
Taqueria El Bronco will feed you better for six dollars than most restaurants in the Central West End will for sixty. The cocktail bars here, 'ssippi and The Whiskey Ring especially, don't bother with pretense. Order the mezcal, skip the menu descriptions.
15 addresses across restaurants, bars, and cafes - all in Cherokee Street.
Cherokee Street eats run the gamut from Manny and Lupe's Michoacán tortas at La Manganita to Craig and Mowgli Rivard's seasonal small plates at Little Fox on Shenandoah. Get lengua tacos at El Bronco, then walk three blocks for Scandinavian toast at Milque Toast in the old California Do-Nut building. Nobody here is trying to impress you, which is exactly why it works.
Chef-owners Craig and Mowgli Rivard run a seasonal small-plates restaurant on Shenandoah with Italian-Mediterranean leanings and locally sourced everything. Reservations are non-negotiable, especially for weekend brunch.
Family-run Michoacán-style spot at 2812 Cherokee where Manny Garcia and Lupe Medina de Garcia serve tacos, tortas, and burritos with rotating meats. The al pastor carved from the street-side trompo is some of the best on Calle Cherokee.
Scandinavian-inspired comfort kitchen founded in 2015 as a 430-square-foot toast bar, now expanded into the historic California Do-Nut building on South Jefferson. House-made syrups, smørrebrød with seasonal toppings, and Norwegian pancakes that justify the weekend line.
Lengua tacos, weekend barbacoa, and a salsa bar that'll test your limits at cash-friendly prices on La Calle Cherokee. This is the real deal and the reason people keep coming back to this stretch of street.
Sueño Latino Restaurant is an owner-operated Latin American spot in St. Louis serving up flavors from across the region in a casual dining setting.
Cherokee Street's bar scene runs from a blacksmith shop turned cocktail room at The Saturn Lounge to a Berlin basement dance floor at Tschüss. Small Change rewrites its menu every six weeks, 'ssippi pours natural wine under original tin ceilings, and The Whiskey Ring keeps 50-plus bourbons behind a name lifted from an 1870s tax scandal. None of them are trying to be downtown.
A 49-seat cocktail bar on Indiana Avenue named after the Tom Waits album, with a menu that rotates every six weeks and drinks inspired by his songs. Look for the vintage illuminated Falstaff sign out front, not a Small Change sign.
Former blacksmith shop on Cherokee Antique Row, now serving craft cocktails, fine wine, and close to 40 beers in cans and bottles. The brick patio and retro interior keep things low-key and unhurried.
Cherokee Street's first natural wine bar, opened 2022 in a former butcher shop with original tin ceilings and glazed brick walls still intact. Ten taps pour wine, beer, and cocktails, and the back patio garden designed by co-owner Emily Kostiuk is the best quiet hangout on the block.
Named after the 1870s Grant-era tax fraud scandal that ran through St. Louis, this dark bar at Cherokee and Ohio stocks 50-plus bourbons, ryes, and scotches alongside Prohibition-era cocktail recipes. The patio is the largest on Cherokee, with a fire pit, floor shuffleboard, and a full outdoor bar.
Berlin-inspired bar with a main-floor cocktail room and a basement dance club in the former Blank Space building at 2847 Cherokee, opened late 2024 by the team behind 'ssippi one block away. Imported Weihenstephaner and Club-Maté, weekly DJ nights spanning disco to jungle, and the signature Tschüss Juice shot.
Cherokee Street's coffee runs from Sump's siphon-and-Chemex precision to Coffeestamp's pour-overs out of a century-old Fox Park building. Shameless Grounds pours cocktails and beer alongside the espresso and keeps a sexuality library on the walls.
Honduran brothers Patrick and Spencer Clapp started roasting beans in 2018 and now pull pour-overs from a 100-plus-year-old Fox Park building they gutted themselves. The espresso is the only dark roast on the board; everything else stays bright. Order a Napolitana empanada and the smoky horchata.
An 18-plus sex-positive cafe serving cocktails, local beer, and punny menu items like the LGBLTQ sandwich, with walls lined in sexuality and self-help books. Not a gimmick - the coffee is real and the space is genuinely comfortable.
Precision-focused roastery cafe where every cup is brewed to order, with Chemex and siphon options on the menu. This is where St. Louis's serious coffee people end up.
The living room of Cherokee Antique Row - big windows, solid drip coffee, and breakfast burritos that hold up against anything on the street. Weekend mornings pack out fast, so show up before 10.
Greek-inspired coffee shop with signature tahini lattes and foil-wrapped breakfast tacos. The bar wall is clad in salvaged 1930s soda fountain tile.
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