Dianne Carty: Baked goods, fresh produce and frui pies.
Jessica Perez: Mini Momos from Blackbear Bakery, crepe stand and the fountain for the kids. Perfect Saturday mornings in the summer.
Riverfront Times: Try out the Nicoise Salad, made up of smoked rainbow trout, green beans, farm raised eggs and Pontiac potatoes! http://bit.ly/1ah3uCo
2. The London Tea Room
8.4
3128 Morganford Rd (at Hartford St), St Louis, MO
Tea Room · Downtown West · 42 tips and reviews
Riverfront Times: Has a range of in-house baked goods, including everything from rock cakes and their family's recipe for scones to a tried-and-true customer favorite: moist and flavorful blueberry-lemon cake. Read more.
Jen Kingston: I simply love the London Tea Room. The new table service is fantastic and speeds service up big time. Very helpful and friendly staff and out of this world food. The tea is the best ever too.
Gardiner Allen: They have Lapsang Suchong (sp?), a tasty smoked tea and Winston Churchill's favorite. Drink one for England!
Elizabeth Stephens: Great place to get a coffee, sit by the the fire - or a bottle of wine. Community tables are the way to go.
M. H.: This place is adorable. It's the perfect bakery/coffee/gift shop/lunch spot all rolled into one. Definition of a "hidden gem", go here now!
Eric Stumpf: Cobb salad I'd delicious and the beef barley soup is as thick as a stew. Great
Tomi Sampson: The folks that work here are awesome. Get some gooey butter case, a low fat muffin or any of their yummy baked goods! Love the Highlander Grog on Mondays and Thursdays. :)
Devon Hirth: Get some gooey butter cake here. St. Louis is famous for it.
Julia W.: Gooey butta' baby! I've had every flavor, and they never dissapoint. Take your laptop for 'private times and the whole nine" #Al B. THE BEST.
5. Blueprint Coffee
8.8
6225 Delmar Blvd (at Eastgate Ave), St Louis, MO
Coffee Shop · 70 tips and reviews
C H: Baked goods and homemade spreads are awesome here. And, duh, coffee too.
Aykut: love their coffe, crew is amazing, delicious food and one of the best place to work with free wi-fi.
Kaylee Goins: Roast their own beans, have sump as a guest roaster and have great retail for all of your home brewing needs. Amazing shop with a very cool, knowledgable staff. Try the Kenya pour over.
6. Comet Coffee
8.1
5708 Oakland Ave (at Highlands Plaza), St Louis, MO
Coffee Shop · 26 tips and reviews
Kalei Lowes: Always great helpful service. Not to mention the baked goods smell heavenly!
Casey Willen: If you work, live, or play in south city and truly appreciate the craft of good coffee...this place is a MUST try! Get the vanilla latte for sure...Delish!
Melinda Green: People of The Lou: Why are you drinking coffee anywhere else? Inventive offerings, a rotating menu, + all the caffeinated mainstays. Oh and the staff—NICEST BARISTAS OF ALL TIME AND BEANS.
8. The Cup
8.9
28 Maryland Plz Rear, St Louis, MO
Cupcake Shop · Central West End · 48 tips and reviews
Jim Murphy: The Gold Rush is a classic favorite. You can't go wrong with yellow cake and chocolate icing. Read more.
Go! Magazine: Catch the Cup's seasonal special, Italian Creme -- feather-light French vanilla cake under a toasted coconut and buttercream frosting.
Riverfront Times: RFT 2012 Best of St. Louis Winner - Best Cupcakes http://bit.ly/SCqocn Get the "Peanut Butter Cup," whose peanut-butter buttercream tastes exactly like the peanut-butter filling of its namesake candy!
Brian Johnson: Italian loaf sliced (great bread here). Any of the cookies or danish are out of this world. The specialty breads are top notch (blueberry pound cake..etc..). Great service from a great family.
Amber Herrera: Missouri Bakery has the best Gooey Butter cake!
Chris Mayer: Real Butter- check; Real Eggs - check; Real Good? Oh Yeah - Baking pastry for generations - Bring cash - they don't take Amex, but do have an ATM in the lobby!
10. Rise Coffeehouse
4180 Manchester Ave, St Louis, MO
Coffee Shop · Forest Park Southeast · 30 tips and reviews
Kassandra Hayes: Great coffee choices and lots of local pastries. A ton of seating downstairs and up. Great for coffee with a friend, or just a good book.
Tim Plunkett: Like the food and the quality of the coffee. When it is crowded, the ambient noise is pervasive and distracting. Difficult to concentrate in that type of a setting. Still love the place.
A: So creative! And the coffee was good