Local Flavor in St. Louis

 St. Louis, MO

A drumstick ice cream as big as your head!

Rout 66 Carl's Drive In

Today we revisited Carl's Drive In. We first went here on one of our road trips in 2015.  Carl's hamburgers are really great.  They are made by smashing the patty as flat as possible.  The patty is so thin that it gets nice and crispy on the edges.  It's a delicious burger.  We both got burgers, I also got a Chili covered tamale, and Donna got some fries for us to split.  She also got one of their homemade root beers which was good.  For dessert Donna and I split a Ronnie's Rocky Mountain.  It's a giant drumstick ice cream deep frozen solid as a rock.  

Getting our kicks on Historic Rout 66.

This is us trying not to look like tourist.  Pretty convincing hu?

It's really one of the best burgers I have had.

Sunday Brunch in the Park

We have arrived in St. Louis just as all of the "fair weather" events are starting.  Next Saturday is the 1st Summer Schedule Farmers Market and today was the first "Brunch In The Park" event.  The park is Tower Grove Park.  It's a little over half a mile away but it's a big park so there was a lot of walking involved.  We brought Francis and headed to The Piper Palm House.  There is a little window there that sells Biscuit Sandwiches but we were there for The Balkan Treat Box Truck and the 4 Hands Brewery Truck.  Balkan Treat Box is one of the top 100 Restaurants in St. Louis according to a few publications.  They have a crazy list of accolades by all kinds of national publications including Food and Wine, Eater, Esquire, and Food Network.

When we got there we jumped in line for the Balkan Truck and decided what to order.  We split a Pide which is a sort of flatbread sandwich (I will post a picture) and it was fantastic.  We also grabbed 2 cans of beer from the 4 Hands Brewery Booth and headed into The Piper Palm House to sit and eat.  Shortly after sitting we were kicked out because Francis was with us.  In our defense, there was nothing saying No Dogs and it was sort of an out door patio thing.  Oh well, we found a seat in the real outdoor area and continued eating our lunch while listening to the live music that was going on.

The people watching was fantastic.  All kinds of folks were out enjoying the "fair weather".  It's their reward for enduring what we assume is a fairly cold and windy winter.  It was still a little cold and windy for us today but we tried to blend in with our coats on while everyone else was in t-shirts and flip flops.  As we were finishing our lunch and beer we could hear the food truck workers telling people what they were out of.  We were glad we got there when we did.

New Brewery!  Well sort of.

In line for delicious grub!

It appears people pulled the tables and chairs out of the shade and into the sun

I know this looks good but it tasted way better than it looked.

Those were our adventures for the weekend.  If you missed my previous post you can find it here.  We had another foodie adventure down in Mehlville, MO.