your favorite places to shop
Favorite Cakes/Pastries La Patisserie Chouquette 1626 Tower Grove Ave., St. Louis, 314.932.7935, simonefaure.com 2nd: Brevan’s Patisserie 3rd: Piccione Pastry Honorable Mention: Pint Size Bakery & Coffee Favorite Candy Shop Crown Candy Kitchen 1401 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, 314.621.9650, crowncandykitchen.net 2nd: Kakao Chocolate 3rd: How Sweet Is This (formerly Oh Lolli Lolli) and Merb’s Candies (tie) Honorable Mention: Miss M’s Candy Boutique
Favorite Caterer Butler’s Pantry 1414 Park Ave., St. Louis, 314.664.7680, butlerspantry.com 2nd: Hollyberry Catering 3rd: Catering St. Louis Honorable Mention: Kenrick’s Meats & Catering Favorite Chocolate Shop Kakao Chocolate 7272 Manchester Road, Maplewood, 314.645.4446 and 2301 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314.771.2310, kakaochocolate.com 2nd: Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier 3rd: Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Co. Honorable mention: Rick Jordan Chocolatier Favorite Coffee Roaster Kaldi’s Coffee Various locations, kaldiscoffee.com 2nd: Sump Coffee 3rd: Chauvin Coffee Company and Kuva Coffee Roasters (tie) Honorable Mention: Blueprint Coffee Favorite Cooking Class Dierbergs Various locations, dierbergs.com/school 2nd: Kitchen Conservatory 3rd: Schnucks Honorable Mention: Pie Oh My!
Favorite Doughnut Shop Strange Donuts 2709 Sutton Blvd., Maplewood, 314.932.5851, strangedonuts.tumblr.com 2nd: World’s Fair Doughnuts 3rd: Donut Drive-In Honorable Mention: Vincent Van Doughnut Favorite Farmers Market Historic Soulard Farmers Market 730 Carroll St., St. Louis, 314.622.4180, soulardmarket.com 2nd: The Land of Goshen Community Market and Tower Grove Farmers Market (tie) 3rd: Schlafly Farmers Market Honorable Mention: Kirkwood Farmers Market Favorite Grocery Store Dierbergs Various locations, dierbergs.com 2nd: Trader Joe’s 3rd: Fields Foods Honorable Mention: Straub’s Favorite Kitchenware Store Sur La Table 295 Plaza Frontenac, Frontenac, 314.993.0566, surlatable.com 2nd: Chef’s Shoppe 3rd: Williams-Sonoma Honorable Mention: Cornucopia
Favorite Liquor Store Randall’s Wines and Spirits Various locations, shoprandalls.com 2nd: Lukas Liquor Superstore 3rd: Friar Tuck Honorable Mention: The Wine and Cheese Place Favorite Local Bread Companion 8143 Maryland Ave., Clayton, 314.352.4770, companionstl.com 2nd: 222 Artisan Bakery 3rd: Black Bear Bakery Honorable Mention: Great Harvest Bread Co. Favorite Specialty Food Shop Global Foods Market 421 N. Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, 314.835.1112, globalfoodsmarket.com and Jay International Foods 3172 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314.772.9393, Facebook: Jay International Foods 2nd: Extra Virgin, An Olive Ovation 3rd: Salume Beddu Honorable Mention: Green Earth Grocery Favorite Wine Shop The Wine and Cheese Place Various locations, wineandcheeseplace.com 2nd: Parker’s Table and The Wine Merchant (tie) 3rd: Bin 51 Wine & Spirits Honorable Mention: Starrs
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Favorite Butcher Shop Kenrick’s Meats & Catering 4324 Weber Road, St. Louis, 314.631.2440, kenricks.com 2nd: Straub’s 3rd: Baumann’s Fine Meats and G&W Bavarian Style Sausage (tie) Honorable Mention: Hanlen’s Fine Meats & Catering
Sweet treats from La Patisserie Chouquette, voted favorite place to shop for cakes and pastries
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